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Masahiko Tsugawa (津川 雅彦)
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Tsugawa in 2005
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Masahiko Katō
2 January 1940 |
| Died | August 4, 2018 (aged 78) |
| Other names | Masahiko Makino |
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| Years active | 1945–2018 |
| Agent | Grandpa Pro Productions |
| Spouse(s) |
Yukiji Asaoka
(m. 1973–2018) |
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Masahiko Tsugawa (born Masahiko Katō; January 2, 1940 – August 4, 2018) was a famous Japanese actor and director. He was known for his many roles in movies and TV shows.
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Masahiko Tsugawa's Career
Masahiko Tsugawa was born on January 2, 1940, in Kyoto, Japan. He started acting as a child. His first big role was at age 16 in the film Crazed Fruit in 1956. His family had a long history in the film industry. Tsugawa even left Waseda University to focus on acting.
He became very popular, often playing bad guys in TV shows like the Hissatsu series. He also appeared in movies such as Otoko wa tsurai yo: Watashi no tora-san and Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack. He was a favorite actor of director Juzo Itami. Tsugawa appeared in almost all of Itami's movies after Tampopo.
On television, Tsugawa played the historical figure Tokugawa Ieyasu five times. In 2000, he played Ieyasu in Aoi Tokugawa Sandai. This made him the oldest actor to play a main role in a Taiga drama series.
Tsugawa also became a director. He used the name Makino Masahiko for his film Nezu no Ban. He chose this name because his uncle, Masahiro Makino, was also a famous Japanese director. Tsugawa admired his uncle greatly. He once asked if he could use "Makino" as his last name if he ever became a director.
Masahiko Tsugawa came from a very famous film family. His older brother, Hiroyuki Nagato, was an actor. His wife, Yukiji Asaoka, was an actress. His grandfather, Shōzō Makino, was a director. Both his father, Kunitarō Sawamura, and his mother, Tomoko Makino, were actors. His aunt, Sadako Sawamura, and uncle, Daisuke Katō, were also actors.
Tsugawa passed away on August 4, 2018, at the age of 78. He died due to heart failure.
Filmography
As a Director
- Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky (2009)
Movies He Acted In
- Kojiki Taishō (1952) - Hanawaka
- Sansho the Bailiff (1954) – Zushiō as a Boy
- Crazed Fruit (1956)
- Farewell to Spring (1959)
- Night and Fog in Japan (1960)
- The Sun's Burial (1960)
- Rokudenashi (Good-for-nothing) (1960)
- Bitter End of a Sweet Night (1961)
- Drunkard's Paradise (1961)
- The Sun's Burial (1964)
- Cuban Lover (1969)
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Watashi no tora-san (1973)
- Time and Tide (1984)
- The Funeral (1984)
- Tampopo (1985)
- Hitohira no yuki (1985)
- A Taxing Woman (1987) – Hanamura
- A Taxing Woman 2 (1988) – Hanamura
- A-Ge-Man: Tales of a Golden Geisha (1990)
- Heaven and Earth (1990) – Takeda Shingen
- Minbo (1992)
- The Strange Story of Oyuki (1992)
- Daibyonin (1993) – Dr. Ogata
- Crest of Betrayal (1994) – Ōishi Kuranosuke
- A Last Note (1995)
- Supermarket Woman (1996) – Goro
- Hissatsu! Mondo Shisu (1996)
- Marutai no Onna (1997)
- Pride: The Fateful Moment (1998) – Prime Minister Hideki Tojo
- Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)
- Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
- The Man in White (2003)
- What the Snow Brings (2005)
- The Uchōten Hotel (2006)
- Death Note (2006) – Police Chief Saeki
- Death Note 2: The Last Name (2006) — Police Chief Saeki
- A Long Walk (2006)
- Hideo Nakata's Kaidan (2007)
- Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea (2007)
- Aibō the Movie (2008)
- Postcard (2011)
- Strawberry Night (2013)
- 0.5mm (2014)
- Lady Maiko (2014)
- The Boy and the Beast (2015) – Sōshi (voice)
- Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment (2015)
- Black Widow Business (2016) – Kōzō Nakase
- Ikitoshi Ikerumono (2017) – narrator
Television Shows He Acted In
- Ryōma ga Yuku (1968) – Kusaka Genzui
- Shinsho Taikōki (1973)
- Katsu Kaishū (1974) – Tokugawa Yoshinobu
- Ōgon no Hibi (1978) – Tsuda Sōgyū
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983) – Ōkubo Nagayasu
- Ōoku (1983) - Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
- Miyamoto Musashi (1984–85) – Takuan Sōhō
- Hissastu Hashikakenin (1985) – Ryūji
- Hagoku (1985) – Keizaburō Suzue
- Dokuganryū Masamune (1987) – Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Tokugawa bugeichō: Yagyū sandai no ken (1992) – Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune (1995) – Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
- Kenpō wa Madaka (1996) – Jōji Matsumoto
- Ieyasu ga mottomo osoreta otoko, Sanada Yukimura (1998) – Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Furuhata Ninzaburō (1999)
- Aoi (2000) – Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Chūshingura 1/47 (2001) – Kira Kōzukenosuke
- Shounen wa Tori ni Natta (2001)
- Furuhata Ninzaburō The Spanish Embassy Murder (2004)
- Sengoku Jieitai: Sekigahara no Tatakai (2006) – Tokugawa Ieyasu
- The Family (2007) – Finance minister Nagata
- Ultraman Ginga (2013) – Hotsuma Raido
- Samurai Rebellion (2013)
- Akagi (2015) – Iwao Washizu
- Nobunaga Moyu (2016) – Kaisen Joki
- Nemuri Kyoshirō The Final (2018)
Voice Acting (Dubbing)
- The Little Prince, as the Aviator
Awards and Honors
Special Honors
- 2006: He received the Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon from the Emperor of Japan. This award is for people who have made great achievements in arts or academics.
- 2014: He was given the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette from the Emperor of Japan. This is another high honor for his contributions.
Awards for Acting
- 1982: Won the Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor.
- 1986: Nominated for a Japanese Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Hitohira no yuki.
- 1987: Won the Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor.
- 1987: Nominated for a Hochi Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for A Taxing Woman.
- 1988: Nominated for a Japanese Academy Award for Best Actor for Wakarenu riyu.
- 1988: Won a Japanese Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for A Taxing Woman.
- 1993: Nominated for a Japanese Academy Award for Best Actor for Bokuto kidan.
- 1994: Won the Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.
- 1995: Nominated for a Japanese Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Shudan-sasen.
- 1999: Nominated for a Japanese Academy Award for Best Actor for Puraido: Unmei no toki.
- 2014: Nominated for a Hochi Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for 0.5mm.
See also
In Spanish: Masahiko Tsugawa para niños
