Isao Hashizume

Japanese actor (born 1941)

Isao Hashizume
Born	(1941-09-17) 17 September 1941 (age 82) Osaka, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1961–present
Children	Ryō Hashizume

Isao Hashizume (橋爪功, Hashizume Isao, born 17 September 1941) is a Japanese actor.^[1]^[2] He also worked as a narrator for documentaries, both on television and film.^[3] He trained as an actor at Bungakuza.^[4]

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
1962	A Wanderer's Notebook	Student
1969	A Thousand and One Nights	Aslan (voice)
1983	World Famous Fairy Tale Series	Various voices	Series of short films	^[5]
1983	Shōsetsu Yoshida Gakkō	Takeo Fukuda
1985	Love Letter	Counselor
1987	A Taxing Woman
1990	Tales of a Golden Geisha
1992	Future Memories: Last Christmas
1993	Kozure Ōkami: Sono Chiisaki Te ni
2005	Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
2006	Tears for You
2010	Railways	Kurihara
2010	Space Battleship Yamato	Heikurō Tōdō
2011	I Wish	Shūkichi Ōsako
2013	The Eternal Zero	Genjirō Izaki
	Tokyo Family	Shūkichi Hirayama	Lead role
	The Tale of the Princess Kaguya	Prince Kuramochi (voice)
2014	The Little House
2015	Nagasaki: Memories of My Son	Professor Kawakami
2016	What a Wonderful Family!	Shūzō Hirata	Lead role
2016	After the Storm
2017	What a Wonderful Family! 2	Shūzō Hirata	Lead role
	Hamon: Yakuza Boogie	Takao Koshimizu
	The Third Murder	Akihisa Shigemori
	Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
2018	Girl's Play
	What a Wonderful Family! 3	Shūzō Hirata	Lead role
	Usuke Boys	Usuke Asai
2019	The Day's Organ	Kondō
	Whistleblower	Kazuhiro Miyano
	The Great War of Archimedes	Shigetarō Shimada
	They Say Nothing Stays the Same
	Tora-san, Wish You Were Here	Kazuo Oikawa		^[6]
2021	End-of-Life Concierge	Sin'ichi Ohara		^[7]
	Under the Open Sky	Tsutomu Shōji		^[8]
	Mirai e no Katachi			^[9]
2022	Dreaming of the Meridian Arc			^[10]
2023	Shylock's Children	Kōichi Ishimoto		^[11]
	Revolver Lily			^[12]
	The Silent Service	Daigo Unabara		^[13]
2024	The Ohara Family Rhapsody	Sin'ichi Ohara		^[14]
	Voices of Loved One			^[15]
	City Hunter	Akutsu		^[16]
2025	Kura no Aru Machi			^[17]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
1966	Minamoto no Yoshitsune		Taiga drama
1972	Key Hunter
1974–78	Taiyō ni Hoero!		5 episodes
1976	Daitokai Tatakainohibi		Episode 20
1979	Kusa Moeru	Itō Sukekiyo	Taiga drama
1979	Oretachi wa Tenshi da!	Detective Hashizume	Episode 1
1985	Kage no Gundan IV'	Hyōsai
1985	Kage no Gundan Bakumatsu Hen	Hyōsai
1988	Takeda Shingen	Sanada Yukitaka	Taiga drama	^[18]
1994	Papa wa Newscaster Kaetekita Kagami Ryutarō	Kogure Hideo
1995	Aishiteiru to Itte Kure	Nobuyoshi Sakaki
2013	Samurai Rebellion	Yanagase Sanzaemon	TV movie
2014	Leaders	Matazō Ishiyama
2014	Tokyo ni Olympic o Yonda Otoko	Kazushige Hirasawa	TV movie
2016	Shizumanu Taiyō	Issei Ryuzaki
2017	Leaders 2	Matazō Ishiyama
	Hagoku	Nukui
	Fuku Kaze wa Aki	Yahei	Lead role, TV movie
2018	Manpuku	Ryōzō Mitamura	Asadora	^[19]
2018	Cold Case Season 2			^[20]
2020	The Return		TV movie	^[21]
2021	Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses	Shishiba	Miniseries	^[22]
2023	Vivant	Shirō Uehara		^[23]
2024	The Silent Service	Daigo Unabara		^[24]

Awards and honours

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref
1990	13th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated	^[25]
1992	15th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated	^[26]
1997	20th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actor	Nominated	^[27]
2014	37th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actor	Nominated	^[28]

Honours

Year	Honour	Ref
2021	Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette	^[29]

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