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Ittoku Kishibe

Acting Born Jan 8, 1947 Kyoto, Japan 214 credits
214
Total Credits
2024
57 Years Career Span
17
Vault Titles
10
Key Co-Stars

Biography

Ittoku Kishibe is a Japanese actor. He was born on January 8, 1947, in Kyoto, Japan. Kishibe is a veteran of over 115 films and has an agency, UN et NEUF. He is also the president of Kenji Sawada's private office "Kokoro Co., Ltd." Kishibe has acted in numerous films and has won the Japanese Academy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role in 1991 for "The Sting of Death." He was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award in 1994. Kishibe has been involved in the entertainment industry as a bassist for several Japanese rock bands, including The Tigers, PYG, and Inoue Takayuki Band, before transitioning to acting.

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Career

Career overview

Ittoku Kishibe is a Japanese actor who has appeared in numerous films. He has been involved in the entertainment industry for a significant period of time, with a career spanning over 212 credits. Born in Kyoto, Japan, Kishibe's early life and personal details are not specified.

As an actor, Kishibe has gained extensive experience, with a notable achievement being his win of a Japanese Academy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role in 1991 for the film "The Sting of Death." He was also nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award in 1994. This recognition highlights his talent and dedication to his craft.

Throughout his acting career, Kishibe has demonstrated his versatility and range. His extensive filmography showcases his ability to take on various roles and work with different directors. As a seasoned actor, Kishibe continues to be a prominent figure in the Japanese film industry.

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Known for

99.9 Criminal Lawyer

as Haruhiko Madarame

Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon

as Akira Kanbara
Film

13 Assassins

as Yatokube Sanshu

Martin Morning

as Ittoku Kishibe

Imo Tako Nankin

as 花岡常太郎

Iryu: Team Medical Dragon

as Noguchi Keno

GeGeGe no Kitaro

as Toranosuke Inugami
Film

Zatoichi

as Boss Inosuke Ginzo

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

as Onoda

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

as Koken Onoda

The Private Detective Mike

2002

Primo appuntamento

as Cafe Owner

Frequent co-stars

Rokkaku Seiji 2 shared titles
Kenichi Endo 2 shared titles
Akira Emoto 2 shared titles
Takeshi Kitano 2 shared titles
Makoto Ashikawa 2 shared titles
Yutaka Mizutani 1 shared title
Takashi Yamanaka 1 shared title
Kazuhisa Kawahara 1 shared title
Atsushi Yamanishi 1 shared title
Ryuji Katagiri 1 shared title

Career timeline

Doctor X: The Movie FinalFriendship with Tanaka-san, Who Used to be the Same Age as Me
War of TrapsKubi
Yoru no Agura: Ane to Ototo to Watashi
99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The MovieKawa no Hotori de99.9 Criminal Lawyer: SPFirst Gentleman
最後のオンナI Never Shot Anyone
Heaven? ~My Restaurant, My Life~The Great White TowerLeaving the Scene
Sakura Guardian in the NorthRecallLying to Mom
Outrage CodaMuyoan Retirement TrainingGoodbye NewspaperTAP THE LAST SHOW
99.9 Criminal LawyerDoctor-Y ~Gekai Kaji Hideki~The Copycat CriminalDoctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko SpecialBotchan
Wise and FoolishFoujita事故調Before The Leaves FallRevenge Court
Saintly WomanLady MaikoDisconcerto
Tada's Do-It-All HouseOlympic RansomBackwaterMeoto ZenzaiMade in Japan
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko DaimonHitori ShizukaPrincess of the Frog
Tada's Do-It-All HouseGoodbye to Our KindergartenSomedayCircumstances
13 AssassinsOsaka Love & SoulBox: The Hakamada CaseSword of DesperationAIBOU: The Movie II
Wasted LandOrdinary MiraclesAsahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky再生の町Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune
DandanHappy FlightChameleonAIBOU: The MovieMaison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen
Song of GoodbyeHeroKaiki Daisakusen - Second FileMaison IkkokuAdrift in Tokyo
Imo Tako NankinIryu: Team Medical DragonHula GirlsGod Does Not Play DiceMurder of the Inugami Clan
Ruri's IslandAegisクライマーズ・ハイThe MilkwomanA Hardest Night!!
Chicken Is Barefoot69Survive Style 5+SéanceThe Motive
ZatoichiThe Man Who Wipes MirrorsGet Up!Bokunchi - My HousePretty Woman
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective DuoAIBOU: Tokyo Detective DuoThe Private Detective MikeChicken HeartThe Bleep Brothers
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicledoktor/krankeHonke no Yome
FaceThe Whispered CityBlack JackAnother BattleIt Is a Long Walk
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip GirlThe ExamAmateur Singing ContestKeihoRound About Midnight
Murder on D StreetWho Do You Think You Are?I Want to Hear the Wind's SongBeautiful Sunday
GiftHappy-Go-LuckyDangerous case file of female lawyer Yuriko MizushimaIchigo domei
After the Wind Has GoneThe 8-Tomb VillageSleeping ManBilliken
East Meets WestMARKSGoodbye for TomorrowHeisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe

Full Filmography

214 titles
  • Doctor X: The Movie Final (2024)
  • Friendship with Tanaka-san, Who Used to be the Same Age as Me (2024)
  • War of Traps (2023) as Kenichi Tsurumaki
  • Kubi (2023) as Sen no Rikyu
  • Yoru no Agura: Ane to Ototo to Watashi (2022) as chichi
  • 99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie (2021) as Haruhiko Madarame
  • Kawa no Hotori de (2021) as Chame
  • 99.9 Criminal Lawyer: SP (2021) as Haruhiko Madarame
  • First Gentleman (2021)
  • 最後のオンナ (2020)
  • I Never Shot Anyone (2020) as Kazuyuki Ishida
  • Heaven? ~My Restaurant, My Life~ (2019) as Shigeomi Yamagata
  • The Great White Tower (2019) as Tsuneo Okochi
  • Leaving the Scene (2019) as Kozaburo Yanagi
  • Sakura Guardian in the North (2018) as Kazuo Yamaoka
  • Recall (2018) as Takeshi Kano
  • Lying to Mom (2018) as Yukio Suzuki
  • Outrage Coda (2017) as Morishima
  • Muyoan Retirement Training (2017)
  • Goodbye Newspaper (2017)
  • TAP THE LAST SHOW (2017)
  • 99.9 Criminal Lawyer (2016) as Haruhiko Madarame
  • Doctor-Y ~Gekai Kaji Hideki~ (2016)
  • The Copycat Criminal (2016) as Etsuro Takegami
  • Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Special (2016)
  • Botchan (2016) as Tanuki
  • The Projects (2016) as Seiji Yamashita
  • Wise and Foolish (2015) as 二木正一
  • Foujita (2015) as Seiroku
  • 事故調 (2015)
  • Before The Leaves Fall (2015)
  • Revenge Court (2015) as Isamu Yoshioka
  • Living Rights (2015)
  • Saintly Woman (2014) as Maehara Mitsuo
  • Lady Maiko (2014) as Okichi Kitano
  • Disconcerto (2014) as Detective Hayasaka
  • Tada's Do-It-All House (2013)
  • Olympic Ransom (2013)
  • Backwater (2013) as Detective
  • Meoto Zenzai (2013)
  • Made in Japan (2013) as Yuzurihara Saburo
  • I Hate Tokyo (2013)
  • The Human Trust (2013) as Kazuyoshi Honjo
  • A Boy Called H (2013)
  • Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2012) as Akira Kanbara
  • Hitori Shizuka (2012) as 伊東孝俊
  • Princess of the Frog (2012) as Kiyotada Isaka
  • Tada's Do-It-All House (2011) as Hayasaka
  • Goodbye to Our Kindergarten (2011) as homeless man
  • Someday (2011)
  • Circumstances (2011) as Gotou Yoshitaka
  • 13 Assassins (2010) as Yatokube Sanshu
  • Osaka Love & Soul (2010)
  • Box: The Hakamada Case (2010) as Professor Yokoshi
  • Sword of Desperation (2010) as Deputy Chief Retainer Tsuda
  • AIBOU: The Movie II (2010) as Onoda
  • Tales of the Bizarre 20th Anniversary Fall Special: Popular Author Competition (2010)
  • Wasted Land (2009) as Tatsuya Satoi
  • Ordinary Miracles (2009) as Tomoya Nakajo
  • Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky (2009) as Seinosuke Yanagihara
  • 再生の町 (2009) as 마미야 테츠오
  • Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune (2009) as Totani
  • Dandan (2008)
  • Happy Flight (2008) as Shoji Takahashi
  • Chameleon (2008) as Yoshitake Atsugi
  • AIBOU: The Movie (2008) as Kohken Onoda
  • Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen (2008) as Yotsuya
  • Osaka Hamlet (2008) as Takanori Kubo
  • Bōshi (2008) as Masayuki Kawahara
  • The Short Films: We Were All Once Children (2008)
  • Samurai Gangsters (2008) as Ohmasa
  • GS Wonderland (2008) as Jukichi Matsuda
  • Song of Goodbye (2007) as Doctor
  • Hero (2007) as Kaoru Kayama
  • Kaiki Daisakusen - Second File (2007) as Tadashi Matoya
  • Maison Ikkoku (2007) as Yotsuya
  • Adrift in Tokyo (2007) as Ittoku Kishibe
  • Walking My Life (2007) as Koichi Fujiyama
  • Maison Ikkoku (2007) as Yotsuya
  • 怪奇大作戰 セカンドファイル (2007) as 마토야 타다시
  • Shabake (2007) as Fuji Hyoue
  • Shabake (2007) as Tobee
  • Argentine Hag (2007) as Junzo Shirai
  • Ikiru (2007)
  • Imo Tako Nankin (2006) as 花岡常太郎
  • Iryu: Team Medical Dragon (2006) as Noguchi Keno
  • Hula Girls (2006) as Norio Yoshimoto
  • God Does Not Play Dice (2006) as Ohya Kenzo
  • Murder of the Inugami Clan (2006) as Toranosuke Inugami
  • Waiting in the Dark (2006) as Michiru's Father
  • Kanashiki Tenshi (2006) as Keisuke Okishima
  • Ruri's Island (2005) as Kishibe Ittoku
  • Aegis (2005) as Kazuma Seto
  • クライマーズ・ハイ (2005) as 等々力竜司
  • The Milkwoman (2005) as Kaita Takanashi
  • A Hardest Night!! (2005)
  • The Buried Forest (2005) as Mr. Marui
  • Natsumeke no Shokutaku (2005)
  • Hibi (2005)
  • Chicken Is Barefoot (2004)
  • 69 (2004) as Matsunaga
  • Survive Style 5+ (2004) as Tatsuya Kobayashi
  • Séance (2004) as College Professor
  • The Motive (2004) as Caretaker
  • Vital (2004) as Dr. Kashiwabuchi
  • Vital (2004) Producer
  • Ranpo R (2004) as 라이도
  • Loved Gun (2004) as Tei Maruyama
  • Lady Joker (2004) as Seiichi Shirai
  • Tokyo: Level One (2004) as Director of Finance Bureau Ohno
  • Zatoichi (2003) as Boss Inosuke Ginzo
  • The Man Who Wipes Mirrors (2003)
  • Get Up! (2003) as Keneyama
  • Bokunchi - My House (2003)
  • Pretty Woman (2003) as Ryutaro Morishita
  • AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (2002) as Onoda
  • AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (2002) as Koken Onoda
  • The Private Detective Mike (2002)
  • Chicken Heart (2002)
  • The Bleep Brothers (2002) as Tokuzo
  • The Ripples (2002) as Dr. Obana
  • California Dreamin' (2002) as Tsugio Yamazaki
  • Vengeance for Sale (2002) as Oribe Sakakibara
  • 生存 愛する娘のために (2002)
  • Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle (2001) as Taira no Tadanori
  • doktor/kranke (2001)
  • Honke no Yome (2001)
  • Face (2000) as Eiichi Hanada
  • The Whispered City (2000) as Policeman A
  • Black Jack (2000) as Shuzo Morouka
  • Another Battle (2000)
  • It Is a Long Walk (2000)
  • Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (1999) as Tanuki
  • The Exam (1999) as Headmaster
  • Amateur Singing Contest (1999)
  • Keiho (1999) as Inspector Nagoshi
  • Round About Midnight (1999) as Nanbu
  • The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe (1999)
  • The Pig's Retribution (1999)
  • Murder on D Street (1998)
  • Who Do You Think You Are? (1998) as Kazuhiko Murakoshi
  • I Want to Hear the Wind's Song (1998) as Director Mima
  • Beautiful Sunday (1998)
  • Gift (1997) as Satoru Ebisuoka（戎岡 悟）
  • Happy-Go-Lucky (1997) as Atsuo
  • Dangerous case file of female lawyer Yuriko Mizushima (1997)
  • Ichigo domei (1997)
  • After the Wind Has Gone (1996)
  • The 8-Tomb Village (1996) as Youzou Tajimi / Hisaya / Shouzaemon
  • Sleeping Man (1996) as Chief
  • Billiken (1996)
  • East Meets West (1995) as John Manjiro
  • MARKS (1995) as Ikuo Kihara
  • Goodbye for Tomorrow (1995) as Tsuyoshi Sasayama
  • Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe (1995) as Kimio Hatsukaichi, Matsu's lover
  • The Mystery of Rampo (1994) as Cafe Owner
  • The Tropical People (1994)
  • New Assistant Judge (1994)
  • Turning Point (1994) as Sakakibara, The Politician
  • Samurai Kids (1993) as Fumihiro Kusubayashi
  • Haruka, Nostalgia (1993) as Ozaki
  • Many Happy Returns (1993) as Go
  • Kogarashi Monjirō Returns (1993)
  • We Are Not Alone (1993)
  • Dying at a Hospital (1993) as Dr. Yamaoka
  • Sky Cannot Be This Blue (1993) as Saito
  • Chronicle of the Town Magistrate (1992)
  • The Rocking Horsemen (1992) as Terauchi
  • The Oil-Hell Murder (1992)
  • 森の石松 (1992)
  • Sure Death 5 (1991) as Goto Sannosuke
  • ゼロの焦点 (1991)
  • NonNonBa (1991)
  • Chizuko's Younger Sister (1991) as Father
  • Noh Mask Murders (1991)
  • Rainbow Kids (1991) as Daisaku Yanagawa, 2nd son
  • Kazu no Fūkei (1991)
  • Waiting for the Flood (1991) as Rikiya Azuma
  • The Sting of Death (1990) as Toshio
  • 道連れ (1990)
  • Megumi no Sekai (1990)
  • Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape (1989)
  • Violent Cop (1989) as Nito
  • Tokyo Bordello (1987) as Kuni-san
  • Tokyo Blackout (1987) as Yasuharu
  • 美しい共犯者・三重逆転 (1987)
  • Golf Before Dawn (1987)
  • His Motorbike, Her Island (1986) as News Reporter
  • Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (1986)
  • Sure Death! 3 (1986)
  • I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident (1985) as Yoshiharu Ishii
  • Flakes of Snow (1985)
  • Gray Sunset (1985) as Yoshikazu Ishimoto
  • Lonely Heart (1985) as Tetsu Yoshida
  • Yume-Chiyo (1985)
  • Kokoru wa Itsumo Ramune Iro (1984) as 横川エンタツ
  • The Funeral (1984) as Akira
  • People of Twilight (1984)
  • Deaths in Tokimeki (1984) as Swimmer
  • The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1983) as Toshio Fukushima
  • The Makioka Sisters (1983) as Itakura
  • Double Bed (1983) as Toshiyuki Kato
  • Futari no onna (1983) as Maeda
  • It's All Right, My Friend (1983) as Man in White
  • Ekisutora (1982)
  • Arashi Tatsunari (1982) as Kiyoshi Fujiwara
  • Play it, Boogie-Woogie (1981)
  • On-yado Kawasemi (1980)
  • Zoku zoku jiken (1980)
  • House of Evil Spirits (1980) as Kazuo Yamazaki
  • Confessions of a Teenage Mother (1977) as Yazaki
  • The Tigers - Hi! London (1969) as Sally
  • The Tigers: The World is Waiting For Us (1968) as Sally
  • A Lavish Invitation (1968) as Osamu Akatsuka

Frequently Asked Questions

What movies or TV shows is Ittoku Kishibe best known for?

Ittoku Kishibe is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including 99.9 Criminal Lawyer (2016), Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2012), 13 Assassins (2010), Martin Morning (2003).

When and where was Ittoku Kishibe born?

Ittoku Kishibe was born on January 8, 1947 in Kyoto, Japan.

How many credits does Ittoku Kishibe have?

Ittoku Kishibe has accumulated over 214 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1968 to 2024.

What is Ittoku Kishibe's background in cinema and television?

Ittoku Kishibe is a Japanese actor. He was born on January 8, 1947, in Kyoto, Japan. Kishibe is a veteran of over 115 films and has an agency, UN et NEUF. He is also the president of Kenji Sawada's private office "Kokoro Co., Ltd." Kishibe has acted in numerous films and has won the Japanese Academy Award for Outstandi...