Akira Takahashi
Acting Born May 1, 1934 Died Oct 20, 2011 Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan 189 credits
Biography
Akira Takahashi was a Japanese actor born in Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan on May 1, 1934. He passed away on October 20, 2011 at the age of 77. During his career, he appeared in well over 100 Nikkatsu films and accumulated 189 known credits in acting. His stage name was written in Japanese as 高橋明 and he was also known as 高橋. Among the works associated with his career are the films Cejch zabijáka, Irezumi ichidai, and Koko dai panikku.
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Career overview
Akira Takahashi was a Japanese actor born in Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan on May 1, 1934. During his career, he appeared in well over 100 Nikkatsu films. His known credits as an actor totaled 189. Throughout his career, he became known for his work in motion pictures, gaining recognition for his performances in films such as Cejch zabijáka, Irezumi ichidai, and Koko dai panikku.
Takahashi was credited under his stage name as well as an alternate name listing. His professional life spanned numerous productions until his death on October 20, 2011, at the age of 77. Public records and film databases document his extensive involvement in the Japanese film industry, cementing his legacy as a prolific screen actor with a substantial filmography.
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Career timeline
KiinaBattle Under Orion
Fujin Volleyball: Mamas Attack
Ryûji Forever
Glowing, Growing
Prostitution Gang
Don't Look UpShabu
Female Teacher Diary: Forbidden SexDreams of Tokyo, Dreams of Cinema
StrangerCarlos
Rabu gēmu: Wa owaranai
Woman with Wet Fingers
She CatBlue Rain OsakaRope and BreastsRorikon hausu: Oshimeri JunkoBanned: Woman's Secret Pictures
Secretary Rope DisciplineKairaku Onsenkyô: NyotaiburoDistant ThunderRolling on the RoadRapewoman: Dirty Sunday
Confession of a Female College Student: Red TemptressPleasure Campus: Secret GamesPath of the BeastImage of a Bound GirlRape Hunter: Target Woman
Star of David: Beauty HuntingThe Woman with Red HairLove Me Tenderly, Love Me WildlyFemale Teacher: Dirty RumorKairaku Shôten-buro
Rope CosmetologyLady Black RoseSkin of RosesKoichiro Uno's Nurse's DormitoryPanic in High School
Rape! 13th HourGirl’s Pleasure: Man HuntingSpecial Crime Investigation FrontNoble Lady Bound VaseGate of Flesh
Lady MoonflowerThe Slave WifeAssault!The Youth KillerApartment Wife: Flesh Financing
The Goddess in the Boys' SchoolTrue Story of a Woman in Jail: Sex HellOryu's Passion: Bondage SkinEcstasy of the Black RoseCruelty: Black Rose Torture
Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian in Japan, Authentic AccountFlower & SnakeGypsy Rose: A Docu-DramaHihon: Sode to sodeStreet of Joy
Woods Are WetLovers Are WetSex Education MistressesThe Hell-Fated CourtesanDelinquent Girl: Alley Cat In Heat
Sex Hunter: Wet TargetNight of the FelinesLove HunterIchijo's Wet LustSecret Chronicle: Prostitution Market
Sex Rider: Wet HighwayApartment Wife: Affair in the AfternoonBad Girl MakoBlood for BloodCall of the Pistil
Showdown in GanglandWomen Smell of NightBlind Woman's CurseStep on the Gas!Midnight Virgin
Thirteen Times a LoserBiographies of KillersEx Convict: Sword StormFamily Crest: Loyalty Offering HellThe Elder Sister
Outlaw: Goro the AssassinOutlaw: Gangster VIPOutlaw: Gangster VIP 2RetaliationDuel in the Storm
Branded to KillVelvet Hustler
Fighting ElegyStory of Japanese Chivalry: Flower of a Chivalrous Man
Story of a ProstituteTattooed LifeGambling is My Destiny
Gate of FleshThe Flower and the Angry WavesRed HandkerchiefThe Call of BloodTraveling Alone with a Guitar
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!午前零時の出獄The Symbol of a ManFight of the GamblersDetective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
Full Filmography
189 titles- Kiina (2009) as Kai
- Battle Under Orion (2009)
- Fujin Volleyball: Mamas Attack (2003)
- Ryûji Forever (2002) as Genzô Kaneko
- Glowing, Growing (2001)
- Prostitution Gang (1997)
- Don't Look Up (1996) as Roku-san
- Shabu (1996)
- Female Teacher Diary: Forbidden Sex (1995) as Truck driver
- Dreams of Tokyo, Dreams of Cinema (1995) as Himself
- Stranger (1991)
- Carlos (1991)
- Rabu gēmu: Wa owaranai (1988) as Shôichi Takenishi
- Woman with Wet Fingers (1984) as Maruse's COE
- She Cat (1983) as Keiji
- Blue Rain Osaka (1983) as Taxi driver
- Rope and Breasts (1983)
- Rorikon hausu: Oshimeri Junko (1983) as Customer in Lolita House
- Banned: Woman's Secret Pictures (1983) as Syôkichi Ôtsuki
- Ryuji (1983)
- Secretary Rope Discipline (1981) as Corporate Executive
- Kairaku Onsenkyô: Nyotaiburo (1981) as Heisaku
- Distant Thunder (1981) as Father of Ayako
- Rolling on the Road (1981)
- Rapewoman: Dirty Sunday (1981) as Taxi Driver
- Confession of a Female College Student: Red Temptress (1980) as Striptease hut's Manager
- Pleasure Campus: Secret Games (1980) as Head teacher
- Path of the Beast (1980) as Middle-aged Man
- Image of a Bound Girl (1980)
- Rape Hunter: Target Woman (1980) as Loan Shark Manager
- Showa Erotica: The Lady of the Rose (1980) as Hattori
- Jokôsei: Natsu hiraku kuchibiru (1980) as Yasuda
- Nokezoru onna (1980) as Shôzô
- Star of David: Beauty Hunting (1979) as Old Detective with Hat
- The Woman with Red Hair (1979) as President
- Love Me Tenderly, Love Me Wildly (1979)
- Female Teacher: Dirty Rumor (1979) as Shima's Older Brother
- Kairaku Shôten-buro (1979) as Shôzô
- Koichiro Uno's Wet and Open (1979) as Mortarô Mori
- Woman of the Afternoon: Incite! (1979) as Ryûzô
- A Certain Seductive Summer (1979) as Ozawa
- No Grave for Us (1979) as Yoshioka
- Ryōjoku: Komasu (1979) as Takeshi Asô
- Rape Shot: Momoe's Lips (1979) as The Man in Black Suit
- Horu in Rabu: Kusamura no Yokujô (1979) as Shimamoto
- Joseito (1979) as Kôkichi Kikuchi
- Kōshoku biyōshi: Nikutai no hōshū (1979) as Ginsuke Mitsui
- Rope Cosmetology (1978) as Isaku Takita
- Lady Black Rose (1978)
- Skin of Roses (1978) as Miyahara
- Koichiro Uno's Nurse's Dormitory (1978) as Soba Shop Owner
- Panic in High School (1978) as Hirose
- Sometimes... Like a Prostitute (1978) as Doctor
- Dead End (1978) as Akira Morota
- Female Teacher: Secret (1978) as Kondô
- Five Pink Girls (1978) as Local man
- Dangerous Liaisons (1978) as Ashihara
- Sexual Confessions at Twenty: Leaning Back (1978)
- High School Emanuelle: Wet Saturday (1978) as Kanai
- Shutchô toruko: Mata yukimasu (1978) as Ogata
- Izumi Daihachi no okashikko (1978) as Ogawa
- An Unforgettable Affair (1978)
- Young Beast: Secret Pleasures (1978) as Detective
- Rape! 13th Hour (1977) as Gang Leader
- Girl’s Pleasure: Man Hunting (1977) as Kanji Yamamura , Rapist
- Special Crime Investigation Front (1977)
- Noble Lady Bound Vase (1977)
- Gate of Flesh (1977) as Rich Man
- Poetry of Baseball Enthusiasts (1977) as Toraya
- Dan-no-ura Night (1977)
- Showtime (1977) as Manager Nomura
- Apartment Wife: Rainy Day Affair (1977) as Factory Manager
- Pink Salon: 'We're Waiting for You with Tissue Paper' (1977) as Masanori Mori
- Lusty Afternoon (1977) as Kôsuke Nishio
- Lady Moonflower (1976) as Jinpachi(甚八)
- The Slave Wife (1976) as Gohei Yamamoto
- Assault! (1976) as Yoshio Yabe - Kyôko's Lover
- The Youth Killer (1976)
- Apartment Wife: Flesh Financing (1976) as Yûzô Kawakami
- Runa's Confession: 'Men Crawling All Over Me' (1976) as Sasamoto
- Inran'na kankei (1976) as Genji Yamagishi
- Seishojo: hito natsu no keiken (1976)
- Fully Opened: Sisters Exposed (1976) as Tamura
- The Goddess in the Boys' School (1975) as Tatsuji Noda / Dentist
- True Story of a Woman in Jail: Sex Hell (1975) as Ken, Harumi's Lover
- Oryu's Passion: Bondage Skin (1975) as Tatsuya Yajima
- Ecstasy of the Black Rose (1975) as Yasu-san(安さん)
- Cruelty: Black Rose Torture (1975) as Fuyuki
- Secret Book: Peeled Egg (1975) as Kumagoro
- Great Edo: Secret Story of a Female Doctor in Trouble (1975) as Shinzaburo Tajima
- Jitsuroku: Ganso manaita shô (1975) as Kumada
- Joyous Moments (1975) as Akira
- Shiroi mesuneko: mahiru no ecstasy (1975)
- Red Light Tobita Brothel (1975) as Contractor
- Cape Erimo (1975)
- Hot Spring Resort: Geishas vs. Ozashiki Strippers (1975) as Pineapple
- Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian in Japan, Authentic Account (1974) as Bartender
- Flower & Snake (1974) as Bondage Master
- Gypsy Rose: A Docu-Drama (1974) as Masseur
- Hihon: Sode to sode (1974) as Kumagoro
- Street of Joy (1974) as Drunken customer
- Secret Chronicle: She Beast Market (1974) as Asami
- Sukeban Deka: Dirty Mary (1974) as Kimura
- Morning Frenzy (1974) as Kanô
- Wet Lust: 21 Strippers (1974) as Eikichi(英吉)
- Black Panther Bitch M (1974)
- The Four Roughnecks (1974)
- The World of Geisha 2 – The Precocious Lad (1974) as Yokoi
- Damp Bank Notes (1974) as Furuhata
- Professional Sex Performers: A Docu-Drama (1974)
- Confessions of An Adolescent Wife: Ecstasy (1974) as Toda
- Furusato poruno-ki: Tsugaru shikoshiko bushi (1974)
- Woods Are Wet (1973) as Jihei
- Lovers Are Wet (1973) as Movie Theater Owner(映画館主)
- Sex Education Mistresses (1973) as Tarô
- The Hell-Fated Courtesan (1973) as Tomizo
- Delinquent Girl: Alley Cat In Heat (1973) as Matsuda
- Retreat Through the Wet Wasteland (1973)
- Yakuza Justice: Erotic Code of Honor (1973) as Ginzô Fujiwara
- Legend of the Sex Thief in Edo (1973) as Tatsu
- Japan's Pleasure District: Three Sisters at a Turkish Bath (1973) as Kurokawa
- Wandering Seagull: Night in Kushiro (1973) as Okabe
- Love Makes Me Wet (1973) as Minoru Koike
- Love Affair in Purgatory (1973) as Shigeru
- Kanto County Sex Unit (1973) as President Hazama
- Afternoon Affair: Transformation (1973) as Kazuo Asato
- Sex Hunter: Wet Target (1972)
- Night of the Felines (1972) as Sakai
- Love Hunter (1972) as Chef
- Ichijo's Wet Lust (1972) as Isamu
- Secret Chronicle: Prostitution Market (1972)
- Affair at Twilight (1972) as The Man with Tattoo(刺青の男)
- Drifter's Affair (1972)
- The Shadow on the Wall (1972) as Construction Worker
- Shiroi ominaeshi (1972) as Kinosuke
- Seduction 2: Embrace of the White Angel (1972) as Taki
- Morning of Ecstasy (1972)
- Foreigner's Mistress Oman: Tempestuous Skin (1972) as Ginjirô
- Manatsu no Yoru no Jôji (1972) as Yasuda
- Dead Blossoms (1972)
- Sex Rider: Wet Highway (1971) as Hunter
- Apartment Wife: Affair in the Afternoon (1971) as Young CEO
- Bad Girl Mako (1971)
- Blood for Blood (1971) as Seishinkai Executive
- Call of the Pistil (1971) as Driver
- Coed Report: Yuko's White Breasts (1971) as Driver(運転手)
- Showdown in Gangland (1970)
- Women Smell of Night (1970)
- Blind Woman's Curse (1970) as Tsune
- Step on the Gas! (1970)
- Midnight Virgin (1970)
- Thirteen Times a Loser (1969) as Ouchi
- Biographies of Killers (1969)
- Ex Convict: Sword Storm (1969)
- Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell (1969) as Hisazo
- The Elder Sister (1969)
- Outlaw: Kill! (1969)
- Outlaw: Goro the Assassin (1968)
- Outlaw: Gangster VIP (1968)
- Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 (1968)
- Retaliation (1968)
- Duel in the Storm (1968)
- Outlaw: Black Dagger (1968)
- Branded to Kill (1967)
- Velvet Hustler (1967)
- Fighting Elegy (1966)
- Story of Japanese Chivalry: Flower of a Chivalrous Man (1966)
- Story of a Prostitute (1965)
- Tattooed Life (1965) as Anzo
- Gambling is My Destiny (1965)
- Gate of Flesh (1964)
- The Flower and the Angry Waves (1964)
- Red Handkerchief (1964)
- The Call of Blood (1964)
- Traveling Alone with a Guitar (1964)
- Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! (1963) as Sakura gangster 2
- 午前零時の出獄 (1963)
- The Symbol of a Man (1963)
- Fight of the Gamblers (1963)
- Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women (1963)
- Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou (1963)
- Kenjū wa samishī otoko no uta sa (1962)
- The Man With Starry Eyes (1962)
- Aniki (1962)
- The Guys Who Put Money on Me (1962) as Detective A
- The Man with a Shotgun (1961) as Dry Goods Henchman 4
- The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass (1961)
- The Day of Youth (1960)
- The Angry Rambler (1960)
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Akira Takahashi best known for?
Akira Takahashi is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including She Cat (1983), Blue Rain Osaka (1983), Secretary Rope Discipline (1981), Distant Thunder (1981).
When and where was Akira Takahashi born?
Akira Takahashi was born on May 1, 1934 in Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan. They passed away on October 20, 2011.
How many credits does Akira Takahashi have?
Akira Takahashi has accumulated over 189 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1960 to 2009.
What is Akira Takahashi's background in cinema and television?
Akira Takahashi was a Japanese actor born in Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan on May 1, 1934. He passed away on October 20, 2011 at the age of 77. During his career, he appeared in well over 100 Nikkatsu films and accumulated 189 known credits in acting. His stage name was written in Japanese as 高橋明 and he was also known as 高橋. Amo...