Taketoshi Naitō
Acting
Biography
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Born: June 16, 1926
Place of Birth: Kokura, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Known For
The Night before Pearl Harbor
The last film in the series brings the tale to the doorstep of Pacific War, with the planning of the bombing of Pearl Harbor dominant in Nakano Spy School.
I Want to Be a Shellfish
Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police as a war criminal and sued for murder. According to the accusation by GHQ, Toyomatsu "attemped to kill a US prisoner", which was nothing but an order by his superior and failed after all with hurting the prisoner by weak Toyomatsu. Also, Toyomatsu was driven to corner at the trial by the fact that he fed the US prisoner some burdock roots to nourish him. Toyomatsu believes nothing but being not guilty, but he is sentenced to death by hanging. Prior to the execution, Toyomatsu writes a long farewell letter to his family, the wife and the only son: "If I ever incarnate, I hate to be a human being any more.... Oh yes, I would like to be...a shellfish living on the rock-bottom of the sea."
Doterai Man
Business is a game! A theatrical version of the TV drama that became a social phenomenon starring Teruhiko Saigo. Set in a wholesaler town in Osaka, it depicts the activities of the main character Takezo Yamashita who repels adversity with a man's stubbornness and guts.
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his fellow men sneak behind enemy lines.
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against the recruit Obara. He also sees his friend Shinjô Ittôhei defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.
Shadow Hunters
The government in Edo era is suffering from a financial crisis. It hires "Kage" to provoke the collapse of small hans (prefectures). "Kagekari" are people who were hired by Daimyos (mayors of local governments) to resist kage. The young mayor of Suwa Takashiwa, Tadamaru was assaulted by a kage on his way to Edo. Zyubei and Gennnosuke, the Kagekaris, try to carry injured Tadamaru to Edo.
Miniature
Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope in the process. No matter how hard she tries, she just can't escape her sad fate.
Three Sisters
The Story is about three daughters of a "Hatamoto" during the end of the Edo period and the Meiji Restoration.
The Burmese Harp
In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a POW.
Lone Wolf and Cub
Ogami Itto is a master swordsman who holds a position of high power in the Tokugawa Shogunate. Highly trusted by the Shogun, he serves as the official decapitator, assisting lords and samurai who have been ordered by the Shogun to commit seppuku. One day, Itto’s wife and members of his household are brutally murdered by a clan seeking to avenge their lord’s execution, which had been carried out by Itto. In the wake of the attack, two items are left in Itto’s home: his unhurt infant son, Daigoro, and a symbol meant to signify Itto’s betrayal of the Shogun. Disgraced by the false symbol, Itto is labeled a traitor and forced to forfeit his position. He becomes a ronin, wandering the country with his son, searching for the men who killed his wife, seeking to clear his name and avenge her death.
Filmography
as Karasawa
as Ichiro Watanabe
as Kanzen Inukai
as Mr. Soga
as Shotaro Morita
as Domon
as Novelist
as Toyobo
as Director
as Narrator
as Ryuji Gamo
as Some person
as Iwasaki, managing director
as Takegami, Chief Cabinet Secretary
as Chief Cabinet Secretary Takegami
as Shiro's father
as Judge Yazawa
as Lord Bizen
as Narrator (voice)
as Labor Minister Hamao
as Judge
as Akechi Mitsuhide
as Yosamatsu Kito
as Sakai Yoshihiro
as Search Section Chief
as Chief Cabinet Secretary
as Mawatari Hachiro
as Army officer
as Narrator (Voice)
as Noro Jinnai
as Tadahiko Ohashi
as Ichige Gyobu
as Tokiaki Tanegashima
as Minô
as Director Sawada
as Kaishu Katsu
as Matagoro Kashiyama
as Hitachibo Kaison
as Prosecutor Shimada
as Hidaka
as Shimamura's friend Koizumi
as Tange Ittôhei
as Tange Ittôhei
as Inspector Yasumoto
as Lawyer Kondo
as Kobayashi
as Taxi driver
as Kôno (segment 2)
as Kiyoji Yamada