# Isao Hashizume

Isao Hashizume (橋爪功, Hashizume Isao, born 17 September 1941) is a Japanese actor. He also worked as a narrator for documentaries, both on television and film. He trained as an actor at Bungakuza.

## Selected filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1962 | A Wanderer's Notebook | Student | |
| 1969 | A Thousand and One Nights | Aslan (voice) | |
| 1983 | World Famous Fairy Tale Series | Various voices | Series of short films |
| 1983 | Shōsetsu Yoshida Gakkō | Takeo Fukuda | |
| 1985 | Love Letter | Counselor | |
| 1987 | A Taxing Woman | | |
| 1990 | Tales of a Golden Geisha | | |
| 1992 | Future Memories: Last Christmas | | |
| 1993 | Kozure Ōkami: Sono Chiisaki Te ni | | |
| 2005 | Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean | | |
| 2006 | Tears for You | | |
| 2010 | Railways | Kurihara | |
| 2010 | Space Battleship Yamato | Heikurō Tōdō | |
| 2011 | I Wish | Shūkichi Ōsako | |
| 2013 | The Eternal Zero | Genjirō Izaki | |
| 2013 | Tokyo Family | Shūkichi Hirayama | Lead role |
| 2013 | The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | Prince Kuramochi (voice) | |
| 2014 | The Little House | | |
| 2015 | Nagasaki: Memories of My Son | Professor Kawakami | |
| 2016 | What a Wonderful Family! | Shūzō Hirata | Lead role |
| 2016 | After the Storm | | |
| 2017 | What a Wonderful Family! 2 | Shūzō Hirata | Lead role |
| 2017 | Hamon: Yakuza Boogie | Takao Koshimizu | |
| 2017 | The Third Murder | Akihisa Shigemori | |
| 2017 | Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura | | |
| 2018 | Girl's Play | | |
| 2018 | What a Wonderful Family! 3 | Shūzō Hirata | Lead role |
| 2018 | Usuke Boys | Usuke Asai | |
| 2019 | The Day's Organ | Kondō | |
| 2019 | Whistleblower | Kazuhiro Miyano | |
| 2019 | The Great War of Archimedes | Shigetarō Shimada | |
| 2019 | They Say Nothing Stays the Same | | |
| 2019 | Tora-san, Wish You Were Here | Kazuo Oikawa | |
| 2021 | End-of-Life Concierge | Sin'ichi Ohara | |
| 2021 | Under the Open Sky | Tsutomu Shōji | |
| 2021 | The Bonds of Clay | | |
| 2022 | Dreaming of the Meridian Arc | | |
| 2023 | Shylock's Children | Kōichi Ishimoto | |
| 2023 | Revolver Lily | | |
| 2023 | The Silent Service | Daigo Unabara | |
| 2024 | The Ohara Family Rhapsody | Sin'ichi Ohara | |
| 2024 | Voices of Loved One | | |
| 2024 | City Hunter | Akutsu | |
| 2025 | The Tales of Kurashiki | | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1966 | Minamoto no Yoshitsune | | Taiga drama |
| 1972 | Key Hunter | | |
| 1974–78 | Taiyō ni Hoero! | | 5 episodes |
| 1976 | Daitokai Tatakainohibi | | Episode 20 |
| 1979 | Kusa Moeru | Itō Sukekiyo | Taiga drama |
| 1979 | Oretachi wa Tenshi da! | Detective Hashizume | Episode 1 |
| 1985 | Kage no Gundan IV' | Hyōsai | |
| 1985 | Kage no Gundan Bakumatsu Hen | Hyōsai | |
| 1988 | Takeda Shingen | Sanada Yukitaka | Taiga drama |
| 1994 | Papa wa Newscaster Kaetekita Kagami Ryutarō | Kogure Hideo | |
| 1995 | Aishiteiru to Itte Kure | Nobuyoshi Sakaki | |
| 2009 | The Waste Land | Masaharu Tanigawa | |
| 2013 | Samurai Rebellion | Yanagase Sanzaemon | TV movie |
| 2014 | Leaders | Matazō Ishiyama | |
| 2014 | Tokyo ni Olympic o Yonda Otoko | Kazushige Hirasawa | TV movie |
| 2016 | Shizumanu Taiyō | Issei Ryuzaki | |
| 2017 | Leaders 2 | Matazō Ishiyama | |
| 2017 | Hagoku | Nukui | |
| 2017 | Fuku Kaze wa Aki | Yahei | Lead role, TV movie |
| 2018 | Manpuku | Ryōzō Mitamura | Asadora |
| 2018 | Cold Case Season 2 | | |
| 2020 | The Return | | TV movie |
| 2021 | Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses | Shishiba | Miniseries |
| 2023 | Vivant | Shirō Uehara | |
| 2024 | The Silent Service | Daigo Unabara | |
| 2025 | Gannibal Season 2 | Masamune Kamiyama | |

## Awards and honours
### Awards

| Year | Award | Category | Result |
| 1990 | 13th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated |
| 1992 | 15th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated |
| 1997 | 20th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Actor | Nominated |
| 2014 | 37th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Actor | Nominated |

### Honours

| Year | Honour | Ref. |
| 2021 | Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette | |