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Shōji Yasui

Name in Native Language: "安井昌二" (Japanese/JA)
Actor | * 08/16/1928 († 85, 03/03/2014) | Tokyo Prefecture (Japan)
Shōji Yasui (安井 昌二, Yasui Shōji, 16 August 1928 – 3 March 2014) was a Japanese actor. He was best known for playing the central role of Private Mizushima in Kon Ichikawa's The Burmese Harp. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Action | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

In the War's closing days, when a conscience-driven Japanese soldier fails to get his countrymen to surrender to overwhelming force, he adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk. ...

The Burmese Harp

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1956 | 3.9/5 | 1h 56min
Drama, Music, War
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Mokichi is the widowed father of three daughters, with whom he lives on the premises of a temple since the war. In the film all three daughters become involved in some sort of complicated relationship ...

The Moon Has Risen

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1955 | 3.4/5 | 1h 42min
Drama, Romance / Love, Comedy
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This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of th ...

The Fall of Ako Castle

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1978 | 3.4/5 | 2h 39min
Action, Drama
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Movies with Shōji Yasui as Actor(34)

1993 Yearning
as Uemon1978 The Fall of Ako Castle
as Horigome Kazuma1963 Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2
1962 The Yagyu Military Art: One Eyed Swordsman
1962 Kuro to aka no hanabira
1962 Ａ Warrior Generation
1962 Tokyo's Business District
1961 Mist and Shadows
1961 Hibari is Fashion Crazy
1961 Diary of Good Conduct Matashiro: A beautiful bat
1961 A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
1961 Little Tengu
1961 The Conspirator
1960 Good-for-Nothing
as Arashi1960 Hot Corner Murder
as Ken1960 Mahiru no wana
as Minarai Shikan1959 The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959 The Stream of Youth
as Prosecutor Karita1958 Rusty Knife
as Shimizudani1958 The Seasons of Love
1958 Forbidden Lips
as Ôtani1958 絶唱
1958 Fangs of Night
1957 Harbor Rats
as Sôhei Tadokoro1957 Temptation
1957 Saigo no totsugeki
1956 Kanshō fujin
1956 Okinawa no Tami
as Fumio Maki1956 Gyakukōsen
as Mizushima1956 The Burmese Harp
as Shōji1955 The Moon Has Risen
1955 The Samurai of Edo
as Hioki Jiro1955 The Heart
1954 The Black Current

TV Shows/Series with Shōji Yasui as Actor(1)

as Mouri Koheita1964 Akō Rōshi

Full Name: Shōji Yasui
Citizenship: Japan
Born: Thursday, 08/16 1928 (August) in Tokyo Prefecture (Japan)
Died: Monday, 03/03 2014 (March) in Chiba Prefecture (aged: 85)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Educated at: Nihon University
Spouses (current/former): Miki Odagiri
Children: Harumi Yomo
Other names for Shōji Yasui (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"安井昌二"
"Сёдзи Ясуи"
"やすい しょうじ" (Kana/Japanese)
Shōji Yasui frequently works together with these people:
Masanori Tsujii (7x, Crew)
Jun Hamamura (6x, Actor)
Chûji Kinoshita (6x, Crew)
Mie Kitahara (5x, Actress)
Kō Nishimura (5x, Actor)
Ryuji Kita (5x, Actor)
Takashi Matsuyama (4x, Crew)
Yûjirô Ishihara (4x, Actor)
Tadashi Sawashima (4x, Crew)
Toshio Masuda (4x, Crew)
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi (4x, Actor)
Onoe Baiko VI (1x, Cast)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:49155, Added: 05/14/2018, Last updated: 03/26/2024