Mikio Narita (Japanese: 成田三樹夫, Hepburn: Narita Mikio, 31 January 1935 – 9 April 1990) was a Japanese actor. He was most famous for playing villains,[1] and often worked with Kinji Fukasaku.
Mikio Narita | |
|---|---|
 Narita in 1965 | |
| Born | January 31, 1935 |
| Died | April 9, 1990 (aged 55) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1963–1990 |
Narita graduated from Haiyuza Theatre Company acting school and joined Daiei Film. His career as a screen actor started in 1963.[2] His film debut was the 1963 film Kōkō Sannensei.[3] He gradually won fame by playing the role of the villains.[3] In 1971, Narita left Daiei and became a freelance actor.[3] As a freelance actor he appeared in many yakuza films produced by Toei film company.[3] In Japan he is best known for his role in Tantei Monogatari (TV series). He is also well known for his part in Fukasaku's Battles Without Honor and Humanity series.[4] He also portrayed the evil character in Mito Kōmon (3rd season).
He died of linitis plastica on 9 April 1990.[3] His final film role was in the 1990 film Jipangu.[3]
Filmography
editFilm
edit- Yarareru mae ni yare (1964)
- Zoku kôkô san'nensei (1964) - Tetsuo Murayama
- Yadonashi inu (1964)
- Kenka inu (1964)
- Kenji Kirishima Saburô (1964) - Shinichirô Tatsuta
- Hanzai kyoshitsu (1964)
- Urakaidan (1965) - Inumaru
- Waka oyabun (1965) - Naojiro
- The Hoodlum Soldier (1965) - MP
- Seisaku no tsuma (1965) - MP
- A, zerosen (1965) - Yagi
- Suri (1965)
- Gakusei jingi (1965)
- Mesuinu dassô (1965) - Miyauchi
- Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965) - Tadasu Jumonji
- Za gaadoman-Tôkyô ninja (1965)
- Yorû no kunshô (1965)
- Kumo o yobu kôdôkan (1965)
- The Guardman: Tokyo Ninja Butai (1966) - Gorô Kimoto
- Hyoten (1966) - Murai
- Kisama to ore (1966)
- Yabure shomôn (1966)
- Shutsû goku no sakazuki (1966)
- Shin heitai yakuza (1966)
- Heitai yakuza daidasso (1966)
- Abura no shitatari (1967)
- A Certain Killer (1967)
- Nemuri Kyôshirô burai-hikae: Mashô no hada (1967) - Ukon Saegusa
- Yoru no nâwabarî (1967)
- Umî no G-Men: taiheiyô no yojinbô (1967)
- Kaidan otoshiana (1968) - Haruo Kuramoto
- Onna tobakushi tekkaba yaburi (1968)
- Nemuri Kyoshiro engetsu sappo (1969)
- Tejo muyô (1969)
- Showa onna jingi (1969)
- Onna tobakushi saikoro kesshô (1969)
- Onna tobaku-shi tsubo kurabe (1970)
- Abuku zenî (1970)
- Shinjuku outlaw: Step On the Gas (1970)
- Minagoroshi no sukyattô (1970)
- Onna kumichô (1970)
- Ônna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô (1970)
- Gyakuen Mitsusakazuki (1971)
- Kage Gari Hoero taiho (1972) - Gekko 'Sunlight'
- Ôkami yakuza: Tomurai ha ore ga dasu (1972)
- Kage Gari (1972) - Moonlight
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973) - Matsunaga Hiroshi
- Female Convict Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973) - Detective Kondo
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973) - Matsunaga Hiroshi
- Gendai ninkyô-shi (1973) - Nakagawa
- Hanzo the Razor – Who's Got the Gold? (1974) - Bansaku Tonami
- Kuroi Mehyô M (1974) - Hayami
- Andô-gumi gaiden: Hitokiri shatei (1974)
- Mamushi no kyôdai: Futari awasete sanjuppan (1974)
- Graveyard of Honor (1975) - Noboru Kajiki
- Cops vs. Thugs (1975) - Katsumi Kawade
- Nihon bôryôku rettô: Keihanshin koroshi no gundan (1975)
- Champion of Death (1975) - Nakasone
- New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Head (1975) - Aihara
- New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Last Days (1976) - Koji Matsuoka
- Bakamasa horamasa toppamasa (1976)
- Yakuza Graveyard (1976) - Nozaki
- Okinawa Yakuza sensô (1976) - Onaga
- Yakuza senso: Nihon no Don (1977) - Seiji Kataoka
- Utamaro: Yume to shiriseba (1977) - Tsutaya Jūzaburō
- Hokuriku Proxy War (1977) - Mr. Yobu
- Nihon no jingi (1977) - Takayuki Kawabe
- Rashamen (1977)
- Nishijin Shinju (1977)
- Nippon no Don: Yabohen (1977) - Seiji Kataoka
- Shinjuku yoidore banchi: Hitokiri tetsu (1977)
- Shogun's Samurai (1978) - Ayamaro Karasumasu (Noble)
- Tarao Bannai (1978) - Goro Seo
- Message from Space (1978) - Rockseia XII
- Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978) - Fukuzaemon
- Never Give Up (1978) - Nakado (yakuza)
- The Fall of Ako Castle (1978) - Kato
- Hakuchyu no shikaku (1979) - Kyozo Koiwa
- Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1979) - Takeshi Tsugawa
- Hunter in the Dark (1979) - Gosun
- The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf (1979) - Koizumi
- Sanada Yukimura no Bōryaku (1979) - Goto Matabei
- G.I. Samurai (1979) - Kosa
- Nihon no Fixer (1979)
- Kage no Gundan: Hattori Hanzo (1979)
- Tokugawa ichizoku no houkai (1980)
- Tosa No Ipponzuri (1980) - Yakuza Supervisor
- Samurai Reincarnation (1981) - Izumori Matsudaira
- Kemono-tachi no atsui nemuri (1981) - Nonoyama, Kuroyanagi's secretary
- Hoero tekken (1982) - Reika
- Onimasa (1982) - Tokubei Tsujihara
- Yaju-deka (1982) - Kuroki
- Ninja Wars (1982) - Kashin Koji
- Yôkirô (1983) - Inaso
- Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983) - Ohta Sukemasa
- Jo no mai (1984) - Yamakan
- Fireflies in the North (1984) - Kido
- Kai (1985) - Bunzo Tanigawa
- Seijo densetsu (1985) - Tachibana
- Saigo no bakuto (1985) - Nobuo Yamatatsu
- Kizudarake no kunshô (1986) - Head of Police
- Be-Bop highschool: Koko yotaro elegy (1986) - Mr. Fujimoto
- The Sea and Poison (1986) - Shibata
- Gokudô no onna-tachi (1986) - Akimasa Koiso
- Hissatsu! III Ura ka Omote ka (1986)
- Kuroi doresu no onna (1987) - Ohno
- Sure Death 4: Revenge (1987) - Lord Sakai
- Yoshiwara enjô (1987) - Asaji Kon
- Welter (1987)
- Yakuza tosei no sutekina menmen (1988)
- Ikidomari no Banka: Brake out (1988) - Toda
- Tokugawa no Jotei: Ôoku (1988) - Shogun Ienari
- A Chaos of Flowers (1988) - Harufusa Hatano
- Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad (1988) - Tadashi Okawa (Episode 3)
- Gokudo no onna-tachi: San-daime ane (1989) - Ryukichi Terada
- Water Moon (1989)
- Jipangu (1990) - Hayashi Razan (final film role)
- Yomigaeru yusaku: Tantei monogatari tokubetsu hen (1999)
Television
edit- Mito Kōmon 3rd season (1971-1972) - Tsuge
- Shin Heike Monogatari (1972) - Fujiwara no Yorinaga
- Taiyō ni Hoero! (1973 ep.17), (1974 ep.193)
- Oshizamurai Kiichihōgan (1973 ep.8), (1974 ep.25)
- Amigasa Jūbei (1974) - Funazu Yakurō
- Edo o Kiru (3rd season) (1977) - Wakizaka Juzō
- The Yagyu Conspiracy (1978) - Karasuma
- Shadow Warriors (I, II, IV)
- Akō Rōshi (1979) - Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
- Tantei Monogatari (1979-1980) - Detective Hattori
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983) - Imagawa Yoshimoto
- Sanbiki ga Kiru! (1988 ep.15)
References
editExternal links
edit- Mikio Narita at IMDb