Shigeru Kōyama

Shigeru Kōyama (神山 繁, Kōyama Shigeru, 16 January 1929 – 3 January 2017) was a Japanese actor.

Shigeru Kōyama
Shigeru Kōyama at the Imperial Japanese Naval Paymaster Academy during the Second World War
Born	(1929-01-16)16 January 1929 Kure, Hiroshima, Japan
Died	3 January 2017(2017-01-03) (aged 87) Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1952–2015
Spouse	Tomoko Fumino (deceased)

Career

Born in Kure, Hiroshima, Kōyama joined the Bungakuza theatre troupe in 1952, first as a directorial assistant and then as an actor.^[1] He made his film debut in 1953 in Tadashi Imai's An Inlet of Muddy Water.^[1] He left Bungakuza in 1963 and participated in other troupes such as Gekidan Kumo and Engeki Shūdan En.^[1][2] He was also well known for his role in the hit TV show The Guardman.^[1][2] He died in Kyoto Prefecture from pneumonia on 3 January 2017, 13 days before his 88th birthday.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1953	An Inlet of Muddy Water	Unknown	Tadashi Imai	Uncredited
1958	Akujo no kisetsu	Terauchi, Assistant Professor	Minoru Shibuya
1959	High Teen	Shinsaku, Sanae's Brother	Kazuo Inoue
	Yuganda tsuki	Yura	Akinori Matsuo
1960	Afraid to Die	Masa	Yasuzo Masumura
	Kenka Tarô	Goi	Toshio Masuda
1961	Koi ni inochi o	Li	Yasuzô Masumura
	Yûhi ni akai ore no kao	Unknown	Masahiro Shinoda
1962	Akitsu Springs	Tsuda	Yoshishige Yoshida
	Namida o shishi no tategami ni	Kogure	Masahiro Shinoda
1963	Kuro no hôkokusho	Hitomi	Yasuzô Masumura
	Kyojin Ôkuma Shigenobu	Azusa Ono	Kenji Misumi
1964	Otoko girai	Paul Okamura	Ryô Kinoshita
	Adauchi	Okuno Magodayū	Tadashi Imai
	Kwaidan	Unknown	Masaki Kobayashi	(segment "Chawan no naka")
1965	Nikutai no gakko	Otowa	Ryô Kinoshita
	Chichi to musume no uta	Unknown	Buichi Saitô
1966	Dark the Mountain Snow	Unknown	Zenzô Matsuyama
1967	Samurai Rebellion	Geki Takahashi	Masaki Kobayashi
	Japan's Longest Day	Susumu Katō	Kihachi Okamoto
1968	Kubi	Tashiro	Shirô Moritani
	Kill!	Tamiya Ayuzawa	Kihachi Okamoto
	Saraba Mosukuwa gurentai	Unknown	Hiromichi Horikawa
1969	Red Lion	Staff Chief Aragaki	Kihachi Okamoto
	Tengu-tô	Mizuki	Satsuo Yamamoto
1970	The Militarists	Fumimaro Konoe	Hiromichi Horikawa
	Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo	Jinzaburō Wakiya	Kihachi Okamoto
	Bakumatsu	Katsu Kaishū	Daisuke Itō
	Fuji sanchō	Unknown	Tetsutaro Murano
	Jaga wa hashitta	Unknown	Kiyoshi Nishimura
1971	Battle of Okinawa	Akira Shimada	Kihachi Okamoto / Teruyoshi Nakano
	Inn of Evil	Kaneko, Hacchôbori Officer	Masaki Kobayashi
1973	Gokiburi deka	Mita	Tsugunobu Kotani
	Japan Sinks	Hideo Yoshimura	Shirō Moritani / Teruyoshi Nakano
1974	Karei-naru ichizoku	Wajima	Satsuo Yamamoto
	Datsugoku Hiroshima satsujinshû	Unknown	Sadao Nakajima
	Kaseki	Kihara	Masaki Kobayashi
1975	Graveyard of Honor	Unknown	Kinji Fukasaku
	Wagahai wa neko de aru	Tojuro Suzuki	Kon Ichikawa
	Kinkanshoku	Leader of Construction Firm	Satsuo Yamamoto
1976	Fumō Chitai	Satoi	Satsuo Yamamoto
	Taiyô wa nakanai	Unknown	Jirô Iizuka
1977	Mount Hakkoda	Major Kinomiya	Shirō Moritani
	Kiri-no-hata	Tanimura, Editor	Katsumi Nishikawa
1978	Queen Bee	Tsukumo	Kon Ichikawa
	Inubue	Maekawa	Sadao Nakajima
	Kôtei no inai hachigatsu	Masagaki	Satsuo Yamamoto
	Blue Christmas	Unknown	Kihachi Okamoto
1979	Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko	Nakayama	Kazuhiko Hasegawa
	Tooi ashita	Chief Public Prosecutor Suda	Tatsumi Kumashiro
1980	The Battle of Port Arthur	Yamagata Aritomo	Toshio Masuda
1981	Willful Murder	Unknown	Kei Kumai
	Imperial Navy	Takeo Kaizuka	Shūe Matsubayashi
1982	Asuka e, soshite mada minu ko e	Unknown	Ryô Kinoshita
	Kyôdan	Shuzo Morishita	Tôru Murakawa
	Kono ko no nanatsu no oiwai ni	Kashiwabara	Yasuzô Masumura
1983	Antarctica	Yūji Horigome	Kei Kumai
1984	Sukanpin walk	Toshikazu Tamikawa	Kazuki Ohmori
	Zerosen moyu	Unknown	Toshio Masuda
1985	Ma no toki	Keiichiro, Ryoko's Husband	Yasuo Furuhata
	Gray Sunset	The Doctor	Shunya Itō
1986	Rokumeikan	Unknown	Kon Ichikawa
	The Sea and Poison	Gondō	Kei Kumai
1987	Too Much	Police Chief	Éric Rochat
	Gokudo no onna-tachi 2	Iwaki	Toru Dobashi
1989	Daireikai: Shindara dou naru	Unknown	Akira Ishida
	Black Rain	Chief Inspector Ōhashi	Ridley Scott	American film
1990	Haruka naru koshien	Unknown	Yutaka Osaka
	Isan sôzoku	Tadayoshi Torii	Yasuo Furuhata
1991	Rainbow Kids	Kunijirō Yanagawa	Kihachi Okamoto	[4]
	Edo Jō Tairan	Tokugawa Mitsusada	Toshio Masuda
	Kagerô	Yoneyama	Hideo Gosha
	Tenkawa densetsu satsujin jiken	Yoshinori Takazaki	Kon Ichikawa
	Gubbai Mama	Unknown	Yasushi Akimoto
1992	Kantsubaki	Unknown	Yasuo Furuhata
	Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2	Kotaro Katakura	Yôjirô Takita
1993	Bloom in the Moonlight	Rokushirō Uehara	Shinichiro Sawai
	Waga ai no uta - Taki Rentaro monogatari	Unknown	Shinichiro Sawai
	Sono kido o tootte	Kajima	Kon Ichikawa
	Kaettekite Kogarashi Monjirô	Unknown	Kon Ichikawa
1994	47 Ronin	Onodera Hidekazu	Kon Ichikawa
1995	Himeyuri no Tô	Schoolmaster Noguchi	Seijirō Kōyama
	Kura	Unknown	Yasuo Furuhata
	Onihei hankachô	Unknown	Yoshiki Onoda
	Godzilla vs. Destoroyah	Army General Gotō	Takao Okawara
1996	Yatsuhaka Mura	Dr. Kuno	Kon Ichikawa
1998	Dr. Akagi	Unknown	Shohei Imamura
	Bayside Shakedown: The Movie	Toshiaki Yoshida	Katsuyuki Motohiro
	Diary of Early Winter Shower	Nomura	Shin'ichirô Sawai
1999	Niji no misaki	Unknown	Masahiko Okumura
2000	Dora-heita	Honda Ikki	Kon Ichikawa
2001	Red Shadow	Kanemitsu Kyougoku	Hiroyuki Nakano
	Sennen no Koi Story of Genji	Fujiwara no Tametoki	Tonkō Horikawa
2002	Misutâ rûkî	Narita	Satoshi Isaka
2003	Bayside Shakedown 2	Toshiaki Yoshida	Katsuyuki Motohiro
	The Man in White	Unknown	Takashi Miike
2005	Azumi 2: Death or Love	Tenkai	Shusuke Kaneko
2006	I Am Nipponjin	Unknown	Takashi Tsukinoki
2007	Hokushin naname ni sasu tokoro	Honda	Seijirô Kôyama
2009	Shizumanu Taiyō	President Hiyama	Setsurō Wakamatsu
2012	Beyond Outrage	Fuse	Takeshi Kitano

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
1965	Taikōki	Yamanaka Shikanosuke	NHK	Taiga drama
1965	The Guardman (TV series)	NHK
1970	Mominoki wa Nokotta	Mizuno Jūrōzaemon	NHK	Taiga drama
1978	Ōgon no Hibi	Ankokuji Ekei	NHK	Taiga drama
1980	Shishi no Jidai	Iwashita Michihira	NHK	Taiga drama
1981	Onna Taikōki	Honda Masanobu	NHK	Taiga drama
	Sekigahara	Ankokuji Ekei	TBS
1987	Dokuganryū Masamune	Endō Motonobu	NHK	Taiga drama
1988	Sanbiki ga Kiru!	Bessho Tanomo	TV Asahi
1990	Tobu ga Gotoku	Ii Naosuke	NHK	Taiga drama
1990-93	Shogun Iemitsu Shinobi Tabi	Okubo Hikozaemon	TV Asahi
2000	Aoi Tokugawa Sandai	Honda Masanobu	NHK	Taiga drama
2002	Hero	Sakanoue	Fuji TV
2006	Fugo Keiji	Ryūzō Katayama	TV Asahi
2008	Change	Sakae Nihei	Fuji TV
	Kachō Kōsaku Shima	Tomabechi	NTV
2009	Fumō Chitai	Mishima	Fuji TV
	Tenchijin	Sen no Rikyū	NHK	Taiga drama

References

1. Nishiwaki, Hideo (1979). "Kōyama Shigeiru". Nihon eiga haiyū zenshu: Dan'yū hen (in Japanese). Kinema Junpō. p. 207.
2. "Kōyama Shigeru". Tarento Dētabanku (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 1, 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
3. NHK news on January 16, 2017 (in Japanese)
4. Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 375. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

External links

• Shigeru Kōyama at Office Sasaki
• Shigeru Kôyama at IMDb