Yūnosuke Itō

Yūnosuke Itō
Born3 August 1919
Died11 March 1980(1980-03-11) (aged 60)
OccupationActor
Years active1924-1979

Yūnosuke Itō (伊藤 雄之助, Itō Yūnosuke, 3 August 1919 – 11 March 1980) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than ninety films from 1947 to 1979.

Grave of Ito Yunosuke at Saikoji Temple, Chitose, Tokyo

Career

The son of the kabuki actor Sawamura Sōnosuke, Itō made his film debut at Toho in 1946.[1] Although mostly a character actor, playing memorable figures such as the novelist in Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru, he also played lead roles such as in Kon Ichikawa's Mr. Pu.[1]

Selected filmography

Films

Year Title Role Director Notes
1949 Stray Dog Akira Kurosawa
1952 Ikiru Akira Kurosawa
1955 Keisatsu Nikki Seiji Hisamatsu
1957 Yellow Crow Ichirō Yoshida Heinosuke Gosho
1958 Giants and Toys Yasuzo Masumura
1958 The Ballad of Narayama Keisuke Kinoshita
1962 Sanjuro Mutsuta Akira Kurosawa
1963 Kanto Wanderer Seijun Suzuki
1963 High and Low Baba Akira Kurosawa
1965 Samurai Assassin Kihachi Okamoto
1967 The Doctor's Wife Yasuzo Masumura
1967 Japan's Longest Day Toshio Nonaka Kihachi Okamoto
1972 Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance Kenji Misumi
1979 Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko Bus Hijacker Kazuhiko Hasegawa

Television

Year Title Role Network Notes
1973 Kunitori Monogatari NHK Taiga drama

References

  1. ^ a b "Itō Yūnosuke". Kotobanku (in Japanese). Asahi Shinbun. Retrieved 26 February 2015.

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