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Hōsei Komatsu

Acting Born Nov 4, 1926 Died Jul 11, 2003 Nagano, Nagano, Japan 209 credits
209
Total Credits
1958–2001
44 Years Career Span
33
Vault Titles
10
Key Co-Stars

Biography

Hōsei Komatsu was a male actor born on November 4, 1926, in Nagano, Nagano, Japan. He is also known as 小松方正. Komatsu's career spanned 210 credits in the entertainment industry, primarily in acting. He passed away on July 11, 2003, at the age of 76.

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Career

Career overview

Hōsei Komatsu was a Japanese actor known for his work in the entertainment industry. He was born on November 4, 1926, in Nagano, Nagano, Japan. Throughout his career, Komatsu appeared in numerous film and television projects, accumulating a total of 210 known credits.

Komatsu's extensive body of work spanned multiple genres and formats, showcasing his versatility as an actor. While specific details about his roles and performances are not available, his extensive experience in the industry is evident from the sheer number of credits he accumulated.

Komatsu passed away on July 11, 2003, at the age of 76. His contributions to Japanese cinema and television are a testament to his dedication and talent as an actor.

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Known for

Film

Village of Dreams

as Grandfather
Film

Lupin the Third: Farewell to Nostradamus

as Rhisley (voice)

The Sea Beyond

as Hanaoka
Film

Shinran: Path to Purity

1987

Tujhse Hai Raabta

as Show Host
Film

Madam Scandal: Let Me Die for 10 Seconds

as Takeo Miyamoto(宮本威夫)
Film

The Highest Honour

as Sergeant Major Yabe
Film

The Man Who Stole the Sun

as Loan Officer
Film

The Shogun Assassins

as Narrator
Film

Rape and Death of a Housewife

as Kurazo Utagawa
Film

The Japanese Belly Button

as Right wing / Ishii, the strip theatre owner
Film

Lady Snowblood

as Genzô Shibayama

Frequent co-stars

Kei Satō 5 shared titles
Rokkō Toura 5 shared titles
Thomas VDB 4 shared titles
Akiko Koyama 3 shared titles
Yasuko Matsui 3 shared titles
Fumio Watanabe 3 shared titles
Rentaro Mikuni 3 shared titles
Jun Hamamura 3 shared titles
Yoshi Katō 3 shared titles
Taiji Tonoyama 3 shared titles

Career timeline

Getting Wild with Our Monkey
Shura ga Yuku 6
Village of DreamsOishinboTokyo Mafia 2: Wrath of the Yakuza
Lupin the Third: Farewell to NostradamusTokyo Mafia: Yakuza WarsMahjong Hishoden: Ryu the Caller
BokyoBlack Market Emperor: Silver and Gold
Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese ExtortionEmergency Special! I saw a Paranormal Phenomenon!!
Female Neo-Ninjas
Aurora BorealisTange Sazen
Bungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru JyosoCompany Executives
A Taxing Woman's ReturnThe Blue Mountains '88
Shinran: Path to Purity"Guys Who Never Learn" Part 2
No More Comics!
Break Town Story
Farewell to the ArkEve-chan no himeSerial Killer: Coldblooded
Choji Snack Bar眠狂四郎無頼控Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3
Madam Scandal: Let Me Die for 10 SecondsThe Highest HonourKidnapping Blues南十字星
The Monster of FrankensteinYukiRapewoman: Dirty SundayTanshin funin jōji no himitsuLove You Till I Die
Never in the Morning!Uno Koichiro no nurete modaeru
Necchu Jidai: Keiji HenTroubleman Laughs and KillsThe Man Who Stole the SunEros Nights in TokyoThe Shogun Assassins
Netchū JidaiRape and Death of a HousewifeThe Days of No ReturnMrs. Muremure
The Gate of Youth Part 2Japan's DonJapanese Godfather: AmbitionThe Japanese Belly ButtonThe Life of Chikuzan
Please Hire Me!Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and SexDragon PrincessThe Sea of GenkaiA Portrait of Shunkin
Cops vs. ThugsThe Killing MachineHostess Confidential: Three Juicy Sisters青春トルコ日記 処女すべりWet Lust: Opening the Tulip
Violent FraternityMy Blood is the Blood of OthersMilitary Comfort WomanCity of CorruptionThe Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers
Lady SnowbloodSex Education MistressesBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in HiroshimaThe Virgin MasqueradeCriminal Woman: Killing Melody
Kogarashi MonjiroFemale Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41The Horrible ObsessionsDear Summer SisterLullaby for a Tough Guy
Sex Comedy, Quick on the TriggerThe CeremonyRed Peony Gambler: Here to Kill YouAdults GamesKing of the Widow-Killers
Women Smell of NightThe Revelation of a GeishaPostwar SecretsNaked AmbitionBrave Red Flower of the North
Funeral Parade of RosesWomanDiary of a Shinjuku ThiefLefty FencerRed Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony
Ninja's MarkProfound Desires of the GodsDeath by HangingZatoichi and the FugitivesThe Man Without a Map

Full Filmography

209 titles
  • Getting Wild with Our Monkey (2001) as Kajiyama
  • Shura ga Yuku 6 (1997)
  • Village of Dreams (1996) as Grandfather
  • Oishinbo (1996)
  • Tokyo Mafia 2: Wrath of the Yakuza (1996)
  • Lupin the Third: Farewell to Nostradamus (1995) as Rhisley (voice)
  • Tokyo Mafia: Yakuza Wars (1995) as Ishiyama
  • Mahjong Hishoden: Ryu the Caller (1995) as Suekichi Maruko
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  • Bokyo (1993) as Katsuo
  • Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold (1993)
  • Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion (1992) as Hanaoka
  • Emergency Special! I saw a Paranormal Phenomenon!! (1992)
  • Female Neo-Ninjas (1991)
  • Aurora Borealis (1990) as Detective
  • Tange Sazen (1990)
  • Bungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru Jyoso (1989)
  • Company Executives (1989)
  • A Taxing Woman's Return (1988) as Saruwatari
  • The Blue Mountains '88 (1988) as Jinzo Iguchi
  • Shinran: Path to Purity (1987)
  • "Guys Who Never Learn" Part 2 (1987)
  • No More Comics! (1986) as Show Host
  • Break Town Story (1985)
  • Farewell to the Ark (1984)
  • Eve-chan no hime (1984) as Shimotsuka
  • Serial Killer: Coldblooded (1984)
  • Choji Snack Bar (1983) as Matsumoto
  • 眠狂四郎無頼控 (1983)
  • Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 3 (1983)
  • Madam Scandal: Let Me Die for 10 Seconds (1982) as Takeo Miyamoto(宮本威夫)
  • The Highest Honour (1982) as Sergeant Major Yabe
  • Kidnapping Blues (1982) as Pawn Shop Guy
  • 南十字星 (1982)
  • The Monster of Frankenstein (1981) as Frankenstein's Monster (voice)
  • Yuki (1981) as Oyakata (voice)
  • Rapewoman: Dirty Sunday (1981) as Ishimoto
  • Tanshin funin jōji no himitsu (1981) as Hiraiwa
  • Love You Till I Die (1981)
  • Never in the Morning! (1980) as Misaki
  • Uno Koichiro no nurete modaeru (1980) as Middle-aged Man
  • Necchu Jidai: Keiji Hen (1979)
  • Troubleman Laughs and Kills (1979) as Actor
  • The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979) as Loan Officer
  • Eros Nights in Tokyo (1979)
  • The Shogun Assassins (1979) as Narrator
  • Pink Tush Girl: Love Attack (1979) as Kôhei Kikawada
  • Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1979) as Tadashi Takino
  • Nomugi Pass (1979)
  • The Strangling (1979)
  • Faraway Tomorrow (1979)
  • Almost Transparent Blue (1979)
  • Netchū Jidai (1978)
  • Rape and Death of a Housewife (1978) as Kurazo Utagawa
  • The Days of No Return (1978)
  • Mrs. Muremure (1978)
  • The Gate of Youth Part 2 (1977)
  • Japan's Don (1977)
  • Japanese Godfather: Ambition (1977) as Shigemitsu Sanada
  • The Japanese Belly Button (1977) as Right wing / Ishii, the strip theatre owner
  • The Life of Chikuzan (1977) as Goto
  • Dan-no-ura Night (1977)
  • The Far Road (1977)
  • Japanese Humanity and Justice (1977)
  • Ore no sora (1977) as Gonjiro Kuroda
  • Short and Fat (1977) as Iwaki's father
  • Please Hire Me! (1976)
  • Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex (1976)
  • Dragon Princess (1976)
  • The Sea of Genkai (1976)
  • A Portrait of Shunkin (1976) as Ichizo(市蔵)
  • Operation Plazma in Osaka (1976)
  • The Corporation (1976)
  • Competition: Married Couples Secret Technique (1976) as Genzo Fujita
  • Cops vs. Thugs (1975)
  • The Killing Machine (1975) as Sakai Osa
  • Hostess Confidential: Three Juicy Sisters (1975) as Bunkichi Yoshioka
  • 青春トルコ日記 処女すべり (1975)
  • Wet Lust: Opening the Tulip (1975)
  • Lady Kamakura: Cherry Boy Club (1975) as Toki
  • Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me (1975)
  • Shimane Prison Riot (1975)
  • Green Lovers (1975)
  • G-String Geisha (1975)
  • Barefoot in Blue Jeans (1975)
  • Without Complaint (1975)
  • Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps (1975)
  • Violent Fraternity (1974)
  • My Blood is the Blood of Others (1974)
  • Military Comfort Woman (1974)
  • City of Corruption (1974)
  • The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers (1974)
  • Budô dokyumento: Kengô no saiten (1974) as Narrator
  • The Rapacious Jailbreaker (1974) as Maedo Kanji
  • The Beast Shall Die (1974) as Yusuke Yajima
  • It Was a Faint Dream (1974)
  • Red Paper Lantern (1974)
  • The Last Swordsman (1974) as Serizawa Kamo
  • Oh Wonderful Utamaro! (1974)
  • Lady Snowblood (1973) as Genzô Shibayama
  • Sex Education Mistresses (1973) as Shinji
  • Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973) as Makoto Narasaka
  • The Virgin Masquerade (1973) as Sakube
  • Criminal Woman: Killing Melody (1973)
  • Hanzo the Razor: The Snare (1973)
  • Big Bad Wolf (1973)
  • Farewell to Rock'n Roll (1973)
  • Time Within Memory (1973)
  • A Diary of a Woman Doctor (1973)
  • The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail (1973)
  • A Flower in a Neon Jungle (1973)
  • Gokudo of Kamagasaki (1973)
  • Kogarashi Monjiro (1972) as Kiyozo
  • Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972) as Tsuji
  • The Horrible Obsessions (1972)
  • Dear Summer Sister (1972) as Kôsuke Kikuchi
  • Lullaby for a Tough Guy (1972)
  • Temptation of Eros (1972) as Miyoshi
  • Organized Crime: Killer's Glory (1972)
  • Rogue of the Night (1972)
  • Companion to Hell (1972)
  • Sex Comedy, Quick on the Trigger (1971)
  • The Ceremony (1971) as Sakurada Isamu
  • Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You (1971)
  • Adults Games (1971)
  • King of the Widow-Killers (1971)
  • Troops of Darkness (1971)
  • Story of Japanese Bad Men (1971)
  • The Big Chase (1971)
  • Women Smell of Night (1970)
  • The Revelation of a Geisha (1970)
  • Postwar Secrets (1970)
  • Naked Ambition (1970)
  • Brave Red Flower of the North (1970)
  • Dangerous Games (1970) as Aihara
  • Live Today, Die Tomorrow! (1970)
  • Bloodstained Clan of Honor (1970)
  • Shameless School (1970) as Matagoro Araki
  • A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life (1970)
  • Fear of Sex (1970)
  • A Young Man's Stronghold (1970)
  • The Experience (1970)
  • City of Beasts (1970) as Iwano
  • Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers (1970)
  • Funeral Parade of Roses (1969) as Gigolo
  • Woman (1969)
  • Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969)
  • Lefty Fencer (1969)
  • Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony (1969)
  • Double Suicide (1969) as Tahei
  • New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2 (1969)
  • The Domain: Flower and Dragon (1969) as Kakusuke Hirao
  • Yakuza on Foot (1969) as Officer Song
  • The Private Police (1969)
  • Woman Boss: Chivalrous Fight (1969) as Kojiro Numazawa
  • The Cross of Vengeance (1969)
  • The Woman Gambler's Tenth Game (1969)
  • Kanto Onna Gokudo (1969)
  • Ninja's Mark (1968)
  • Profound Desires of the Gods (1968) as Shimajiri
  • Death by Hanging (1968) as District attorney
  • Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968) as Matsugoro
  • The Man Without a Map (1968)
  • Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder (1968)
  • Wicked Priest (1968)
  • Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968) as Fisherman
  • Ohyaku: The Female Demon (1968)
  • The Woman Gambler's Supplication (1968)
  • Downtown Blues (1968)
  • The Daring Nun (1968) as Ichizo Soga
  • The Bandits (1968) as Ba Tôten
  • The Greater East Asian War (1968) as Narrador
  • Scoundrel (1968)
  • The Marked Man (1968)
  • Even If Life Withers (1968)
  • Blue in Isezaki (1968) as Yasukura
  • Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (1967)
  • Band of Ninja (1967) as Onkichi
  • Eighteen Years in Prison (1967)
  • Organized Violence (1967)
  • Journey (1967) as Narrator (voice)
  • The Hoodlum Priest (1967) as Daihachi
  • Hoodlum Soldier on the Attack (1967)
  • Dissolution Rites (1967)
  • Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo (1967) as Hebiguma
  • Three Gamblers (1967) as Denpo Cho
  • Gambler: Victory Without Death (1967)
  • Parole (1967)
  • Captive's Island (1966)
  • Code Between Brothers 2 (1966)
  • Violence at Noon (1966) as Shino's father
  • Seven Gamblers (1966)
  • Silence Has No Wings (1966)
  • Judo vs. Karate (1966)
  • Sword: Flower-Strewn Path of Courage (1966) as Shindo
  • Pleasures of the Flesh (1965) as Egi
  • Tattooed Life (1965) as Yamano Senkichi
  • Diary of Yunbogi (1965) as Narrator
  • Beast Alley (1965)
  • The Flower and the Dragon (1965)
  • Hoodlum Soldier (1965)
  • Song of Dawn (1965) as Maki
  • The Dawn of Asia (1964) as He Zi-qui
  • Punishment of a Lawless Villian (1964)
  • The Forgotten Imperial Army (1963) as (voice)
  • The Catch (1961)
  • The Sun's Burial (1960) as Beggar
  • Chikuhō no kodomotachi (1960)
  • The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
  • I Want to Be a Shellfish (1958)

Frequently Asked Questions

What movies or TV shows is Hōsei Komatsu best known for?

Hōsei Komatsu is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Village of Dreams (1996), Lupin the Third: Farewell to Nostradamus (1995), The Sea Beyond (2020), Shinran: Path to Purity (1987).

When and where was Hōsei Komatsu born?

Hōsei Komatsu was born on November 4, 1926 in Nagano, Nagano, Japan. They passed away on July 11, 2003.

How many credits does Hōsei Komatsu have?

Hōsei Komatsu has accumulated over 209 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1958 to 2001.

What is Hōsei Komatsu's background in cinema and television?

Hōsei Komatsu was a male actor born on November 4, 1926, in Nagano, Nagano, Japan. He is also known as 小松方正. Komatsu's career spanned 210 credits in the entertainment industry, primarily in acting. He passed away on July 11, 2003, at the age of 76.

Hōsei Komatsu by the numbers

209credits
203films
6TV series
1958–2001active years

Age in their best-rated roles

Full filmography (209) Born on November 4 In memoriam 2003

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