Yoshio Tsuchiya

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-05-18 (90 years old)

Deathday

2017-02-08

Place of Birth

Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

Yoshio Tsuchiya

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.

Acting

1954

Seven Samurai

as Rikichi

1958

The Hidden Fortress

as Horseman (uncredited)

1955

Godzilla Raids Again

as Tajima, Member of Osaka Defense Corps

1968

1965

Red Beard

as Dr. Handayû Mori

1970

1962

Sanjuro

as Samurai

1963

High and Low

as Detective Murata

1991

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

as Businessman Yasuaki Shindo

1958

The H-Man

as Detective Taguchi

1957

The Mysterians

as Leader of the Mysterians

1970

Space Amoeba

as Dr. Kyoichi Mida

1959

1965

Invasion of Astro-Monster

as Controller of Planet X

1963

Matango

as Masafumi Kasai - Owner

1960

The Secret of the Telegian

as Det. Capt. Onosaki

1968

Golden Eyes

as Kurokawa / Killer

1970

1983

The Yoshida School

as Jōji Hayashi

1969

Battle of the Japan Sea

as Staff Officer Akiyama

1960

The Human Vapor

as Mr. Mizuno

1954

Invisible Man

as Komatsu, reporter

1967

Son of Godzilla

as Furukawa

1961

Yojimbo

as Kohei

1962

Varan the Unbelievable

as Military Officer Katsumoto

1955

I Live in Fear

as Factory Worker after Fire

1957

Throne of Blood

as Washizu samurai

1960

The Bad Sleep Well

as ADA Secretary

1958

Little Peach

as Ishima

1965

Stairs of Evil

as Second division detective

2016

1955

Stray Sheep

as Nonomiya

1958

Varan

as Military Officer Katsumoto

1967

Two in the Shadow

as Yumiko's husband

1984

Rouge

as Akio Tsuchiya(土屋明雄)

1961

Death on the Mountain

as Jiro Makita

1967

1961

1982

Lady Karuizawa

as Gen'ichirô Nakagawa

1968

Admiral Yamamoto

as Staff Officer Kuroshima

1963

1967

The Killing Bottle

as General Rubesa

1966

1968

Kill!

as Shinroku Matsuo

1967

Japan's Longest Day

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

1989

Tokyo: The Last War

as Dr. Mizuno

1965

Beast Alley

as Katsuragi

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