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Tsuyoshi Ihara

is a Japanese actor of Korean descent.

Early life

Ihara, a third-generation Zainichi Korean by birth, was born on November 6, 1963, in Kitakyūshū as Yun Yu-gu () and grew up in Ikuno-ku "Korea Town" section of Osaka. He is a graduate of Imamiya Senior High School, Naniwa-ku, Osaka. He received his Japanese citizenship in 1995.

Career

Ihara joined Sonny Chiba's Japan Action Club after leaving high school. Soon after, he began to work in numerous feature films and television dramas, including the 1996 NHK series Futarikko. In 2006, Ihara appeared as the Baron Takeichi Nishi in Clint Eastwood's critically acclaimed Academy Award-winning film Letters from Iwo Jima, introducing him to a wider international audience.

Ihara authored a book, , published in Japan by Amoeba Books.

In 2016, he became an apprentice to Katsura. He made his debut as a rakugo artist.

Filmography

Films

  • Kotaro Makaritoru (1984) - Sadoya Shunper
  • Bakayarō! Watashi Okkote Masu (1988, Kōwa International and Shochiku) - Kazuki Numayama (Episode 1)
  • Byôin e ikô (1990) - Hizaki
  • Hong Kong Paradise (1990, Toho) - Ando
  • Onna ga ichiban niau shokugyo (1990) - Fumio Tsukada
  • Daida Kyōshi Akiba, Shinken Desu! (1991, Toei and Nippon TV)
  • Jingi (1991, Toei)
  • Shura no Teiou (1994)
  • Yonshima Monogatari (1995, Ezaki Guriko)
  • ' (1995, Daiei) - Yoshinari Yonemori
  • Abunai Deka Returns (1996, Nippon TV, Toei)
  • Hiroin! Naniwa bombers (1998)
  • ' (1999, Daiei)
  • Drug (2001) - Masashi Kurata
  • Minna no Ie (2001, Fuji TV, Toho) - Arakawa Jr
  • Hanochi (2004)
  • Hinagon (2005) - Ichiro Igarashi
  • Retribution (2006) - Tôru Miyaji
  • Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) - Baron Takeichi Nishi
  • Heat Island (2007) - Kakizawa
  • Ginmaku ban Sushi ôji!: Nyûyôku e iku (2008) - Haruki / Rin
  • Tsukiji uogashi sandaime (2008) - Eiji
  • Ninja (2009) - Masazuka
  • Nakumonka (2009)
  • Thirteen Assassins (2010) - Kujuro Hirayama
  • Dirty Hearts (2011, Shindo Renmei) - Takahashi
  • The Tang of Lemon (2011)
  • Ai to makoto (2012) - Kenta Zaô
  • ' (2012) - Kazuhiko Shima
  • ' (2014)
  • Samurai Hustle (2014) - Danzo Kumogakure
  • Last Knights (2015) - Ito
  • Ashura 2003 (2015)
  • Sutoreiyâzu kuronikuru (2015) - Koichiro Watase
  • Kazoku no hi (2016)
  • Chô kôsoku! Sankin kôtai ritânzu (2016) - Danzo Kumogakure
  • Iine! Iine! Iine! (2016)
  • The Old Capital (2016)
  • Lámen Shop (2018) - Kazuo
  • They Say Nothing Stays the Same (2019)
  • Signal: The Movie (2021) - Junki Aoki
  • Yakuza Princess (2021) - Takeshi
  • Sidonie in Japan (2023) - Kenzo Mizoguchi
  • La Campanella (TBA)

Television dramas

Anime

  • Karasu (1995, Toei)

Theater

  • We Love JAC (1986)
  • Jōji ta JAC Kōen
  • Mayonaka no Party (1991)
  • Honkon Rhapsody (1993)
  • Dā! Dā! Dā! (1993)
  • Hikoma ga Yuku (2002)
  • Blood Gets in Your Eyes (2003)
  • Rōnin Gai (2004)
  • Kātenkōru (2005)
  • shuffle (2005)
  • Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

Other programs

Books

  • Kokorozashite Sōrō (author)

References

External links