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Akira Terao

Name in Native Language: "寺尾聰" (Japanese/JA)
Actor / Musician / Composer | * 05/18/1947 (76) | Kanagawa (Japan)
Akira Terao (寺尾 聰, Terao Akira, born May 18, 1947) is a Japanese musician, singer and actor. As of 2012, he is the only male actor to have received both the Japan Record Award and the Japan Academy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Mystery

Known for these Movies & Shows

Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a tale of morality with deeper insights into its characters than we had anticipated. It begins when Soic ...

Half a Confession

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2004 | 3.4/5 | 2h 1min
Drama, Mystery, Crime
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With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterp ...

Ran

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1985 | 4.1/5 | 2h 40min
Action, Drama, History
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A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As the bad weather continues, tensions rise amongst the trapped travelers. ...

After the Rain

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2000 | 3.6/5 | 1h 31min
Drama
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A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa. ...

Dreams

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1990 | 3.8/5 | 2h
Fantasy, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Akira Terao

Medal With Purple Ribbon The Order of The Rising Sun, Gold Rays With Rosette Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 23rd Japan Record Awards Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor
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Movies with Akira Terao as Actor(31)

2023 Mom, Is That You?!
as Old Dog (voice)2023 The Imaginary
as Nomiyama Gyouji2022 Mugonkan
2022 Fragments of the Last Will
as Jiro Yamazaki2014 Delivery of Death
as 熊代繁2009 Hi to Shio
as Shigeki Nagamine2009 The Hovering Blade
as Takayuki Sekiguchi2007 Awakening
as Professor2006 The Professor and His Beloved Equation
as Matsuda2005 Into the Sun
as Hirotaka Miyazu2005 Aegis
as Soichiro Kaji2004 Half a Confession
as Dr. Kotaro Azuma2004 Casshern
as Takao Ueda2002 Letter from the Mountain
as Toshio Kanbe2001 Darkness in the Light
as Kunio2001 Tokyo Marigold
as Takayuki Azuma2001 Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius
as Ihei Misawa2000 After the Rain
as Kinugawa1997 Lost Paradise
as Ryutaro Kuroda1997 Cat's Eye
1995 History of Jirocho Shimizu
as Sawamura1993 Madadayo
as himself1990 Making of 'Dreams'
as I1990 Dreams
as Kazuo1990 Tora-san Takes a Vacation
as Taro Takatora Ichimonji1985 Ran
1977 Tora-san Meets His Lordship
as Takashi Saito1976 The Village
1976 Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
as Hirosawa1976 Sachiko no sachi
as Kenichi1968 The Sands of Kurobe

TV Shows/Series with Akira Terao as Actor(8)

as 笹井亮介2021 人生最高の贈りもの
as Teizo Azuma2019 The Great White Tower
as Haruyuki Iiyama2017 Rikuoh
as Takada Soichiro2016 Cain and Abel
as Hikuma Koichi2016 Brass Dreams
2015 Welcome to Our Home
2008 The Detectives
as Wakui Yukichi2005 Affectionate Time

Additional Information

Official websites:
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Citizenship: Japan
Born: Sunday, 05/18 1947 (May) in Kanagawa (Japan) (current age: 76 years + 343 days)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Educated at: Hosei University Second Middle School and College, Bunka Gakuin
Member of: The Savage
Record Label: EMI Music Japan
Spouses (current/former): Bunjaku Han
Father: Jūkichi Uno
Other names for Akira Terao (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"寺尾聰"
"Акира Тэрао"
"寺尾聪"
"てらお あきら" (Kana/Japanese)
Akira Terao frequently works together with these people:
Akira Kurosawa (10x, Crew)
Yoji Yamada (9x, Crew)
Hisashi Igawa (8x, Actor)
Takashi Koizumi (7x, Crew)
Ishirō Honda (6x, Crew)
Hisao Kurosawa (6x, Crew)
Hidetaka Yoshioka (6x, Actor)
Mieko Harada (6x, Actress)
Yoshirô Muraki (6x, Crew)
Shôji Ueda (5x, Crew)
Chishū Ryū (4x, Actor)
Midoriko Kimura (2x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:156678, Added: 07/05/2018, Last updated: 04/25/2024