Eijirō Yanagi

Personal Info

Birthday

September 16, 1895

Day of Death

1984-04-24

(88 years old)

Place of Birth

Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As

柳栄二郎

Eijirō Yanagi

Biography

Yanagi Eijiro ( September 16, 1895 - April 24, 1984 ). In 1966, he received the Medal with Purple Ribbon, and in 1970, he received the Order of the Rising Sun, Fourth Class. His final stage performance was in "Actress" in 1982. He died of acute heart failure on April 24, 1984, at the age of 88

Known For

Red Beard

Battle of the Japan Sea

The Tale of Zatoichi

The Life of Oharu

Miss Oyu

The Idiot

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

Two Lives, Two Yakuza

Filmography

1969
Battle of the Japan Sea
as Hirofumi Ito
1968
Admiral Yamamoto
as Nagano
The Cheating Underworld
as Shinsaku Ohwada
The Sands of Kurobe
as Fujimura
1967
Gambler's World
as Tachibana
Organized Violence II
as Daisaku Ôwada
1965
The White Rose of Hong Kong
as Lin Qingming/ Kiyoaki Hayashi
Red Beard
as Madwoman's father
1964
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
as Genichiro Matsuhashi
The Naked Executive
as Matsumoto
The Scent of Incense
as Murata, the landlord
1963
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
as Yanagisawa
A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
as Matsudaira Izu no kami
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
as Gonnosuke Shizuta
Rififi in Tokyo
as Ishimoto
An Actor's Revenge
as Hiromi-ya
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
as Sohei Mizuki
1962
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
as Sukegoro Hanoka
Destiny's Son
as Ooinokami Matsudaira
Seven Miles to Nakayama
as Yasugoro
The Mad Fox
as Tadahira Fujiwara
The Tale of Zatoichi
as Sukegorô
1961
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
as Abbot Tenchu
Hunting Rifle
as Uncle
1960
The Masterless 47
as Naoyoshi Ashikaga
Official with a Tattoo
as Zeniya Gohei
Modern Salaryman: Bushido Romance
as Sonoda Shunsuke (Setsuko's father)
1959
Stop the Old Fox
as Ogosho
Echo in the Mountains
as Yoshiyasu Yanagisawa
1958
Zesshou
as Heikichiro Hashimoto
The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
as Fukubara Echigo
Executive Chair
as Takeyama
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2
as Banshu-Ya Jubei
City of Love
as Teppei Murata
1957
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
as Mori
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
as Mori
The Adventures of Chuji
as Fujiyoshi
1956
Bridge of Japan
as Shinpachiro Kasahara
1955
元祿美少年記
as 大石内蔵助

Ejima and Ikushima
as 土屋相模守

Taira Clan Saga
as Emperor Shirakawa
Young Ruddy Warrior: Nobunaga Oda
as Oda Nobuhide
The Tattered Wings
as Shunsuke's father
The Phantom Horse
as Hyogoro Onishi
八州遊侠伝白鷺三味線
as 飯岡助五郎
1954
Denshichi Torimonocho: Tattoo Woman Trouble
as 加島屋文左衛門

お役者変化
as 能登出雲守
1953
The Eagle of the Pacific
as Premier Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Hana no shôgai
as 阿部伊勢守

Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
as 東白河三位卿

A Japanese Tragedy
as Iwami
1952
Passion Fire
as 吉田文助

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
as Yamauchi
The Life of Oharu
as Counterfeiter
Bored Hatamoto: The Imposter
as 北村内膳正
1951
Miss Oyu
as Eitaro
The Idiot
as Tohata
Ginza Cosmetics
as Seikichi Kineya
The Killing of Otsuya
as Serizawa
The Woman’s Reflective Pool
as Minamoto
1950
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
as Sasagawa Shigezô
Portrait of Madame Yuki
as Naoyuki Shinano
Kagebōshi
as 遊佐内膳正
1945
The Sword
as Kiyohide
1943
The Song Lantern
as Jirozou
1940
晴小袖
as 川並人足の親方泉屋喜兵衛