Junkichi Orimoto

Japanese actor and seiyū
Junkichi Orimoto
Orimoto in 1954
Born(1927-02-09)9 February 1927
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Died18 March 2019(2019-03-18) (aged 92)
OccupationActor
Years active1949–2017

Junkichi Orimoto (織本 順吉, Orimoto Junkichii, 9 February 1927 – 18 March 2019) was a Japanese actor.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Orimoto often worked with Kinji Fukasaku and Sadao Nakajima.[7]

He started his acting career at the Shinkyō theatre company in 1949.[3] His first film appearance was in the 1952 film Yamabiko Gakkō directed by Tadashi Imai.[3] In 2019, he died of old age at the age of 92.[3] His final film appearance was in the 2018 film blank13.[8]

Filmography

Films

  • Yamabiko Gakkō (1952)
  • Gakusei Shinjū (1954)
  • The Eternal Breasts (1955) as Shigeru Anzai
  • Mahiru no ankoku (1956) as Sugita
  • Jun'ai Monogatari (1956) as Detective
  • The Rice People (1957) as Fisherman
  • Planet Prince (1958) as Colonel Matsuda
  • Three Outlaw Samurai (1958) as Kurahashi
  • The Human condition Part1 (1959) as Sai
  • Gang vs. G-Men (1962) as Yuichi Noguchi
  • Assassination (1964) as Kamo Serizawa
  • Revenge (1964)
  • Kwaidan (1965)
  • Live Today, Die Tomorrow! (1970) as Owner of rice store
  • Tora-san's Forget Me Not (1973) as Kurihara
  • Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974) as Hayakawa Hideo
  • Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no Mon (1974) as Kanzaki Yuichi
  • New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Head (1975) as Izeki Seiiji
  • New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Last Days of the Boss (1976) as Motoyama Takao
  • Yakuza Graveyard (1976) as Hatano Takeshi
  • The Life of Chikuzan (1977)
  • Hokuriku Proxy War (1977) as Yanaka
  • New Female Convict Scorpion Special: Block X (1977) as Katō
  • Message from Space (1977) as Kido
  • The Fall of Ako Castle (1978) as Izeki Tokubei
  • Nihon no Fixer (1979) as Tsunoma
  • No More Easy Life (1979)
  • Sōchō no Kubi (1979) as Tamai Shuzō
  • Imperial Navy (1981) as Obayashi
  • Willful Murder (1981)
  • Station (1981) as Chief
  • The Go Masters (1982)
  • The Return of Godzilla (1984) as JSDF Chief of Staff Mōri
  • Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) as General Kanetoshi Mashita
  • Hissatsu! III Ura ka Omote ka (1985) as Kanō Heima
  • Yuwakusha (1989)
  • Rikyū (1989) as Imai Sōkyū
  • Lone Wolf and Cub: Final Conflict (1992) as Ishiguro
  • Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 (1993)
  • The 8-Tomb Village (1996) as Igawa
  • New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (2000) as Mizoguchi Takeo
  • Sennen no Koi Story of Genji (2001) as Kakuzen
  • Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Yūrei Mansion (2005) as Kōan
  • Be a Man! Samurai School (2008) as Kurosuki no Kokaku
  • Kizumomo (2008) as Yumiya Miki
  • Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai (2008) as Matsuda
  • Shodo Girls (2010) as Tomoya's grandfather
  • Hayabusa: Harukanaru Kikan (2012)
  • The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji (2014) as Sakuno Yahei
  • 0.5 mm (2014) as Shōzō Kataoka
  • blank13 (2018)

Television drama

References

  1. ^ "織本順吉 悪代官からいじめられっ子の父になった出来事語る". Newsポスト7. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  2. ^ "織本順吉さん死去…92歳 延命治療は受けず". 日刊スポーツ. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "Junkichi Orimoto profile". kinenote. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Junkichi Orimoto profile". NHK. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  5. ^ "俳優・織本順吉さん死去 滋味あふれる脇役で存在感". 朝日新聞デジタル. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  6. ^ "2000作品出演の名脇役・織本順吉さん、92歳大往生". スポーツ報知. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  7. ^ "映画監督・中島貞夫さん、織本さん悼む「こわもてと柔軟さ、役に深み出してくれる」". スポーツ報知. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  8. ^ "織本順吉さん、92歳老衰で死去…「仁義なき戦い」などで名脇役". サンスポ. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

External links

  • Junkichi Orimoto at IMDb
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