Yosuke Natsuki (Japanese: 夏木陽介, Hepburn: Natsuki Yōsuke, February 27, 1936 – January 14, 2018) was a Japanese actor. He had participated twice in the Dakar Rally as a racing driver.[1]
Yosuke Natsuki | |
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Born | |
Died | January 14, 2018 | (aged 81)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1958–2018 |
He did a lot of work for the Toho Company and made his debut in the film The H-Man.[2] He appeared in Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo in 1961. In the same year, he received the Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year.[3] In the 1970s, he left Toho and joined Toshiro Mifune's production company.[4] He was famous for his role in the police TV drama G-Men '75 as well as Toho Studios monster movies.
Selected filmography
editFilms
edit- The H-Man (1958) - Man, witness on rainy day
- Otona niwa wakaranai: Seishun hakusho (1958)
- Mikkokusha wa dare ka (1958) - Keiichi Sudô
- Ankokugai no kaoyaku (1959) - Kashimura's assistant
- Daigaku no oneechan (1959) - Lucky Nakaki
- Kitsune to tanuki (1959)
- Daigaku no nijuhachin (1959)
- Seishun o kakero (1959) - Hurry Ken
- Wakai koibitotachi (1959) - Tôru Akimoto
- Dokuritsu gurentai (1959)
- Osorubeki hiasobi (1959)
- Bakushô Mito Kômon man'yûki (1959) - Kakunoshin Atsumi
- The Last Gunfight (1960) - Officer Miake
- Samurai to oneechan (1960) - Shôsuke Fuyuki
- Yama no kanata ni - Dai ichi-bu: Ringo no hoo: Dai ni-bu: Sakana no seppun (1960) - Kôichi Shimura
- Kunisada Chûji (1960) - Sentaro Itabashi
- Storm Over the Pacific (1960) - Lt. Koji Kitami
- Fundoshi isha (1960) - Hangoro
- Ôzora no yarôdomo (1960)
- Shin jôdaigaku (1960)
- Autumn Has Already Started (1960) - Shotaro Yamada
- Sararîman Chûshingura (1960) - Riki Oishi
- The Story of Osaka Castle (1961) - Chomonshu Kimura
- Wakai ôkami (1961) - Nobuo Kawamoto
- Minami no kaze to nami (1961) - Junpei Hara
- Zoku sararîman Chûshingura (1961) - Chikara
- Yojimbo (1961) - Kohei's Son
- Dangai no ketto (1961)
- Kurenai no umi (1961)
- Onna bakari no yoru (1961) - Hayakawa
- Gen to fudômyô-ô (1961)
- Yato kaze no naka o hashiru (1961) - Taro
- Hoero datsugokushu (1961)
- Salary man Shimizu minato (1962) - Shingo Oiwake
- Onna no za (1962) - Aoyama Yutaka
- Zoku sararîman shimizu minato (1962)
- Kurenai no sora (1962)
- Dobunezumi sakusen (1962)
- Kigeki ekimae onsen (1962) - Kôtarô Takami
- Chikata nikki (1962)
- Yama-neko sakusen (1962)
- Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (1962) - Kin'emon Okano
- Ankokugai no kiba (1962)
- Attack Squadron! (1963) - Captain Nobuo Ataka
- Chintao yôsai bakugeki meirei (1963)
- Dokuritsu kikanjûtai imada shagekichu (1963)
- Interpol Code 8 (1963) - Akimoto
- Norainu sakusen (1963)
- Warera sarariman (1963)
- Whirlwind (1964) - Kiyonosuke
- Kyô mo ware ôzora ni ari (1964)
- Jigoku sakusen (1964)
- Chi to daiyamondo (1964)
- Dogora (1964) - Inspector Kommei
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) - Detective Shindo
- Kokkura suzumaru (1965)
- Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi (1965)
- Jinchoge (1966) - Nomura
- Kore ga seishun da! (1966) - Shinsuke Yuki
- Take-chan shacho (1967, part 1, 2)
- Dekkai taiyô (1967)
- Natsukashiki fue ya taiko (1967)
- Moero! Taiyô (1967)
- Moero! Seishun (1968) - Kensuke Sunaga
- Musume zakari (1969) - Takashi Watanabe
- Oiroke komikku (1970)
- Batsugun joshikôsei (1970, part 1, 2) - Shunsuke Takimura
- Circuit no ohkami (1977)
- Bokusâ (1977)
- Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari kôen mae hashutsujo (1977)
- Jerashî gêmu (1982) - Shinichi Suruga
- Keiji monogatari 3 - Shiosai no uta (1984)
- The Return of Godzilla (1984) - Professor Makoto Hayashida
- Seito shokun! (1984) - Seishi Hokujo
- Godzilla 1985 (1985) - Dr. Hayashida
- Ore wa otokoda! kanketsu-hen (1987)
- Ai wa kurosuoba (1987)
- Umi e (1988)
- Private Lessons II (1993)
- Round 1 (2003)
- Shinario raitâ (star) Matsumoto Mariko no kadai (2005)
- The Passenger (2005) - Naoki Sando
- Sô kamo shirenai (2005)
- Maze (2006)
- Seducing Mr. Perfect (2006) - Mi Jeu-yo-si
- Black Belt (2007) - Eiken Shibahara
- Half Blood Samurai (2008)
- The Monster X Strikes Back/Attack the G8 Summit (2008)
- Sakura Sakura (2010)
- Sayonara natsu yasumi (2010)
- Kirin (2012) - (final film role)
- Mifune: The Last Samurai (2015, Documentary) - Himself
Television
edit- G-Men '75 (1975-1979) - Odagiri
- Edo no Gekitou (1979)
- Doberman Deka (1980) - Masamichi Nishiya
- Shōgun (1980) - Zataki
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983) - Yagyū Munenori