Hideo Takamatsu

Hideo Takamatsu (高松 英郎, Hideo Takamatsu; 24 October 1929 – 26 February 2007) was a Japanese actor from Nankoku, Kōchi Prefecture.^[1][2][3][4] Takamatsu appeared in more than 120 films between 1948 and 2007.^[5]

Hideo Takamatsu
Hideo Takamatsu
Born	(1929-10-24)24 October 1929 Nankoku, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan
Died	26 February 2007(2007-02-26) (aged 77)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1948–2007

Profile

In 1951, he signed his contract with Daiei film company.^[6] Two years later, Takamatsu made his film debut with Ikare Sanppie,^[7][1] playing the role of lover of the main character played by Ayako Wakao.^[1][2]

He was highly praised for his performance in such films as Giants and Toys, The Black Report and The Graceful Brute and became a well-reputed supporting actor.^[1][6] In 1962, he left Daiei and became a freelance actor.^[1] He won TV Guide Best Performer Award for his role in the Asadora series Kumo no jūtan in 1976.^[6] In 1988, Takamatsu played the role of General Takashi Hishikari in The Last Emperor directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.^[3]

Takamatsu died of myocardial infarction on February 26, in 2007.^[3]

Selected filmography

Films

• A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love (1955) as Engineer
• Tsukigata Hanpeita: Hana no maki; Arashi no maki (1956) as Akamatsu Daijirō
• Giants and Toys (1958) as Aida Ryuji
• The Snowy Heron (1958) as Tatsumi Yokichi
• Lord Nobunaga's Early Days (1959)
• A False Student (1960) as Prosecutor
• A Wife Confesses (1961) as Kasai
• Black Test Car (1962) as Onoda Toru
• The Graceful Brute (1962) as Katori Ichirō
• The Black Report (1963)
• Yakuza (893) gurentai (1966)
• Shinka 101: Koroshi no Yojimbo (1966)
• Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978) as Yamada Tobei
• Shōgun (1980) as Lord Toda Buntaro
• Eijanaika (1981) as Koide Yamato no Kami
• The Last Emperor (1987) as General Takashi Hishikari
• 226/Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989)
• Shaso (1989) as Okabe Kensuke
• Daikaijū Tōkyō ni arawaru(1998) as Osawa Hikojirō
• Yomigaeri (2003) as Haruo Tsuda

Television dramas

• Jyudō Ichokusen (1969) as Kuruma Shusaku
• Ten to Chi to (1969) as Kanazu Shinbei
• Daichūshingura (1971) as Kakui Rinzō
• Hissatsu Shiokinin (1973) as Tenjin no Koroku
• Genroku Taiheiki (1975) as Horiuchi Genzaemon
• Kumo no jūtan (1976) as Tone Yu
• Naruto Hichō as Tendō Ikkaku
• Fumō Chitai (1979) as Satoi Tatsuya
• Onihei Hankachō (1980) as Sashima Tadasuke
• Kage no Gundan IV (1985) (ep.16) as Inoue Koshu
• Taiyō ni Hoero! (1985) (ep.648) as Konishi
• Mito Kōmon (1989-1996) as Yamanobe Hyōgō
• Onihei Hankachō (1992) (ep.17) as Suzuka no Matabei
• Hideyoshi (1996) as Hayashi Sado no Kami
• Horibe Yasubei (2007) as Horibe Yahei