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name: "Isao Hashizume"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 September 1941"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T06:53:46.457626+00:00"
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# Isao Hashizume

Actor. Born 17 September 1941 in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 September 1941, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
- **Also known as:** はしづめ いさお
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11284403, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368089/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/554573

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Tale of The Princess Kaguya*](https://film.one/film/the-tale-of-the-princess-kaguya.md) (84)

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## Biography

Isao Hashizume (橋爪功) is a Japanese actor born on 17 September 1941 in Osaka. He trained at the Bungakuza acting school and has been affiliated with the theatre group Enkikaku.

His film credits include the voice role of Prince Kuramochi in *The Tale of the Princess Kaguya* (2013), as well as appearances in *Tampopo* (1985), *I Wish* (2011), *The Eternal Zero* (2013), *Tokyo Family* (2013), *After the Storm* (2016) and *The Third Murder* (2017). He has also worked as a narrator for documentaries and appeared in numerous television dramas, including taiga series. Hashizume has received several nominations for the Japan Academy Prize.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Tale of The Princess Kaguya* (2013), Fi1m 84, as Prince Kuramochi (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-tale-of-the-princess-kaguya.md)

## Also known for

- *Tampopo* (1985), Waiter
- *After the Storm* (2016), Mitsuru Niida
- *The Third Murder* (2017), Akihisa Shigemori
- *Space Battleship Yamato* (2010), Heikuro Todo
- *City Hunter* (2024), Akutsu
- *I Wish* (2011), Shukichi
- *Good News* (2025), Airline chairman
- *The Eternal Zero* (2013)

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