---
name: "Hiroshi Tachikawa"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hiroshi-tachikawa"
fi1m_id: "hiroshi-tachikawa"
imdb_id: "nm0846187"
tmdb_id: 33763
wikidata_id: "Q15989146"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 March 1931"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 88
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T07:47:35.703538+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."
---

# Hiroshi Tachikawa

## Identity

Hiroshi Tachikawa

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hiroshi-tachikawa
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hiroshi-tachikawa
- **IMDb ID:** nm0846187
- **TMDB ID:** 33763
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15989146
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15989146, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0846187/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33763

Actor. Born 7 March 1931 in Tokyo, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 March 1931, Tokyo, Japan
- **Active:** 1957–1961
- **Also known as:** 太刀川洋一, Yoichi Tachikawa
- **Frequently works with:** [Akira Kurosawa](https://film.one/person/akira-kurosawa.md), [Isuzu Yamada](https://film.one/person/isuzu-yamada.md), [Ryuzo Kikushima](https://film.one/person/ryuzo-kikushima.md), [Toshirō Mifune](https://film.one/person/toshiro-mifune.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 88, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 88 (1), 1960s 88 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15989146, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0846187/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33763

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Yojimbo*](https://film.one/film/yojimbo.md) (88), [*Throne of Blood*](https://film.one/film/throne-of-blood.md) (88)

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## Biography

Hiroshi Tachikawa, also credited as Yoichi Tachikawa or under the Japanese name 太刀川寛, is a Japanese actor born on 7 March 1931 in Tokyo.

He appeared in several films directed by Akira Kurosawa, including *Throne of Blood* (1957) as Kunimaru Tsuzuki, *Yojimbo* (1961) as Yoichiro, and *Sanjuro* (1962) as a samurai. Other notable roles include Ryoichi Sayama in *I Live in Fear* (1955) and Etsurô Yoshida in *Matango* (1963).

*Sources: imdb.com, wikidata.org, en.wikipedia.org, ja.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Yojimbo* (1961), Fi1m 88, as Yoichiro — [page](https://film.one/film/yojimbo.md)
- *Throne of Blood* (1957), Fi1m 88, as Kunimaru Tsuzuki — [page](https://film.one/film/throne-of-blood.md)

## Complete filmography (85)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dasshutsu* (1972), Actor
- *Comedy: The Face is Life* (1971), Actor
- *Hazardous Graduation* (1970), Actor
- *Tomorrow's Joe* (1970), Actor
- *The Resurrection of the Beast* (1969), Actor
- *The Rough One* (1969), Actor
- *Let's Go! Young Guy* (1967), as Sakamoto
- *Fighting Elegy* (1966), Actor
- *Zero Fighter* (1966), Actor
- *Story of a Prostitute* (1965), as Sasaki
- *The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman* (1963), as Eburi's younger brother
- *Matango* (1963), as Etsurô Yoshida - Writer
- *Outpost of Hell* (1963), Actor
- *Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou* (1963), Actor
- *A Salaryman's Reckless Family* (1963), Actor
- *Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!* (1963), as Sakura gangster 4
- *Chûshingura* (1962), Actor
- *Our Failures* (1962), Actor
- *Star of Hong Kong* (1962), as Honda (HK Branch staff)
- *Whirlpool of Love* (1962), Actor
- *A Woman's Identity* (1962), Actor
- *Gorath* (1962), as Wakabayashi
- *The Tenth Game of New Salarymen: Salaryman Ittoru* (1962), Actor
- *Sanjuro* (1962), as Samurai
- *Acchan no bebi gyangu* (1961), Actor
- *The Tenth Game of New Salarymen* (1961), as Takeo Hirate
- *Playboy President: Part II* (1961), as Nakamura
- *Yojimbo* (1961), as Yoichiro — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/yojimbo.md)
- *Romance Express* (1961), Actor
- *Sazae-san Plays Cupid* (1961), as Ichiro
- *Sebiro Sanshirō hana no ippon zeoi* (1961), Actor
- *Sebiro Sanshirō otoko wa dokyō* (1961), Actor
- *Sarariiman okusama kokoroe jō* (1961), Actor
- *Sazae And Aunt Apron* (1960), as Ichiro
- *Young Salesman: Sanshiro Sebiro* (1960), Actor
- *Salarygirl Story: Saucy  Staff* (1960), as Hiroshi Kubota
- *Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success* (1960), as Kazuo Iemitsu
- *Daughters, Wives and a Mother* (1960), as Shin Asabuki
- *Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes* (1960), as Iemitsu Kazuo
- *Salarygirl Book: Idle Talk, Back-Biting Chatter, Senseless Retorts* (1960), Actor
- *The Path Under the Platanes* (1959), as Masaya Nozaki
- *Theater of Life* (1958), Actor
- *Big Edo's 1,000 Ryo Festival* (1958), Actor
- *The College Hero* (1958), as Toranosuke Saigo
- *Summer Clouds* (1958), as Shinji
- *Little Peach* (1958), as Heinosuke Hirayama
- *The Third President* (1958), Actor
- *Family Safety* (1958), Actor
- *Father is a Soft-Hearted Person: The Night Before His Daughter's Wedding Day* (1958), Actor
- *Father is a Soft-Hearted Person: There are Five Men and Seven Women in the Family* (1958), Actor
- *Woman Unveiled* (1958), Actor
- *Assistant President* (1958), Actor
- *Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen* (1957), as Chojuro
- *The Blue Mountains Part 2* (1957), as Ankichi Tomioka (Gan-chan)
- *Otora-san* (1957), Actor
- *The Blue Mountains* (1957), as Yasukichi “Gan-chan” Tominaga
- *Schooldays* (1957), as Matsumoto
- *The Last Escape* (1957), as Hori
- *Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen* (1957), as Chôjûrô
- *A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye* (1957), as (as Yoichi Tchikawa)
- *The Chieko Story* (1957), as Mitsuo
- *Come Back Soon* (1957), Actor
- *Ôban* (1957), as Chôjûrô
- *The Paradise Island Story* (1957), Actor
- *Throne of Blood* (1957), as Kunimaru Tsuzuki — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/throne-of-blood.md)
- *Gendai no yokubô* (1956), Actor
- *The Wicked Boy* (1956), Actor
- *Scoundrel* (1956), Actor
- *The President Talks Bank* (1956), Actor
- *The Wife is a University Student* (1956), as Takeo Murata (Student Husband)
- *Runaway Bride* (1956), Actor
- *Young Tree* (1956), as Jirôzaemon Baba
- *All Sold Out* (1956), Actor
- *The President's Boss* (1956), Actor
- *I Live in Fear* (1955), as Ryoichi Sayama
- *Detour to Love* (1955), Actor
- *Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree* (1955), as Emi
- *The First Kiss* (1955), as Kenji Kawahara
- *House of Many Pleasures* (1955), as Murai
- *Love Never Fails* (1955), as Yoichi Tachikawa
- *12 Chapters About Women* (1954), as Rokurobe Watanabe
- *The Surf* (1954), as Yasuo
- *Burning Youth* (1954), Actor
- *Young Eyes* (1954), Actor
- *The Blue Revolution* (1953), Actor

## Gallery

- ![『生きものの記録』 (1955)](https://film.one/media/person/105297/gallery-48471a4f7d31.jpg) 『生きものの記録』 (1955) — 朝日新聞社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Asahigraph-1955-11-30-2.jpg/1280px-Asahigraph-1955-11-30-2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![東宝女優 白鳩真弓 昭和 映画「やがて青空」撮影画像 共演：小林桂樹 桂木洋子 太刀川洋一 清水谷洋子 (1956)](https://film.one/media/person/105297/gallery-fbb488f0f2ac.jpg) 東宝女優 白鳩真弓 昭和 映画「やがて青空」撮影画像 共演：小林桂樹 桂木洋子 太刀川洋一 清水谷洋子 (1956) — Marimaririn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/%E7%99%BD%E9%B3%A9%E7%9C%9F%E5%BC%93_%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB%E6%92%AE%E5%BD%B1%E7%94%BB%E5%83%8F10.jpg/1280px-%E7%99%BD%E9%B3%A9%E7%9C%9F%E5%BC%93_%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB%E6%92%AE%E5%BD%B1%E7%94%BB%E5%83%8F10.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![東宝俳優 太刀川洋一 白鳩真弓 清水谷洋子 桂木洋子 小林桂樹 松島ともこ 昭和 映画「やがて青空」撮影画像 (1956)](https://film.one/media/person/105297/gallery-5514725ee277.jpg) 東宝俳優 太刀川洋一 白鳩真弓 清水谷洋子 桂木洋子 小林桂樹 松島ともこ 昭和 映画「やがて青空」撮影画像 (1956) — Marimaririn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/%E7%99%BD%E9%B3%A9%E7%9C%9F%E5%BC%93_%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB%E6%92%AE%E5%BD%B1%E7%94%BB%E5%83%8F9.jpg/1280px-%E7%99%BD%E9%B3%A9%E7%9C%9F%E5%BC%93_%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB%E6%92%AE%E5%BD%B1%E7%94%BB%E5%83%8F9.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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