Tarō Ishida (石田 太郎, Ishida Tarō, March 16, 1944 – September 21, 2013), born Gentarō Ishida (石田 弦太郎, Ishida Gentarō), was a Japanese actor, voice actor and Shin Buddhist priest from the city of Kyoto. He was affiliated with Granpapa Production.
Tarō Ishida | |
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石田 太郎 | |
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Born | Gentarō Ishida March 16, 1944 Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan |
Died | September 21, 2013 69) Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan | (aged
Occupation(s) | Actor, voice actor |
Years active | 1960–2013 |
Spouse(s) | Fusako Tachibana (? - 2006, her death) |
Parent | Shigeki Ishida |
Website | Granpapa |
Biography
Ishida was born in Kyoto, Japan on March 16, 1944, the son of actor Shigeki Ishida.[1] He attended the Foreign Language Department (Spanish) of Sophia University, but quit without graduating.[2] Ishida was also a chief priest at the Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist temple Jōkei-ji at Kanazawa, Ishikawa.[3]
He was married to actress Fusako Tachibana until her death in 2006.[4]
Ishida died on September 21, 2013, from myocardial infarction.[5]
Filmography
![]() | This filmography contains a list that has not been properly sorted. Specifically, it does not follow the Manual of Style for lists of works (often, though not always, due to being in reverse-chronological order). See MOS:LISTSORT for more information. (December 2014) |
Films
- A Taxing Woman's Return (1988) – Kiyohara
- Violent Cop (1989) – Detective Tomosato
- Heaven and Earth (1990) – Takeda Nobushige
- A Touch of Fever (1993) – Yoriko's Father
- Oishinbo (1996) – Koizumi
- Pride (1998) – Akira Mutō[6]
- Ikinai (1998) – Noguchi
- Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) – SDF Officer
- Quill (2004) – Hiroshi Totsuka
- Doomsday: The Sinking of Japan (2006) – Minister of Defense Seigo Umezu
- Departures (2008) – Sonezaki
- Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky (2009) – City Council Member
Television dramas
- Oshin (1983)
- Sanga Moyu (1984)
- Musashibō Benkei (1986) – Kajiwara Kagetoki
- Dokuganryū Masamune (1987) – Nihonmatsu Yoshitsugu
- Kasuga no Tsubone (1989) – Ōkubo Tadachika
- Shomuni (1998) – Kato
- Aoi (2000) – Ōkubo Tadachika
- The Family (2007) – Yasuda
Television animation
- Astro Boy: Mighty Atom – General Red
- Black Jack – Toranomon
- Detective Conan – Police Inspector Radish Redwood
- GeGeGe no Kitarō (fifth series) – Vampire Elite Johnny
- Lupin III: Alcatraz Connection – Assistant Inspector Terry Crown
- Requiem from the Darkness – Emon Shibamigi
- Space Brothers – Deneil Young
- Time Patrol-Tai Otasukeman – Napoleon
Original video animation (OVA)
- Bio Hunter – Tabu
- Giant Robo – Demon King of Chaos Fan Rui
- Harlock Saga – Wotan
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes – Heydrich Lang (second voice)
- Record of Lodoss War – Emperor Beld
Theatrical animation
- Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) – Count Cagliostro
- Arcadia of My Youth (1982) – Zeda
- Final Yamato (1983) – Lugal
- The Dagger of Kamui (1985) – Tenkai, Saigō Takamori
- Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight (as "Gentarō Ishida") (1985) – Saint Asgard
- Fist of the North Star (1986) – Narrator
- Akira (1988) – Colonel Shikishima
- Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989) – Nightmare King
- Case Closed: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper (1997) – Teiji Moriya
- Crayon Shin-chan: Blitzkrieg! Pig's Hoof's Secret Mission (1998) – Mouse
- Metropolis (2001) – Duke Red
- One Piece: Dead End Adventure (2003) – Gasparde
- Brave Story (2006) – Bishop Daimon
Tokusatsu
- Kamen Rider 555 – Joji Soeno
- Juken Sentai Gekiranger – Kentaro Hisatsu
- Ultraman Story – Father of Ultra
Video games
- Adventure of Tokyo Disney Sea ~Losing of Jewel's secret – King Triton
- Dissidia: Final Fantasy (2008) – Exdeath[7]
- Kingdom Hearts (2002) – King Triton[7]
- Kingdom Hearts II (2005) – King Triton, Eeyore
- Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy (2011) - Exdeath[7]
Dubbing roles
Live-action
- Gene Hackman
- The Domino Principle – Roy Tucker
- Superman II (1984 TV Asahi edition) – Lex Luthor[8]
- Under Fire – Alex Grazier
- No Way Out (TV Tokyo edition) – Defense Secretary David Brice
- Mississippi Burning (1992 TV Asahi edition) – Agent Rupert Anderson
- The Package (1993 TBS edition) – Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
- Loose Cannons – MacArthur Stern
- Postcards from the Edge – Lowell Kolchek
- Narrow Margin – Robert Caulfield
- Class Action – Jedediah Tucker Ward
- Unforgiven – Little Bill Daggett
- Geronimo: An American Legend – Brig. Gen. George Crook[9]
- Wyatt Earp (1997 TV Tokyo edition) – Nicholas Earp
- Crimson Tide – Captain Frank Ramsey[10]
- The Quick and the Dead – John Herod[11]
- The Birdcage (2000 Fuji TV edition) – Senator Kevin Keeley
- The Chamber – Sam Cayhall
- Extreme Measures – Dr. Lawrence Myrick
- Absolute Power – President Alan Richmond
- Enemy of the State (2003 Fuji TV edition) – Edward "Brill" Lyle
- Under Suspicion – Henry Hearst
- Behind Enemy Lines – Admiral Leslie McMahon Reigart[12]
- Heist – Joe Moore
- The Royal Tenenbaums – Royal Tenenbaum[13]
- Runaway Jury – Rankin Fitch[14]
- Anthony Hopkins
- The Silence of the Lambs (1995 TV Asahi edition) – Hannibal Lecter
- Hannibal – Hannibal Lecter[15]
- Red Dragon (2006 TV Tokyo edition) – Hannibal Lecter
- The City of Your Final Destination – Adam Gund[16]
- Peter Falk
- Columbo – Lt. Columbo (Season 8~)
- Undisputed – Mendy Ripstein
- Next – Irv[17]
- 48 Hrs. (1985 Nippon TV edition, as "Gentarō Ishida") – Jack Cates (Nick Nolte)[18]
- About Schmidt – Warren R. Schmidt (Jack Nicholson)[19]
- Alien 3 (1998 TV Asahi edition) – Leonard Dillon (Charles S. Dutton)
- The Amityville Horror (1982 NTV edition) – George Lutz (James Brolin)[20]
- Apocalypse Now – Colonel Walter E. Kurtz (Marlon Brando)
- Armour of God II: Operation Condor (1993 Fuji TV edition) – Adolf (Aldo Sambrell)
- Batman Begins – William Earle (Rutger Hauer)
- Batman Begins (2007 Nippon TV edition) – Carmine Falcone (Tom Wilkinson)
- Batman Returns (1994 TV Asahi edition) – Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin (Danny DeVito)
- Beginners – Hal Fields (Christopher Plummer)[21]
- Ben-Hur (1979 Nippon TV edition) – Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston)
- Big Fish – Old Edward Bloom (Albert Finney)[22]
- The Bridge on the River Kwai – Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa)
- Brokeback Mountain – Joe Aguirre (Randy Quaid)[23]
- The Cannonball Run (1984 Fuji TV edition) – Doctor Nikolas Van Helsing (Jack Elam)
- Cannonball Run II – Doctor Nikolas Van Helsing (Jack Elam)
- Cocoon – Walter (Brian Dennehy)
- Commando – Bennett (Vernon Wells)
- Conan the Barbarian (1985 Nippon TV edition) – Thulsa Doom (James Earl Jones)
- Cop Land (2000 Nippon TV edition) – Ray Donlan (Harvey Keitel)
- Dances with Wolves – Kicking Bird (Graham Greene)
- The Departed – Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson)[24]
- Die Hard 2 (1994 TV Asahi edition) – Trudeau (Fred Thompson)
- Die Hard with a Vengeance (1998 Fuji TV edition) – Inspector Walter Cobb (Larry Bryggman)
- The Empire Strikes Back (1992 TV Asahi edition) – Darth Vader (James Earl Jones)
- ER – Richard Elliot (Armand Assante)
- Evolution (2005 NTV edition) – Brigadier General Russell Woodman (Ted Levine)[25]
- First Blood (1985 NTV, 1990 TBS and 1995 TV Asahi editions) – Sheriff Will Teasle (Brian Dennehy)[26]
- Godzilla (2001 NTV edition) – Mayor Ebert (Michael Lerner)
- Gone in 60 Seconds – Detective Roland Castlebeck (Delroy Lindo)[27]
- Green Zone – Martin Brown (Brendan Gleeson)[28]
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus – Doctor Parnassus (Christopher Plummer)[29]
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1987 Nippon TV edition) – Mola Ram (Amrish Puri)
- K-9 (1993 TV Asahi edition) – Lyman (Kevin Tighe)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1981 TV Asahi edition) – Colonel Harry Brighton (Anthony Quayle)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Treebeard (John Rhys-Davies)[30]
- Men in Black (2001 Nippon TV edition) – Chief Zed (Rip Torn)
- Men in Black II (2005 TV Asahi edition) – Chief Zed (Rip Torn)
- The NeverEnding Story – Falkor, Gmork (Alan Oppenheimer)[31]
- Project A – San (Dick Wei)[32]
- The Punisher – Jake Berkowitz (Louis Gossett Jr.)[33]
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1993 DVD edition) – René Belloq (Paul Freeman)
- The Raven – Captain Charles Hamilton (Brendan Gleeson)[34]
- Robin Hood – Sir Walter Loxley (Max von Sydow)[35]
- The Running Man (1989 Fuji TV edition) – Damon Killian (Richard Dawson)[36]
- Saw series – Jigsaw (Tobin Bell)[37][38][39][40]
- Scarface (1989 TV Asahi edition) – Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia)
- The Shining (1996 TV Tokyo edition) – Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson)
- Silent Hill: Revelation – Leonard Wolf (Malcolm McDowell)[41]
- Sleuth – Andrew Wyke (Michael Caine)[42]
- The Smurfs 2 – Victor Doyle (Brendan Gleeson)
- The Sting (1991 TV Asahi edition) – Lieutenant William Snyder (Charles Durning)
- This Boy's Life – Dwight Hansen (Robert De Niro)[43]
Animation
- The Book of Pooh – Eeyore
- Cars 2 – Mel Dorado[44]
- The Fox and the Hound – Adult Copper
- The Little Mermaid (re-release edition) – King Triton
- The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea – King Triton
- Oliver and Company – Sykes
- Peter Pan (Buena Vista edition) – Indian Chief
- Planes – Skipper Riley
- Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin – Eeyore
- Shark Tale – Don Feinberg
- The Tigger Movie – Eeyore
- Winnie-the-Pooh – Eeyore
Japanese voiceover
- Peter Pan's Flight – Indian Chief
- Pooh's Hunny Hunt – Eeyore
References
External links
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