Shingo Yamashiro

Shingo Yamashiro (山城 新伍, Yamashiro Shingo; November 10, 1938 – August 12, 2009) was a Japanese television and film actor.^[1]

Shingo Yamashiro
Born	(1938-11-10)November 10, 1938 Kyoto, Japan
Died	August 12, 2009(2009-08-12) (aged 70) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation(s)	Actor, television presenter
Years active	1957–2008

Biography

Yamashiro, who was originally from Kyoto, Japan, was born Yasuji Watanabe (渡辺 安治, Watanabe Yasuji),^[1] but used Shingo Yamashiro as his stage name. He made his film acting debut in 1957.^[1]

Yamashiro starred in the television series Hakuba Dōji ("White Horse Rider"), beginning in 1960.^[1] During the 1970s, Yamashiro appeared in several yakuza films such as the Battles Without Honor and Humanity series^[1] and Gambling Den Heist (1975). Yamashiro also directed occasionally, helming such films in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series as Female Cats (1983) and Gemini Woman (1984).^[2] He starred in several variety shows later in his career.^[1]

Later years

Yamashiro was admitted to a nursing home in Machida, western Tokyo, for treatment of diabetes.^[1] He died of pneumonia at said nursing home on August 12, 2009, at the age of 70.^[1]

Filmography

Films

• 13 Assassins (1963)
• Kunoichi ninpō (1964)
• The Valiant Red Peony (1968)
• Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973), Shoichi Eda
• Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973), Shoichi Eda
• Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974), Shoichi Eda
• Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974), Shoichi Eda
• New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1974), Kenji Yamamori
• The Homeless (1974)
• Cross the Rubicon! (1975)
• Cops vs. Thugs (1975)^[3]
• Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1979)
• Final Take (1986), Reikichi Toda
• Hachiko Monogatari (1987)
• Sweet Home (film) (1989)

Television

• Key Hunter (1969)
• G-Men '75 (1975)
• The Yagyu Conspiracy (1978)
• Furuhata Ninzaburō (1996), Masao Nandaimon