Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Personal Info

Birthday

January 11, 1939

Day of Death

2003-09-19

(64 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As

Choichiro Kawarazaki

かわらざきちょういちろう

Toichi Kawarazaki

Touichi Kawarazaki

かわらざきとういち

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Biography

Kawarasaki Choichiro was a Japanese actor born in Musashino Town, Tokyo. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Musashi High School and dropped out of Waseda University's Department of Literature. He is the eldest son of Kawarazaki Chojuro IV. His wife is Ito Eiko. His younger brothers are Kawarazaki Jiro and Kawarazaki Kenzo. At the age of 64, he died of acute heart failure.

Known For

Rhapsody in August

Tokyo Cinderella Story

Vengeance Is Mine

13 Assassins

Dark Room

Profound Desires of the Gods

Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict

Gonza the Spearman

Filmography

1997
Moonlight Serenade
as Headmaster
1995
Sharaku
as Santō Kyōden
1993
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
as Chamberlain giving shelter to Ogami Itto
1992
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
as Take-san
1991
Rhapsody in August
as Noboru
War and Youth
as Kappei Hayase
1990
Takeshi: Childhood Days
as Tatsuo Kazama (Uncle of Shinji)
1989
My Phoenix
as Kisaku Anayama
1988
Shiro and Marilyn
as Gentaro Tamashiro
1987
My Beloved Is My Husband's Boss?!
as Jimpachi Kodera
Tokyo Bordello
as Zennosuke Echigoya
1986
A Human Promise
as Yoshio, Ryôsaku's son
Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
as Hideo Hayakawa
Gonza the Spearman
as Jinbei Iwaki
1985
Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
as Katsutoshi Watanabe
1983
Dark Room
as Man (Interview with Nakata)
1981
Manon
as Kuwashiro
Why Not?
as Nakazawa
1979
Gassan
as Karasu
Vengeance Is Mine
as Pawnshop Owner
1978
Panic in High School
as Ogata
1976
Yojōhan seishun garasu-bari
as Saeki
1975
Light of Africa
as Chief of police
1974
My Way
as Kobayakawa's father
Himiko
as Mimaki
1971
Follow the Girls
as Teruo
The Gentle Japanese
as Shaka
1968
Profound Desires of the Gods
as Kametaro Futori
1965
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
as Kichijiro Hayashi
The Tattooed Lord
as Yoyoshi
1964
The Ninja Hunt
as Yajirô Amano
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
as Kichijiro Hayashi
1963
13 Assassins
as Makino Yoshio
A House in the Quarter
as Seijun Kunugida
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
as Hayashi Kichijiro
Castle of Owls
as Kumotaro
1962
The Warrior from Kishu
as Hatsuse Toma
The Mad Fox
as Sakuragi Miya
In Search of Mother
as Iseya
1961
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
as Gyutaku
Lord of Steel Heart
as Kojiro