Takahiro Tamura


Takahiro Tamura was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1954 and 2005. He and his younger brothers Masakazu and Ryō were known as the three Tamura brothers. They were sons of actor Tsumasaburo Bando.

Biography

Tamura graduated from Doshisha University. Tamura was working for a trading firm before he started his acting career but he decided to be an actor to repay his father Tsumasaburō's debt. In 1953, he joined Shochiku and made his film debut with Onna no Sono. In 1965, he won the Best Supporting Actor award at the 16th Blue Ribbon Awards for his role in The Hoodlum Soldier. In 1970, he played the role of Mitsuo Fuchida in Tora! Tora! Tora!. Tamura won the Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor award for his role in Muddy River in 1981.
On television, Tamura appeared in a lot of jidaigeki television dramas. In 1964, He appeared for the first time in an NHK taiga drama, Akō Rōshi. NHK tapped him the following year for the role of Kuroda Yoshitaka in Taikōki. Among the jidaigeki series he has starred in Hissatsu series Tasukenin Hashiru.
He died of cerebral infarction on 19 May 2006. His final film appearance was in The Yakiniku mubi: Purukogi, released in 2007.

Selected filmography

Film

The Garden of Women - Sankichi Shimoda, Yoshie's boyfriendTwenty-Four Eyes - IsokichiTooi kumo - Keizō IshizuShe Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum Farewell to Dream - SudōNamida Kyoraku gonin otoko Sora yukaba - Jirō YoshinoAkuma no kao - Kikuo FurushimaTimes of Joy and Sorrow - Mr. NozuMusume sanbagarasu Ten no me Samurai Nippon Otoko no kiba Stakeout - Kyūichi Ishii, the murdererKono ten no niji - Shirō MachimuraHaru o matsu hitobito Karatachi nikki Kaze no naka no hitomi - Mr. TerajimaThus Another Day - Tetsuo MoriTeki wa honnoji ni ari - Oda NobunagaAsa o yobu kuchibue The River Fuefuki - SadaheiHatamoto Gurentai Onna no hashi - Toshiya KawazuKako Haitoku no mesu - Hideo UeNippon no obaachan - FukudaMitasareta seikatsu - SadakichiSanga ari - Yoshio InoueYama no sanka: moyuru wakamono tachi Kaachan kekkon shiroyo Utae Wakôdotachi Mushukunin-betsuchô - YokouchiKekkonshiki Kekkonshiki - Ryûji MatsudaTange Sazen: zankoku no kawa Ninja-gari - Tosa AizawaNihon kyôkaku-den - TsurumatsuRevenge - JubeiGoben no tsubaki - ChodayuTokugawa Ieyasu The Forest of No Escape - Hidemichi KusuoThe Hoodlum Soldier - AritaSeisaku no tsuma - SeisakuMiyamoto Musahi V - Yagyu TajimaHoodlum Soldier and the C.O Kanto hamonjo Hana to Ryu Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege - Daijuro FumaYojōhan monogatari: Shōfu shino - Tadashi YoshiokaNyohan hakai - HinataHoodlum Soldier Deserts Again Sora ippai no namida The Kii River – Shintani Keisaku, Hana's husbandHeitai yakuza datsugoku The Great White Tower - Shûji Satomi - Assistant professorShin heitai yakuza Heitai yakuza daidassō Hana To Ryu: Do Kâiwan No Kêttō Satogashi ga kowareru toki - Katsumi GoraiDaraku suru onna - MiyoshiHeitai yakuza nagurikomi Utage - Asaichi IsobeHeitai yakuza ore ni makasero Hoodlum Soldier on the Attack Âa Kimi ga Ai - Yûichi OnoSleepy Eyes of Death: Hell Is a Woman - Naruse TatsumaNemureru bijo - EguchiÔoku emaki - ShogunGion Matsuri - SukematsuHeitai yakuza godatsu Keimusho yaburi Red Lion - Sōzō SagaraShinsengumi - Koshitarō ItōAkumyo ichiban shobu - MasakichiMushyô yaburi Men and War Part I Tora! Tora! Tora! - Lt. Commander Mitsuo FuchidaTenkan no abarembo Tekkaba bojô Senketsu no kiroku Shin heitai yakuza: Kasen - AritaHanzo the Razor - Harada KaheiSeigen-ki - Minoru OyamaThe Twilight Years - Nobuyoshi TachibanaKarafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no mon The Last Samurai - Ikemoto MoheiTsuma to Onna no Aida - MasayukiDeath at an Old Mansion - Ichiyanagi KenzōFurenzoku satsujin jiken - Senbei YashirōEmpire of Passion - GisaburōNever Give Up - Urakawa, pressmanOre-tachi no kokyogaku Shōdō satsujin: Musuko yo - HirayamaJigoku no mushi - DanjurōNichiren - Nukina ShigetadaDōran - KanzakiTempyō no Iraka - JianzhenThe Young Rebels Harukanaru Sōro - Toyota SakichiMuddy River - Shinpei ItakuraHimeyuri no Tō - Lt. Col. SasakiDai Nippon teikoku - Sada ShimomuraKare no ootobai, kanojo no shima - Kouichiroh ShiraishiKatayoku dake no tenshi Oedipus no Yaiba - Shuehei OsakoThe Sea and Poison - Professor HashimotoHachiko Monogatari - FurukawaItazu-Kuma - Ginzō the HunterThe Silk Road - Tsao Yanhui226 - Sohei YuasaSenba-zuru - DoctorToki rakujitsu - RyutarōRakuyô - YamashiroWatashi o daite soshite kisu shite - Shigeki KabayamaGekko no natsu Crest of Betrayal - Kôzukenosuke KiraSleeping Man - DenjiheiSanctuary: The Movie Hisai - Yoshio MiyarabeChinpao chin ho-teki koji Komugironotenshi sugare oi - KumatarōI Love Friends Letters from the Mountains - Shigenaga KōdaJōhatsu Tabinikki I Love Peace - KashiwabaraThe Yakiniku Mubi: Purukogi - KanKuchita Teoshi Guruma - Yasuda Tadao

Television

Honours