Chiyonosuke Azuma

Chiyonosuke Azuma
Chiyonosuke Azuma and Shinobu Chihara in Satomi Hakken-den (1954)
Born Takayuki Wakawada
19 August 1926
Tokyo, Japan
Died 9 November 2000(2000-11-09) (aged 74)
Tokyo, Japan
Occupation Actor, dancer

Chiyonosuke Azuma (東 千代之介, Azuma Chiyonosuke, 19 August 1926 – 9 November 2000) was a Japanese actor and dancer. He appeared in more than forty films from 1954 to 1993.

Career

Born in Tokyo, Azuma attended the Tokyo University of the Arts, while studying Japanese dance under Bandō Mitsugorō VIII.[1][2] He joined the Toei studio in 1954 and became a star after his debut film, Yukinojo henge, was a hit.[1] His films with Yorozuya Kinnosuke, such as the "Fuefuki Dōji" and "Beni Kujaku" series, were some of the more popular works during the golden age of jidaigeki in the 1950s.[1][2] After leaving Toei in 1965, Azuma concentrated on teaching dance while occasionally appearing in film and on stage and television.[1][2]

Selected filmography

  • Shinsengumi Oni Taicho (1954)
  • Yukinojô henge - Fukushû no koi (1954) - Yukinojô Nakamura / Yamitarô
  • Yukinojô henge - Fukushû no mai (1954) - Yukinojô Nakamura / Yamitarô
  • Yukinojô henge - Fukushû no ken (1954) - Yukinojô Nakamura / Yamitarô
  • Shinshokoku monogatari: Fuefuki douji dai-ichi-bu dokuro no hata
  • Shinshokoku monogatari: Fuefuki douji dai-san-bu mangetsu-jô no gaika
  • Satomi Hakken-den: Dai-ichi-bu yôtô murasame maru (1954)
  • Satomi Hakken-den: Dai-ni-bu Hôryûkaku no ryûko (1954)
  • Satomi Hakken-den: Dai-san-bu kaibyô ranbu (1954)
  • Satomi Hakken-den: Dai-yon-bu ketsumei hakkenshi (1954)
  • Satomi Hakken-den: Kanketsu-hen akatsuki no kachidoki (1954)
  • Shinshokoku monogatari benikujaku 2: Noroi no mateki (1955)
  • Shinshokoku monogatari benikujaku 3: Tsuki no hakkotsu shiro (1955)
  • Ôedo senryô bayashi (1955)
  • Shinshokoku monogatari benikujaku 4: Kenmô ukinemaru (1955)
  • Shinshokoku monogatari benikujaku kanketsu-hen: Haikyo no hihô (1955)
  • Kaidan botan-dôrô (1955)
  • Yumiharizuki (1955)
  • Bijo to kairyu (1955)
  • Akō Rōshi: Ten no Maki, Chi no Maki (1956) - Takuminokami Asano
  • Kengô nitôryû (1956) - Sasaki Kojiro
  • Yûhi to kenjû (1956) - Rin'nosuke Date
  • Shinshokoku monogatari: Nanatsu no chikai kurosuisen no maki (1956)
  • Shinshokoku monogatari: Nanatsu no chikai doreisen no maki (1957)
  • Shinshokoku monogatari: Nanatsu no chikai gaisen uta no maki (1957)
  • Sasaki Kojiro (1957) - Sasaki Kojiro
  • Kaidan Banchô sara-yashiki (1957)
  • Mito kômon (1957)
  • Sasaki Kojiro Kohen (1957) - Sasaki Kojiro
  • Ninkyō Shimizu-minato (1957) - Shichigoro
  • Junjô butai (1957)
  • Onmitsu Shichishoki (1958)
  • Ninkyo Tokaido (1958) - Hangoro
  • Hibari torimonocho: Kanzashi koban (1958) - Sasaki
  • Ninjutsu suikoden inazuma kotengu (1958)
  • Daibosatsu tôge - Dai ni bu (1958)
  • Ôedo shichininshû (1958)
  • Utamatsuri kanzashi matoi (1958)
  • Daibosatsu tôge - Kanketsu-hen (1959)
  • Hibari torimonochô: furisode koban (1959)
  • Tatsumaki bugyô (1959)
  • Kurama Tengu (1959)
  • Futari wakagishi (1959)
  • Beni-dasuki kenkajo (1959)
  • Mito Komon 3: All Star Version (1960)
  • Tenpô rokkasen - Jigoku no hanamichi (1960) - Ichinojô Kaneko
  • Hibari torimonochô: orizuru kago (1960)
  • Yatarô gasa (1960) - Magistrate Kuwayama
  • Suronin hyakuman-goku (1960)
  • Abare kago (1960)
  • Akō Rōshi (1961) - Horibe
  • Hangyakuji (1961)
  • Yurei-jima no okite (1961)
  • Wakasama yakuza (1961)
  • Kisaragi musô ken (1962) - Yoshimune Tokugawa
  • Chiisakobe (1962) - Washichi
  • Yoi-dore musoken (1962)
  • Hibari Chiemi no Yaji Kita Dochu (1963)
  • Seventeen Ninja (1963) - Bunzo Minuma
  • Kutsukake Tokijiro - yukyo ippiki (1966)
  • Kindaichi Kosuke no boken (1979) - Kojuro Akechi
  • Battle Fever J (1979-1980, TV Series) - General Tetsuzan Kurama
  • Jipangu (1990) - Ieyasu Tokugawa
  • Anego - Gokudô wo aishita onna: Kiriko (1993) - Wakasa (final film role)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Azuma Chiyonosuke". 20-seiki Nihon jinmei jiten (in Japanese). Nichigai Associates,. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Azuma Chiyonosuke". Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
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