Takeo Chii

Takeo Chii
Born	(1942-05-05)5 May 1942 Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Died	29 June 2012(2012-06-29) (aged 70) Minato-ku, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1968–2012

Takeo Chii (地井武男, Chii Takeo, 5 May 1942 – 29 June 2012)^[1] was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1968 and 2012.

Biography

Chii was the youngest of eight brothers.^[2] He made his acting debut in 1968.^[3][4] He made his film debut with Kihachi Okamoto's Kill!.^[5] Chii married actress Saori Maki in 1974 and had one daughter with her.^[2] Maki died in 2001 from breast cancer.^[6]

Chii was initially diagnosed with angina after a hospitalization in 1996, and warned by a doctor to not push himself too hard.^[2] Chii had multiple hospitalizations in 2012, after initially going to the hospital in January of that year due to concerns of vision loss.^[7][4] On 29 June 2012, Chii died of heart failure at the age of 70.^[3]

Filmography

Film

• Kill! (1968) – Yaheiji Yoshida
• Red Lion (1969) – Spy
• Hangyaku no Melody (1970) – Hoshino
• Hiko shonen: Wakamono no toride (1970) – Jiro Iwami
• Hashi no nai kawa 2 (1970)
• Okinawa ^[ja] (1970)
• Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo (1970) – Taki
• Men and War, Part I (1970)
• Shinjuku outlaw: Step On the Gas (1970) – Kamome
• Alleycat Rock: Crazy Riders '71 (1971) – Takaaki
• Men and War, Part II (1971)
• Hachigatsu no nureta suna (1971) – Ide
• Kumo no Yuna (1971) – Torazô
• Furyo bancho te haccho kuchi haccho (1971)
• Gyangu tai gyangu: Aka to kuro no burûsu (1972)
• Street Mobster (1972)
• Kaigun tokubetsu nenshô-hei (1972) – Kudo
• Erosu no yûwaku (1972) – Shôji
• Dobugawa gakkyu (1972)
• Akai tori nigeta? (1973) – Hasegawa
• Gokiburi deka (1973) – Nobuo Takei
• Retreat Through the Wet Wasteland (1973) – Gorô Harada
• Zenka onna: Koroshi-bushi (1973) – Tetsu Hamada
• Hatachi no genten (1973) – Suzuki
• Lady Snowblood (1973) – Tokuichi Shôkei
• Neon kurage: Shinjuku hanadensha (1973)
• Hissatsu Shikakenin Shunsetsu shikakebari (1974) – Sadaroku
• Tomodachi (1974)
• Honô no shôzô (1974)
• Akan ni hatsu (1975) – Tomoyuki Tonomura
• Minato no Yôko Yokohama yokosuka (1975)
• New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Last Days of the Boss (1976) – Matsuzo Samukawa
• Ôzora no samurai (1976)
• The Inugami Family (1976) – Suketake Inugami
• Seishun no satsujinsha (1976) – Hidaka, Toru
• Hiroshima jingi: Hitojichi dakkai sakusen (1976)
• Okinawa Yakuza sensô (1976) – Ishikawa
• Yakuza senso: Nihon no Don (1977) – Kawabata
• Hokuriku Proxy War (1977)
• Nihon no jingi (1977) – Tomigashi
• Shin joshuu sasori: Tokushu-bô X (1977) – Prison Guard Ichirô Kajiki
• Botchan (1977)
• Proof of the Man (1977) – Detective Kusaba
• Seishoku no ishibumi (1978)
• Daburu kuracchi (1978)
• Ôgon no inu (1979) – Ryoichi Tanuma
• Ah! Nomugi toge (1979) – Tatsuji Masai
• Tenshi no harawata: Nami (1979) – Tetsuro Muraki
• Torakku yarô: Neppû 5000 kiro (1979)
• Tooi ashita (1979) – Oonoki
• Harukanaru sôro (1980) – Takatoshi Kan
• Tora-san's Promise (1981) – Kenkichi Odajima
• Himeyuri no Tô (1982) – Sergeant Major Ishi
• Gekko kamen (1982)
• F2 grand prix (1984)
• Bi bappu haisukuru (1985) – Onijima Shimazaki
• Be-Bop highschool: Koko yotaro elegy (1986–1988, part 1–5) – Onijima Shimazaki
• Michi (1986)
• Jittemai (1986) – Denzo
• The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013) – Okina (voice) (final film role)

Television drama

• Edo no Kaze (1975) (1st season)
• Edo no Gekitou (1979)
• From the north country ^[ja] (1981–2002)
• Taiyō ni Hoero! (1982–1986) – Toshizo Igawa (Toshisan)
• Hanekonma (1986)^[8]

Other appearances

Television

• Chii Sanpo ^[ja] (2006–2012)
• Japanese Style Originator (2008–2012)

Animated Film

• The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013)

Commercial

• House Foods

References

1. "地井武男さんが死去" (in Japanese). Daily Sports. 29 June 2012. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
2. "ちいさん70歳急死 前日まで家族と談笑も – 芸能ニュース". nikkansports.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 April 2019.
3. "俳優・地井武男さん死去 紀行番組「ちい散歩」（写真＝共同）". 日本経済新聞 電子版 (in Japanese). 29 June 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
4. "地井武男さん：田中邦衛悲痛な叫び「ちいにい。会いたいよ−」 お別れの会に800人". MANTANWEB（まんたんウェブ） (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 April 2019.
5. "地井武男は「この俺が女装だよ？　参ったよ」　時代劇でも事件捜査" (in Japanese). Daily新潮. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
6. "地井武男さん 前妻口癖は「私が死んだら若い人を見つけて」". NEWSポストセブン (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 April 2019.
7. "地井武男が緊急入院！「目が見えない」…ちい散歩に影響も". ZAKZAK (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 April 2019.
8. "はね駒". TV drama database. Retrieved 26 October 2021.

External links

• Takeo Chii at IMDb