Eiji Funakoshi
Acting Born Mar 17, 1923 Died Mar 17, 2007 Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan 152 credits
Biography
Eiji Funakoshi was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan, on March 17, 1923. He was active in acting and accumulated 176 known credits. His stage name was 船越英二. Funakoshi received the Kinema Junpo Award for Best Actor and the Mainichi Film Concours for Best Actor for his performance in the film Fires on the Plain. He passed away on his birthday, March 17, 2007, at the age of 84.
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Career overview
Eiji Funakoshi was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan, on March 17, 1923. Throughout his career in the entertainment industry, he was known for acting and accumulated a total of 176 known credits in movies and television shows.
During his career, he received recognition for his performances on screen. Specifically, he was awarded the Kinema Junpo Award for Best Actor and the Mainichi Film Concours for Best Actor for his role in the film Fires on the Plain.
His life and career spanned from his birth on March 17, 1923, until his death on March 17, 2007, at the age of 84. His stage name is written in Japanese characters as 船越英二.
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Career timeline
Secret Magistrate Asahina
Summer Department Store Story
Abarenbo Shogun: The Bride of Edo Castle
Romansu
Hito wa sore wo scandal to iuNetchū Jidai
Tree of YouthOnna no Katei
Kumo no Jutan
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
女の家庭
時間ですよ
Blind BeastGamera vs. GuironThousand CranesThe Woman Gambler's Trump CardThe Woman Gambler's Tenth Game
The Pit of DeathThe Diary of a Sex CounsellorThe Night before Pearl Harbor
Night TrapWhen the Cookie CrumblesThe Sisters and IAmbassador Ramen
Gammera the InvincibleThe Great White TowerThe Little RunawayFreezing Point
Gamera, the Giant MonsterThe Forest of No EscapeThe Man Who Killed Six WomenWhile Yet a WifeI'll Cry Alone
ManjiA Public BenefactorThe Money DanceGreen FruitFools at Work
An Actor's RevengeThe Red WaterTeinen TaishokuRabble TacticsŌkuma Shigenobu the great
Their LegacyThe Broken CommandmentElegant BeastBeing Two Isn't EasyBlack Test Car
Ten Dark WomenA Lustful ManThe Old Temple WellMarriageable AgeA Design for Dying
The Woman Who Touched LegsPatterns of LoveThe Legendary HellBonchiA Woman's Testament
The Telephone Rings in the EveningFires on the PlainJirocho FujiThe Most Valuable WifePaper Pigeon
The Lowest ManTainted FlowersThe Loyal 47 RoninÔsaka no onnaMother
The BetrothedDancing GirlNight ButterfliesDaiei Studio is BustlingWarm Current
The Sentimental IdiotBridge of JapanAsashio yushioTokyo Crime MapA Rainbow at Every Turn
O Sorrowful White Snow of Mount FujiA Girl Isn't Allowed to Love五十円横町A Girl Who Delivers HappinessNew Women’s Dialogue
The Golden DemonA Certain WomanThe Messenger from the MoonThe Story of ShunkinKokoro no nichigetsu
Brother and SisterKoshō musukoZoku zoku Jûdai no seitenUtau onna kengekiJūdai no yūwaku
母山彦HimitsuThe Ataka FamilySugamo's Mothers
Kiri no yoru no kyōfu
Town of Violence
Full Filmography
152 titles- Secret Magistrate Asahina (1998)
- Summer Department Store Story (1995)
- Abarenbo Shogun: The Bride of Edo Castle (1991)
- Romansu (1984) as 真之助の父・香木真太郎
- Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu (1978) as Onodera
- Netchū Jidai (1978)
- Tree of Youth (1977)
- Onna no Katei (1977)
- Kumo no Jutan (1976) as 白川義信
- Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again (1975) as Hyodo
- 女の家庭 (1974)
- 時間ですよ (1970) as 松野祥造
- Blind Beast (1969) as Michio
- Gamera vs. Guiron (1969) as Dr. Shiga
- Thousand Cranes (1969) as Kikuji's father
- The Woman Gambler's Trump Card (1969)
- The Woman Gambler's Tenth Game (1969)
- 新・与太郎戦記 (1969)
- The Pit of Death (1968) as Fumio Nishino
- The Diary of a Sex Counsellor (1968) as Koji Negishi
- The Night before Pearl Harbor (1968) as Goro Mizuike
- Night Trap (1967) as Shintaro Baba
- When the Cookie Crumbles (1967)
- The Sisters and I (1967) as Shinkichi Yûki
- Ambassador Ramen (1967)
- Gammera the Invincible (1966) as Dr. Hidaka
- The Great White Tower (1966) as Professor Noboru Kikukawa
- The Little Runaway (1966) as Japanese in Leningrad and Moscow
- Freezing Point (1966) as Keizo
- Gamera, the Giant Monster (1965) as Dr. Hidaka
- The Forest of No Escape (1965)
- The Man Who Killed Six Women (1965)
- While Yet a Wife (1965)
- I'll Cry Alone (1965)
- Manji (1964) as Kotaro Kakiuchi
- A Public Benefactor (1964) as Kazuo Arima
- The Money Dance (1964)
- Green Fruit (1964)
- Fools at Work (1964) as Fugu
- The Enforcer (1964)
- Superexpress (1964) as Masayoshi Zaitsu
- Sweet Seventeen (1964)
- An Actor's Revenge (1963) as Heima Kadokura
- The Red Water (1963)
- Teinen Taishoku (1963)
- Rabble Tactics (1963) as Yaju
- Ōkuma Shigenobu the great (1963) as Yukichi Fukuzawa
- When Women Lie (1963)
- Their Legacy (1962)
- The Broken Commandment (1962) as Keinoshin Kazama
- Elegant Beast (1962) as Eisaku Kamiya
- Being Two Isn't Easy (1962) as Goro
- Black Test Car (1962) as Kimio Hiraki
- Her Hidden Past (1962) as Menosuke
- Stolen Pleasure (1962) as Aoyagi
- The Venus' Tear (1962)
- Otoko to onna no sei no naka (1962)
- Eriko (1962) as Sobei Nodera
- Aru kankei (1962)
- Ten Dark Women (1961) as Kaze
- A Lustful Man (1961)
- The Old Temple Well (1961) as Toku no Ichi / Tatsu no Ichi
- Marriageable Age (1961)
- A Design for Dying (1961) as Hideo Sone
- The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark (1961)
- Wakai yatsura no kaidan (1961)
- Shin fūfu dokuhon ren'ai-byō kanja (1961)
- The Woman Who Touched Legs (1960) as Writer Gomu
- Patterns of Love (1960) as Tosaku Yakata / Toku Ogata
- The Legendary Hell (1960) as Naminosuke
- Bonchi (1960) as Kihei
- A Woman's Testament (1960)
- Afraid to Die (1960) as Susumu Aikawa
- The Wandering Princess (1960) as Futetsu / Fuketsu Aishinkakura
- The Beloved Image (1960)
- The False Student (1960) as Kyosuke Kuniyuki
- Fool's Love (1960) as Jōji Kawai
- The Grave Tells All (1960)
- Victory and Defeat (1960) as Ryusuke Suma
- The Telephone Rings in the Evening (1959)
- Fires on the Plain (1959) as Tamura
- Jirocho Fuji (1959)
- The Most Valuable Wife (1959) as Ichiro Mihara
- Paper Pigeon (1959) as Makimura
- The Cast-Off (1959) as Itazaki
- The Makioka Sisters (1959)
- Goodbye, Hello (1959) as Torao Ichige
- Jōen (1959)
- The Person I Chose (1959)
- The Lowest Man (1958)
- Tainted Flowers (1958)
- The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958) as Tsunanori Uesugi
- Ôsaka no onna (1958) as Yonetaro Mikami
- Mother (1958) as Hiroshi Takayama
- Disobedience (1958) as Shuichi Ema
- Accomplice (1958)
- Tokyo Eyes (1958)
- The Ladder of Success (1958)
- The Women Divers (1958)
- Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi (1958)
- Mr. Minami is Very Embarrassed (1958)
- Musume no boken (1958)
- Hey, Nakamura-kun (1958)
- The Betrothed (1957)
- Dancing Girl (1957) as Yamano
- Night Butterflies (1957) as Shuji
- Daiei Studio is Bustling (1957)
- Warm Current (1957) as Yasuhiko Shima
- Advance Patrol (1957)
- The Crowded Train (1957)
- Hole in One (1957) as Koisuke Sengi
- Morning Whistling (1957)
- The Sentimental Idiot (1956) as Tadao
- Bridge of Japan (1956) as Shinpachiro Kasahara
- Asashio yushio (1956)
- Tokyo Crime Map (1956)
- A Rainbow at Every Turn (1956)
- O Sorrowful White Snow of Mount Fuji (1955)
- A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love (1955)
- 五十円横町 (1955)
- A Girl Who Delivers Happiness (1955)
- New Women’s Dialogue (1955)
- Farewell Song (1955)
- Tama wa kudakezu (1955)
- The Golden Demon (1954) as Tomiyama
- A Certain Woman (1954) as Sadaichi Kimura
- The Messenger from the Moon (1954) as Ichiro Totsuka
- The Story of Shunkin (1954)
- Kokoro no nichigetsu (1954)
- Tree of Love (1954)
- Brother and Sister (1953) as Kobata
- Koshō musuko (1953)
- Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten (1953)
- Utau onna kengeki (1953)
- Jūdai no yūwaku (1953)
- 母山彦 (1952)
- Himitsu (1952)
- The Ataka Family (1952) as Soichi Ataka
- Sugamo's Mothers (1952)
- Kiri no yoru no kyōfu (1951)
- Town of Violence (1950) as Ozaki
- Doburoku no Tatsu (1949)
- Dai tokai no ushimitsudoki (1949)
- Aizenso (1949)
- Haha tōdai (1949)
- Utsukushiki hyō (1948)
- Sanmenkyō no kyōfu (1948)
- The Dead Beauty Incident (1948)
- Ghost Tower (1948) as Tatsuo Tsuchiya
- Dai ni no hōyō (1947)
- Prize of Flesh
- 現代インチキ物語 ど狸
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Eiji Funakoshi best known for?
Eiji Funakoshi is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Kumo no Jutan (1976), Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again (1975), Blind Beast (1969), Gamera vs. Guiron (1969).
When and where was Eiji Funakoshi born?
Eiji Funakoshi was born on March 17, 1923 in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. They passed away on March 17, 2007.
How many credits does Eiji Funakoshi have?
Eiji Funakoshi has accumulated over 152 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1947 to 1998.
What is Eiji Funakoshi's background in cinema and television?
Eiji Funakoshi was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan, on March 17, 1923. He was active in acting and accumulated 176 known credits. His stage name was 船越英二. Funakoshi received the Kinema Junpo Award for Best Actor and the Mainichi Film Concours for Best Actor for his performance in the film Fires ...
Eiji Funakoshi by the numbers
152credits
144films
8TV series
1947–1998active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again (1975) as Hyodo — aged about 52
- Fires on the Plain (1959) as Tamura — aged about 36
- Jirocho Fuji (1959) — aged about 36
- The Crowded Train (1957) — aged about 34
- The Wandering Princess (1960) as Futetsu / Fuketsu Aishinkakura — aged about 37
- An Actor's Revenge (1963) as Heima Kadokura — aged about 40
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