Shinsuke Mikimoto

Shinsuke Mikimoto (御木本伸介, Mikimoto Shinsuke, May 22, 1931–August 5, 2002) was a Japanese actor. His credits include at least fifty films, as well as numerous television appearances, in a career that spanned several decades.His real name is Syuichi Suzuki.The Suzuki family on his father's side is a family that served as the palace doctor of the Kaga Maeda family for generation.

Shinsuke Mikimoto
Born
Mikimoto Shinsuke

(1931-05-22)May 22, 1931
DiedAugust 5, 2002(2002-08-05) (aged 71)
OccupationActor
Years active1953–2002

Education

Born in Kanazawa, he graduated from high school there. Then he attended Rikkyo University in Tokyo, graduating from the Faculty of Economics.

Career

Mikimoto made his debut in 1953 as a small role of "Battleship Yamato" directed by Yutaka Abe. As a movie actor, his acting ability was highly evaluated, but he was not blessed with his work.[1]

In 1962, he starred in the TV drama "Judo Ichidai（柔道一代）," which featured Jigoro Kano, the founder of judo.[2] This show has gained great popularity and he became a popular actor.[3] In 1964, he also starred in Nagisa Oshima's only TV drama, "Asia no Akebono（アジアの曙）".[4]

Primarily a supporting actor, Mikimoto frequently appeared as a bad guy in jidaigeki on television and in film. Additionally, he took roles such as Kiyokawa Hachirō in Moeyo Ken, a prime-time bakumatsu story on NET in 1970. He played Ōtaka Tadao (Gengo), one of the Forty-seven Ronin, in the 1971 Daichūshingura starring Toshirō Mifune. Another historical role was Hirate Masahide in the NHK Taiga drama Takeda Shingen.

Mikimoto mostly took parts as fictional characters. His career includes seven appearances on Mito Kōmon, spanning the years from 1978 to 1994. Many other long-running jidaigeki cast Mikimoto in guest-star roles, among them Abarenbō Shōgun, Zenigata Heiji, Onihei Hankachō (on which he was also a regular character), Ōoka Echizen, and Chōshichirō Edo Nikki.

In film, Mikimoto appeared in Gion Matsuri (1968) with Kinnosuke Nakamura and Toshiro Mifune; The Fall of Ako Castle (1978), directed by Kinji Fukasaku and starring Nakamura, Mifune, and Sonny Chiba; and films set in modern times such as Zero Fighter Burns and the 1986 The Return of Godzilla with Raymond Burr and Japan Academy Prize-winning actress Yasuko Sawaguchi.

He was also an important supporting actor in Yorozuya Kinnosuke's stage performances.[5]

Death

Mikimoto was died by lung cancer on August 5,2002.He was 71 years old.

Filmography

Film

Television

Death

Mikimoto died of lung cancer in 2002.

Sources

This article incorporates material from 御木本伸介 (Mikimoto Shinsuke) in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved on March 15, 2008.

References
  1. "日本映画批評". キネマ旬報No.257 4月上旬号 (in Japanese). キネマ旬報社. 1960. p. 79.
  2. 新体育学講座(35) 嘉納治五郎. 逍遥書院. 1964. p. 17.
  3. シェーの時代:「おそ松くん」と昭和こども社会. 文藝春秋. 2008. p. 93.
  4. "大島渚全仕事". イメージフォーラム4月増刊 (in Japanese). ダゲレオ出版. 1960. p. 176.
  5. "劇評 歌舞伎座". 演劇界(6) (in Japanese). 日本演劇社. 1976. pp. 23–24.
  6. "木戸孝允". Haiyaku Jiten. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
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