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.
Tamura graduated from Doshisha University. In 1953, he joined Shochiku and made his film debut in "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. Tamura won Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor award for his role in Muddy River in 1981. He died of Cerebral infarction on 19 May 2006. His final appearance in the film was "The Yakiniku mubi: Purukogi" released in 2007.
Selected filmography
Film
- The Garden of Women - Sankichi Shimoda, Yoshie's boyfriend
- Twenty-Four Eyes - Isokichi
- Tooi kumo - Keizô Ishizu
- She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
- Yûyake-gumo - Sudô
- Namida
- Kyoraku gonin otoko
- Sora yukaba - Jiro Yoshino
- Akuma no kao - Kikuo Furushima
- Times of Joy and Sorrow - Mr. Nozu
- Musume sanbagarasu
- Ten no me
- Samurai Nippon
- Otoko no kiba
- Harikomi - Kyûichi Ishii, the murderer
- Kono ten no niji - Shirô Machimura
- Haru o matsu hitobito
- Karatachi nikki
- Kaze no naka no hitomi - Mr. Terajima
- Thus Another Day - Tetsuo Mori
- Teki wa honnoji ni ari - Oda Nobunaga
- Asa o yobu kuchibue
- Fuefukigawa - Sadahei
- Onna no hashi - Toshiya Kawazu
- Kako
- Haitoku no mesu - Hideo Ue
- Nippon no obaachan - Fukuda
- Mitasareta seikatsu - Sadakichi
- Sanga ari - Yoshio Inoue
- Yama no sanka: moyuru wakamono tachi
- Kaachan kekkon shiroyo
- Utae Wakôdotachi
- Mushukunin-betsuchô - Yokouchi
- Kekkonshiki Kekkonshiki - Ryûji Matsuda
- Tange Sazen: zankoku no kawa
- Ninja-gari - Tosa Aizawa
- Nihon kyôkaku-den - Tsurumatsu
- Revenge - Jubei
- Goben no tsubaki - Chodayu
- Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Kajitsu no nai mori - Hidemichi Kusuo
- The Hoodlum Soldier - Arita
- Seisaku no tsuma - Seisaku
- Miyamoto Musahi V - Yagyu Tajima
- Zoku heitai yakuza
- Kanto hamonjo
- Hana to ryu
- Shinobi no mono: Shin kirigakure Saizô - Daijuro Fuma
- - Tadashi Yoshioka
- Nyohan hakai - Hinata
- Sora ippai no namida
- Kinokawa - Shintani Keisaku, Hana's husband
- Heitai yakuza datsugoku
- Shiroi Kyotō - Shûji Satomi - Assistant professor
- Shin heitai yakuza
- Heitai yakuza daidasso
- Hana To Ryu: Do Kâiwan No Kêtto
- Satogashi ga kowareru toki - Katsumi Gorai
- Daraku suru onna - Miyoshi
- Heitai yakuza nagurikomi
- Utage - Asaichi Isobe
- Heitai yakuza ore ni makasero
- Âa Kimi ga Ai - Yûichi Ono
- Sleepy Eyes of Death: Hell Is a Woman - Naruse Tatsuma
- Nemureru bijo - Eguchi
- Ôoku emaki - Shogun
- Gion matsuri - Sukematsu
- Heitai yakuza godatsu
- Keimusho yaburi
- Red Lion - Sozo Sagara
- Shinsengumi - Koshitaro Ito
- Akumyo ichiban shobu - Masakichi
- Mushyô yaburi
- Senso to nigen
- Tora! Tora! Tora! - Lt. Commander Mitsuo Fuchida
- Tenkan no abarembo
- Tekkaba bojô
- Senketsu no kiroku
- Shin heitai yakuza: Kasen - Arita
- Hanzo the Razor
- Seigen-ki - Minoru Oyama
- Kôkotsu no hito - Nobuyoshi Tachibana
- Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no mon
- The Last Samurai - Ikemoto Mohei
- Tsuma to onna no aida - Masayuki
- Death at an Old Mansion - Ichiyanagi Kenzou
- Furenzoku satsujin jiken - Senbei Yashiro
- Empire of Passion - Gisaburo
- Yasei no shômei - Urakawa, pressman
- Ore-tachi no kokyogaku
- Shodo satsujin: Musuko yo - Hirayama
- Jigoku no mushi - Danjuro
- Nichiren
- Dôran - Kanzaki
- Tempyō no Iraka
- Chichi yo haha yo!
- Harukanaru sôro - Toyota Sakichi
- Muddy River - Shinpei Itakura
- Himeyuri no Tô - Lt. Col. Sasaki
- Dai Nippon teikoku - Sada Shimomura
- Kare no ootobai, kanojo no shima - Kouichiroh Shiraishi
- Katayoku dake no tenshi
- Ôidippsu no katana - Shuhei Osako
- Oedipus no yaiba - Shuehei Osako
- The Sea and Poison - Professor Hashimoto
- Hachiko Monogatari - Furukawa
- Itazu - Kuma - Ginzo
- The Silk Road - Tsao Yanhui
- 226 - Sohei Yuasa
- Senba-zuru - Doctor
- Toki rakujitsu - Ryutaro
- Rakuyô - Yamashiro
- Watashi o daite soshite kisu shite - Shigeki Kabayama
- Gekko no natsu
- Crest of Betrayal - Kôzukenosuke Kira
- Sleeping Man - Denjihei
- Sanctuary: The Movie
- Hisai - Yoshio Miyarabe
- Chinpao chin ho-teki koji
- Komugironotenshi sugare oi
- I Love Friends
- Amida-do dayori - Shigenaga Koda
- Jōhatsu tabinikki
- I Love Peace
- The Yakiniku Mubi: Purukogi
- Kuchita Teoshi Guruma
Television
- Akō Rōshi - Takada Gunbei
- Taikōki - Kuroda Kanbei
- Daichūshingura - Takadaya Gunbei
- Haru no Sakamichi - Takuan
- Tasukenin Hashiru - Nakayama Bunjūrō
- The Water Margin - Chai Jin
- Onihei Hankachō
- On'yado Kawasemi
- Kawaite sōrō - Tokugawa Yoshimune
- Onihei Hankachō Season2 episode12 Guest starring
Honours
- Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor
- Medal with Purple Ribbon
- Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette