Biography
Haruhiko Yamanouchi, also credited as Hal Yamanouchi, is a Japanese-Italian actor, voice artist, dancer, choreographer and former mime. Born in Tokyo, he has lived in Italy since 1975 and holds Italian citizenship. He trained at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and began his career in mime and stage work before moving into film and television acting in 1976.
Yamanouchi has appeared in over 100 films and television series, including Italian genre films of the 1980s and international productions. He is known for supporting roles such as the Chief Pirate in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Pop Father in Push (2009), an official in The Way Back (2010) and Ichirō Yashida / Silver Samurai in The Wolverine (2013). He has also worked as a stunt performer and dubbed Japanese films into Italian.
