Akira Shioji
Acting Born Jan 9, 1928 Died Oct 29, 1994 Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan 186 credits
Biography
Akira Shioji, whose stage name is written as 汐路章, was a Japanese male actor born on 9 January 1928 in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Over the course of his career he accumulated 185 credited roles, primarily in film. He is noted for his performances in the movies Ju‑ichinin no samurai, Juusan‑nin no shikaku and Kozure satsujin ken. Shioji died on 29 October 1994 at the age of 66. His work is catalogued on major databases such as The Movie Database, where he is listed under the acting category. His career spanned several decades of Japanese cinema. He is listed with 185 known credits on the database.
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Career overview
Akira Shioji was a Japanese actor born on 9 January 1928 in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Over the course of his career he amassed a substantial body of work, being credited in 185 film and television productions. His professional name was presented in Japanese as 汐路章, and he was identified primarily for his acting contributions.
Shioji achieved particular recognition for his performances in three films that are highlighted in his filmography. He appeared in Ju‑ichinin no samurai, a title that contributed to his public profile, as well as Juusan‑nin no shikaku. Another notable work was Kozure satsujin ken, which further cemented his standing within the Japanese cinema landscape.
He continued to work in the industry until his death on 29 October 1994 at the age of 66. Throughout his life, Shioji remained associated with the acting profession, leaving behind a legacy reflected in the extensive list of credited roles that span both movies and television series.
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Career timeline
Great Prophecy: The Revival of the Giant God
Asian Beat: I Love Nippon
Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
Onihei HankachōBungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru JyosoDream Street
Gate of FleshGate of FleshCheek to Cheek at Night ~ A Woman Embracing the Past
A Taxing Woman
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke SeriesLegend of the Eight SamuraiAmagi PassBlue Rain Osaka
Fall GuyGoyou Sen EnjouIndecent Family: Mother & Daughter
Flames of BloodPro HunterKamen Rider Super-1: The MovieUniform Experience Trio: I Am Ripe
Kamen Rider Super-1An Ocean to CrossShinnyû Shain: (Maruhi) OL Ôoku Monogatari
The Fighting RascalJapanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost of Yotsuya
Puppets Under Starry SkiesThe Okinawa War of Ten Years
Nuns That BiteThe Story of a GeishaThe General and His Empire of JoyDecapitation of an Evil WomanA Scream from Nowhere
Oxen Split TorturingThe Racketeer IshimatsuSister Street Fighter: Fifth Level FistFemale Ninjas: In Bed with the EnemyKarate Warriors
Story of a NymphomaniacGraveyard of HonorNew Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the BossCops vs. ThugsThe Decisive Power of Aikido
Bohachi Bushido: The VillainThe Karate Man and the SpyThe Street Fighter's Last RevengeThe Street FighterNew Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy WarBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in HiroshimaThe Blossom and the SwordGirl Boss Revenge: SukebanTerrifying Girls' High School: Animal Classmates
The PledgeA Scarred Life 2: Blood Will TellInformal DressHikage-MonoModern Lady Gambler
Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill YouOkoma, the Orphan GamblerNew Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy CapeKanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire FestivalPatience Has An End
Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's ReturnThe Silk Hat Boss 2The Drifting GamblerHouse of GamblersYukyo-retsuden
Brothers Serving TimeGambler's LegacySamurai GeishaRed Peony Gambler: Flower Cards GameRed Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony
Enlisted YakuzaWicked Priest 2: Ballad of MurderWicked PriestGambler BiographyShowdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger
Black NinjaIshimatsu the Yakuza: Something's FishyEleven SamuraiSamurai Wolf IIEighteen Years in Prison
Seven GamblersSamurai WolfThe Magic SerpentWatari, the Ninja BoyThe Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown
The GamblerBlood of RevengeThree YakuzaThe Domain: The Naniwa StoryThe Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
The Ninja HuntGiant RumbleWarrior of the WindGamblers and RacketeersCruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
Blind Wolf13 AssassinsDuel of Blood and SandSasuke and His ComediansFive Ronins
Tengu PriestSakura OfficialMark of BloodThe Mad FoxGood Rascals
Restoration FireMiyamoto MusashiWhistling DrifterThe Spear of Heroism20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
Morning Breeze in EdoCastle of FlamesHanjiro of Kusama: Bird of PassageRoad WarriorsThe Adventures of Jirokichi: A thousand coins
Full Filmography
186 titles- Great Prophecy: The Revival of the Giant God (1992) as Elder Botan of the Moz Clan
- Asian Beat: I Love Nippon (1991)
- Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet (1990) as Shoeshiner
- Onihei Hankachō (1989)
- Bungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru Jyoso (1989)
- Dream Street (1989) as Joji
- Gate of Flesh (1988) as Aoki
- Gate of Flesh (1988)
- Cheek to Cheek at Night ~ A Woman Embracing the Past (1988) as Hideo Nomura
- A Taxing Woman (1987) as Mr. Fudo
- Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series (1983) as Hōan Tatara
- Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983) as Genjin
- Amagi Pass (1983)
- Blue Rain Osaka (1983) as Doctor
- Fall Guy (1982) as Yamada
- Goyou Sen Enjou (1982)
- Indecent Family: Mother & Daughter (1982)
- Flames of Blood (1981)
- Pro Hunter (1981)
- Kamen Rider Super-1: The Movie (1981) as Emperor Terror Macro
- Uniform Experience Trio: I Am Ripe (1981) as Gozo Ebisawa
- Kamen Rider Super-1 (1980) as Emperor Terror Macro
- An Ocean to Cross (1980) as Captain
- Shinnyû Shain: (Maruhi) OL Ôoku Monogatari (1980) as Tagawa
- The Fighting Rascal (1979)
- Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost of Yotsuya (1979)
- Puppets Under Starry Skies (1978)
- The Okinawa War of Ten Years (1978)
- Nuns That Bite (1977)
- The Story of a Geisha (1977)
- The General and His Empire of Joy (1977)
- Decapitation of an Evil Woman (1977) as Yoshizo
- A Scream from Nowhere (1977)
- The Extravagant Cops (1977) as Sushi shop proprietor
- Oxen Split Torturing (1976)
- The Racketeer Ishimatsu (1976)
- Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist (1976) as Kiichiro Kaihara
- Female Ninjas: In Bed with the Enemy (1976)
- Karate Warriors (1976) as Fisherman
- New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss (1976)
- The Most Perverted Post War Crimes (1976)
- Violent Panic: The Big Crash (1976) as Police Station Chief
- Truck Rascals in Fever Heat (1976)
- Story of a Nymphomaniac (1975)
- Graveyard of Honor (1975) as Jotatsu
- New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss (1975)
- Cops vs. Thugs (1975) as Shiota
- The Decisive Power of Aikido (1975)
- Company Buggers (1975)
- The Viper Brothers and the Young General (1975)
- Bohachi Bushido: The Villain (1974)
- The Karate Man and the Spy (1974)
- The Street Fighter's Last Revenge (1974) as Gô Ôwada
- The Street Fighter (1974) as Liang Dung-Yat
- New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 (1974) as Gambler
- The Tattooed Hitman (1974)
- The Yakuza (1974)
- The Rapacious Jailbreaker (1974) as Minami Hachiro
- Third Generation Boss (1974)
- Code of Wolves (1974)
- Woman Mobsters (1974)
- The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges (1974)
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973) as Hikojiro Aoki
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973) as Priest
- The Blossom and the Sword (1973)
- Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban (1973) as Satake
- Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Classmates (1973)
- Japan's Top Gangster (1973)
- Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School (1973) as Detective A
- Miyamoto Musashi (1973) as Togiya Kosuke
- The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers (1973)
- The Hard Core Criminal (1973)
- The Pledge (1972)
- A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell (1972)
- Informal Dress (1972)
- Hikage-Mono (1972)
- Modern Lady Gambler (1972)
- Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth (1972) as Shoujuu
- Eight Men to Kill (1972)
- Lullaby for a Tough Guy (1972)
- The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats (1972)
- Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty (1972)
- The Brawling Angel (1972)
- The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang (1972)
- Zorome no San Kyoudai (1972)
- Sex, Gamble and Big Money (1972)
- Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You (1971)
- Okoma, the Orphan Gambler (1971)
- New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape (1971)
- Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival (1971) as Daimon Daigoro
- Patience Has An End (1971)
- The Man (1971)
- Dagger (1971)
- Evil Boss vs. Henchmen (1971)
- Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return (1970) as Toku
- The Silk Hat Boss 2 (1970)
- The Drifting Gambler (1970)
- House of Gamblers (1970)
- Yukyo-retsuden (1970)
- Kanto Street Peddlers: Royal Temple Duel (1970) as Yoshisuke Ōmura
- Brothers Serving Time (1969)
- Gambler's Legacy (1969)
- Samurai Geisha (1969) as Banba thug
- Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game (1969)
- Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony (1969)
- Memoir of Japanese Assassinations (1969)
- Killer's Mission (1969)
- Kanto Street Peddlers (1969) as Isamu Aratake
- Ex-Convict - Territory of Rampage (1969)
- Shirozukin Sanjo (1969)
- The Cross of Vengeance (1969)
- Team of Ruffians (1969)
- Enlisted Yakuza (1968)
- Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder (1968)
- Wicked Priest (1968)
- Gambler Biography (1968) as Obake No Ichi
- Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger (1968)
- The Bandits (1968) as Chan Myôkyû
- Black Ninja (1967)
- Ishimatsu the Yakuza: Something's Fishy (1967)
- Eleven Samurai (1967)
- Samurai Wolf II (1967)
- Eighteen Years in Prison (1967)
- Gambler: Victory Without Death (1967)
- Code Between Brothers 5 (1967) as Juzo Onimaru
- Heiji, the Detective (1967)
- Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo (1967)
- Watari and the Fantasticks (1967)
- Seven Gamblers (1966)
- Samurai Wolf (1966) as Msayoshi
- The Magic Serpent (1966)
- Watari, the Ninja Boy (1966)
- The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown (1966)
- Golden Ninja (1966)
- The Protector (1966)
- The Gambler (1965)
- Blood of Revenge (1965)
- Three Yakuza (1965)
- The Domain: The Naniwa Story (1965)
- The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry (1965)
- The Tattooed Lord (1965)
- The Kingdom of Jirocho 4 (1965)
- The Ninja Hunt (1964)
- Giant Rumble (1964)
- Warrior of the Wind (1964)
- Gamblers and Racketeers (1964)
- Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall (1964)
- Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man (1964)
- Blind Wolf (1963)
- 13 Assassins (1963) as Yahachi Horii
- Duel of Blood and Sand (1963)
- Sasuke and His Comedians (1963)
- Five Ronins (1963)
- Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai (1963)
- Tenamonya Sandogasa (1963)
- Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella (1963) as Matsuya's guests
- Tengu Priest (1962)
- Sakura Official (1962)
- Mark of Blood (1962)
- The Mad Fox (1962) as Bandit
- Good Rascals (1962) as Merchant A
- Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido (1962)
- Abekobe dōchū (1962)
- The Duel at the Satta Pass (1962)
- Knightly Advice (1962)
- A Warrior Generation (1962)
- Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey (1962)
- Restoration Fire (1961)
- Miyamoto Musashi (1961) as A Ghost
- Whistling Drifter (1961) as Gold panner
- The Spear of Heroism (1961)
- 20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2 (1961)
- 怪人まだら頭巾 (1961)
- Obugyō-sama to musume-tachi (1961)
- Bride of White Castle (1961)
- Ninjutsu Ōsaka-jō (1961)
- The South Sea Wolf (1961)
- Morning Breeze in Edo (1960)
- Castle of Flames (1960)
- Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage (1960)
- Road Warriors (1960)
- The Adventures of Jirokichi: A thousand coins (1960)
- 照る日くもる日 后篇 (1960)
- Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return (1960)
- Sunny and Cloudy Days (1960)
- Echo in the Mountains (1959)
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Akira Shioji best known for?
Akira Shioji is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet (1990), Titanic (1953), Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983), Blue Rain Osaka (1983).
When and where was Akira Shioji born?
Akira Shioji was born on January 9, 1928 in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. They passed away on October 29, 1994.
How many credits does Akira Shioji have?
Akira Shioji has accumulated over 186 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1959 to 1992.
What is Akira Shioji's background in cinema and television?
Akira Shioji, whose stage name is written as 汐路章, was a Japanese male actor born on 9 January 1928 in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Over the course of his career he accumulated 185 credited roles, primarily in film. He is noted for his performances in the movies Ju‑ichinin no samurai, Juusan‑nin no shikaku and Kozure...