Takeshi Sakamoto

Actor Sep 21 (died age 74) Sakoshi, Hyogo, Japan 1925–1965 (40 year career)

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Biography

Takeshi Sakamoto (坂本武, Sakamoto Takeshi, 21 September 1899 – 10 May 1974) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1925 and 1965, mostly in productions of the Shōchiku studio. He gained popularity as a supporting character, working for directors such as Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita, Mikio Naruse, Hiroshi Shimizu and Heinosuke Gosho. Description above from the Wikipedia article Takeshi Sakamoto, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Film

I Was Born, But...

Juuyaku

Film

There Was a Father

Makoto Hirata

Film

A Story of Floating Weeds

Kihachi

Film

Record of a Tenement Gentleman

Kawayoshi

Film

A Hen in the Wind

Hikozo Sakai

Film

Tokyo Chorus

Rou-Shain Yamada

Film

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

Antique Dealer

Film

An Inn in Tokyo

Kihachi

Filmography

Acting (174)

Movies (174)

Cold Rice, Osan, Chan

1965

6.4

Daydream

1964

as Department store guard

Yakuza of Seki

Okashina yatsu

as Kiichi Shuntô

Blackmail

1963

A Legend or Was It?

1963

6.8

The Princess and the Bearded Lord

1962

Ballad of a Workman

1962

5.7

A Carpenter and Children

1962

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka

Haruko no ōen danchō

Hell's Kitchen

The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku

1961

as Matabei

桃色の超特急

1961

Hattari Seinen Shinshi

1961

Casebook of Detective Jiro Nango: Shadowless Murderer

1961

Kyūsenman no akarui hitomi

1961

Hiroshi Moriya Sandogasa: I Want to Weep

1961

as Akabeko Shosuke

Hiroshi Moriya Sadogasa: Thank You, Sandogasa

1961

as Tetsunoya Tōzō (Boss)

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox

1961

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3

1960

Hobo Village

1958

The Capital of Love

1958

as Eitaro Yoshii

Maria of the Ant Village

1958

I Want to Be a Shellfish

1958

10.0

Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi

1958

A Boy and Three Mothers

1958

as Seitaro Nakahara, Seiji's father

Men Fighting Whales

1957

Untamed Woman

1957

as Kisuke, the foster father

7.4

Times of Joy and Sorrow

The Beauty Expert

Sound in the Mist

Midori naru hito: kōhen ai no honryū

1956

Midori naru hito: zenpen wakare no yogisha

1956

Outlaw island

1956

Manchurian Sunset

1956

as Matsugen

Twice on a Certain Night

1956

Triumphant Song of Youth

1956

as Genkichi Ogawa

The Tattered Wings

as Fuyuko's father

The Magical Warrior

Growing Up

The Cock Crows Twice

Sunny house

Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido

1953

Young Miss Executive

1953

Where Chimneys Are Seen

as Tokuji Kawamura

New Tokyo March

The Waves

Carmen's Innocent Love

1952

as Landlord's cousin

5.1

Our Chief, Our Doctor

1952

as Tahei

Boyhood

as Furukawa

Carmen Comes Home

as Shoichi Aoyama

Beauty of Life

Fireworks Over the Sea

as Jinkichi Aikawa

Over That Hill

Spring Snow

as Uncle

The Tokyo Kid

1950

Here's to the Young Lady

as Mr. Sato

Farewell Tango

A Hen in the Wind

as Hikozo Sakai

Ghosts Die at Dawn

as Policeman

Record of a Tenement Gentleman

1947

as Kawayoshi

7.2

Twenty-Year-Old Youth

1946

as Morita

Kigeki wa owarinu

Tengoku no hanayome

Izu no musumetachi

Theater

Victory Song

as Nobue's father

Sailor

as Teacher (uncredited)

The Man Who Has Returned

The Living Magoroku

Port of Flowers

Air Raid of the Enemy Plane

1943

as Fortuneteller

Middle-Aged Man

1943

Flowers of Patriotism

1942

The Spy Has Not Died Yet

Moon of the Plateau

There Was a Father

as Makoto Hirata

A Certain Woman

Otoko no iki

Sumida River

Dawn Chorus

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

as Antique Dealer

Introspection Tower

as Tamiko's Father

Ornamental Hairpin

Wood and Stone

as director of the arishima's hospital

5.0

Utsukushiki Rinjin

1940

Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru

1940

Zoku aizen katsura

1939

A Brother and His Younger Sister

as Shinzō Arita

Warm Current

Four Seasons of Children

as Grandfather

Lovers' Duet

as Rakugo-ka

Mother is Strong

So Goes My Love

as Shigeo's uncle

Hotaru no hikari

The Masseurs and a Woman

Family Diary

as Policeman

The Tree of Love

Goodbye to the Front

What Did the Lady Forget?

as Sugiyama

Lady Doctor Kinuyo

as Tessai Yamaoka

Don't Tell Your Wife About It

as Mr. Kawada

Children in the Wind

as Uncle

College Is a Nice Place

1936

as Teacher

Housewife Camellia

1936

Woman in the Mist

1936

as Fumikichi

Men vs. Women

1936

Family Meeting

1936

as Hanaju

Him, Her, and the Boys

1935

as Tokochbi's Father

Okoto and Sasuke

as Seikichi

Burden of Life

An Inn in Tokyo

as Kihachi

An Innocent Maid

as Kihachi

Mother's Love Letter

1935

The Genealogy of Women

1934

as Night Shop Master

Street Without End

1934

as Guest for portrait painter

6.6

That Night's Woman

1934

A Story of Floating Weeds

as Kihachi

Honeymoon

My Elder Brother

as Nagamatu, driver

Mother of the East

as Yasukawa

The Dancing Girl of Izu

as Hattori

Passing Fancy

as Kihachi

Happy Times

Love

Before the Wedding

as Kyōsuke Kawai

Every-Night Dreams

1933

7.2

The Bride Talks in Her Sleep

1933

as Thief

Japanese King Kong

1933

as Yokoshima

2.0

The Boss's Son at College

1933

as Fujii's uncle Muraki

7.0

Daphne

1933

as Landlord

I Was Born, But...

1932

as Juuyaku

7.6

Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter

1932

6.0

Spring Comes from the Ladies

1932

as Sakaguchi, tailor

Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?

1932

as College janitor

6.5

Storm Zone

1932

as President Murase

Tokyo Chorus

1931

as Rou-Shain Yamada

6.7

Silver Stream

1931

The Neighbour's Wife and Mine

1931

as Driver

6.5

The Lady and the Beard

1931

as Karei

5.8

A Buddhist Mass for Goemon Ishikawa

1930

Hard Times

1930

as Yoshida

Love and Power

1930

At a Crossroads

1930

Marching On

1930

as Officer A

Youth, Why Do You Cry?

1930

as Akazawa

Walk Cheerfully

1930

as Ono

6.0

The Luck Which Touched the Leg

1930

as Section chief

The Dawning Sky

1929

5.5

The Father and His Son

1929

as Deputy Mayor Mizuhara

The Big City: Labor

1929

as Kasamatsu (engine driver)

The Life of an Office Worker

1929

as Friend

The Blacksmith of the Forest

1929

as School Teacher

I Graduated, But...

1929

as Secretary

5.7

Triumphant Song of the Mountain

1929

as Uotoku

A Straightforward Boy

as Boss Gontora

Days of Youth

as Professor

Modan kaidan: 100,000,000 yen

1929

as Kunizo Ôhara

Him and Life

1929

What a Handsome Man!

1928

as Ōgane Arizō

A Wife Quits

1928

as Hirano (husband)

King of the Land

1928

as Kan-san (barber)

Pumpkin

1928

as Principal

Physical Beauty

1928

Dreams of Youth

1928

as Okada's father

Kare to Tokyo

1928

Wife Lost

1928

as Uncle

Magic

1927

Sankichi the Flying Squirrel

1927

as Jin'emon Honjō

Secret Struggle

1927

Flashing Blade

1926

Fallen Samurai

1925

as Loyalist Kato

The Foster Mother