Biography
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi (8 April 1932 – 28 April 2025) was a Japanese actor. Born in Tokyo and raised in Ehime Prefecture, he attended Ehime University before withdrawing and joining the Haiyuza Theatre Company in 1955. His screen career began in 1959.
Tsuyuguchi appeared in films by Shōhei Imamura, including The Insect Woman (1963) and Intentions of Murder (1964). He gained prominence for his long-running television role as detective Yamamura in Taiyo ni Hoero!. He voiced the Baron in the Studio Ghibli film Whisper of the Heart (1995), and appeared as Kurando Yagyû in Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972). He retired from acting in the mid-1990s.
