Akira Nagoya
Known for: Acting
Born: December 8, 1930
Died: June 24, 2003
Place of birth: Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Akira Nagoya was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who specialized in playing comical roles. He's well know for playing Yūtarō Asahina in the Tokusatsu superhero series Ultraman Taro. After graduating from junior high school in 1949, he entered the Tokyo Broadcasting Company (NHK) training school as a third-year student. His classmates included Hisashi Katsuta and Kazue Takahashi, who later became active as voice actors. In 1959, he joined the Bungakuza theatre company; in 1963, he participated in the founding of the theatre company Kumo. When Kumo disbanded in 1975, he moved on to work as a freelance theatre artist, appearing on stages such as Jijinkai and Komatsuza.
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Filmography
77 movies · 17 TV shows, newest first
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Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment
2001
7.0
Round About Midnight
1999
6.0
Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder
1999
8.0
Love Letter
1998
7.5
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
1998
6.4
Woman in Witness Protection
1997
8.3
Princess Mononoke
1997NR
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
1994
9.0
Bokyo
1993
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Tale of the Crane Princess
1993
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Kwaidan
1992
7.0
Basara: The Princess Goh
1992NR
Sakyou Komatsu's Animation Theater
1989
6.8
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
1989
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The Murder on the Nanki Shirahama Pendulum Train - The Beautiful Office Lady Detective and the Backseat Detective II
1989
7.5
Free and Easy
1988
7.0
Kaito Ruby
1988
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ザ・スクールコップ
1988NR
The School Cop
1988NR
津軽海峡殺しの双曲線 最後の青函連絡船殺人事件
1988
9.0
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
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An Early Autumn
1987
5.0
Ellie My Love
1987
9.0
A Tale of Young Elopement
1987
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Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
1986
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Ponytail Won't Look Back
1985
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Kokugo Gannen
1985
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Stepsisters
1985
7.0
Mahjong Horoki
19848.0
Eve in a Summer Dress
1984
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They Called Me a Bad Girl
1984
7.3
Time and Tide
1983
7.0
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
1983
6.3
Lullaby of Death
1982
7.0
Suspicion
1982
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Stray Wolf
1982
6.5
Lovers Lost
1982
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Murder Case: Lover Swap
1982
6.4
Station
1981
7.5
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
1980NR
松本清張の聞かなかった場所
1979
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Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
1978NR
A Young Female Instructor
1978
7.8
A Portrait of Shunkin
1976
8.0
Human Revolution II
1976
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Love Is a Hunter
1976
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Oretachi no Tabi
1975
7.5
Invitation of Lust
1975
7.0
Aoba shigereru
1974
10.0
Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
1974
8.0
Kandagawa
1974
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Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra
1973
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Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa
1973
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Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
1973
7.9
Ultraman Taro
1973
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A Woman Who Warns of Death
1973
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The Lucky Status Symbol
1972
6.0
Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters
1971
10.0
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
1971
6.5
Return of Ultraman
1971
8.0
Follow the Girls
1971
8.6
Return of Ultraman
1971
10.0
Hajimete no Tabi
1971
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I Want to Sleep
1970
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Ônna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô
1970
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Woman
1969
6.2
Flying Phantom Ship
1969
6.7
A Thousand and One Nights
1969
7.0
The Tempters: Smile After Tears
1969
8.0
Young Challengers
1968
8.0
Monsieur Zivaco
1967
NR
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
1967
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Tabiji
1967
7.0
Birth of a Fighter
1967
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Dreams Come True at Night
1967
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Chivalry Broken from All Sides
1966
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In Tears
1965
6.1
Fort Graveyard
1965
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Retirement of a Train Engineer
1965
10.0
We Will Remember
1965
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Taikouki
1965
8.3
Sweet Sweat
1964
8.0
Could I But Live
1964
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Sunset Hill
1964
NR
The Dragon Crest
1963
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Miren
1963
7.0
The Symbol of a Man
1963
8.4
High and Low
1963
7.2
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
6.5
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
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The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
1961
8.5
The Twilight Story
1960
6.0
Dotanba
1956
9.0
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
1955