Ryosuke Kagawa

Ryosuke Kagawa (香川良介, Kagawa Ryōsuke, 10 October 1896 – 17 April 1987) was a Japanese actor.^[1][2]

Ryosuke Kagawa
Takada in the 1937 film Kettō Takadanobaba (Duel at Takadan-No-Baba)
Born	(1896-10-10)10 October 1896 Saga Prefecture, Japan
Died	17 April 1987(1987-04-17) (aged 90)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1928–1986

His son was child actor Sō Shuntarō.^[3] He appeared in more than 400 films between 1928 and 1986. His final film role was in the 1986 film Dixieland Daimyō directed by Kihachi Okamoto.^[2][4]

Selected filmography

• Story of a Beloved Wife (1951)
• Dedication of the Great Buddha (1952)
• Gate of Hell (1953)
• Ugetsu (1953)
• Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
• The Second Son (1955)
• The Renyasai Yagyu Hidden Story (1956)
• Suzakumon (1957)
• Enjō (1958)
• The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958)
• Nichiren: A Man of Many Miracles (1958) as Hōjō Sanemasa^[5]
• Samurai Vendetta (1959)
• Scar Yosaburo (1960)
• The Story of Osaka Castle (1961) as Michiiku Itamiya
• Akō Rōshi (1961) as Matsumae Izunokami
• Hangyakuji (1961) as Ōkubo Tadayo
• Love Under the Crucifix (1962)
• 13 Assassins (1963) as Rōjū
• Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963) as Kōzuki Genza
• Kojiki Taishō (1964)
• Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964)
• Shinobi No Mono 6: Iga Mansion (1965) as Makino Hyōgo
• The Sword of Doom (1966) as Dansho Tsukue^[6]
• Japan's Longest Day (1967) as Tadaatsu Ishiguro
• Kill! (1968) as Mizoguchi
• Shinsengumi (1969)
• Samurai Banners (1969) as Nagasaka Yorihiro
• Bakumatsu (1970) as Tōkichi
• Battle of Okinawa (1971) as Old man
• Daichūshingura (1971, TV) as Hara Sōemon
• The Fall of Ako Castle (1978) as Uchikawa Magozaemon
• Nichiren (1979) as Hōjō Masamura
• Sanada Yukimura no Bōryaku (1979) as Tenkai
• Akō Rōshi (1979, TV) as Horibe Yahei
• The Fierce Battles of Edo (1979, TV) (ep.25) as Kuroda Gensai
• Tokugawa Ichizoku no Hokai (1980) as Takachika Mōri
• Onihei Hankachō (1980–82, TV) as Funagata no Sōhei
• The Funeral (1984) as President of the old people's association
• Dixieland Daimyō (1986)^[2]

References

1. "Ryosuke Kagawa". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
2. "20世紀日本人名事典「香川 良介」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
3. "Ryosuke Kagawa". 映画DB. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
4. "Ryosuke Kagawa". allcinemas. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
5. "日蓮と蒙古大襲来". eiga.com. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
6. Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

External links

• Ryosuke Kagawa at IMDb