--- name: "Hisashi Igawa" canonical: "https://film.one/person/hisashi-igawa" fi1m_id: "hisashi-igawa" imdb_id: "nm0407030" tmdb_id: 96637 wikidata_id: "Q5772396" roles: ["Actor"] born: "17 November 1936" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 89 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-26T01:23:12.923392+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." --- # Hisashi Igawa ## Identity Hisashi Igawa - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hisashi-igawa - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** hisashi-igawa - **IMDb ID:** nm0407030 - **TMDB ID:** 96637 - **Wikidata ID:** Q5772396 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisashi_Igawa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5772396, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0407030/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96637 Actor. Born 17 November 1936 in Shenyang, Occupied Manchuria. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 17 November 1936, Shenyang, Occupied Manchuria - **Active:** 1962–1985 - **Also known as:** Хисаси Игава - **Frequently works with:** [Tatsuya Nakadai](https://film.one/person/tatsuya-nakadai.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 89, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 91 (1), 1980s 88 (2) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 89 to 86 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Action 2, Drama 2, History 2, Comedy 1 - **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $24m across 3 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisashi_Igawa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5772396, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0407030/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96637 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Ran*](https://film.one/film/ran.md) (92) - **HBO Max:** [*Tampopo*](https://film.one/film/tampopo.md) (84) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Hisashi Igawa is a Japanese actor born on 17 November 1936 in Shenyang, Occupied Manchuria. He has appeared in film since 1955. Igawa is known for supporting roles in several films directed by Akira Kurosawa, including *Dodes'ka-den* (1970), *Ran* (1985) as Shuri Kurogane, *Dreams* (1990), *Rhapsody in August* (1991) and *Madadayo* (1993). His other credits include *Harakiri* (1962) as a retainer, *Tampopo* (1985) and *Boiling Point* (1990). In 1969 he starred in Abe Kōbō's production of the play *The Man Who Turned Into A Stick*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *Ran* (1985), Fi1m 92, as Shuri Kurogane — [page](https://film.one/film/ran.md) - *Tampopo* (1985), Fi1m 84, as Running Man — [page](https://film.one/film/tampopo.md) - *Harakiri* (1962), Fi1m 91, as Retainer — [page](https://film.one/film/harakiri.md) ## Complete filmography (150) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai* (2022), Actor - *Midnight Diner 2* (2016), as Tetsuruo Ogawa - *Foujita* (2015), Actor - *Have a Song on Your Lips* (2015), as Toshio Nakamura - *Marginal Village Inc.* (2015), series, as Oouchi Kazuo - *A Samurai Chronicle* (2014), Actor - *Climbing to Spring* (2014), as Bunji - *Villain* (2010), as Katsuji Shimizu - *The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity* (2009), Actor - *Ordinary Miracles* (2009), series, as Shiro Tazaki - *Beauty* (2008), Actor - *星ひとつの夜* (2007), as Naitou Shosuke - *Kitokito!* (2007), as Yujiro - *TANNKA* (2006), Actor - *Star Reformer* (2006), as Kanji Shimizu - *The Professor and His Beloved Equation* (2006), as Housekeeper Agent - *Yamato* (2005), as The Chairman - *Haru and Natsu* (2005), series, as Tokuji - *Christmas in August* (2005), Actor - *For the coming day* (2005), Actor - *Half a Confession* (2004), Actor - *Farewell, Kuro* (2003), as Tokujiro Okouchi - *On-yado Kawasemi* (2003), series, Actor - *An Autumn Afternoon* (2003), as Susumu Horie - *Letter from the Mountain* (2002), as Sayuri's father - *Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS* (2002), Actor - *Hotoke* (2001), as Tetsuzo - *The Firefly* (2001), Actor - *After the Rain* (2000), as Kihei Ishiyama - *Chiipu Rabu* (1999), series, Actor - *Bullet Ballet* (1998), as Shooter - *Who Do You Think You Are?* (1998), series, as Shoji - *Friendship* (1998), Actor - *Sada* (1998), as Detective - *Saabisu* (1998), series, Actor - *The 8-Tomb Village* (1996), Actor - *Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction* (1996), Actor - *Lost in Time* (1996), as Editor Yabe - *Goodbye for Tomorrow* (1995), Actor - *Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident* (1995), as Masayoshi Yasuda - *Last Friends* (1995), Actor - *Deep River* (1995), as Isobe - *Fusa* (1995), Actor - *47 Ronin* (1994), as Okuda - *Watari-gawa* (1994), as Narrator (voice) - *The Loss of Humanity* (1994), series, Actor - *Hi no Ataru Basho* (1994), series, Actor - *Koya Choken-bou oboegaki* (1993), Actor - *Madadayo* (1993), as Takayama - *Bring Me the Head of Shichiemon!* (1993), Actor - *The Oil-Hell Murder* (1992), Actor - *Luminous Moss* (1992), as Prosecutor - *Basara: The Princess Goh* (1992), as Tokugawa Ieyasu - *A Letter from Myself* (1992), as Narrator (voice) - *Nakibokuro* (1991), Actor - *Harikomi* (1991), Actor - *Rhapsody in August* (1991), as Tadao - *War and Youth* (1991), as Yuta Hanafusa - *Kamigata Kugaizoshi* (1991), Actor - *Boiling Point* (1990), as Otomo - *Dreams* (1990), as Nuclear Plant Worker - *Graduation* (1990), series, Actor - *Let Him Rest in Peace* (1989), Actor - *Rikyu* (1989), as Soji - *Yun’s Town* (1989), Actor - *Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis* (1988), as Ryokichi Tagami - *Trinacria: Porsche 959* (1987), Actor - *Hassai Sensei* (1987), series, as 父・辰吉 - *Hachiko* (1987), as Maekawa - *The Story of Jiro* (1987), as 勘作 - *Actress* (1987), as Isoya - *The Hall of the Crying Deer* (1986), Actor - *Black Board* (1986), as Vice-principal - *Lost in the Wilderness* (1986), as Osamu Uemura - *House on Fire* (1986), as Tsubono - *The Tailor-Made Shirt* (1986), series, Actor - *Tampopo* (1985), as Running Man — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/tampopo.md) - *Ran* (1985), as Shuri Kurogane — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/ran.md) - *国東物語* (1985), Actor - *Stepsisters* (1985), series, as Ryusaku Matsumoto - *The Cold-Hearted Sea* (1984), Actor - *Hole in the Pants* (1984), Actor - *Konnichiwa Hânesu* (1983), as Nishijima Tetsukichi - *The Legend of Sayo* (1982), as Kikuzo - *Eternal Monument* (1982), as Army Surgeon Oka - *Willful Murder* (1981), Actor - *Fifth Movement* (1981), Actor - *An Ocean to Cross* (1980), as Gyougyou - *Demon Pond* (1979), as The Carp - *Gassan* (1979), as Iwakura - *Glowing Autumn* (1978), as Kijima - *Double Suicide of Sonezaki* (1978), as Kyuemon - *Village of Eight Gravestones* (1977), as Kanji Igawa - *The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro* (1977), Actor - *The Far Road* (1977), Actor - *The Corporation* (1976), as Reporter Tahara - *The Village* (1975), Actor - *The Fossil* (1975), as Funazu - *Main Line to Terror* (1975), Actor - *Song of the Devil* (1975), Actor - *Waga seishun no toki* (1975), Actor - *The Gate of Youth* (1975), Actor - *Onna: Sono Ai no Series* (1973), series, Actor - *The Woman Who Took the Local Paper* (1973), Actor - *The Class of the Sewage Canal* (1972), Actor - *Home from the Sea* (1972), as Seiichi Ishizaki - *The Long Darkness* (1972), as Tetsuro's brother - *Summer Soldiers* (1972), as Ota - *Fossil* (1972), series, as Funazu - *The Wolves* (1971), as Narrator - *Kataashi no ēsu* (1971), Actor - *The Battle of Okinawa* (1971), as Koichi Ito - *The Cliff of Time* (1971), as the boxer - *Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow* (1971), as Park - *Dodes'ka-den* (1970), as Masuo Masuda - *Where Spring Comes Late* (1970), as Seiichi - *Will to Conquer* (1970), as Kawada Koichirō - *Tora-san's Runaway* (1970), Actor - *Tora! Tora! Tora!* (1970), as Lt. Mitsuo Matsuzaki (uncredited) - *Goyokin* (1969), as Takeuchi Shinjiro - *Young People* (1968), as Sakurai - *It's Tough Being a Man* (1968), series, Actor - *It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)* (1968), Actor - *Japan's Longest Day* (1967), as Kempeitai Lieutenant - *ゴメスの名はゴメス* (1967), series, Actor - *Organized Violence* (1967), Actor - *A Thousand Suspects* (1966), Actor - *Zatoichi's Pilgrimage* (1966), as Eigoro - *The Face of Another* (1966), as Man with Mole - *Wild Geese* (1966), Actor - *Cash Calls Hell* (1966), as Motoki - *A Trap* (1965), as Man on Boat - *Homicide* (1964), Actor - *Three Outlaw Samurai* (1964), as Mosuke - *The Desperate* (1964), as Detective Tokumochi - *Fight of the Gamblers* (1963), Actor - *Zoku ôsho* (1963), as Matsushima - *Pressure of Guilt* (1963), Actor - *Police Precinct: Backing Investigation* (1963), Actor - *Harakiri* (1962), as Retainer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/harakiri.md) - *Pitfall* (1962), as Otsuka - *This Madding Crowd* (1962), Actor - *八幡鳩九郎* (1962), Actor - *Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku* (1961), Actor - *Big Shots Die at Dawn* (1961), Actor - *The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity* (1959), as Masui Ittôhei - *Romance of a Ferry Man* (1959), Actor - *Jose Torres* (1959), as Narrator - *The Story of Pure Love* (1957), as Goro - *The Living Koheiji* (1957), as Takuro ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Medal with Purple Ribbon 2002: Medal with Purple Ribbon (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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