Etsushi Takahashi

Etsushi Takahashi (高橋 悦史, Takahashi Etsushi; 2 August 1935 – 19 May 1996) was a Japanese actor from Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture.^[1][2] Takahashi often worked with Kihachi Okamoto and Satsuo Yamamoto.^[3][4]

Etsushi Takahashi
Born	(1935-08-02)2 August 1935 Kishiwada, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Died	19 May 1996(1996-05-19) (aged 60)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1960–1995

After graduating from Rikkyo University, Takahashi joined NHK acting school.^[3] In 1964, he joined Bungakuza Theatre Company's acting school and became an official member in 1967.^[3][4] In the same year, he gave his film debut with Watashi Machigatterukashira?.^[4][3] He received the Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year in 1968.^[3][4]

He appeared in Onihei's Detective Records, although he was fighting against cancer, and the film became his final film appearance.^[3][5]

Selected filmography

• Watashi Machigatterukashira? (1966) as Koike
• Japan's Longest Day (1967) as Masataka Ida
• The Human Bullet (1967)
• The Affair (1967)
• Kill! (1968) as Hanji
• One Day at Summer's End (1968) as tetsuya
• Red Lion (1969) as Ichinose
• Eros + Massacre (1970) as Jun Tsuji
• Men and War (1979) as Godai
• Battle of Okinawa (1971) as Yokichi Kaya
• Zatoichi at Large (1972) as Denjuro Sagara
• Tabi no Omosa (1972) as Daizo Kimura
• Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold? (1974)
• Kinkanshoku (1975) as Jotaro Furugaki
• Fumō Chitai (1976)
• Shogun's Samurai (1978) as Izu-no-kami Matsudaira Nobutsuna
• Der Kaiser ist Nicht am August (1978)
• Blue Christmas (1979) as Sawaki
• Nihon no Fixer (1979) as Masaki Kaga
• Return from the River Kwai (1989) as Ozawa
• The River with No Bridge (1992) as Iseda
• East Meets West (1995) as Kimura Settsu no Kami
• Onihei's Detective Records (1995) as Sashima Tadasuke

Television dramas

• Ten to Chi to (1969) as Usami Sadakatsu
• Haru no Sakamichi (TV series) (1971) as Kuroda Nagamasa
• Key Hunter (1972) (ep.221) as Himuro
• Shinsho Taikōki (1973) as Oda Nobunaga
• G-Men '75 (1975, ep.15), (1976 ep.44) (1977, ep,115)
• Daitokai Tatakai no Hibi (1976) (ep.17) as Maejima
• The Yagyu Conspiracy (1978) as Izu-no-kami Matsudaira Nobutsuna
• Hissatsu Shimainin (1981) as Shinmatsu
• The Unfettered Shogun (1981) (ep.144) as Saigu Keisai
• Oshin (1983) as Tanokura Hitoshi
• Taiyō ni Hoero! (1984) (ep.610)
• Hissatsu Shikirinin (1984) as Toranosuke
• Sanbiki ga Kiru! (1987) (ep.3) as Hirata Kanbei
• Asami Mitsuhiko Series (1987-90)
• Onihei Hankachō (1989-95) as Sashima Tadasuke
• Kasaga no Tsubone (1989) as Sanada Yukimura
• Taiheiki (1991) as Momonoi Tadatsune