Isamu Nagato

Japanese actor and voice actor

Isamu Nagato
Born	(1932-01-01)1 January 1932 Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Died	4 June 2013(2013-06-04) (aged 81)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1948–2013

Isamu Nagato (長門勇, Nagato Isamu, 1 January 1932 – 4 June 2013) was a Japanese actor from Kurashiki Okayama Prefecture.^[1]^[2]^[3] He was an actor who specialized in playing comical roles.^[4]^[5] He became popular for his role as Sakura Kyōjyurō in the Three Outlaw Samurai series.^[6]

Selected filmography

Films

Taiyō Umi o Someru toki (1961) as Rice
Mekishiko Mushuku (1962) as Ankō
Samurai from Nowhere (1964) as Misawa Ihei
Three Outlaw Samurai (1964) as Sakura Kyōjyurō
Akumyō Ichidai (1967)
Lady Sazen and the Drenched Swallow Sword (1969) as Gamou Taiken
Bloodstained Clan Honor (1970) as Taishō
Tora-san Goes Religious? (1983) as Osakaya
Hei no Naka no Purei Boru (1987)
Shōrishatachi (1992)
Ambition Without Honor (1996)
Blooming Again (2004) as Sakiyama Rokubei
Mrs. (2005) as Yamamoto Tatsuo

Television drama

Three Outlaw Samurai (1963-69)
Hana no Shōgai (1963) as Kanroku
Haru no Sakamichi (1971) as Yoya
The Water Margin (1973) as Lu Zhishen
Kaze to Kumo to Niji to (1976) as Taira no Yoshikane
Seishi Yokomizo Series (1978) as Detective Hiyori
Akō Rōshi (1979) as Kumo no Jinjyurō
Kage no Gundan II (1981-82) as Gohei
MUSASHI (2003) as Hōzōin In'ei

References

^ "Isamu Nagato" (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ "名脇役・長門勇さん死去　享年81歳" (in Japanese). CInematoday. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ "長門勇" (in Japanese). Goo. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ "長門勇さん　老衰で死去　「おえりゃあせんのう」が流行語に" (in Japanese). スポニチ. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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