Yoshio Tsuchiya

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Known for
Acting
Born
May 18, 1927
Died
February 8, 2017 (aged 89)
Birthplace
Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Yoshio Tsuchiya (土屋 嘉男 Tsuchiya Yoshio, May 18, 1927 – February 8, 2017) was a Japanese actor known for his frequent appearances in Akira Kurosawa's Samurai films as well as Ishiro Honda's science fiction films.

Known For

Filmography

2016
Mifune: The Last Samurai poster

Mifune: The Last Samurai

Movie · as Self - Actor

2015
Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction poster

Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction

Movie · as Himself

2008
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects poster

Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects

Movie · as Himself

2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress' poster

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'

Movie · as Self

2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths' poster

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'

Movie · as Self

2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai' poster

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'

Movie · as Self

2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro' poster

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'

Movie · as Self

2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Red Beard' poster

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Red Beard'

Movie · as Self

1997
The Seven Chefs poster

The Seven Chefs

Movie

1991
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah poster

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

Movie · as Businessman Yasuaki Shindo

1990
Earth Defense Girl Iko-chan 3: Big Operation in Big Edo poster

Earth Defense Girl Iko-chan 3: Big Operation in Big Edo

Movie

1989
Tokyo: The Last War poster

Tokyo: The Last War

Movie · as Dr. Mizuno

1984
Rouge poster

Rouge

Movie · as Akio Tsuchiya(土屋明雄)

1983
The Undercover Ninja Organization poster

The Undercover Ninja Organization

Movie

1983
The Yoshida School poster

The Yoshida School

Movie · as Jōji Hayashi

1982
Lady Karuizawa poster

Lady Karuizawa

Movie · as Gen'ichirô Nakagawa

1980
Dangai kara no koe

Dangai kara no koe

Movie

1979
Yosōi no machi

Yosōi no machi

Movie · as Yasuzo Odachi

1977
Double Suicide at Nishijin poster

Double Suicide at Nishijin

Movie · as Yoshida

1974
Submersion of Japan poster

Submersion of Japan

TV · 26 eps

1973
Zatoichi's Conspiracy poster

Zatoichi's Conspiracy

Movie · as Shobei

1972
Kogarashi Monjiro poster

Kogarashi Monjiro

TV · as Naomitsu Kitamura · 1 ep

1971
Haru no Sakamichi poster

Haru no Sakamichi

TV · as Ōtani Yoshitsugu · 52 eps

1970
Incident at Blood Pass poster

Incident at Blood Pass

Movie · as Itahachi

1970
Space Amoeba poster

Space Amoeba

Movie · as Dr. Kyoichi Mida

1970
The Militarists poster

The Militarists

Movie · as Okawa

1970
Attention Please poster

Attention Please

TV · 1 ep

1969
Funeral Parade of Roses poster

Funeral Parade of Roses

Movie · as Gonda

1969
Samurai Banners poster

Samurai Banners

Movie

1969
Battle of the Japan Sea poster

Battle of the Japan Sea

Movie · as Staff Officer Akiyama

1969
When Love Awakens poster

When Love Awakens

Movie

1968
Destroy All Monsters poster

Destroy All Monsters

Movie · as Dr. Otani

1968
Golden Eyes poster

Golden Eyes

Movie · as Kurokawa / Killer

1968
Admiral Yamamoto poster

Admiral Yamamoto

Movie · as Staff Officer Kuroshima

1968
Kill! poster

Kill!

Movie · as Shinroku Matsuo

1967
Son of Godzilla poster

Son of Godzilla

Movie · as Furukawa

1967
Two in the Shadow poster

Two in the Shadow

Movie · as Yumiko's husband

1967
Kojiro poster

Kojiro

Movie

1967
The Killing Bottle poster

The Killing Bottle

Movie · as General Rubesa

1967
Japan's Longest Day poster

Japan's Longest Day

Movie · as Lt. Colonel Hiroshi Fuha - Eastern District Army Staff Officer

1966
Zero Fighter poster

Zero Fighter

Movie

1966
Moment of Terror poster

Moment of Terror

Movie

1966
The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay poster

The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay

Movie · as Hangoro Ose

1966
Ultra Q poster

Ultra Q

TV · as Ono · 1 ep

1965
Frankenstein Conquers the World poster

Frankenstein Conquers the World

Movie · as Daigo Kawai

1965
Red Beard poster

Red Beard

Movie · as Dr. Handayû Mori

1965
Invasion of Astro-Monster poster

Invasion of Astro-Monster

Movie · as Controller of Planet X

1965
The Retreat from Kiska poster

The Retreat from Kiska

Movie · as Terai

1965
Beast Alley poster

Beast Alley

Movie · as Katsuragi

1965
Stairs of Evil poster

Stairs of Evil

Movie · as Second division detective

1964
Fright Time poster

Fright Time

Movie

1963
High and Low poster

High and Low

Movie · as Detective Murata

1963
Matango poster

Matango

Movie · as Masafumi Kasai - Owner

1963
Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me poster

Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me

Movie

1963
Young Swordsman poster

Young Swordsman

Movie

1963
Legacy of the 500,000 poster

Legacy of the 500,000

Movie · as Yamazaki

1963
Sensation Seekers poster

Sensation Seekers

Movie

1963
A Photo journalist's Story: Risk Your Life for the Moment poster

A Photo journalist's Story: Risk Your Life for the Moment

Movie

1962
Sanjuro poster

Sanjuro

Movie · as Samurai

1962
The Crimson Sky poster

The Crimson Sky

Movie

1962
The Tenth Game of New Salarymen: Salaryman Ittoru poster

The Tenth Game of New Salarymen: Salaryman Ittoru

Movie

1962
Local Reporter poster

Local Reporter

Movie

1962
Tatsu poster

Tatsu

Movie · as Kida

1962
Varan the Unbelievable poster

Varan the Unbelievable

Movie · as Military Officer Katsumoto

1962
Chûshingura poster

Chûshingura

Movie

1961
Yojimbo poster

Yojimbo

Movie · as Kohei

1961
Death on the Mountain poster

Death on the Mountain

Movie · as Jiro Makita

1961
Sir Galahad in Campus poster

Sir Galahad in Campus

Movie · as Takizawa

1961
The Tenth Game of New Salarymen poster

The Tenth Game of New Salarymen

Movie · as Hiroshi Tsurumaki

1960
The Secret of the Telegian poster

The Secret of the Telegian

Movie · as Det. Capt. Onosaki

1960
The Human Vapor poster

The Human Vapor

Movie · as Mr. Mizuno

1960
The Bad Sleep Well poster

The Bad Sleep Well

Movie · as ADA Secretary

1960
The Storm of the Pacific poster

The Storm of the Pacific

Movie

1960
University Bandits poster

University Bandits

Movie

1959
Battle in Outer Space poster

Battle in Outer Space

Movie · as Iwomura

1959
A Whistle in My Heart poster

A Whistle in My Heart

Movie

1959
Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender poster

Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender

Movie

1959
Gigantis, the Fire Monster poster

Gigantis, the Fire Monster

Movie · as Tajima

1959
Vagabond Employee: Outcry poster

Vagabond Employee: Outcry

Movie · as Union Chairman

1959
Three 'Black Crow' Wives poster

Three 'Black Crow' Wives

Movie

1959
Talkative Wife poster

Talkative Wife

Movie

1958
The Hidden Fortress poster

The Hidden Fortress

Movie · as Horseman (uncredited)

1958
The H-Man poster

The H-Man

Movie · as Detective Taguchi

1958
Little Peach poster

Little Peach

Movie · as Ishima

1958
Varan poster

Varan

Movie · as Military Officer Katsumoto

1958
Song for a Bride poster

Song for a Bride

Movie

1958
The Rickshaw Man poster

The Rickshaw Man

Movie

1958
Female Detective Story: S.O.S  Woman poster

Female Detective Story: S.O.S Woman

Movie

1958
He's the Killer poster

He's the Killer

Movie

1958
Chakkiri Kinta Sequel poster

Chakkiri Kinta Sequel

Movie

1957
The Mysterians poster

The Mysterians

Movie · as Leader of the Mysterians

1957
Throne of Blood poster

Throne of Blood

Movie · as Washizu samurai

1957
Yagyu Secret Scrolls poster

Yagyu Secret Scrolls

Movie

1957
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2 poster

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2

Movie · as Takeshi Shimada

1957
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1 poster

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1

Movie

1957
Reign of Terror poster

Reign of Terror

Movie · as Nebukawa

1957
The Chieko Story poster

The Chieko Story

Movie · as Koyama

1957
Here Is Tokyo, Mother poster

Here Is Tokyo, Mother

Movie

1956
A Wife's Heart poster

A Wife's Heart

Movie

1956
I Saw the Killer poster

I Saw the Killer

Movie · as Shiraishi

1956
Settlement of Love poster

Settlement of Love

Movie

1956
While the Demon Steps Out poster

While the Demon Steps Out

Movie

1956
Everyone's Sweetheart poster

Everyone's Sweetheart

Movie

1955
Godzilla Raids Again poster

Godzilla Raids Again

Movie · as Tajima, Member of Osaka Defense Corps

1955
All is Well 2 poster

All is Well 2

Movie

1955
I Live in Fear poster

I Live in Fear

Movie · as Factory Worker after Fire

1955
No Time for Tears poster

No Time for Tears

Movie

1955
Stray Sheep

Stray Sheep

Movie · as Nonomiya

1955
No Response from Car 33 poster

No Response from Car 33

Movie

1955
New Tengu Kurama: Samurai in the Pouring Rain poster

New Tengu Kurama: Samurai in the Pouring Rain

Movie · as Zenzaburō Matsudaira

1954
Seven Samurai poster

Seven Samurai

Movie · as Rikichi

1954
Invisible Man poster

Invisible Man

Movie · as Komatsu, reporter

1954
Forever Be Mine poster

Forever Be Mine

Movie

1954
The Black Fury poster

The Black Fury

Movie

1953
Tower of Lilies poster

Tower of Lilies

Movie

1952
I Was a Prisoner in Siberia poster

I Was a Prisoner in Siberia

Movie