Isao Hashizume

Isao Hashizume (橋爪功, Hashizume Isao, born 17 September 1941) is a Japanese actor.^[1][2] He also worked as a narrator for documentaries, both on television and film.^[3] He trained as an actor at Bungakuza.^[4]

Isao Hashizume
Born	(1941-09-17) 17 September 1941 (age 83) Osaka, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1961–present
Children	Ryō Hashizume

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1962	A Wanderer's Notebook	Student
1969	A Thousand and One Nights	Aslan (voice)
1983	World Famous Fairy Tale Series	Various voices	Series of short films	[5]
1983	Shōsetsu Yoshida Gakkō	Takeo Fukuda
1985	Love Letter	Counselor
1987	A Taxing Woman
1990	Tales of a Golden Geisha
1992	Future Memories: Last Christmas
1993	Kozure Ōkami: Sono Chiisaki Te ni
2005	Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
2006	Tears for You
2010	Railways	Kurihara
	Space Battleship Yamato	Heikurō Tōdō
2011	I Wish	Shūkichi Ōsako
2013	The Eternal Zero	Genjirō Izaki
	Tokyo Family	Shūkichi Hirayama	Lead role
	The Tale of the Princess Kaguya	Prince Kuramochi (voice)
2014	The Little House
2015	Nagasaki: Memories of My Son	Professor Kawakami
2016	What a Wonderful Family!	Shūzō Hirata	Lead role
	After the Storm
2017	What a Wonderful Family! 2	Shūzō Hirata	Lead role
	Hamon: Yakuza Boogie	Takao Koshimizu
	The Third Murder	Akihisa Shigemori
	Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
2018	Girl's Play
	What a Wonderful Family! 3	Shūzō Hirata	Lead role
	Usuke Boys	Usuke Asai
2019	The Day's Organ	Kondō
	Whistleblower	Kazuhiro Miyano
	The Great War of Archimedes	Shigetarō Shimada
	They Say Nothing Stays the Same
	Tora-san, Wish You Were Here	Kazuo Oikawa		[6]
2021	End-of-Life Concierge	Sin'ichi Ohara		[7]
	Under the Open Sky	Tsutomu Shōji		[8]
	The Bonds of Clay			[9]
2022	Dreaming of the Meridian Arc			[10]
2023	Shylock's Children	Kōichi Ishimoto		[11]
	Revolver Lily			[12]
	The Silent Service	Daigo Unabara		[13]
2024	The Ohara Family Rhapsody	Sin'ichi Ohara		[14]
	Voices of Loved One			[15]
	City Hunter	Akutsu		[16]
2025	The Tales of Kurashiki			[17]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1966	Minamoto no Yoshitsune		Taiga drama
1972	Key Hunter
1974–78	Taiyō ni Hoero!		5 episodes
1976	Daitokai Tatakainohibi		Episode 20
1979	Kusa Moeru	Itō Sukekiyo	Taiga drama	[18]
1979	Oretachi wa Tenshi da!	Detective Hashizume	Episode 1
1985	Kage no Gundan IV'	Hyōsai
1985	Kage no Gundan Bakumatsu Hen	Hyōsai
1988	Takeda Shingen	Sanada Yukitaka	Taiga drama	[19]
1994	Papa wa Newscaster Kaetekita Kagami Ryutarō	Kogure Hideo
1995	Aishiteiru to Itte Kure	Nobuyoshi Sakaki
2009	The Waste Land	Masaharu Tanigawa		[20]
2013	Samurai Rebellion	Yanagase Sanzaemon	TV movie
2014	Leaders	Matazō Ishiyama
	Tokyo ni Olympic o Yonda Otoko	Kazushige Hirasawa	TV movie
2016	Shizumanu Taiyō	Issei Ryuzaki
2017	Leaders 2	Matazō Ishiyama
	Hagoku	Nukui
	Fuku Kaze wa Aki	Yahei	Lead role, TV movie
2018	Manpuku	Ryōzō Mitamura	Asadora	[21]
	Cold Case Season 2			[22]
2020	The Return		TV movie	[23]
2021	Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses	Shishiba	Miniseries	[24]
2023	Vivant	Shirō Uehara		[25]
2024	The Silent Service	Daigo Unabara		[26]
2025	Gannibal Season 2	Masamune Kamiyama		[27]

Awards and honours

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
1990	13th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated	[28]
1992	15th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated	[29]
1997	20th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actor	Nominated	[30]
2014	37th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actor	Nominated	[31]

Honours

Year	Honour	Ref.
2021	Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette	[32]