Shinjirō Ehara

Shinjirō Ehara (Japanese: 江原 真二郎, Hepburn: Ehara Shinjirō, 12 October 1936 – 27 September 2022) was a Japanese actor.^[1][2][3] Ehara joined Toei Company and began his acting career with"Nagurikomi Nijyuohachinin shu". In 1957, he won Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year.^[4] He died on 27 September 2022, aged 85.^[5]

Shinjirō Ehara
Born	(1936-10-12)12 October 1936 Kyoto, Japan
Died	27 September 2022(2022-09-27) (aged 85)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1954–2022
Spouse	Hitomi Nakahara ​ ​ (m. 1960⁠–⁠2022)​

Selected filmography

Film

• Jun'ai Monogatari (1957)
• The Rice People (1957)
• Naked Sun (1957)
• Rice (1957)
• Invasion of the Neptune Men (1961) as scientist Yanagida
• Miyamoto Musashi: Hannyazaka no kettō (1962) as Seijurō Yoshioka
• Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
• Miyamoto Musashi: Nitōryū kaigen (1963) as Seijurō Yoshioka
• Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no kettō (1964) as Seijurō Yoshioka
• Jakoman and Tetsu (1964) as Osaka
• Wolves, Pigs and Men (1964) as Mizuhara
• Blackmail Is My Life (1968)
• Outlaw:Kill! (1968)
• Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie (1969)
• Bakumatsu (1970)
• Men and War Part I (1970)^[6]
• Men and War Part II (1971)^[7]
• Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)
• Kage Gari (1972)
• Men and War Part III (1973)^[8]
• Nichiren (1979)
• Edo Jō Tairan (1991) as Ōkubo Tadatomo

Television

• Daichūshingura (1971) as Kataoka Gengoemon
• Shinsho Taikōki (1973) as Takeda Katsuyori
• Naruto Hichō (1977-78) as Magobei
• Kusa Moeru (1979) as Kajiwara Kagetoki, Taiga drama
• Fumō Chitai (1979) as Isao Kawamata^[9]
• Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983) as Ishikawa Kazumasa, Taiga drama
• Ōoku (1983) as Yamauchi Igasuke
• Kawaite sōrō (1984)
• Miyamoto Musashi (1984–85) as Aoki Tanzaemon^[10]
• Hōjō Tokimune (2001) as Kō no Morouji, Taiga drama
• Kokoro (2003)