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 (1954) - Sankichi Shimoda, Yoshie's boyfriend
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) - Isokichi
Tooi kumo (1955) - Keizō Ishizu
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1955)
Farewell to Dream (1956) - Sudō
Namida (1956)
Kyoraku gonin otoko (1956)
Sora yukaba (1957) - Jirō Yoshino
Akuma no kao (1957) - Kikuo Furushima
Times of Joy and Sorrow (1957) - Mr. Nozu
Musume sanbagarasu (1957)
Ten no me (1957)
Samurai Nippon (1957)
Otoko no kiba (1957)
Stakeout (1958) - Kyūichi Ishii, the murderer
Kono ten no niji (1958) - Shirō Machimura
Haru o matsu hitobito (1959)
Karatachi nikki (1959)
Kaze no naka no hitomi (1959) - Mr. Terajima
Thus Another Day (1959) - Tetsuo Mori
Teki wa honnoji ni ari (1959) - Oda Nobunaga
Asa o yobu kuchibue (1959)
The River Fuefuki (1960) - Sadahei
Hatamoto Gurentai (1960)
Onna no hashi (1961) - Toshiya Kawazu
Kako (1961)
Haitoku no mesu (1961) - Hideo Ue
Nippon no obaachan (1962) - Fukuda
Mitasareta seikatsu (1962) - Sadakichi
Sanga ari (1961) - Yoshio Inoue
Yama no sanka: moyuru wakamono tachi (1962)
Kaachan kekkon shiroyo (1962)
Utae Wakôdotachi (1963)
Mushukunin-betsuchô (1963) - Yokouchi
Kekkonshiki Kekkonshiki (1963) - Ryûji Matsuda
Tange Sazen: zankoku no kawa (1963)
Ninja-gari (1964) - Tosa Aizawa
Nihon kyôkaku-den (1964) - Tsurumatsu
Revenge (1964) - Jubei
Goben no tsubaki (1964) - Chodayu
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1965)
The Forest of No Escape (1965) - Hidemichi Kusuo
The Hoodlum Soldier (1965) - Arita
Seisaku no tsuma (1965) - Seisaku
Miyamoto Musahi V (1965) - Yagyu Tajima
Hoodlum Soldier and the C.O (1965)
Kanto hamonjo (1965)
Hana to Ryu (1965)
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege (1966) - Daijuro Fuma
Yojōhan monogatari: Shōfu shino (1966) - Tadashi Yoshioka
Nyohan hakai (1966) - Hinata
Hoodlum Soldier Deserts Again (1966)
Sora ippai no namida (1966)
Kinokawa (1966) - Shintani Keisaku, Hana's husband
Heitai yakuza datsugoku (1966)
Shiroi Kyotō (1966) - Shûji Satomi - Assistant professor
Shin heitai yakuza (1966)
Heitai yakuza daidassō (1966)
Hana To Ryu: Do Kâiwan No Kêttō (1966)
Satogashi ga kowareru toki (1967) - Katsumi Gorai
Daraku suru onna (1967) - Miyoshi
Heitai yakuza nagurikomi (1967)
Utage (1967) - Asaichi Isobe
Heitai yakuza ore ni makasero (1967)
Hoodlum Soldier on the Attack (1967)
Âa Kimi ga Ai (1967) - Yûichi Ono
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Hell Is a Woman (1968) - Naruse Tatsuma
Nemureru bijo (1968) - Eguchi
Ôoku emaki (1968) - Shogun
Gion Matsuri (1968) - Sukematsu
Heitai yakuza godatsu (1968)
Keimusho yaburi (1969)
Red Lion (1969) - Sōzō Sagara
Shinsengumi (1969) - Koshitarō Itō
Akumyo ichiban shobu (1969) - Masakichi
Mushyô yaburi (1969)
Men and War Part I (1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) - Lt. Commander Mitsuo Fuchida
Tenkan no abarembo (1970)
Tekkaba bojô (1970)
Senketsu no kiroku (1970)
Shin heitai yakuza: Kasen (1972) - Arita
Hanzo the Razor (1972) - Harada Kahei
Seigen-ki (1973) - Minoru Oyama
The Twilight Years (1973) - Nobuyoshi Tachibana
Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no mon (1975)
The Last Samurai (1974) - Ikemoto Mohei
Tsuma to Onna no Aida (1976) - Masayuki
Death at an Old Mansion (1976) - Ichiyanagi Kenzou
Furenzoku satsujin jiken (1977) - Senbei Yashirō
Empire of Passion (1978) - Gisaburō
Never Give Up (1978) - Urakawa, pressman
Ore-tachi no kokyogaku (1979)
Shōdō satsujin: Musuko yo (1979) - Hirayama
Jigoku no mushi (1979) - Danjurō
Nichiren (1979) - Nukina Shigetada
Dōran (1980) - Kanzaki
Tempyō no Iraka (1980) - Jianzhen
The Young Rebels (1980)
Harukanaru Sōro (1980) - Toyota Sakichi
Muddy River (1981) - Shinpei Itakura
Himeyuri no Tō (1982) - Lt. Col. Sasaki
Dai Nippon teikoku (1982) - Sada Shimomura
Kare no ootobai, kanojo no shima (1986) - Kouichiroh Shiraishi
Katayoku dake no tenshi (1986)
Oedipus no Ｙaiba (1986) - Shuehei Osako
The Sea and Poison (1986) - Professor Hashimoto
Hachiko Monogatari (1987) - Furukawa
Itazu - Kuma (1987) - Ginzo
The Silk Road (1988) - Tsao Yanhui
226 (1989) - Sohei Yuasa
Senba-zuru (1989) - Doctor
Toki rakujitsu (1992) - Ryutaro
Rakuyô (1992) - Yamashiro
Watashi o daite soshite kisu shite (1992) - Shigeki Kabayama
Gekko no natsu (1993)
Crest of Betrayal (1994) - Kôzukenosuke Kira
Sleeping Man (1996) - Denjihei
Sanctuary: The Movie (1996)
Hisai (1998) - Yoshio Miyarabe
Chinpao chin ho-teki koji (1999)
Komugironotenshi sugare oi (1999) - Kumatarō
I Love Friends (2001)
Letters from the Mountains (2002) - Shigenaga Kōda
Jōhatsu Tabinikki (2003)
I Love Peace (2003) - Kashiwabara
The Yakiniku Mubi: Purukogi (2007) - Kan
Kuchita Teoshi Guruma (produced in 1984 but released in 2014) - Yasuda Tadao
Television
Akō Rōshi (1964) - Takada Gunbei
Taikōki (1965) - Kuroda Kanbei
Daichūshingura (1971) - Takadaya Gunbei
Haru no Sakamichi (1971) - Takuan
Tasukenin Hashiru (1973) - Nakayama Bunjūrō
The Water Margin (1973) - Chai Jin
Onihei Hankachō (1975) - Kishii Samanosuke
On'yado Kawasemi (1980-1983) - Kamibayashi
Kawaite sōrō (1984) - Tokugawa Yoshimune
Miyamoto Musashi (1984–85) - Nagaoka Sado
Ōedo Sōsamō (1990-91) - Matsudaira Sadanobu
Onihei Hankachō Season2 episode12 Guest starring (1991) - Amagoi Shozaemon
Kemonomichi (2006) - Doctor
Honours
Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor (1981)
Medal with Purple Ribbon (1991)
Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (1999)
References
External links
Takahiro Tamura on NHK
1928 births
2006 deaths
Japanese male film actors
Male actors from Kyoto
Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon
Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class