Tsuyoshi Ihara

] He is a graduate of Imamiya Senior High School, situated in Naniwa-ku, Osaka. Ihara is represented by the K Dash agency.

Biography

A Japanese of Korean descent, Ihara joined the Japan Action Enterprise, a theater troupe founded by Sonny Chiba, after leaving high school. Soon after, he began to act in numerous feature films and television dramas, including the 1996 NHK series "Futarikko". In 2006, Ihara appeared as the Baron Takeichi Nishi in Clint Eastwood's critically-acclaimed Academy Award-winning film "Letters from Iwo Jima", introducing him to an international audience.cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/12004139/review/12812479/letters_from_iwo_jima|title=Letters From Iwo Jima : Review : Rolling Stone|author=Peter Travers|work=Rolling Stone|date=2007-12-06|accessdate=2007-08-16] He has also authored a book, nihongo|"Kokorozashite Sōrō"|志して候う, which was published in Japan by Amoeba Books.cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E5%BF%97%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6%E5%80%99%E3%81%86-%E4%BC%8A%E5%8E%9F-%E5%89%9B%E5%BF%97/dp/4344990226|title=Amazon.co.jp： 志して候う: 本: 伊原 剛志|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|accessdate=2007-08-16]

Appearances

Television dramas

*"Hattori Hanzō: Kage no Gundan" series (Fuji TV, 1980-)
**"Kage no Gundan IV"
**"Kage no Gundam Bakumatsu-hen"
*"Takeda Shingen" (1988 NHK Taiga drama; portraying Oda Nobuyuki)
*"Oishii no ga suki" (TBS, 1989)
*"Kyō, Futari" (1990 NHK morning drama)
*"Yonimo Kimyōna Monogatari" (1991, Fuji TV)
*"Futarikko" (1996 NHK morning drama)
*"Only You ~Aisarete~" (1996, Nippon TV)
*"Ichigen no Koto" (2000, NHK)
*"Star no Koi" (2001, Fuji TV)
*"Kowloon de Aimashō" (2002, TV Asahi)
*"Kochira Hon Ikegami Sho" (2002, TBS)
*"Mibu Gishi Den ~Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko~" (2002; portraying Hijikata Toshizō)
*"Koi wa Tattakai" (2003, TV Asahi)
*"Kochira Hon Ikegami Sho 2" (2003, TBS] )
*"Chūshingura ~ Ketsudan no Toki" (2003, TV Tokyo; portraying Horibe Yasubei)
*"Sky High 2" (2004, TV Asahi)
*"Shinsengumi!" (2004 NHK Taiga drama; portraying Sasaki Tadasaburō)
*"Last Christmas" (2004, Fuji TV)
*"Kochira Hon Ikegami Sho 4" (2004, TBS)
*"Magari Kado no Kanojo" (2005, Fuji TV)
*"Shiawase ni Naritai!" (2005, TBS)
*"Koi no Jikan" (2005, TBS)
*"Grave of the Fireflies" (2005, Nippon TV)
*"Umeko" (2005, TBS)
*"Kuroi Taiyō" (2006, TV Asahi)
*"Nyotei" (2007, TV Asahi)
*"Team Batista no Eiko" (2008, Fuji TV)

Films

*"Kotaro Makaritoru" (1984)
*"Bakayarō! Watashi Okkote Masu" (1988, Kōwa International and Shochiku)
*"Hong Kong Paradise" (1990, Toho)
*"Daida Kyōshi Akiba, Shinken Desu!" (1991, Toei and Nippon TV)
*"Jingi" (1991, Toei)
*"Shura no Teiou" (1994)
*"Yonshima Monogatari" (1995, Ezaki Guriko)
*"" (1995, Daiei)
*"Abunai Deka Returns" (1996, Nippon TV, Toei)
*"" (1999, Daiei)
*"Minna no Ie" (2001, Fuji TV, Toho)
*"Hanochi" (2004)
*"Hinagon" (2005)
*"Letters from Iwo Jima" (2006) - portraying Baron Takeichi Nishi
*"Retribution" (2006)
*"Heat Island" (2007)

Anime

*"Karasu" (1995, Toei)

Theater

*"We Love JAC" (1986)
*"Jōji ta JAC Kōen"
*"Mayonaka no Party" (1991)
*"Honkon Rhapsody" (1993)
*"Dā! Dā! Dā!" (1993)
*"Hikoma ga Yuku" (2002)
*"Blood Gets in Your Eyes" (2003)
*"Rōnin Gai" (2004)
*"Kātenkōru" (2005)
*"shuffle" (2005)

Other programs

*"Kimama ni Toygyazā" (Mainichi Broadcasting System, Kansai Local)
*"Ōra no Izumi" (December 13, 2006, TV Asahi)

Books

*"Kokorozashite Sōrō" (author)

References

External links

* [http://www.kdash.jp/ K Dash]
* [http://www.drivemusic.co.jp/ Drive Music]
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* [http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Ihara_Tsuyoshi Ihara Tsuyoshi] at DramaWiki