Raised in a modest fishing household in Shiriuchi, Hokkaido, he entered the entertainment field after high school, launching his singing career with the 1962 debut single “Bungacha-Bushi.” Over the decades he produced enka standards such as “Namida Bune,” “Kyōdai Jingi,” “Yosaku” and “Kita no Ryōba,” and collaborated with lyricist Rokusuke Ei and composer Hachidai Nakamura on the 1965 hit “Kaeroka… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for Giovanni's Island 2014 Abarenbo Shogun 1978 Ambition Without Honor 1996 Code Between Brothers 5 1967 ★ 7.5 Giovanni's Island 2014
Genzou Senou (voice) ★ 10 Showdown of Men 2 1967
★ 9 The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor 1971
★ 9 North Sea Chivalry 1967
★ 9 Song of Yakuza 1963
★ 8 Code Between Brothers 1966
Katsuji ★ 8 Code Between Brothers: Three Brothers of Kanto, Part II 1967
★ 7.5 The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry 1965
★ 7.2 Ambition Without Honor 1996
Ishibashi ★ 7.2 Code Between Brothers 5 1967
Ryuji Bando ★ 7 Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die 1972
★ 7 Code Between Brothers 3 1966
★ 7 Showdown of Men 1966
★ 7 Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger 1968
★ 7 Code Between Brothers 2 1966
Seiji Sakurai ★ 6 The Story of a Man Among Men 1984
★ 6.5 Code Between Brothers: All New 1970
★ 6.5 Judo vs. Karate 1966
★ 6.8 Code Between Brothers 6 1967
Ryuji Bando ★ 6 Gambler Biography 1968
Kôhei Kozakura ★ 6 Showdown of Men 3 1967
★ 5 Ishimatsu the Yakuza: Something's Fishy 1967
★ 2 The SAKURA Code 1969
Tatsuji Komatsu The Grandfather’s Clock 2022
Asakusa's Kikujiro of Tsukuba: The Man from Tsukuba Who Created Asakusa Rokku 2016
Ambition Without Honor 3 1998
Abarenbo Shogun: The Bride of Edo Castle 1991
Series Rice Curry 1986
Abarenbo Shogun II - New Year’s Special 1985
The Fearless Brotherhood Duet of Kanto 1970
Married Woman: Another Law of the Night 1969
Sakura sakazuki: gikyōdai 1969
Brothers'Code - The Back Relation 1968
Tale on Tokai Chivalry 1964
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