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name: "Kenjirō Ishiyama"
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tmdb_id: 72539
wikidata_id: "Q11585519"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 October 1903"
died: "10 May 1976"
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average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:24:41.014759+00:00"
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# Kenjirō Ishiyama

## Identity

Kenjirō Ishiyama

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kenjiro-ishiyama
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kenjiro-ishiyama
- **IMDb ID:** nm0411146
- **TMDB ID:** 72539
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11585519
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11585519, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411146/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72539

Actor. Born 9 October 1903 in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Died 10 May 1976.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 October 1903, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
- **Died:** 10 May 1976
- **Also known as:**  Kenjirô Ishiyama 
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11585519, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411146/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72539

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*High and Low*](https://film.one/film/high-and-low.md) (90)

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## Biography

Kenjirō Ishiyama was a Japanese actor. He was born on 10 October 1903 in Hiroshima and died on 10 May 1976.

He appeared in numerous films from the 1950s to the 1970s. Ishiyama is known for his role as Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi in *High and Low* (1963), as the Father in the "The Black Hair" segment of *Kwaidan* (1965), as Boss Jubei Araiso in *Zatoichi and the Doomed Man* (1965), and as Tatsugoro in *Zatoichi the Outlaw* (1967).

*Sources: imdb.com, mydramalist.com, azmovies.net.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *High and Low* (1963), Fi1m 90, as Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi — [page](https://film.one/film/high-and-low.md)

## Complete filmography (76)

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

- *Miyamoto Musashi* (1973), as Mibu Genzaemon
- *The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang* (1972), Actor
- *Kogarashi Monjiro* (1972), series, as Zensuke
- *Shiosai* (1971), Actor
- *The Battle of Okinawa* (1971), as Rikichi Andō
- *Price of Life* (1971), as Igarashi
- *A Scarred Life* (1971), Actor
- *Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You* (1971), Actor
- *花も実もある為五郎* (1971), Actor
- *The Silk Hat Boss 2* (1970), Actor
- *The Militarists* (1970), as Hajime Sugiyama
- *Ghost of Kasane Swamp* (1970), as Soetsu
- *The Angry Sword* (1970), Actor
- *Brave Red Flower of the North* (1970), Actor
- *The Falcon Fighters* (1969), Actor
- *Yoru no mesu - Hana no inochi* (1969), Actor
- *Love and Crime* (1969), as Kosuke Saito (segment "Toyokaku jiken")
- *Art of Assassination* (1969), as Taiichi Ishizuka
- *Sworn Brothers* (1969), Actor
- *Sex and Life* (1969), Actor
- *Hoodlum Priest And The Gold Mint* (1968), Actor
- *Rogue* (1968), as Masayoshi Asakawa
- *Champion Woman Gambler* (1968), Actor
- *Admiral Yamamoto* (1968), as Cmdr. Momotake
- *Wicked Priest* (1968), Actor
- *Industrial Spy* (1968), as Hajima
- *The Bad Boss* (1968), Actor
- *Gamblers: The Raid* (1968), as Kido
- *Blackmail Is My Life* (1968), Actor
- *Nunnery Confidential* (1968), Actor
- *The Diary of a Sex Counsellor* (1968), Actor
- *Game of Chance 3* (1967), Actor
- *Great Incidents* (1967), Actor
- *Fountain of Love* (1967), Actor
- *The Domain: Where The Blade Enters* (1967), Actor
- *Zatoichi the Outlaw* (1967), as Tatsugoro
- *Japan's Longest Day* (1967), as General Shizuichi Tanaka - C-in-C Eastern District Army
- *Gambler's World* (1967), as Hokutenryû
- *Gambler: Victory Without Death* (1967), Actor
- *Tears of Banishment* (1967), Actor
- *Classmates* (1967), as Senzô Shiratori
- *The Chivalrous Life* (1967), Actor
- *The Gambler's Law* (1967), Actor
- *Las Vegas Free-For-All* (1967), Actor
- *Kojiro* (1967), as Lord Tomita
- *Birth of a Fighter* (1967), as Isaburô
- *Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies* (1966), Actor
- *The Great White Tower* (1966), as Mataichi Zaizen
- *You and I* (1966), Actor
- *Three Generations of Yakuza* (1966), Actor
- *Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi* (1965), Actor
- *High-Ranking Yakuza* (1965), Actor
- *Zatoichi and the Doomed Man* (1965), as Boss Jubei Araiso
- *The Kingdom of Jirocho 4* (1965), Actor
- *The White Rose of Hong Kong* (1965), as Shozo Tabe
- *Kwaidan* (1965), as Father (segment "The Black Hair")
- *Eddy Currents of Life* (1964), Actor
- *On the Road Forever* (1964), Actor
- *The Rabble* (1964), Actor
- *The Sound of Waves* (1964), as Terukichi Miyata
- *The Kingdom of Jirocho 3* (1964), Actor
- *Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang* (1964), Actor
- *Okashina yatsu* (1963), as Kinraku Sanyûtei
- *Prince of Wolves* (1963), as Manzo Kusaka
- *The Symbol of a Man* (1963), as Shozaburo Oshima
- *High and Low* (1963), as Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/high-and-low.md)
- *12 Ounces to Glory* (1960), Actor
- *Six Assassins* (1955), Actor
- *Ootone no Taiketsu* (1955), Actor
- *Vanished Enlisted Man* (1955), Actor
- *Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi* (1954), Actor
- *Kunisada Chūji* (1954), as Isaburô
- *Hanran* (1954), Actor
- *Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha* (1953), as 黒姫の吉兵衛
- *武蔵と小次郎* (1952), as 細川三斉
- *木曽路の決闘 夏祭り三度笠* (1951), Actor

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