--- name: "Hikaru Hoshi" canonical: "https://film.one/person/hikaru-hoshi" fi1m_id: "hikaru-hoshi" imdb_id: "nm0395942" tmdb_id: 1200216 wikidata_id: "Q27917362" roles: [] born: "26 October 1907" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-25T08:59:35.698638+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Hikaru Hoshi ## Identity Hikaru Hoshi - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hikaru-hoshi - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** hikaru-hoshi - **IMDb ID:** nm0395942 - **TMDB ID:** 1200216 - **Wikidata ID:** Q27917362 - **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27917362, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0395942/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1200216 Actor. Born 26 October 1907. ## Details - **Born:** 26 October 1907 - **Also known as:** 星光, Takehiro Yuasa - **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27917362, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0395942/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1200216 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Floating Weeds*](https://film.one/film/floating-weeds.md) (84) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Hikaru Hoshi was a Japanese actor and director, also credited as 星光 and Takehiro Yuasa. He was born on 26 October 1907. He appeared in numerous Japanese films from the late 1920s, with supporting roles including Kimura in Yasujirō Ozu's *Floating Weeds* (1959), a soldier in Kon Ichikawa's *Fires on the Plain* (1959), Kurosawa in *Giants and Toys* (1958) and the Awaji Maru Captain in *Gamera vs. Barugon* (1966). He also directed the 1931 film *Uramachi tengoku*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, mydramalist.com, wikidata.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Floating Weeds* (1959), Fi1m 84, as Kimura — [page](https://film.one/film/floating-weeds.md) ## Complete filmography (143) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Two Enemy Women Gamblers* (1969), Actor - *The Woman Champion* (1968), Actor - *Tokyo Gambler* (1967), Actor - *Ambassador Ramen* (1967), Actor - *Gamera vs. Barugon* (1966), as Awaji Maru Captain - *Life of Matsu the Untamed* (1965), Actor - *Seisaku's Wife* (1965), as Kozo - *The Frolic of the Beasts* (1964), Actor - *The Money Dance* (1964), Actor - *A Public Benefactor* (1964), Actor - *Kill Before Being Killed* (1964), Actor - *Ōkuma Shigenobu the great* (1963), Actor - *Sentimental Mobsters* (1963), as Director Shinohara - *Typhoon Reporter* (1963), Actor - *Bury Me Deep* (1963), Actor - *The Red Water* (1963), Actor - *Order of Yakuza* (1962), Actor - *The Midday Trap* (1962), Actor - *Kakkoii wakamono tachi* (1962), Actor - *Closing Time* (1962), Actor - *情熱の詩人啄木* (1962), Actor - *Their Legacy* (1962), Actor - *Refresher Course for Wives* (1961), Actor - *Shin Jinsei Gekijo* (1961), Actor - *Her Brother* (1960), as Owner of Hiring Horse - *Dare yori mo kimi o aisu* (1960), Actor - *The Song Lantern* (1960), Actor - *Machi no uwasa mo sanjûgo nichi* (1960), as Issaku Mokudo - *Ah Special Attack Corps* (1960), Actor - *A Woman's Testament* (1960), Actor - *Floating Weeds* (1959), as Kimura — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/floating-weeds.md) - *Fires on the Plain* (1959), as Soldier - *The White Road Across the River* (1959), Actor - *Beauty the Enemy* (1959), as Nagasawa - *A Storm Zone* (1959), as Ōno - *The Telephone Rings in the Evening* (1959), Actor - *Odd Obsession* (1959), as Police Detective - *Diary of a Substitute Doctor* (1959), Actor - *The Cast-Off* (1959), Actor - *Goodbye, Hello* (1959), as Sales manager Ito - *Maria of the Ant Village* (1958), Actor - *Gomen asobase Hanamuko sensei* (1958), Actor - *The Lowest Man* (1958), Actor - *Giants and Toys* (1958), as Kurosawa - *The Cat Knew* (1958), Actor - *Mother* (1958), Actor - *Tokyo Eyes* (1958), Actor - *Warm Current* (1957), Actor - *On This Earth* (1957), as Keian - *Bride Candidate* (1957), Actor - *Nine Hours of Terror* (1957), Actor - *Kodokan Under a Morning Moon* (1957), Actor - *Ginga no miyako* (1957), Actor - *I Love You* (1956), Actor - *Dai san hijōsen* (1956), Actor - *Ai no kaikyō* (1956), Actor - *Undercurrent* (1956), as Sakuraya - *Twice on a Certain Night* (1956), Actor - *Ninjutsu senshuken jiai* (1956), Actor - *Genkin no negoto* (1956), Actor - *A Rainbow at Every Turn* (1956), Actor - *The Buried Treasure* (1956), Actor - *The Bride Carries On* (1956), Actor - *Hanayome no tameiki* (1956), Actor - *Teen-ager's Resistance* (1955), Actor - *Kaette kita yūrei* (1955), Actor - *Troupers of Asakusa* (1955), Actor - *The Phantom Horse* (1955), as Kagemasa - *The Birth of Judo* (1955), Actor - *Driving Like Mad* (1955), Actor - *Rōkyoku tengu dōjō* (1955), Actor - *The Moon Over the Ruined Castle* (1954), Actor - *Woman of Fire* (1954), Actor - *Asakusa at Night* (1954), as Sakutaro Yumi - *Konna abekku mita koto nai* (1954), Actor - *Four Mothers* (1954), Actor - *Haha no mizūmi* (1953), Actor - *Outlaw* (1953), Actor - *Asakusa monogatari* (1953), Actor - *Shunsetsu no mon* (1953), Actor - *New Enoshima Elegy* (1953), Actor - *Kurohyō* (1953), Actor - *Haha nami* (1953), Actor - *Okore Sanpei* (1953), Actor - *Tokoharu jamono* (1953), Actor - *Gendai shojo* (1953), Actor - *Where Chimneys Are Seen* (1953), Actor - *Haha no hitomi* (1953), Actor - *Asu wa Nichiyōbi* (1952), Actor - *The Eyes of Two People* (1952), Actor - *Zoku bakurō ichidai* (1952), Actor - *Ghost Story: Passion in Fukagawa* (1952), Actor - *Hahakozuru* (1952), as Yamada - *Byakuran kōran* (1952), Actor - *Chakkari fujin to ukkari fujin* (1952), Actor - *Musume hatsukoi yatton-bushi* (1952), Actor - *I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki* (1952), Actor - *Ikinokotta benten-sama* (1952), Actor - *Dokuja-tō kidan: Joōbachi* (1952), Actor - *Boshisen* (1951), Actor - *The Life of a Horse Trader* (1951), Actor - *Honoo no hada* (1951), Actor - *Tokyo Elegy* (1951), Actor - *Dorei no machi* (1951), Actor - *Kiri no yoru no kyōfu* (1951), Actor - *Nanatsu no seiza* (1951), Actor - *Enoshima Elegy* (1951), Actor - *Fire Department* (1951), Actor - *San akunin to akanbō* (1950), Actor - *Phoenix* (1950), Actor - *Komusō yashiki* (1950), Actor - *Kenjū no mae ni tatsu haha* (1950), Actor - *The Tattooed Magistrate: Fallen Flowers Showdown Volume* (1950), Actor - *The Tattooed Magistrate: Cherry Blossoms Dance Volume* (1950), Actor - *Hōmurankyō jidai* (1949), Actor - *The Elephant Who Waited* (1949), Actor - *Yaji Kita Cat Ghost Road* (1949), Actor - *The Invisible Man Appears* (1949), as The Drunk (as Takehiro Yuasa) - *The Thief of Moonlight Castle* (1948), Actor - *Yakyukyō jidai* (1948), Actor - *Hanayome senshu* (1948), Actor - *Kokoro tsuki nogotoku* (1947), Actor - *The Man From Chungking* (1943), as Tokutaro Iwata - *All-out Attack on Singapore* (1943), as Private First Class Kojima - *Yamasandō* (1942), Actor - *The General, Staff and Soldiers* (1942), Actor - *Wide and Fertile Land* (1940), Actor - *Five Scouts* (1938), as Private Nagano - *Otôsan no uta dokei* (1937), Actor - *Sōbō* (1937), Actor - *Tokyo Rhapsody* (1936), Actor - *Theater of Life: Youth Version* (1936), Actor - *Throwing the Soul Away* (1935), Actor - *Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel Part 2* (1933), Actor - *Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel* (1933), Actor - *Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: The Journey* (1933), Actor - *Satsuma Courier Part 2: The Passionate Sword* (1933), Actor - *Youth, Why Do You Cry?* (1930), as Newspaper Reporter - *The Revengeful Spirit of Eros* (1930), as Daikurô Ishikawa - *The Village Bride* (1928), Actor - *Karakuri musume* (1927), Actor - *Her* (1926), Actor - *Zoku hebi hime dōchū*, Actor --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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