Yosuke Natsuki

Yosuke Natsuki
Yosuke Natsuki
Born(1936-02-27)February 27, 1936
Tokyo, Japan
DiedJanuary 14, 2018(2018-01-14) (aged 81)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationActor
Years active1958–2018

Yosuke Natsuki (Japanese: 夏木陽介, Hepburn: Natsuki Yōsuke, February 27, 1936 – January 14, 2018) was a Japanese actor. He had participated twice in the Dakar Rally as a racing driver.[1]

He did a lot of work for the Toho Company and made his debut in the film The H-Man.[2] He appeared in Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo in 1961. In the same year, he received the Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year.[3] In the 1970s, he left Toho and joined Toshiro Mifune's production company.[4] He was famous for his role in the police TV drama G-Men '75 as well as Toho Studios monster movies.

Selected filmography

Films

  • The H-Man (1958) - Man, witness on rainy day
  • Otona niwa wakaranai: Seishun hakusho (1958)
  • Mikkokusha wa dare ka (1958) - Keiichi Sudô
  • Ankokugai no kaoyaku (1959) - Kashimura's assistant
  • Daigaku no oneechan (1959) - Lucky Nakaki
  • Kitsune to tanuki (1959)
  • Daigaku no nijuhachin (1959)
  • Seishun o kakero (1959) - Hurry Ken
  • Wakai koibitotachi (1959) - Tôru Akimoto
  • Dokuritsu gurentai (1959)
  • Osorubeki hiasobi (1959)
  • Bakushô Mito Kômon man'yûki (1959) - Kakunoshin Atsumi
  • The Last Gunfight (1960) - Officer Miake
  • Samurai to oneechan (1960) - Shôsuke Fuyuki
  • Yama no kanata ni - Dai ichi-bu: Ringo no hoo: Dai ni-bu: Sakana no seppun (1960) - Kôichi Shimura
  • Kunisada Chûji (1960) - Sentaro Itabashi
  • Storm Over the Pacific (1960) - Lt. Koji Kitami
  • Fundoshi isha (1960) - Hangoro
  • Ôzora no yarôdomo (1960)
  • Shin jôdaigaku (1960)
  • Autumn Has Already Started (1960) - Shotaro Yamada
  • Sararîman Chûshingura (1960) - Riki Oishi
  • The Story of Osaka Castle (1961) - Chomonshu Kimura
  • Wakai ôkami (1961) - Nobuo Kawamoto
  • Minami no kaze to nami (1961) - Junpei Hara
  • Zoku sararîman Chûshingura (1961) - Chikara
  • Yojimbo (1961) - Kohei's Son
  • Dangai no ketto (1961)
  • Kurenai no umi (1961)
  • Onna bakari no yoru (1961) - Hayakawa
  • Gen to fudômyô-ô (1961)
  • Yato kaze no naka o hashiru (1961) - Taro
  • Hoero datsugokushu (1961)
  • Salary man Shimizu minato (1962) - Shingo Oiwake
  • Onna no za (1962) - Aoyama Yutaka
  • Zoku sararîman shimizu minato (1962)
  • Kurenai no sora (1962)
  • Dobunezumi sakusen (1962)
  • Kigeki ekimae onsen (1962) - Kôtarô Takami
  • Chikata nikki (1962)
  • Yama-neko sakusen (1962)
  • Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (1962) - Kin'emon Okano
  • Ankokugai no kiba (1962)
  • Attack Squadron! (1963) - Captain Nobuo Ataka
  • Chintao yôsai bakugeki meirei (1963)
  • Dokuritsu kikanjûtai imada shagekichu (1963)
  • Interpol Code 8 (1963) - Akimoto
  • Norainu sakusen (1963)
  • Warera sarariman (1963)
  • Whirlwind (1964) - Kiyonosuke
  • Kyô mo ware ôzora ni ari (1964)
  • Jigoku sakusen (1964)
  • Chi to daiyamondo (1964)
  • Dogora (1964) - Inspector Kommei
  • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) - Detective Shindo
  • Kokkura suzumaru (1965)
  • Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi (1965)
  • Jinchoge (1966) - Nomura
  • Kore ga seishun da! (1966) - Shinsuke Yuki
  • Take-chan shacho (1967, part 1, 2)
  • Dekkai taiyô (1967)
  • Natsukashiki fue ya taiko (1967)
  • Moero! Taiyô (1967)
  • Moero! Seishun (1968) - Kensuke Sunaga
  • Musume zakari (1969) - Takashi Watanabe
  • Oiroke komikku (1970)
  • Batsugun joshikôsei (1970, part 1, 2) - Shunsuke Takimura
  • Circuit no ohkami (1977)
  • Bokusâ (1977)
  • Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari kôen mae hashutsujo (1977)
  • Jerashî gêmu (1982) - Shinichi Suruga
  • Keiji monogatari 3 - Shiosai no uta (1984)
  • The Return of Godzilla (1984) - Professor Makoto Hayashida
  • Seito shokun! (1984) - Seishi Hokujo
  • Godzilla 1985 (1985) - Dr. Hayashida
  • Ore wa otokoda! kanketsu-hen (1987)
  • Ai wa kurosuoba (1987)
  • Umi e (1988)
  • Private Lessons II (1993)
  • Round 1 (2003)
  • Shinario raitâ (star) Matsumoto Mariko no kadai (2005)
  • The Passenger (2005) - Naoki Sando
  • Sô kamo shirenai (2005)
  • Maze (2006)
  • Seducing Mr. Perfect (2006) - Mi Jeu-yo-si
  • Black Belt (2007) - Eiken Shibahara
  • Half Blood Samurai (2008)
  • The Monster X Strikes Back/Attack the G8 Summit (2008)
  • Sakura Sakura (2010)
  • Sayonara natsu yasumi (2010)
  • Kirin (2012) - (final film role)
  • Mifune: The Last Samurai (2015, Documentary) - Himself

Television

References

  1. ^ "夏木陽介". www.nikkansports (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Godzilla to tomoni Toho Tokusatsu VIP interviews"、Eiga Hiho、Yōsensha、P84
  3. ^ "エランドール賞歴代受賞者一覧". 一般社団法人 日本映画テレビプロデューサー協会. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  4. ^ "Suki Kattehōdai Natsuki Yōsuke star no jidai", p.35