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Shigeru Kōyama

Shigeru Kōyama

Japanese actor

Shigeru Kōyama (神山 繁, Kōyama Shigeru, 16 January 1929 – 3 January 2017) was a Japanese actor.

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Career

Born in Kure, Hiroshima, Kōyama joined the Bungakuza theatre troupe in 1952, first as a directorial assistant and then as an actor.[1] He made his film debut in 1953 in Tadashi Imai's An Inlet of Muddy Water.[1] He left Bungakuza in 1963 and participated in other troupes such as Gekidan Kumo and Engeki Shūdan En.[1][2] He was also well known for his role in the hit TV show The Guardman.[1][2] He died in Kyoto Prefecture from pneumonia on 3 January 2017, 13 days before his 88th birthday.[3]

Filmography

Film

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Television

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References

  1. [1]
    Nishiwaki, Hideo (1979). "Kōyama Shigeiru". Nihon eiga haiyū zenshu: Dan'yū hen (in Japanese). Kinema Junpō. p. 207.
  2. [2]
    "Kōyama Shigeru". Tarento Dētabanku (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 1, 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  3. [3]
    NHK news on January 16, 2017 (in Japanese)
  4. [4]
    Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 375. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
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