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Yūnosuke Itō | |
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 Yūnosuke Itō in Kobayashi's I Will Buy You (1956) | |
| Born | 3 August 1919 |
| Died | 11 March 1980 (aged 60) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1924–1979 |
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.
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, he 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]
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
- ^ a b "Itō Yūnosuke". Kotobanku (in Japanese). Asahi Shinbun. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ^ "Oh Bomb/Aa bakudan (1964)". Japan On Film. Japan On Film. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ "Shinobi no Mono Liner Notes". www.animeigo.com. AnimEigo. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ Staurt Galbraith IV. "Shinobi no mono (The Ninjas)". DVD Talk. Internet Brands. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ "(Closed) Cinema Arton Shimokitazawa". Shibuya Bunka. Shibuya Bunka Project. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "Comedy Limited Express Act 9: Seven Supporting Characters". Intro Creators Movie Magazine (in Japanese). Intro Cinema. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
External links
- Yūnosuke Itō at IMDb
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