Rokkō Toura

Rokkō Toura (戸浦 六宏, Toura Rokkō, 25 March 1937 – 30 April 1993) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1960 to 1993.[1][2][3]　Before he started his acting career, he was a high school teacher but became an actor by Nagisa Oshima's recommendation.[4]

Rokkō Toura
戸浦六宏
Born	30 April 1930 Osaka, Japan
Died	25 March 1993 (aged 62) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1960-1993

Selected filmography

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Film

• Taiyo no Sakaba (1960)
• Night and Fog in Japan (1960) as Higashiura
• Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965) as crippled yakuza
• Japan's Longest Day (1967)
• Double Suicide: Japanese Summer (1967)
• Tales of the Ninja (Band of Ninja) (1967)(Voice)
• Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1968) as Himself
• Death by Hanging (1968)
• Kuroneko (1968) as a warlord
• Live Today, Die Tomorrow! (1970) as Gondo
• The Ceremony (1971 film) (1971) as Sakurada Mamoru
• Alleycat Rock: Crazy Riders '71 (1971)
• Silence (1971) as The Interpreter
• Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)
• Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973) as Oribe
• Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs (1974)
• Military Comfort Women (1974) as Yamagami
• The Life of Chikuzan (1977) as Hikoichi
• Sanada Yukimura no Bōryaku (1979) as Ono Harunaga
• Edo Porn (1981)
• Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
• Early Spring Story (1985)
• Tree Without Leaves (1986)
• Yearning (1993)

Television

• Taiga drama
  • Akō Rōshi (1964) as Takebayashi Takashige
  • Taikoki (1965) as Hosokawa Fujitaka
  • Ten to Chi to (1969) as Suwa Yorishige
  • Kunitori Monogatari (1973) as Shimozuma Rairen
  • Katsu Kaishū (1974) as Takano Chōei
  • Kusa Moeru as Minamoto no Yukiie
  • Tokugawa Ieyasu as Hirate Masahide
• Unmeitōge (1974) as Yami no Hichibei
• Sanada Taiheiki (1985-86) as Ninja Nakayama Nagatoshi

References

1. "戸浦 六宏" (in Japanese). コトバンク. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
2. "悪役列伝《総集編》④～戸浦六宏" (in Japanese). この映画を見ずに. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
3. 「個性光る、名脇役」　Asahi Shimbun読売新聞1993 March 26 朝刊31面
4. "戸浦 六宏" (in Japanese). ピア. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
5. "戸浦 六宏" (in Japanese). eiga.com. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

External links

• Rokkō Toura on IMDb