Takeshi Sakamoto

Personal Info

Birthday

September 21, 1899

Day of Death

1974-05-17

(74 years old)

Place of Birth

Sakoshi, Hyogo, Japan

Takeshi Sakamoto

Biography

Takeshi Sakamoto (坂本武, Sakamoto Takeshi, 21 September 1899 – 10 May 1974) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1925 and 1965, mostly in productions of the Shōchiku studio. He gained popularity as a supporting character, working for directors such as Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita, Mikio Naruse, Hiroshi Shimizu and Heinosuke Gosho. Description above from the Wikipedia article Takeshi Sakamoto, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Victory Song

There Was a Father

Fireworks Over the Sea

Before the Wedding

A Hen in the Wind

A Story of Floating Weeds

Carmen's Innocent Love

An Inn in Tokyo

Filmography

1964
Day-Dream
as Department store guard
1963
Okashina yatsu
as Kiichi Shuntô
1961
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
as Matabei
Hiroshi Moriya Sadogasa Series: Thank You, Sandogasa
as Tetsunoya Tōzō (Boss)
Hiroshi Moriya Sandogasa Series: I Want to Weep
as Akabeko Shosuke
1958
A Boy and Three Mothers
as Seitaro Nakahara, Seiji's father
City of Love
as Eitaro Yoshii
1957
Untamed Woman
as Kisuke, the foster father
1956
Triumphant Song of Youth
as Genkichi Ogawa
Manchurian Sunset
as Matsugen
1955
The Tattered Wings
as Fuyuko's father
1953
Where Chimneys Are Seen
as Tokuji Kawamura
1952
Carmen's Innocent Love
as Landlord's cousin
Our Chief, Our Doctor
as Tahei
1951
Fireworks Over the Sea
as Jinkichi Aikawa
Boyhood
as Furukawa
Carmen Comes Home
as Shoichi Aoyama
1949
Here's to the Young Lady
as Mr. Sato
1948
Ghosts Die at Dawn
as Policeman
A Hen in the Wind
as Hikozo Sakai
1947
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
as Kawayoshi
1946
Twenty-Year-Old Youth
as Morita
1945
Victory Song
as Nobue's father
1944
Sailor
as Teacher (uncredited)
1943
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
as Fortuneteller
1942
There Was a Father
as Makoto Hirata
1941
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
as Antique Dealer
Introspection Tower
as Tamiko's Father
1940
Wood and Stone
as director of the arishima's hospital
1939
Lovers' Duet
as Rakugo-ka
A Brother and His Younger Sister
as Shinzō Arita
Four Seasons of Children
as Grandfather
1938
Family Diary
as Policeman
So Goes My Love
as Shigeo's uncle
1937
Children in the Wind
as Uncle
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
as Mr. Kawada
Lady Doctor Kinuyo
as Tessai Yamaoka
What Did the Lady Forget?
as Sugiyama
1936
Woman in the Mist
as Fumikichi
Family Meeting
as Hanaju
College Is a Nice Place
as Teacher
1935
An Inn in Tokyo
as Kihachi
Okoto and Sasuke
as Seikichi
Him, Her, and the Boys
as Tokochbi's Father
An Innocent Maid
as Kihachi
1934
My Elder Brother
as Nagamatu, driver
A Story of Floating Weeds
as Kihachi
Street Without End
as Guest for portrait painter
The Genealogy of Women
as Night Shop Master
Mother of the East
as Yasukawa
1933
Daphne
as Landlord
The Boss's Son at College
as Fujii's uncle Muraki
Japanese King Kong
as Yokoshima
Passing Fancy
as Kihachi
Before the Wedding
as Kyōsuke Kawai
The Dancing Girl of Izu
as Hattori
The Bride Talks in Her Sleep
as Thief
1932
Storm Zone
as President Murase
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
as College janitor
I Was Born, But...
as Juuyaku
Spring Comes from the Ladies
as Sakaguchi, tailor
1931
Tokyo Chorus
as Rou-Shain Yamada
The Neighbour's Wife and Mine
as Driver
The Lady and the Beard
as Karei
1930
Youth, Why Do You Cry?
as Akazawa
The Luck Which Touched the Leg
as Section chief
Hard Times
as Yoshida
Marching On
as Officer A
Walk Cheerfully
as Ono
1929
A Straightforward Boy
as Boss Gontora
The Life of an Office Worker
as Friend
The Father and His Son
as Deputy Mayor Mizuhara
Triumphant Song of the Mountain
as Uotoku
I Graduated, But...
as Secretary
Modan kaidan: 100,000,000 yen
as Kunizo Ôhara
The Big City: Labor
as Kasamatsu (engine driver)
Days of Youth
as Professor
The Blacksmith of the Forest
as School Teacher
1928
King of the Land
as Kan-san (barber)
Pumpkin
as Principal
A Wife Quits
as Hirano (husband)
What a Handsome Man!
as Ōgane Arizō
Wife Lost
as Uncle
Dreams of Youth
as Okada's father
1927
Sankichi the Flying Squirrel
as Jin'emon Honjō
1925
Fallen Samurai
as Loyalist Kato