---
name: "Hitoshi Takagi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hitoshi-takagi"
fi1m_id: "hitoshi-takagi"
imdb_id: "nm0847054"
tmdb_id: 55663
wikidata_id: "Q3138666"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 February 1925"
died: "11 February 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 87
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-26T01:23:12.969767+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."
---

# Hitoshi Takagi

## Identity

Hitoshi Takagi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hitoshi-takagi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hitoshi-takagi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0847054
- **TMDB ID:** 55663
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3138666
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitoshi_Takagi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3138666, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0847054/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55663

Actor. Born 26 February 1925 in Tokyo, Japan. Died 11 February 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 February 1925, Tokyo, Japan
- **Died:** 11 February 2004
- **Active:** 1957–1988
- **Also known as:** 高木 均
- **Average Fi1m score:** 87, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 88 (1), 1980s 86 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 87 to 83 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Animation 1, Comedy 1, Drama 1, Family 1, Fantasy 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $41m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitoshi_Takagi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3138666, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0847054/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55663

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*My Neighbor Totoro*](https://film.one/film/my-neighbor-totoro.md) (89)

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## Biography

Hitoshi Takagi (高木 均) was a Japanese actor and voice actor. Born in Tokyo on 26 February 1925, he died on 11 February 2004. He is best known for providing the voice of the title character in the Studio Ghibli film *My Neighbor Totoro* (1988).

Takagi appeared in numerous live-action films, including *Throne of Blood* (1957) and *Tampopo* (1985), in which he played the restaurant owner. His voice work included Moominpappa in the *Moomin* anime series, the narrator for *Galaxy Express 999*, and roles in *Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water* (1990) and *Legend of the Galactic Heroes*. He had a background in theatre before focusing on screen and voice roles.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, animenewsnetwork.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *My Neighbor Totoro* (1988), Fi1m 89, as Totoro (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/my-neighbor-totoro.md)
- *Tampopo* (1985), Fi1m 84, as Restaurant Owner — [page](https://film.one/film/tampopo.md)
- *Throne of Blood* (1957), Fi1m 88, as Tsuzuki guard — [page](https://film.one/film/throne-of-blood.md)

## Complete filmography (50)

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

- *Galaxy Express 999: The Rainbow Sign* (2001), Actor
- *Zombie Snake* (2000), as Taxi Driver
- *Daa! Daa! Daa! UFO Baby* (2000), series, as Old Wannyā (voice)
- *Gemini* (1999), Actor
- *Getting Any?* (1995), as Actor in Zatoichi
- *Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming* (1994), as Natadae Village Elder (voice)
- *Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story II* (1991), as Whale (voice)
- *Super Rescue Solbrain* (1991), series, as Dr. Katayama
- *Goddamn* (1990), as Saji Senmu
- *Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water* (1990), series, as Irion (voice)
- *It's the Sea! Let's Set Sail! Niko Niko, Pun* (1990), as Grandpa Oak Tree
- *ビックリマン 無縁ゾーンの秘宝* (1988), Actor
- *My Neighbor Totoro* (1988), as Totoro (voice) — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/my-neighbor-totoro.md)
- *Sea Cat* (1988), as Whale (voice)
- *Yamataro Comes Back* (1986), as Shi-roku (voice)
- *Eleven Cats and an Albatross* (1985), Actor
- *Tampopo* (1985), as Restaurant Owner — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/tampopo.md)
- *Megazone 23* (1985), as Coco (voice)
- *The Best of a Summer* (1984), as Ezaki
- *Jeremy's Tree* (1983), as サンタクロース
- *The Mysterious Cities of Gold* (1982), series, as Father Rodriguz (voice)
- *Arcadia of My Youth* (1982), as Triter
- *Horny Working Girl: From 5 to 9* (1982), as Pornography Shop Owner
- *Fallen Angel Gang* (1981), as Tomoyuki Kasai
- *Koichoro Uno's Open and Copy* (1981), as Shigekazu
- *Koichiro Uno's Convent Girls' Dorm* (1981), as Gôzô Makita
- *Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveler Emeraldas* (1980), as Narrator
- *Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass* (1980), as Narrator
- *Image of a Bound Girl* (1980), Actor
- *Uno Koichiro no nurete modaeru* (1980), as Kuroki
- *Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!!* (1979), as Narrator (voice)
- *Rope and Skin* (1979), as Tsunekichi Ishioka (as Kin Takagi)
- *Galaxy Express 999* (1978), series, as Narrator (voice)
- *Rope Hell* (1978), as Hitoshi Hanamura(花村)
- *Teacher Deer* (1978), as Kashiwagi - Chief Director of the School
- *Ringing Bell* (1978), as Narrator (voice)
- *Noble Lady Bound Vase* (1977), as Yoshino
- *Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac* (1977), series, as Narrator (voice)
- *Poetry of Baseball Enthusiasts* (1977), as President Inugami
- *Lady Snowblood* (1973), as Matsuemon
- *New Moomin* (1972), series, as Moomin Papa (voice)
- *Human Target* (1971), as Boss Senoo
- *Animal Treasure Island* (1971), as Billy Bones (voice)
- *Lupin the Third: Pilot Film* (1969), as Kogoro Akechi (voice)
- *Moomin* (1969), series, as Moominpapa (voice)
- *A Thousand and One Nights* (1969), as Police Chief (voice)
- *Living Skeleton* (1968), Actor
- *A Colt Is My Passport* (1967), Actor
- *My Second Brother* (1959), Actor
- *Throne of Blood* (1957), as Tsuzuki guard — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/throne-of-blood.md)

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