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.
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_Scan10012.JPG) Utsui as a sumo wrestler for the film Raiden (1959) | |
| Born | 24 October 1931 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | 14 March 2014 (aged 82) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1952–2014 |
Career and death
editBorn 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]
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 Toshiie
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Utsui Ken". Tarento dētabanku. 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 Machine
External links
edit- Ken Utsui at IMDb
- Utsui Ken at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
- Official profile (in Japanese)