Hiroshi Kawaguchi (actor)

Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Kawaguchi with Hitomi Nozoe
Born(1936-08-22)22 August 1936
Tokyo, Japan
Died17 November 1987(1987-11-17) (aged 51)
OccupationActor
Years active1956–1987
Spouse
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(m. 1960)​

Hiroshi Kawaguchi (Japanese: 川口 浩, romanized: Kawaguchi Hiroshi, 22 August 1936 – 17 November 1987)[1] was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1956 and 1986. He was born in Tokyo, Japan. Kawaguchi's father, writer Matsutarō Kawaguchi, was an executive at Daiei Film, where Kawaguchi acted. In 1960 he married Daiei actress Hitomi Nozoe.[2]

Partial filmography

  • Niji ikutabi (1956) - Kazuhiko Takemiya
  • Punishment Room (1956)[3] - Katsumi Shimada
  • Studio wa ôsawagi (1956)
  • Tsukigata Hanpeita: Hana no maki; Arashi no maki (1956) - Sango Atobe
  • Yonjû-hassai no teikô (1956) - Takashi, Kotaro's son
  • The Crowded Streetcar (1957) - Tamio Moroi
  • Nagasugita haru (1957) - Ikuo Takarabe
  • Kisses (1957, directed by Yasuzo Masumura) - Kinichi Miyamoto
  • Chijo (1957) - Heiichiro Okawa
  • Yūrakuchō de Aimashō (有楽町で逢いましょう) (lit. Lovers in Yurakucho aka Let's Meet in Yurakuchô) (1958) - Takeshi Koyanagi
  • Edokko matsuri (1958) - Takechiyo
  • The Loyal 47 Ronin (忠臣蔵 Chūshingura) (1958) - Chikara Ōishi
  • Aiga (1958)
  • Haha (1958) - Eizô Yuasa
  • Giants and Toys (1958)[4] - Yôsuke Nishi
  • The Lowest Man (1958)[5]
  • Futeki na otoko (1958) - Saburô Tateno
  • Oyafukô dôri (1958) - Katsuya Sotozaki
  • Musume no boken (1958)
  • Anata to watashi no aikotoba: Sayônara, konnichiwa (1959) - Kataoka
  • Saikô shukun fujin (1959) - Saburo Mihara
  • Yoru no togyo (1959) - Hideo Kawashibara
  • Bibô ni tsumi ari (1959) - Tadao Shimizu
  • Floating Weeds (1959)[6] - Kiyoshi Homma
  • Yami o yokogire (1959) - Kunio Ishizuka
  • Sexy sign suki suki suki (1960) - Ryôtarô Yamazaki
  • Jokyo (1960) - Tabata
  • Onna wa teikô suru (1960) - Akira Kuji, the singer
  • Shôri to haiboku (1960) - Muneo Yamanaka
  • Sure-sure (1960)
  • San'nin no kaoyaku (1960) - Shûkichi Môri
  • Her Brother (1960)[7] - Hekiro
  • San kyôdai no kettô (1960)
  • Ginzakko monogatari (1961) - Yûji Takarai
  • Ojôsan (1961) - Keiichi Sawai
  • Gonin no totsugeki tai (1961) - Pvt. First Class Hashimoto
  • Tokyo onigiri musume (1961) - Gorô Shirai
  • Nyobo gakko (1961)
  • A Wife Confesses (1961) - Osamu Kôda
  • Buddha (1961) - Ajātasattu[8]
  • Urusai imôtotachi (1961) - Kenji
  • Wakai yatsura no kaidan (1961) - Fujiwara
  • Shin jinsei gekijô (1961)
  • Onna wa yoru kesshô suru (1961)
  • Onna no tsurihashi (1961) - Yôji (Episode 1)
  • Katei no jijô (1962) - Kazutaka Hirose
  • Kurotokage (1962) - Jun Amemiya
  • Heiten jikan (1962) - Makoto Ubukata
  • Hoseki dorobo (1962) - Kenichi Tachibana
  • The Great Wall (1962)[8] - Hsi Liang
  • Konto Gojugo-go: Uchu daibôken (1969) - Doguma
  • Yoru no têkubari shi: sûke chi hitokirî (1971)
  • Kawaguchi Hiroshi　Tankentai　（川口浩探検隊、Explorer ＆ Adventurer Kawaguchi Hiroshi 1978-1985, TV Series
  • Crusher Joe (1983) - Control Room Officer (voice)
  • Arion (1986) - (voice)
  • Venus Wars (1989) - Tao (voice)

References

  1. ^ "川口 浩" ["Hiroshi Kawaguchi"]. kotobank.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  2. ^ Anderson, Joseph (1982). The Japanese film: art and industry. Princeton University Press. p. 396. ISBN 978-0-691-00792-2.
  3. ^ Quandt, James (2001). Kon Ichikawa. Indiana University Press. pp. 175–177. ISBN 978-0-9682969-3-6.
  4. ^ Erickson, Glenn (2004). Dvd Savant. Wildside Press LLC. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-8095-1098-6.
  5. ^ Hardy, Phil (1997). The BFI companion to crime. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-304-33215-1.
  6. ^ Richie, Donald (1977). Ozu. University of California Press. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-520-03277-4.
  7. ^ Maltin, Leonard (2008). Leonard Maltin's 2009 Movie Guide. Penguin. pp. 603. ISBN 978-0-452-28978-9.
  8. ^ a b American Film Institute (1971). The American Film Institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the United States, Issues 1921-1930. University of California Press. pp. 130, 429. ISBN 978-0-520-20970-1.