Bontarō Miake
Acting Born Oct 15, 1906 Shimane Prefecture, Japan 239 credits
Biography
Bontarō Miake was a male actor born in Shimane Prefecture, Japan, on October 15, 1906. He died in 1987. Also known by the stage name 見明凡太朗, as well as alternative romanizations and Cyrillic script including 見明凡太郎 and Бонтаро Миакэ, he amassed a total of 281 known credits in the acting field. His biographical and career data are documented on reference platforms such as The Movie Database, where he is cataloged for his work in movies and television shows.
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Career overview
Bontarō Miake was a male actor who worked in film and television. According to biographical records from The Movie Database, he was born on October 15, 1906, in Shimane Prefecture, Japan, and died in 1987. His primary profession was acting, and he accumulated a significant body of work over the course of his career.
Throughout his professional life in the entertainment industry, Miake achieved a notable volume of screen credits. Data from his archival profile indicates that he was known for acting with a total of 281 known credits to his name. His professional output spans numerous projects categorized under movies and television shows on The Movie Database platform.
In addition to his primary stage name in Japanese characters, his professional record includes alternative romanized and foreign-language name variants such as Bontarō Miake, along with spellings representing his name in other writing systems. His origins in Shimane Prefecture and his extensive list of known credits mark his established presence as a prolific actor within the film and television database records.
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Career timeline
The Most Dangerous Game
Criminal Woman: Killing MelodyBig Bad WolfThe Blossom and the Sword
Shōwa Gokudōshi
Wicked Nun
Tora! Tora! Tora!Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo DriftersThe Last KamikazeTomorrow's Joe
BGs of GinzaBloody TerritoriesBiographies of KillersThe Woman Gambler's Tenth GameThe Falcon Fighters
The Pit of DeathThe Woman Gambler's Revenge
Organized ViolenceBirth of a FighterThe SuitorsOrganized Violence IIDreams Come True at Night
Gamera vs. BarugonThe Great White TowerThe Hoodlum Soldier Deserts AgainTrump Card of RevengeA Woman's Gamble
Black TemptationStrange Triangle雲を呼ぶ講道館
Muchana YakkoLove and GreedA Public BenefactorOcean Floor Crime #1Sweet Seventeen
High School Third GradersBlack ReportThe Red WaterTyphoon ReporterBlack Money
The Broken CommandmentBlack Test Car情熱の詩人啄木The Salaryman's Carefree Life: What a Relaxed Job This Is!The Whale God
Blind DevotionThree Young SamuraiA Lustful ManBuddhaGonin no totsugeki tai
The Woman Who Touched LegsThe Two MusashisJust BarelySatan's Sword II: The Dragon GodAnchin and Kiyohime
The Path I RememberThe Telephone Rings in the EveningThe Aristocrat's StairsVarious FlowersEtajima, the Naval Academy
Nusumareta EndanSummer CloudsMotherA Grain of WheatThe Snowy Heron
Night ButterfliesThe BetrothedThe Invisible Man vs. The Human FlyThe Crowded TrainOn This Earth
Street of ShameWarning from SpaceA Rainbow at Every TurnZangiku monogatariCase Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider
Troupers of AsakusaA Girl Who Delivers HappinessSo Deep in My HeartPrincess Yang Kwei-feiKawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi
Sansho the BailiffThe Woman in the RumorLate ChrysanthemumsTsumakoi kuroda bushiRakka no mon
Utau onna kengekiThe Eagle of the PacificThe Battleship YamatoJūdai no yūwakuKurohyō
Kojiki TaishôToki no teizo: SōshūbanGunrō no machiForbidden PathKin no tamago: Golden Girl
Saijoke no kyoenCarmen Comes HomeThe BitchDancing Girl
The Sea of BeautyAsakusa no hadaShojohouHyōchū no BijoTown of Violence
Kenji to onnakanshuBibō no kaoyakuThe Rainbow ManOmokage SanshiroWagakoyue ni
Nocturnal GateDare ni koisenUtsukushiki hyōSuiren fujin to bara musumeThe Dead Beauty Incident
The FugitiveChōchō shissō jikenDiary of a NurseWoman on the Night TrainThe Devil's toast
Ojōsama o te oThe Monk Who Became a Raccoon DogMachi no ninkishaKare to kanojo wa ikuA Face Glowing at Night
Who Is the Criminal?Saigo no kikyōSugata naki tekiA Baby Given by a Fox
Full Filmography
239 titles- The Most Dangerous Game (1978)
- Criminal Woman: Killing Melody (1973)
- Big Bad Wolf (1973)
- The Blossom and the Sword (1973)
- Shōwa Gokudōshi (1972)
- Wicked Nun (1971)
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) as Adm. Koshiro Oikawa
- Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters (1970)
- The Last Kamikaze (1970)
- Tomorrow's Joe (1970)
- BGs of Ginza (1969) as Shuntaro Nonomura
- Bloody Territories (1969) as Shinsaku Fujioka, Sakura Syndicate chair
- Biographies of Killers (1969)
- The Woman Gambler's Tenth Game (1969)
- The Falcon Fighters (1969)
- The Pit of Death (1968) as President Yukawa
- The Woman Gambler's Revenge (1968)
- Organized Violence (1967)
- Birth of a Fighter (1967)
- The Suitors (1967)
- Organized Violence II (1967) as Tomoda
- Dreams Come True at Night (1967) as Miwata
- Thoroughbred Women Gamblers (1967)
- Gamera vs. Barugon (1966) as Self-Defense Force General
- The Great White Tower (1966) as Iwata
- The Hoodlum Soldier Deserts Again (1966)
- Trump Card of Revenge (1966)
- A Woman's Gamble (1966)
- Return of Gun Dog (1966)
- Black Temptation (1965)
- Strange Triangle (1965)
- 雲を呼ぶ講道館 (1965)
- Muchana Yakko (1964)
- Love and Greed (1964)
- A Public Benefactor (1964)
- Ocean Floor Crime #1 (1964)
- Sweet Seventeen (1964)
- The Enforcer (1964)
- Green Fruit (1964)
- Black Challenger (1964)
- Bad Reputation: The Big Drum (1964) as Kikuzawa
- Fools at Work (1964) as Parent C
- High School Third Graders (1963)
- Black Report (1963) as Prosecutor Narumi
- The Red Water (1963)
- Typhoon Reporter (1963)
- Black Money (1963)
- Black Dividend (1963)
- Lips of Ruin (1963)
- The Broken Commandment (1962)
- Black Test Car (1962) as Kihachi Oguri
- 情熱の詩人啄木 (1962)
- The Salaryman's Carefree Life: What a Relaxed Job This Is! (1962)
- The Whale God (1962)
- 雪の降る街に (1962)
- Ashita au hito (1962)
- Princess and I (1962)
- Fūshinraishin (1962)
- Forbidden (1962)
- Yamaotoko no Uta (1962) as Masamichi Arikawa
- Blind Devotion (1961) as Kurisu
- Three Young Samurai (1961)
- A Lustful Man (1961)
- Buddha (1961) as Channa
- Gonin no totsugeki tai (1961)
- Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter (1961)
- Vagabonds from Badgerville (1961)
- Wakai yatsura no kaidan (1961)
- Okoto and Sasuke (1961) as Ichizô
- Shin Jinsei Gekijo (1961)
- The Burdened Sisters (1961) as Father Keita
- The Woman Who Touched Legs (1960) as Police Superintendent
- The Two Musashis (1960)
- Just Barely (1960)
- Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God (1960)
- Anchin and Kiyohime (1960) as Kiyotsugu
- Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous (1960)
- A Woman's Testament (1960)
- Satan's Sword (1960) as Urajuku no Shichibee
- Victory and Defeat (1960) as Kondo
- Hit and Run Gang (1960)
- The Song Lantern (1960)
- The Path I Remember (1959)
- The Telephone Rings in the Evening (1959)
- The Aristocrat's Stairs (1959)
- Various Flowers (1959)
- Etajima, the Naval Academy (1959)
- Beauty the Enemy (1959) as Sahira
- A Storm Zone (1959) as Tokioka
- Goodbye, Hello (1959) as Miyamoto
- Image of a Mother (1959)
- Ripe and Marriageable (1959) as Konosuke, Shinobu's father
- Tasogare no Tokyo Tower (1959)
- Utamaro, Painter of the Woman (1959)
- Diary of a Substitute Doctor (1959)
- Across the Darkness (1959)
- Nusumareta Endan (1958)
- Summer Clouds (1958) as Patron
- Mother (1958) as Senkichi Yuasa
- A Grain of Wheat (1958)
- The Snowy Heron (1958)
- Shogun's Holiday (1958)
- Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion (1958)
- Love River (1958)
- Gomen asobase Hanamuko sensei (1958)
- Ambush at Iga Pass (1958)
- Thirst (1958)
- Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko (1958)
- Night Butterflies (1957)
- The Betrothed (1957)
- The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly (1957) as Chief of the Metropolitan Police
- The Crowded Train (1957)
- On This Earth (1957) as Moriyama
- Advance Patrol (1957)
- Jū nana-sai no dangai (1957)
- Kisses (1957)
- Hole in One (1957) as Oya, chief editor
- Bride Candidate (1957)
- Morning Whistling (1957)
- Akado Suzunosuke vs. the One-Legged Devil (1957)
- Street of Shame (1956) as Officer Nonomura
- Warning from Space (1956) as Dr. Kamura
- A Rainbow at Every Turn (1956)
- Zangiku monogatari (1956) as Kan'ya Morita
- Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider (1956)
- Shinkon nikki: Ureshii asa (1956)
- Outlaw island (1956)
- Sound in the Mist (1956)
- Tokyo Crime Map (1956)
- Troupers of Asakusa (1955)
- A Girl Who Delivers Happiness (1955)
- So Deep in My Heart (1955)
- Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955) as Chen-Hsuan-li
- Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi (1955)
- The Phantom Horse (1955) as Yasuke Shiraishi
- The Romance of Yushima (1955)
- All is Well (1955) as Saisuke Okazaki
- Brooba (1955) as Father Seiichiro
- Miai Ryokou (1955)
- Sansho the Bailiff (1954) as Kichiji
- The Woman in the Rumor (1954) as Kobayashi
- Late Chrysanthemums (1954) as Seki
- Tsumakoi kuroda bushi (1954)
- Rakka no mon (1954)
- Maiko monogatari (1954)
- Asakusa at Night (1954) as Teacher Akiyama
- Utau onna kengeki (1953)
- The Eagle of the Pacific (1953)
- The Battleship Yamato (1953) as Chief army surgeon Yamada
- Jūdai no yūwaku (1953)
- Kurohyō (1953)
- Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten (1953)
- Zoku jūdai no seiten (1953) as Shinkichi Shigeno
- Zoku jūdai no seiten (1953)
- Kojiki Taishô (1952)
- Toki no teizo: Sōshūban (1952)
- Gunrō no machi (1952) as 宇和島源吉
- Forbidden Path (1952)
- Kin no tamago: Golden Girl (1952)
- Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete (1952)
- The Paths of Two Maidens (1952)
- The Woman Who Touched the Legs (1952)
- Lil's Return from Shanghai (1952) as Nomura
- The Ataka Family (1952) as Veterinarian
- Saijoke no kyoen (1951)
- Carmen Comes Home (1951) as Maruju
- The Bitch (1951)
- Dancing Girl (1951) as Numata
- The Sea of Beauty (1950)
- Asakusa no hada (1950)
- Shojohou (1950)
- Hyōchū no Bijo (1950)
- Town of Violence (1950) as Arifusa
- Confessions of a Gynecologist (1950)
- Devil's Gold (1950)
- Kenjū no mae ni tatsu haha (1950)
- Kenji to onnakanshu (1949)
- Bibō no kaoyaku (1949)
- The Rainbow Man (1949) as Ryuzu Maya
- Omokage Sanshiro (1949)
- Wagakoyue ni (1949)
- Doburoku no Tatsu (1949)
- Aizenso (1949)
- Haha tōdai (1949)
- Nocturnal Gate (1948)
- Dare ni koisen (1948)
- Utsukushiki hyō (1948)
- Suiren fujin to bara musume (1948)
- The Dead Beauty Incident (1948)
- Ghost Tower (1948) as Sanpei Tsuchiya
- Golden Devil (1948)
- Shin Aizen Katsura (1948)
- Golden Devil Part 2 (1948)
- The Fugitive (1947)
- Chōchō shissō jiken (1947)
- Diary of a Nurse (1947)
- Woman on the Night Train (1947)
- The Devil's toast (1947)
- Ojōsama o te o (1946)
- The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog (1946)
- Machi no ninkisha (1946)
- Kare to kanojo wa iku (1946)
- A Face Glowing at Night (1946)
- Who Is the Criminal? (1945)
- Saigo no kikyō (1945)
- Sugata naki teki (1945)
- A Baby Given by a Fox (1945) as Hachizaemon
- Human Bullet Corps (1944)
- Thousand Spears of Kikuchi: Sydney Special Attack Unit (1944)
- Bengal Storm (1944)
- Chi no tsume moji (1944)
- Wagaya no kaze (1943)
- Horror of the Fifth Columnist (1942)
- Yamasandō (1942)
- You Are Being Targeted (1942)
- Umineko no minato (1942)
- New Snow (1942)
- The General, Staff and Soldiers (1942)
- Submarine Number One (1941)
- Earth (1939) as Heizo
- Five Scouts (1938) as Sergeant Fujimoto
- The Naked Town (1937)
- Unending Advance (1937)
- Sōbō (1937)
- The Crown of Life (1936)
- Theater of Life: Youth Version (1936)
- Tsuki yori no shisha (1934)
- Karisome no kuchibeni (1934) as Karuyama
- The Water Magician (1933) as Shinzô
- The Feast of Gion (1933)
- Jean Valjean: Part One (1931)
- Jean Valjean: Part Two (1931)
- And Yet They Go On (1931)
- Return to Heaven (1930)
- Tokyo March (1929) as 松並の弟敏男
- Metropolitan Symphony (1929) as Samu Kō
- Town of Love (1928) as Yasuzo Yasui, Kikuchi's nephew
- Kakute ninjutsu eiga wa owarinu
- Prize of Flesh
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Bontarō Miake best known for?
Bontarō Miake is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters (1970), BGs of Ginza (1969), Gamera vs. Barugon (1966).
When and where was Bontarō Miake born?
Bontarō Miake was born on October 15, 1906 in Shimane Prefecture, Japan.
How many credits does Bontarō Miake have?
Bontarō Miake has accumulated over 239 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1928 to 1978.
What is Bontarō Miake's background in cinema and television?
Bontarō Miake was a male actor born in Shimane Prefecture, Japan, on October 15, 1906. He died in 1987. Also known by the stage name 見明凡太朗, as well as alternative romanizations and Cyrillic script including 見明凡太郎 and Бонтаро Миакэ, he amassed a total of 281 known credits in the acting field. His biographical and career...
Bontarō Miake by the numbers
239credits
239films
0TV series
1928–1978active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Sansho the Bailiff (1954) as Kichiji — aged about 47
- The Eagle of the Pacific (1953) — aged about 46
- Street of Shame (1956) as Officer Nonomura — aged about 49
- Strange Triangle (1965) — aged about 58
- The Woman in the Rumor (1954) as Kobayashi — aged about 47
- Late Chrysanthemums (1954) as Seki — aged about 47
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