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name: "Masayuki Yui"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 September 1947"
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# Masayuki Yui

Actor. Born 21 September 1947 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 September 1947, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

## Biography

Masayuki Yui is a Japanese actor born on 21 September 1947 in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. He is also a writer and producer.

Yui is known for his collaborations with director Akira Kurosawa, appearing as Ieyasu Tokugawa in *Kagemusha* (1980), Tango Hirayama in *Ran* (1985), a member of the climbing team in *Dreams* (1990) and Kiriyama in *Madadayo* (1993). His other credits include Captain Noguchi in *To End All Wars* (2001). He has worked as a writer on Kurosawa-related projects.

*Sources: imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com, asianwiki.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ran* (1985), Fi1m 92, as Tango Hirayama — [page](https://film.one/film/ran.md)

## Also known for

- *Kagemusha* (1980), Ieyasu Tokugawa
- *Dreams* (1990), Member of Climbing Team
- *To End All Wars* (2001), Captain Noguchi
- *Madadayo* (1993), Kiriyama

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