Takeshi Sakamoto

Takeshi Sakamoto

Known for
Acting
Born
September 21, 1899
Died
May 17, 1974 (aged 74)
Birthplace
Sakoshi, Hyogo, Japan

Biography

Takeshi Sakamoto (坂本武, Sakamoto Takeshi, 21 September 1899 – 10 May 1974) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1925 and 1965, mostly in productions of the Shōchiku studio. He gained popularity as a supporting character, working for directors such as Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita, Mikio Naruse, Hiroshi Shimizu and Heinosuke Gosho. Description above from the Wikipedia article Takeshi Sakamoto, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

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The Foster Mother poster

The Foster Mother

Movie · as Kanzo

1965
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan poster

Cold Rice, Osan, Chan

Movie

1964
Daydream poster

Daydream

Movie · as Department store guard

1963
Yakuza of Seki poster

Yakuza of Seki

Movie

1963
Okashina yatsu poster

Okashina yatsu

Movie · as Kiichi Shuntô

1963
A Legend or Was It? poster

A Legend or Was It?

Movie

1963
Blackmail poster

Blackmail

Movie

1962
Haruko no ōen danchō poster

Haruko no ōen danchō

Movie

1962
Ballad of a Workman poster

Ballad of a Workman

Movie

1962
A Carpenter and Children poster

A Carpenter and Children

Movie

1962
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka poster

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka

Movie

1962
Hell's Kitchen poster

Hell's Kitchen

Movie

1962
The Princess and the Bearded Lord poster

The Princess and the Bearded Lord

Movie

1961
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox poster

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox

Movie

1961
Casebook of Detective Jiro Nango: Shadowless Murderer

Casebook of Detective Jiro Nango: Shadowless Murderer

Movie

1961
Hattari Seinen Shinshi poster

Hattari Seinen Shinshi

Movie

1961
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku poster

The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku

Movie · as Matabei

1961
Kyūsenman no akarui hitomi

Kyūsenman no akarui hitomi

Movie

1961
Hiroshi Moriya Sandogasa: I Want to Weep poster

Hiroshi Moriya Sandogasa: I Want to Weep

Movie · as Akabeko Shosuke

1961
Hiroshi Moriya Sadogasa: Thank You, Sandogasa poster

Hiroshi Moriya Sadogasa: Thank You, Sandogasa

Movie · as Tetsunoya Tōzō (Boss)

1961
桃色の超特急 poster

桃色の超特急

Movie

1960
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3 poster

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3

Movie

1959
Mariko's Autobiography: Flowing Constellation poster

Mariko's Autobiography: Flowing Constellation

Movie

1958
A Boy and Three Mothers poster

A Boy and Three Mothers

Movie · as Seitaro Nakahara, Seiji's father

1958
Hobo Village

Hobo Village

Movie

1958
Maria of the Ant Village poster

Maria of the Ant Village

Movie

1958
The Capital of Love poster

The Capital of Love

Movie · as Eitaro Yoshii

1958
I Want to Be a Shellfish poster

I Want to Be a Shellfish

Movie

1958
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi poster

Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi

Movie

1958
Love in the Deep poster

Love in the Deep

Movie

1958
The Naked General poster

The Naked General

Movie

1957
Men Fighting Whales poster

Men Fighting Whales

Movie

1957
Times of Joy and Sorrow poster

Times of Joy and Sorrow

Movie

1957
The Beauty Expert poster

The Beauty Expert

Movie

1957
Untamed Woman poster

Untamed Woman

Movie · as Kisuke, the foster father

1957
Monkey Business poster

Monkey Business

Movie · as Kōshichi Yamaji

1957
Story of a Detective's Assistant poster

Story of a Detective's Assistant

Movie · as Hirosuke, Toshiko's father

1957
Story of a Detective's Assistant Sequel

Story of a Detective's Assistant Sequel

Movie

1956
Outlaw island poster

Outlaw island

Movie

1956
Manchurian Sunset poster

Manchurian Sunset

Movie · as Matsugen

1956
Sound in the Mist poster

Sound in the Mist

Movie

1956
Twice on a Certain Night poster

Twice on a Certain Night

Movie

1956
Midori naru hito: zenpen wakare no yogisha poster

Midori naru hito: zenpen wakare no yogisha

Movie

1956
Midori naru hito: kōhen ai no honryū poster

Midori naru hito: kōhen ai no honryū

Movie

1956
Triumphant Song of Youth poster

Triumphant Song of Youth

Movie · as Genkichi Ogawa

1956
Sound of Youth poster

Sound of Youth

Movie

1956
Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress

Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress

Movie

1956
The Spoiled Brat President poster

The Spoiled Brat President

Movie

1955
The Tattered Wings poster

The Tattered Wings

Movie · as Fuyuko's father

1955
Growing Up poster

Growing Up

Movie

1955
The Magical Warrior poster

The Magical Warrior

Movie

1955
Bride in the Kitchen

Bride in the Kitchen

Movie

1955
Rōkyoku tengu dōjō poster

Rōkyoku tengu dōjō

Movie

1955
The Birth of Judo poster

The Birth of Judo

Movie

1955
I Was Tokichiro poster

I Was Tokichiro

Movie

1954
Sunny house poster

Sunny house

Movie

1954
The Cock Crows Twice poster

The Cock Crows Twice

Movie

1954
The Road of Love

The Road of Love

Movie

1954
Umon Detective Story: Rare Change poster

Umon Detective Story: Rare Change

Movie

1953
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido poster

Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido

Movie

1953
New Tokyo March poster

New Tokyo March

Movie

1953
Where Chimneys Are Seen poster

Where Chimneys Are Seen

Movie · as Tokuji Kawamura

1953
Young Miss Executive poster

Young Miss Executive

Movie

1952
Carmen's Innocent Love poster

Carmen's Innocent Love

Movie · as Landlord's cousin

1952
The Waves poster

The Waves

Movie

1952
Our Chief, Our Doctor poster

Our Chief, Our Doctor

Movie · as Tahei

1952
Kon'na watashi ja nakatta ni poster

Kon'na watashi ja nakatta ni

Movie

1951
Carmen Comes Home poster

Carmen Comes Home

Movie · as Shoichi Aoyama

1951
Boyhood poster

Boyhood

Movie · as Furukawa

1951
Fireworks Over the Sea poster

Fireworks Over the Sea

Movie · as Jinkichi Aikawa

1951
Beauty of Life poster

Beauty of Life

Movie

1951
Over That Hill poster

Over That Hill

Movie

1950
The Tokyo Kid poster

The Tokyo Kid

Movie

1950
Spring Snow poster

Spring Snow

Movie · as Uncle

1950
The Actress and the Detective

The Actress and the Detective

Movie

1949
Here's to the Young Lady poster

Here's to the Young Lady

Movie · as Mr. Sato

1949
Farewell Tango poster

Farewell Tango

Movie

1948
A Hen in the Wind poster

A Hen in the Wind

Movie · as Hikozo Sakai

1948
Ghosts Die at Dawn poster

Ghosts Die at Dawn

Movie · as Policeman

1948
Yakyukyō jidai poster

Yakyukyō jidai

Movie

1947
Record of a Tenement Gentleman poster

Record of a Tenement Gentleman

Movie · as Kawayoshi

1947
Newlywed League Match poster

Newlywed League Match

Movie

1947
Shinya no shicho

Shinya no shicho

Movie

1946
Twenty-Year-Old Youth poster

Twenty-Year-Old Youth

Movie · as Morita

1946
Kigeki wa owarinu

Kigeki wa owarinu

Movie

1945
Theater poster

Theater

Movie

1945
Tengoku no hanayome

Tengoku no hanayome

Movie

1945
Victory Song poster

Victory Song

Movie · as Nobue's father

1945
The Young Women of Izu poster

The Young Women of Izu

Movie

1944
Sailor poster

Sailor

Movie · as Teacher (uncredited)

1944
The Man Who Has Returned poster

The Man Who Has Returned

Movie

1944
Ouma wa nanajū nanaman seki poster

Ouma wa nanajū nanaman seki

Movie

1944
Tengu daoshi

Tengu daoshi

Movie

1943
Middle-Aged Man

Middle-Aged Man

Movie

1943
Port of Flowers poster

Port of Flowers

Movie

1943
The Living Magoroku poster

The Living Magoroku

Movie

1943
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane poster

Air Raid of the Enemy Plane

Movie · as Fortuneteller

1942
There Was a Father poster

There Was a Father

Movie · as Makoto Hirata

1942
Moon of the Plateau poster

Moon of the Plateau

Movie

1942
Otoko no iki poster

Otoko no iki

Movie

1942
Sumida River poster

Sumida River

Movie

1942
A Certain Woman poster

A Certain Woman

Movie

1942
The Spy Has Not Died Yet poster

The Spy Has Not Died Yet

Movie

1942
Flowers of Patriotism poster

Flowers of Patriotism

Movie

1941
Ornamental Hairpin poster

Ornamental Hairpin

Movie

1941
Introspection Tower poster

Introspection Tower

Movie · as Tamiko's Father

1941
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family poster

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

Movie · as Antique Dealer

1941
Dawn Chorus poster

Dawn Chorus

Movie

1940
Utsukushiki Rinjin poster

Utsukushiki Rinjin

Movie

1940
Wood and Stone poster

Wood and Stone

Movie · as director of the arishima's hospital

1940
Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru

Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru

Movie

1939
Mother is Strong poster

Mother is Strong

Movie

1939
Zoku aizen katsura poster

Zoku aizen katsura

Movie

1939
A Brother and His Younger Sister poster

A Brother and His Younger Sister

Movie · as Shinzō Arita

1939
Four Seasons of Children poster

Four Seasons of Children

Movie · as Grandfather

1939
Lovers' Duet poster

Lovers' Duet

Movie · as Rakugo-ka

1939
Warm Current poster

Warm Current

Movie

1938
Hotaru no hikari poster

Hotaru no hikari

Movie

1938
So Goes My Love poster

So Goes My Love

Movie · as Shigeo's uncle

1938
Family Diary poster

Family Diary

Movie · as Policeman

1938
The Tree of Love poster

The Tree of Love

Movie

1938
The Masseurs and a Woman poster

The Masseurs and a Woman

Movie

1937
What Did the Lady Forget? poster

What Did the Lady Forget?

Movie · as Sugiyama

1937
Children in the Wind poster

Children in the Wind

Movie · as Uncle

1937
Don't Tell Your Wife About It

Don't Tell Your Wife About It

Movie · as Mr. Kawada

1937
Lady Doctor Kinuyo poster

Lady Doctor Kinuyo

Movie · as Tessai Yamaoka

1937
Goodbye to the Front

Goodbye to the Front

Movie

1936
Woman in the Mist poster

Woman in the Mist

Movie · as Fumikichi

1936
Housewife Camellia poster

Housewife Camellia

Movie

1936
Family Meeting poster

Family Meeting

Movie · as Hanaju

1936
Men vs. Women poster

Men vs. Women

Movie

1936
College Is a Nice Place poster

College Is a Nice Place

Movie · as Teacher

1935
An Inn in Tokyo poster

An Inn in Tokyo

Movie · as Kihachi

1935
Mother's Love Letter poster

Mother's Love Letter

Movie

1935
Okoto and Sasuke poster

Okoto and Sasuke

Movie · as Seikichi

1935
Burden of Life poster

Burden of Life

Movie

1935
Him, Her, and the Boys

Him, Her, and the Boys

Movie · as Tokochbi's Father

1935
An Innocent Maid poster

An Innocent Maid

Movie · as Kihachi

1934
A Story of Floating Weeds poster

A Story of Floating Weeds

Movie · as Kihachi

1934
Street Without End poster

Street Without End

Movie · as Guest for portrait painter

1934
The Genealogy of Women poster

The Genealogy of Women

Movie · as Night Shop Master

1934
My Elder Brother poster

My Elder Brother

Movie · as Nagamatu, driver

1934
That Night's Woman

That Night's Woman

Movie

1934
Mother of the East

Mother of the East

Movie · as Yasukawa

1934
Honeymoon

Honeymoon

Movie

1933
Every-Night Dreams poster

Every-Night Dreams

Movie

1933
Passing Fancy poster

Passing Fancy

Movie · as Kihachi

1933
The Boss's Son at College poster

The Boss's Son at College

Movie · as Fujii's uncle Muraki

1933
The Dancing Girl of Izu poster

The Dancing Girl of Izu

Movie · as Hattori

1933
The Bride Talks in Her Sleep poster

The Bride Talks in Her Sleep

Movie · as Thief

1933
Happy Times poster

Happy Times

Movie

1933
Japanese King Kong poster

Japanese King Kong

Movie · as Yokoshima

1933
Love poster

Love

Movie

1933
Before the Wedding poster

Before the Wedding

Movie · as Kyōsuke Kawai

1933
Daphne poster

Daphne

Movie · as Landlord

1932
I Was Born, But... poster

I Was Born, But...

Movie · as Juuyaku

1932
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? poster

Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?

Movie · as College janitor

1932
Spring Comes from the Ladies poster

Spring Comes from the Ladies

Movie · as Sakaguchi, tailor

1932
Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter poster

Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter

Movie

1932
Storm Zone

Storm Zone

Movie · as President Murase

1931
Tokyo Chorus poster

Tokyo Chorus

Movie · as Rou-Shain Yamada

1931
The Lady and the Beard poster

The Lady and the Beard

Movie · as Karei

1931
The Neighbour's Wife and Mine poster

The Neighbour's Wife and Mine

Movie · as Driver

1931
Silver Stream poster

Silver Stream

Movie

1930
A Buddhist Mass for Goemon Ishikawa

A Buddhist Mass for Goemon Ishikawa

Movie

1930
Hard Times poster

Hard Times

Movie · as Yoshida

1930
Walk Cheerfully poster

Walk Cheerfully

Movie · as Ono

1930
Marching On poster

Marching On

Movie · as Officer A

1930
Love and Power poster

Love and Power

Movie

1930
The Luck Which Touched the Leg poster

The Luck Which Touched the Leg

Movie · as Section chief

1930
At a Crossroads poster

At a Crossroads

Movie

1930
Youth, Why Do You Cry? poster

Youth, Why Do You Cry?

Movie · as Akazawa

1929
The Big City: Labor

The Big City: Labor

Movie · as Kasamatsu (engine driver)

1929
A Straightforward Boy poster

A Straightforward Boy

Movie · as Boss Gontora

1929
I Graduated, But... poster

I Graduated, But...

Movie · as Secretary

1929
Days of Youth poster

Days of Youth

Movie · as Professor

1929
The Life of an Office Worker poster

The Life of an Office Worker

Movie · as Friend

1929
The Dawning Sky poster

The Dawning Sky

Movie

1929
Modan kaidan: 100,000,000 yen

Modan kaidan: 100,000,000 yen

Movie · as Kunizo Ôhara

1929
The Blacksmith of the Forest poster

The Blacksmith of the Forest

Movie · as School Teacher

1929
Him and Life

Him and Life

Movie

1929
Triumphant Song of the Mountain

Triumphant Song of the Mountain

Movie · as Uotoku

1929
The Father and His Son

The Father and His Son

Movie · as Deputy Mayor Mizuhara

1928
Kare to Tokyo

Kare to Tokyo

Movie

1928
King of the Land poster

King of the Land

Movie · as Kan-san (barber)

1928
Pumpkin poster

Pumpkin

Movie · as Principal

1928
Wife Lost poster

Wife Lost

Movie · as Uncle

1928
Dreams of Youth poster

Dreams of Youth

Movie · as Okada's father

1928
Physical Beauty poster

Physical Beauty

Movie

1928
What a Handsome Man!

What a Handsome Man!

Movie · as Ōgane Arizō

1928
A Wife Quits

A Wife Quits

Movie · as Hirano (husband)

1927
Secret Struggle

Secret Struggle

Movie

1927
Magic

Magic

Movie

1927
Sankichi the Flying Squirrel

Sankichi the Flying Squirrel

Movie · as Jin'emon Honjō

1926
Flashing Blade

Flashing Blade

Movie

1925
Fallen Samurai poster

Fallen Samurai

Movie · as Loyalist Kato