Toshio Takahara

Toshio Takahara
Born(1923-05-01)1 May 1923
Tokyo, Japan
Died26 February 2000(2000-02-26) (aged 76)
OccupationActor
Years active1943–2000

Toshio Takahara (高原 駿雄, Takahara Toshio, 1 May 1927 – 26 February 2000) was a Japanese actor.[1] Notable film appearances were Seven Samurai and Twenty-Four Eyes.[2] He is also known for his role as Commander Gonpachi Edogawa in the tokusatsu superhero series Himitsu Sentai Gorenger.[3]

He started his acting career at the Bungakuza theatre company in 1941.[4] In 1943, he made his stage debut with Denen .[2] He gave his film debut with Ginza no Odoriko in 1950.[4] Takahara signed his contract with Nikkatsu studio between 1956 and 1960 and starred in many Nikatsu films, including Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate directed by Yūzō Kawashima and Pigs and Battleships directed by Shōhei Imamura.[4] He died of heart failure on 26 February 2000.[5]

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  3. ^ 『日本映画人名事典』男優編 下巻、Kinema Junpo、1996 p.62
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  5. ^ "文学座所属の高原駿雄". 文学座. Retrieved 11 October 2021.