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Itō received the 1962 [[Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor|Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actor]] for his dual role in the seminal [[ninja]] film ''[[Shinobi no Mono]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shinobi no Mono Liner Notes|url=https://www.animeigo.com/liner/samurai/shinobi-no-mono|website=www.animeigo.com|publisher=AnimEigo|access-date=24 May 2021}}</ref> Film scholar [[Stuart Galbraith IV]] has noted that the "horse-faced actor...was a real chameleon, despite his instantly recognizable, distinctive features...[and] gives what may be the performance of his career [as] one of the all-time great Japanese movie villains.''<ref>{{cite web|author=Staurt Galbraith IV|title=Shinobi no mono (The Ninjas)|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/31058|website=DVD Talk|publisher=Internet Brands|access-date=6 December 2022}}</ref>
Itō received the 1962 [[Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor|Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actor]] for his dual role in the seminal [[ninja]] film ''[[Shinobi no Mono]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shinobi no Mono Liner Notes|url=https://www.animeigo.com/liner/samurai/shinobi-no-mono|website=www.animeigo.com|publisher=AnimEigo|access-date=24 May 2021}}</ref> Film scholar [[Stuart Galbraith IV]] has noted that the "horse-faced actor...was a real chameleon, despite his instantly recognizable, distinctive features...[and] gives what may be the performance of his career [as] one of the all-time great Japanese movie villains.''<ref>{{cite web|author=Staurt Galbraith IV|title=Shinobi no mono (The Ninjas)|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/31058|website=DVD Talk|publisher=Internet Brands|access-date=6 December 2022}}</ref>


In 2008, he was one of the actors commemorated in the ''Seven Supporting Characters'' film festival held at the now-defunct<ref>{{cite web|title=(Closed) Cinema Arton Shimokitazawa|url=https://www.shibuyabunka.com/space.php?id=113&wovn=en|website=Shibuya Bunka|publisher=Shibuya Bunka Project|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref> Cinema Artone in Tokyo's [[Shimokitazawa]] entertainment district.<ref>{{cite web|title=Comedy Limited Express Act 9: Seven Supporting Characters|url=https://intro.ne.jp/contents/2008/03/06_2357.html|website=Intro Creators Movie Magazine|publisher=Intro Cinema|access-date=14 September 2020|language=ja}}</ref>
In 2008, Itō was one of the actors commemorated in the ''Seven Supporting Characters'' film festival held at the now-defunct<ref>{{cite web|title=(Closed) Cinema Arton Shimokitazawa|url=https://www.shibuyabunka.com/space.php?id=113&wovn=en|website=Shibuya Bunka|publisher=Shibuya Bunka Project|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref> Cinema Artone in Tokyo's [[Shimokitazawa]] entertainment district.<ref>{{cite web|title=Comedy Limited Express Act 9: Seven Supporting Characters|url=https://intro.ne.jp/contents/2008/03/06_2357.html|website=Intro Creators Movie Magazine|publisher=Intro Cinema|access-date=14 September 2020|language=ja}}</ref> In July 2019, Tokyo's Cinemavera Shibuya celebrated the 100th anniversary of his birth by screening 11 of his films in a shared festival honoring Itō and actor [[Kō Nishimura]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Famous Supporting Roles IV: Yunosuke Itō vs. Kō Nishimura Showdown|url=https://lp.p.pia.jp/shared/cnt-s/cnt-s-11-02_1_f9be9b42-2ffa-4f3a-b48d-b2c8692e93f1.html|website=lp.p.pia.jp|publisher=PIA Global Entertainment|access-date=6 November 2022|language=ja}}</ref>


==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==

Revision as of 20:39, 6 December 2022

Yūnosuke Itō
Yūnosuke Itō in Kobayashi's I Will Buy You (1956)
Born3 August 1919
Tokyo, Japan
Died11 March 1980(1980-03-11) (aged 60)
OccupationActor
Years active1924–1979

Yūnosuke Itō (伊藤 雄之助, Itō Yūnosuke, 3 August 1919 – 11 March 1980) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than ninety films from 1947 to 1979.

Grave of Ito Yunosuke at Saikoji Temple, Chitose, Tokyo

Career

The son of the kabuki actor Sawamura Sōnosuke, Itō made his film debut at Toho in 1946.[1] Although mostly a supporting actor, playing memorable figures such as the novelist in Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru, he also played lead roles such as in Kon Ichikawa's Mr. Pu.[1] He is acclaimed as "one of the...extremely talented character actors who populated Japanese movies in [the Shōwa] era, playing a broad range of roles."[2]

Itō received the 1962 Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actor for his dual role in the seminal ninja film Shinobi no Mono.[3] Film scholar Stuart Galbraith IV has noted that the "horse-faced actor...was a real chameleon, despite his instantly recognizable, distinctive features...[and] gives what may be the performance of his career [as] one of the all-time great Japanese movie villains.[4]

In 2008, Itō was one of the actors commemorated in the Seven Supporting Characters film festival held at the now-defunct[5] Cinema Artone in Tokyo's Shimokitazawa entertainment district.[6] In July 2019, Tokyo's Cinemavera Shibuya celebrated the 100th anniversary of his birth by screening 11 of his films in a shared festival honoring Itō and actor Kō Nishimura.[7]

Selected filmography

Films

Year Title Role Director Notes
1949 Stray Dog Manager of Bluebird Theatre Akira Kurosawa First collaboration with Akira Kurosawa
1952 Ikiru Novelist Akira Kurosawa
1955 Keisatsu Nikki Seiji Hisamatsu
1957 Yellow Crow Ichirō Yoshida Heinosuke Gosho
1958 Giants and Toys Junji Harukawa Yasuzo Masumura
1958 The Ballad of Narayama Matayan's son Keisuke Kinoshita
1962 Sanjuro Mutsuta Akira Kurosawa
1962 The Graceful Brute Tokizō Maeda Yuzo Kawashima
1963 Kanto Wanderer Okaru-Hachi Seijun Suzuki
1963 High and Low Baba Akira Kurosawa
1965 Samurai Assassin Kenmotsu Hoshino Kihachi Okamoto
1967 The Doctor's Wife Seishu's father Yasuzo Masumura
1967 Japan's Longest Day Toshio Nonaka Kihachi Okamoto
1968 The Human Bullet Kihachi Pkamoto
1972 Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance Retsudô Yagyû Kenji Misumi
1979 Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko Bus Hijacker Kazuhiko Hasegawa

Television

Year Title Role Network Notes
1973 Kunitori Monogatari NHK Taiga drama

References

  1. ^ a b "Itō Yūnosuke". Kotobanku (in Japanese). Asahi Shinbun. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Oh Bomb/Aa bakudan (1964)". Japan On Film. Japan On Film. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Shinobi no Mono Liner Notes". www.animeigo.com. AnimEigo. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  4. ^ Staurt Galbraith IV. "Shinobi no mono (The Ninjas)". DVD Talk. Internet Brands. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  5. ^ "(Closed) Cinema Arton Shimokitazawa". Shibuya Bunka. Shibuya Bunka Project. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Comedy Limited Express Act 9: Seven Supporting Characters". Intro Creators Movie Magazine (in Japanese). Intro Cinema. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Famous Supporting Roles IV: Yunosuke Itō vs. Kō Nishimura Showdown". lp.p.pia.jp (in Japanese). PIA Global Entertainment. Retrieved 6 November 2022.


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