Tsuyoshi Ihara

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Tsuyoshi Ihara
伊原 剛志
Tsuyoshi Ihara, in 2015
Born
Yun Yu-gu

(1963-11-06) November 6, 1963 (age 60)
Kitakyushu, Japan
NationalityJapanese
OccupationActor
Years active1984–present

Tsuyoshi Ihara (伊原 剛志, Ihara Tsuyoshi, birth name: 伊原 剛, Ihara Tsuyoshi; b. 1963) is a Japanese actor, martial artist, and writer of Korean descent.

Biography

Ihara is a Japanese person of Korean descent, born on November 6, 1963, in Kitakyūshū as Yun Yu-gu (윤유구/尹惟久) and who grew up in Ikuno-ku, Osaka. He is a graduate of Imamiya Senior High School, Naniwa-ku, Osaka.

Career

Ihara joined the Japan Action Enterprise, a theater troupe founded by Sonny Chiba, after leaving high school. Soon after, he began to work in numerous feature films and television dramas, including the 1996 NHK series Futarikko. In 2006, Ihara appeared as the Baron Takeichi Nishi in Clint Eastwood's critically acclaimed Academy Award-winning film Letters from Iwo Jima, introducing him to a wider international audience.[1]

Ihara authored a book, Kokorozashite Sōrō (志して候う), published in Japan by Amoeba Books.[2]

Appearances

Films

Television dramas

Anime

Theater

  • We Love JAC (1986)
  • Jōji ta JAC Kōen
  • Mayonaka no Party (1991)
  • Honkon Rhapsody (1993)
  • Dā! Dā! Dā! (1993)
  • Hikoma ga Yuku (2002)
  • Blood Gets in Your Eyes (2003)
  • Rōnin Gai (2004)
  • Kātenkōru (2005)
  • shuffle (2005)
  • Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

Other programs

Books

  • Kokorozashite Sōrō (author)[2]

References

  1. ^ Peter Travers (2007-12-06). "Letters From Iwo Jima : Review : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
  2. ^ a b Amazon.co.jp: 志して候う: 本: 伊原 剛志. ASIN 4344990226.

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