Ken Utsui (宇津井健, Utsui Ken) (24 October 1931 – 14 March 2014) was a Japanese actor who worked on stage, film, and television from the 1950s to the 2010s.
Ken Utsui
Utsui as a sumo wrestler for the film Raiden (1959)
Born in Tokyo, Utsui entered the Haiyūza theatre troupe in 1952 and was soon selected to star in the film Seishun no izumi that was produced by Haiyūza.[1] In 1954, he signed a contract with Shintoho and starred in 60 films, including the Super Giant series.[1] He moved to Daiei Film in 1963 and starred in another 52 films.[1] From the mid-1960s, he also began to work on television, starring in many television dramas, especially detective series like The Guardman and Sasurai keiji junjōhen and some installments of the Akai series with Momoe Yamaguchi.[1] He died on 14 March 2014 from natural causes at the age of 82.[2][3]
utsui, 宇津井健, utsui, october, 1931, march, 2014, japanese, actor, worked, stage, film, television, from, 1950s, 2010s, utsui, sumo, wrestler, film, raiden, 1959, born, 1931, october, 1931tokyo, japandied14, march, 2014, 2014, aged, occupationactoryears, active1. Ken Utsui 宇津井健 Utsui Ken 24 October 1931 14 March 2014 was a Japanese actor who worked on stage film and television from the 1950s to the 2010s Ken UtsuiUtsui as a sumo wrestler for the film Raiden 1959 Born 1931 10 24 24 October 1931Tokyo JapanDied14 March 2014 2014 03 14 aged 82 OccupationActorYears active1952 2014 Contents 1 Career and death 2 Selected filmography 2 1 Film 2 2 Television 3 References 4 External linksCareer and death editBorn in Tokyo Utsui entered the Haiyuza theatre troupe in 1952 and was soon selected to star in the film Seishun no izumi that was produced by Haiyuza 1 In 1954 he signed a contract with Shintoho and starred in 60 films including the Super Giant series 1 He moved to Daiei Film in 1963 and starred in another 52 films 1 From the mid 1960s he also began to work on television starring in many television dramas especially detective series like The Guardman and Sasurai keiji junjōhen and some installments of the Akai series with Momoe Yamaguchi 1 He died on 14 March 2014 from natural causes at the age of 82 2 3 Selected filmography editFilm edit Ningen gyorai kaiten 人間魚雷回天 Ningen gyorai kaiten 1955 Revenge of the Pearl Queen 1956 Senun Ajia no joo 戦雲アジアの女王 1957 Evil Brain from Outer Space 1964 Attack from Space 1964 Invaders from Space 1964 Atomic Rulers of the World 1964 Giant Horde Beast Nezura 1964 The Bullet Train 1975 Saimin 催眠 1999 Blooming Again 2004 Gokusen The Movie 2009 Ryuichiro Kuroda Television edit Akai Meiro 1974 Masato Yuki Akai Unmei 1976 Nobuto Yoshino Akai Shisen 1980 carjack victim and pilot Takeda Shingen 1988 Naoe Kagetsuna Onna tachi no Hyakuman goku 1988 Maeda Toshiie Nobunaga 1991 Hayashi Michikatsu Aoi 2000 Mōri Terumoto Gokusen 2002 2005 Ryuichiro Kuroda Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari 2006 13 Daikichi Okakura Tenchijin 2009 Maeda ToshiieReferences edit a b c d Utsui Ken Tarento detabanku Retrieved 2 February 2012 俳優の宇津井健さんが死去 47News in Japanese Archived from the original on 14 March 2014 Retrieved 14 March 2014 Japanese actor Ken Utsui dies at 82 Archived 2014 06 08 at the Wayback MachineExternal links editKen Utsui at IMDb Utsui Ken at the Japanese Movie Database in Japanese Official profile in Japanese Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ken Utsui amp oldid 1218372320, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
