Isamu Nagato

Isamu Nagato (長門 勇, Nagato Isamu, 1 January 1932 – 4 June 2013) was a Japanese actor from Kurashiki Okayama Prefecture.^[1][2][3] He was an actor who specialized in playing comical roles.^[4][5] He became popular for his role as Sakura Kyōjyurō in the Three Outlaw Samurai series.^[6]

Isamu Nagato
Born	(1932-01-01)1 January 1932 Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Died	4 June 2013(2013-06-04) (aged 81)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1948–2013

Selected filmography

Films

• Taiyō Umi o Someru toki (1961) as Rice
• Mekishiko Mushuku (1962) as Ankō
• Samurai from Nowhere (1964) as Misawa Ihei
• Three Outlaw Samurai (1964) as Sakura Kyōjyurō
• Akumyō Ichidai (1967)
• Lady Sazen and the Drenched Swallow Sword (1969) as Gamou Taiken
• Bloodstained Clan Honor (1970) as Taishō
• Tora-san Goes Religious? (1983) as Osakaya
• Hei no Naka no Purei Boru (1987)
• Shōrishatachi (1992)
• Ambition Without Honor (1996)
• Blooming Again (2004) as Sakiyama Rokubei
• Mrs. (2005) as Yamamoto Tatsuo

Television drama

• Three Outlaw Samurai (1963-69)
• Hana no Shōgai (1963) as Kanroku
• Haru no Sakamichi (1971) as Yoya
• The Water Margin (1973) as Lu Zhishen
• Kaze to Kumo to Niji to (1976) as Taira no Yoshikane
• Seishi Yokomizo Series (1978) as Detective Hiyori
• Akō Rōshi (1979) as Kumo no Jinjyurō
• Kage no Gundan II (1981-82) as Gohei
• MUSASHI (2003) as Hōzōin In'ei