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Yoshio Tsuchiya

Japanese actor (1927–2017)

Yoshio Tsuchiya was a Japanese actor who appeared in Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and Red Beard, Toshio Matsumoto's Funeral Parade of Roses and Kihachi Okamoto's Kill!. He preferred starring in science fiction films, usually as aliens or people possessed by them, in titles such as Battle in Outer Space, Monster Zero and Destroy All Monsters.

Yoshio Tsuchiya appears in 7 films in The Rerun, from 1954 to 1968. Most of that work is in action, sci-fi and drama. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Takashi Shimura (5), Akira Kurosawa (4), Toshiro Mifune (4), Ishirō Honda (3), Haruo Nakajima (3).

Known for

  • Seven Samurai (1954). A Kurosawa classic in his credits.
  • Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965). A science fiction film, known elsewhere as Monster Zero.
  • The Hidden Fortress (1958). A Kurosawa film in his credits.
  • Yojimbo (1961). Another Kurosawa film in his credits.
  • Funeral Parade of Roses. Toshio Matsumoto’s surreal feature, in which he appeared.

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When was Yoshio Tsuchiya born?
Yoshio Tsuchiya was born on 18 May 1927.

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