Toshio Kurosawa (actor)

Toshio Kurosawa (黒沢 年男, Kurosawa Toshio; born February 4, 1944) is a Japanese actor and singer from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture.^[1][2] Kuroswa joined Toho film studio as an actor and made his film debut with Hibari Chiemi Izumi Sanninyoreba in 1964.^[2] His first starring role was in the 1966 film Hikinige.^[2][3][4] In 1971, Kurosawa left Toho and became a freelance actor.^[5]

Toshio Kurosawa
黒沢 年男
Born	(1944-02-04) February 4, 1944 (age 81) Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation(s)	Actor, Singer
Years active	1964–present
Agent	Yume Group

His song Tokiniwa Shōfu no Yōni became a big hit in 1978.^[2]

Selected filmography

Film

• Hibari・Chiemi・Izumi Sanninyoreba (1964)
• Samurai Assassin (1965)
• Ereki no Wakadaishō (1965) as Izawa
• Hikinige (1966)
• Izu no Odoriko (1966)
• The Stranger Within a Woman (1966) as Bartender
• Japan's Longest Day (1967) as Hatanaka Kenji
• Admiral Yamamoto (1968) as Kimura Keisuke
• Hymn to a Tired Man (1969) as Zensaku's son
• Battle of the Japan Sea (1969) as Pfc. Maeyama Sankichi
• Yajyū-toshi (1970)
• The Militarists (1970) as Shimagaki
• Hakuchu no Shugeki (1970)
• The Wolves (1971) as Tsutomu Onodera
• The Water Margin (1972) as Shi Wengong
• The Human Revolution (1973)
• Lady Snowblood (1973) as Ryūrei Ashio
• Horror of the Wolf (1973) as Akira Jin
• Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974) as Shigeru Takemoto
• Evil of Dracula (1974) as Shiraki
• Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) as Akira Nakagawa
• Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no Mon (1974) as Muraguchi
• Best Guy (1990) as Lt. Colonel Tadayuki "Odyssey" Yamamoto
• Kimi no Manazashi (2017)

Television

• Hissatsu Shiokinin (1973) (ep.4) as Seiten no Masagorō
• The Water Margin (1973) as Dai Zong
• Kage Dōshin II (1975–76) as Hotta Genpachiro
• Japan Sinks (1974–75)
• Kusa Moeru (1979) as Kokemaru
• Doberman Deka (1980) as Jōji Kanō
• The Hungman (1980–82)
• Aoi (2000) as Natsuka Masaie