Teruo Yoshida

Teruo Yoshida

Known for
Acting
Born
March 23, 1936 (age 90)
Birthplace
Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Teruo Yoshida is a prominent Japanese actor and singer best known for his extensive work in mid-20th-century Japanese cinema. Born on March 23, 1936, in Osaka, Japan, he went on to graduate from Ritsumeikan University before launching his entertainment career. Yoshida is most highly recognized for his close, long-lasting collaboration with legendary cult director Teruo Ishii. During the late 1960s, he became a signature leading man in Ishii's provocative and taboo-busting genre films.

Known For

Filmography

2026
Agito: Superpower War poster

Agito: Superpower War

Movie · as Tanaka

2025
Shogun's Ninja poster

Shogun's Ninja

Movie

1995
Burai-Heiya poster

Burai-Heiya

Movie · as Ryu

1971
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 6 - The Woman's Grudge Spirit Boat poster

Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 6 - The Woman's Grudge Spirit Boat

Movie

1970
Killer's Hit List poster

Killer's Hit List

Movie

1970
Fear of Sex poster

Fear of Sex

Movie

1969
Kanto Woman Fortitude poster

Kanto Woman Fortitude

Movie

1969
Horrors of Malformed Men poster

Horrors of Malformed Men

Movie · as Hirosuke Hitomi / Genzaburô Komoda

1969
Sex and Life poster

Sex and Life

Movie

1969
Inferno of Torture poster

Inferno of Torture

Movie · as Horihide

1969
Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love poster

Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love

Movie · as Yoshioka

1969
Orgies of Edo poster

Orgies of Edo

Movie · as Gentatsu​

1969
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations poster

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

Movie · as Kurushima Tsuneki

1969
Yakuza Law poster

Yakuza Law

Movie

1969
Love and Crime poster

Love and Crime

Movie · as Murase

1968
Once and For All Pt.2 poster

Once and For All Pt.2

Movie · as Joji

1968
Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell poster

Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell

Movie · as Sugisaka

1968
Shogun's Joy of Torture poster

Shogun's Joy of Torture

Movie

1968
Army Intelligence poster

Army Intelligence

Movie · as Ichiro Kakinuma

1968
Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy poster

Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy

Movie · as Tokugawa Tsunayoshi

1968
Hot Springs Geisha poster

Hot Springs Geisha

Movie

1968
Blue in Isezaki poster

Blue in Isezaki

Movie · as Takemura

1967
Once and For All poster

Once and For All

Movie

1967
Ishimatsu the Yakuza: Something's Fishy poster

Ishimatsu the Yakuza: Something's Fishy

Movie

1967
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido poster

Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido

Movie

1967
Lover's Duet poster

Lover's Duet

Movie · as Ichirô Seki

1966
Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love poster

Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love

Movie · as Kenji Goda

1966
Secret Agent 101

Secret Agent 101

Movie

1966
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South poster

Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South

Movie

1966
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country poster

Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country

Movie

1964
Dislikes poster

Dislikes

Movie

1964
Destroyer Yukikaze poster

Destroyer Yukikaze

Movie

1964
Melody of Crime poster

Melody of Crime

Movie

1964
My Lover poster

My Lover

Movie · as Tsuneo Oda

1964
The Woman Running Along the Shore poster

The Woman Running Along the Shore

Movie

1963
Tale of Scarlet Love poster

Tale of Scarlet Love

Movie

1963
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō poster

Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō

Movie

1963
Twin Sisters of Kyoto poster

Twin Sisters of Kyoto

Movie · as Ryusuke Mizuki

1963
Rush to Our Sweetheart

Rush to Our Sweetheart

Movie

1963
The Night We Danced poster

The Night We Danced

Movie

1963
Dokuritsu bijin-tai poster

Dokuritsu bijin-tai

Movie · as Uno

1963
恋と出世に強くなれ! poster

恋と出世に強くなれ!

Movie · as 宇佐美強

1963
Sakiko-san chotto poster

Sakiko-san chotto

Movie · as 南条京太郎

1963
A Million Girls poster

A Million Girls

Movie · as Shinkichi Komiya

1962
Otoko no Uta poster

Otoko no Uta

Movie

1962
Zoku aizen katsura poster

Zoku aizen katsura

Movie

1962
Flower in a Storm poster

Flower in a Storm

Movie

1962
An Autumn Afternoon poster

An Autumn Afternoon

Movie · as Yutaka Miura

1962
Kiriko no unmei poster

Kiriko no unmei

Movie

1962
Kyūjin ryokō poster

Kyūjin ryokō

Movie

1962
Tōkyō sanosa musume poster

Tōkyō sanosa musume

Movie

1962
Daigaku kazoe uta senpai kōhai poster

Daigaku kazoe uta senpai kōhai

Movie

1962
Naite waratta hanayome poster

Naite waratta hanayome

Movie

1962
Akitsu Hot Springs poster

Akitsu Hot Springs

Movie · as News Reporter

1962
This Year's Love poster

This Year's Love

Movie · as Masao Yamada

1961
Sexy Line poster

Sexy Line

Movie · as Hiroshi Yoshioka

1961
Fire Line poster

Fire Line

Movie · as Shin'ichi

1961
I'm a Mountain Man in the City poster

I'm a Mountain Man in the City

Movie

1961
Mama o uchi ga moeteru no poster

Mama o uchi ga moeteru no

Movie

1960
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu poster

Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu

Movie · as Ryuji Hirooka

1960
Yellow Line poster

Yellow Line

Movie · as Toshio Mayama

1960
Cave Queens poster

Cave Queens

Movie · as Eiji

1960
Women of Whirlpool Island

Women of Whirlpool Island

Movie · as Nobuhiko Ôgami

1960
Female Thief and the Bomb poster

Female Thief and the Bomb

Movie · as Takashi Chiba

1960
This Is a Man's World poster

This Is a Man's World

Movie · as Takeshi Yoshida

1960
Kenjū to bakusō poster

Kenjū to bakusō

Movie · as Koji

1959
Kingorō no kaigun taishô poster

Kingorō no kaigun taishô

Movie