Keiichirō Akagi

Keiichirō Akagi (赤木 圭一郎, Akagi Keiichirō), born Chikahiro Akatsuka (赤塚 親弘, Akatsuka Chikahiro) was a Japanese actor. Akagi appeared in over 26 films in his short three-year career. Kenju burai-chō series[1] and The Call of the Foghorn are Akagi's notable films.[1]

Keiichirō Akagi
Born
Chikahiro Akatsuka (赤塚 親弘)

(1939-05-08)May 8, 1939
Azabu Kōgai-chō, Azabu District, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
DiedFebruary 21, 1961(1961-02-21) (aged 21)
Komae, Kitatama District, Tokyo, Japan
Other namesThe Third Man
Tony
Cool Guy
Japanese James Dean
Occupation(s)Actor, singer
Years active1958-61

In 1958, he joined the Nikkatsu company. He landed the lead role for the first time in 1959 film Age of Nudity directed by Seijun Suzuki.[2] In 1960, Akagi won Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year.[3][4][5] Akagi was one of the box office hitter of Nikkatsu company alongside Yujiro Ishihara and Akira Kobayashi.[6][7][8] At around 12:20 PM on February 14, 1961, during a lunch break while shooting Gekiryū ni Ikiru Otoko, where he served as a replacement for injured Yūjirō Ishihara, Akagi was driving a go-cart brought by a salesman in the Nikkatsu studio but spun out of control and crashed into a steel door of a large tool warehouse at a speed of more than 60 km/h. He regained consciousness for a time, but on February 20 he fell into a coma again and died at 7:50 AM on February 21 of a subdural hematoma associated with a fracture of the cracked frontal bone, at the young age of 21.[8]

At the time, some of his family conceded to his funeral in the Soto Zen religion at the Dai-enji Temple in Suginami, Tokyo. Later on, his cremated ashes were moved to the Head Temple Taisekiji in Fujinomiya.

Filmography

References
  1. "映画 拳銃無頼帖 コンプリートDVD‐BOX 全5枚". NHK. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. "新撰 芸能人物事典 明治～平成「赤木 圭一郎」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  3. 赤木圭一郎さん ポスター集刊行 生誕８０周年記念 (in Japanese). Mainichi. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  4. よみがえる赤木圭一郎 (in Japanese). 神保町シアター. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  5. 映画 紅の拳銃 (in Japanese). NHK. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  6. 3年の俳優活動で出演作26本！21歳で帰らぬ人に… 50回忌を迎えた赤木圭一郎とは？ (in Japanese). シネマトディ. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  7. "The callof the foghoorn". Nikkatsu. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  8. 赤木圭一郎生誕80周年、ファンの心の中で生き続ける和製ジェームズ・ディーン (in Japanese). シネマトディ. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  9. "激流に生きる男（1967）". eiga.com. Retrieved 10 December 2021.


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