Isao Yamagata
Isao Yamagata was a Japanese film actor. In 1942, Yamagata and So Yamamura formed the Bunkaza Theatre Company. In 1949 he made his film debut with Kirareya Senta. Yamagata became famous for his role in 1953 film Gate of Hell. He became a character actor and often played villainous roles. In 1973, Yamagata landed main role on the TV jidaigeki Kenkaku Shōbai.
He died of tuberculosis in 1996. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1951 and 1984.
Selected filmography
Bungawan soro Ringo-en no shōjo Mukokuseki-sha Sen-hime - Samanosuke ItsumiPu-san Kimi ni sasageshi inochi nariseba Seishun Zenigata Heiji - PlibpGate of Hell - Wataru WatanabeHigeki no shôgun: Yamashita Tomoyuki Hana to ryû - Dai-ichi-bu: Dôkai-wan no rantô - Shin'nosuke MoriSeven Samurai - Samurai #1Wakaki hi no takuboku: Kumo wa tensai de aru - Kanematsu KikuchiKakute yume ari - Ichirô KasugaJigoku no kengô Hirate Miki - Isonoshin YamabeThe Princess Sen - Dewanokami SakasakiFloating Clouds - Sugio IbaMinan o koshô: Hitokiri hikosei Jokyû - Ryûjin AramakiJuku no hana yome Princess Yang Kwei-Fei - Yang HsienUruwashiki saigetsu Rokunin no ansatsusha - Kondō IsamiAsakusa no oni Meoto zenzai Kôdôkan shitennô Tarao Bannai senritsu no nanakamen Bara no kôdôkan - Shogoro YabeWarning from Space - Dr. MatsudaDenkô ryûsei karate uchi Neko to Shôzô to futari no onna Tsukigata Hanpeita: Hana no maki; Arashi no maki - FujiokaShinshokoku monogatari: Nanatsu no chikai kurosuisen no maki Yôda no maden - Danjô SarashinaOutlaw: List of Dupes The Swamp - Buri-daijinShinshokoku monogatari: Nanatsu no chikai doreisen no maki Shinshokoku monogatari: Nanatsu no chikai gaisen uta no maki The Rice People - Matsunosuke OtaÔsaka monogatari Ujô - Shinpei NakayamaTajobushin Daibosatsu tôge - Lord kamioYûreisen: Zempen - Gemba AkahanaYûreisen: Kôhen - YamizôOnna goroshi abura jigoku Kichigai buraku Jigokû misaki no fukushû Fuji ni tatsu kage Edo no meibutsuotoko: Isshin Tasuke - Matsudaira-IzunokamiDaibosatsu tôge - Dai ni bu Seven from Edo - TatewakiUguisu-jô no hanayome Isshin Tasuke - Tenka no ichidaiji - Matsudaira-IzunokamiTen to sen - Tatsuo YasudaNora neko Onmitsu Shichishoki Ninkyo Tokaido - KadoiDo no hâjiki wa jigokû dazê Binan-jo Shingo juban-shobu Kitsune to tanuki Daibosatsu tôge - Kanketsu-hen Shingo jûban shôbu: dai-ni-bu Tenka no igagoe: akatsuki no kessen Chiyari musô Isshin Tasuke: Otoko no naka no otoko ippiki Edo no akutaro - Tenzen AkiyamaSenryô-jishi - Kainokami ToriiJigokû no sokô made tsuki auzê Bored Hatamoto: Acrobats of Death Rônin ichiba - Asayake tengu Shiroi gake Nanatsu no kao no otoko daze Tenpô rokkasen - Jigoku no hanamichi Sake to onna to yari - Mitsunari IshidaTokai no kaoyaku - DenbeWakasama Samurai Torimonochoo - Suzuki UnemeShoretsu shinsengumi - bakumatsu no doran - SerizawaSabaku o wataru taiyo Nippatsume wa jigoku-iki daze Mito Komon 3: All Star Version Akō Rōshi - Kataoka GengoemonZoku shachô dochuki: onna oyabun taiketsu no maki - President OyamadaUogashi no onna Ishimatsu Tekka daimyo Saigo no kaoyaku Kashi no onna Ishimatsu Hakubajô no hanayome Edokko-hada Beranme Chunori-san Oedo Hyobanji Binan no Kaoyaku - SoshunMabuta no haha - YosukeKisaragi musô ken - Izuminokami MizunoAno sura no hate ni hoshi hama tataku Hachi gatsu jûgo-nichi no dôran Yagyû bugeichô: Dokugan itto ryu Sakura hangan Knightly Advice Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Cape Yagyû bugeichô: Katame no Jûbei Daidokoro taiheiki Yojinbô ichiba Shin meoto zenzai - KyoichiKureji sakusen: Kudabare! Musekinin Yogiri no Joshu-Ji Yagyu Chronicles 7: The Cloud of Disorder Kyôkatsu Hibari Chiemi no Yaji Kita Dochu Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijôji no kettô Jakoman to Tetsu Nijuissai no chichi Surai no gyanburaa Otoko no monsho: hana to nagadosu Kuroi kaikyo - SenbaAkai shuriken - KanzoUna sera di Tokyo - Shinzô NakajimaRadishes and Carrots - Gohei SuzukaShinobi no mono: Iga-yashiki - MatsudairaA Story Written with Water - Denzo / Shizuo's fatherBuraikan jingi - Eitaro OshikaShachô gyôjôki Kigeki ekimae manga Zatoichi's Pilgrimage - Boss TohachiKigeki ekimae mangan Kigeki ekimae gakuen Samurai Rebellion - Shobei TsuchiyaRikugun Nakano gakko: Mitsumei Kigeki ekimae hyakku-nen Aru koroshiya no kagi Hârubiyorî Zansetsu - Kenichiro ShinjoOnna mekura hana to kiba Bakumatsu - Hiroe YamadaKaoyaku - Ogata, SeizoLone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades - Sawatari GenbaYuki Fujin ezu Fumô chitai Tokugawa ichizoku no houkai - Itakura KatsukiyoThe Trout - Daigo Hamada
TV series
Hana no Shōgai - Arimura JizaemonShiroi Kyotō - Professor AzumaThe Water Margin - Chao GaiKenkaku Shōbai as Kohei AkiyamaKarei-naru Ichizoku Genroku Taiheiki Dokuganryū Masamune - Mukaidate Takumi
Honours