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Etsushi Takahashi

Japanese actor and seiyū

Etsushi Takahashi
Born	(1935-08-02)2 August 1935 Kishiwada, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Died	19 May 1996(1996-05-19) (aged 60)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1960–1995

Etsushi Takahashi (高橋悦史, Takahashi Etsushi, 2 August 1935 – 19 May 1996) was a Japanese actor from Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture.^[1]^[2] Takahashi often worked with Kihachi Okamoto and Satsuo Yamamoto.^[3]^[4]

After graduating from Rikkyo University, Takahashi joined NHK acting school.^[3] In 1964, he joined Bungakuza Theatre Company's acting school and became an official member in 1967.^[3]^[4] In the same year, he gave his film debut with Watashi Machigatterukashira?.^[4]^[3] He received the Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year in 1968.^[3]^[4]

He appeared in Onihei's Detective Records, although he was fighting against cancer, and the film became his final film appearance.^[3]^[5]

Selected filmography

Watashi Machigatterukashira? (1966) as Koike
Japan's Longest Day (1967) as Masataka Ida
The Human Bullet (1967)
The Affair (1967)
Kill! (1968) as Hanji
One Day at Summer's End (1968) as tetsuya
Red Lion (1969) as Ichinose
Eros + Massacre (1970) as Jun Tsuji
Men and War (1979) as Godai
Battle of Okinawa (1971) as Yokichi Kaya
Zatoichi at Large (1972) as Denjuro Sagara
Tabi no Omosa (1972) as Daizo Kimura
Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold? (1974)
Kinkanshoku (1975) as Jotaro Furugaki
Fumō Chitai (1976)
Shogun's Samurai (1978) as Izu-no-kami Matsudaira Nobutsuna
DER KAISER IST NICHT AM AUGUST (1978)
Blue Christmas (1979) as Sawaki
Nihon no Fixer (1979) as Masaki Kaga
Return from the River Kwai (1989) as Ozawa
The River with No Bridge (1992) as Iseda
East Meets West (1995) as Kimura Settsu no Kami
Onihei's Detective Records (1995) as Sashima Tadasuke

Television dramas

Ten to Chi to (1969) as Usami Sadakatsu
Haru no Sakamichi (TV series) (1971) as Kuroda Nagamasa
Key Hunter (1972) (ep.221) as Himuro
Shinsho Taikōki (1973) as Oda Nobunaga
G-Men '75 (1975, ep.15), (1976 ep.44) (1977, ep,115)
Daitokai Tatakai no Hibi (1976) (ep.17) as Maejima
The Yagyu Conspiracy (1978) as Izu-no-kami Matsudaira Nobutsuna
Hissatsu Shimainin (1981) as Shinmatsu
The Unfettered Shogun (1981) (ep.144) as Saigu Keisai
Oshin (1983) as Takura Shin
Taiyō ni Hoero! (1984) (ep.610)
Hissatsu Shikirinin (1984) as Toranosuke
Sanbiki ga Kiru! (1987) (ep.3) as Hirata Kanbei
Asami Mitsuhiko Series (1987-90)
Onihei Hankachō (1989-95) as Sashima Tadasuke
Kasaga no Tsubone (1989) as Sanada Yukimura
Taiheiki (1991) as Momonoi Tadatsune

References

^ "高橋悦史" (in Japanese). THE TV. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
^ "高橋悦史" (in Japanese). Goo. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "新撰芸能人物事典明治～平成「高橋悦史」の解説" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Etsushi Takahashi Profile" (in Japanese). 映画DB. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
^ "名優・高橋悦史の最期の演技が光る往年の傑作" (in Japanese). Shukan Bunshun online (週刊文春). Retrieved 23 November 2021.