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name: "Shigeru Tsuyuguchi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shigeru-tsuyuguchi"
fi1m_id: "shigeru-tsuyuguchi"
imdb_id: "nm0875503"
tmdb_id: 142491
wikidata_id: "Q11660938"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 April 1932"
died: "28 April 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T10:45:55.992957+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."
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# Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

## Identity

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shigeru-tsuyuguchi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** shigeru-tsuyuguchi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0875503
- **TMDB ID:** 142491
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11660938
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Tsuyuguchi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660938, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0875503/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142491

Actor. Born 8 April 1932 in Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. Died 28 April 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 April 1932, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
- **Died:** 28 April 2025
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Tsuyuguchi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660938, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0875503/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142491

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Whisper of the Heart*](https://film.one/film/whisper-of-the-heart.md) (82)

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## 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.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Whisper of the Heart* (1995), Fi1m 82, as The Baron (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/whisper-of-the-heart.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

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

- *Whisper of the Heart* (1995), as The Baron (voice) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/whisper-of-the-heart.md)
- *白馬岳殺意の峰* (1991), series, Actor
- *津軽竜飛岬・風の殺意* (1991), series, Actor
- *Sea of ​​Wandering* (1990), Actor
- *大雪山殺人事件* (1989), series, Actor
- *Onna Nezumi Kozo* (1989), series, Actor
- *しらべる女１* (1988), series, Actor
- *丹後・宮津殺人岬* (1988), series, Actor
- *Memories of You* (1988), Actor
- *秘められた関係* (1986), series, Actor
- *The Autumn in Tokyo* (1985), series, Actor
- *Fireflies in the North* (1984), as Oga
- *Meitantei Kindaichi Kōsuke* (1983), series, Actor
- *Cold Current* (1983), Actor
- *Eijanaika* (1981), as Kinzo
- *Ashura no Gotoku* (1979), series, Actor
- *Bark at the Sun* (1972), series, as Yamamura Seiichi (Yama-san)
- *The Drumstick Detective* (1972), series, Actor
- *Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance* (1972), as Kurando Yagyû
- *The Pirates of Buban* (1972), Actor
- *Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 5 - The Mystery of the Skull Wife* (1971), Actor
- *The Summit of Mt. Fuji* (1970), Actor
- *The Falcon Fighters* (1969), Actor
- *The Girl I Abandoned* (1969), Actor
- *Gateway to Glory* (1969), as 山下六助
- *Ruthless Gambler* (1969), Actor
- *Broken Swords* (1969), as Ryuanoshin Nagao
- *Kanto Woman Infamy* (1969), Actor
- *Family Crest: Die Like a Man* (1969), as Tetsujiro Nonaka
- *Two Enemy Women Gamblers* (1969), Actor
- *Outlaw: Black Dagger* (1968), as Kunimatsu Takemiya
- *Scrap Collectors* (1968), Actor
- *Trigger-Happy* (1968), Actor
- *Where did Sharaku go?* (1968), as Jippensha Ikku
- *Organized Violence II* (1967), as Tazawa
- *Scorpion* (1967), Actor
- *Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri* (1967), as Mitsuru Yamaoka
- *Band of Ninja* (1967), as Akechi Mitsuhide
- *Woman of the Lake* (1966), as Ginpei Momoi
- *Four and A Half Mats* (1966), as Tasukichi Oshima
- *A Trap* (1965), as Masao Yanagida
- *The Black Cat* (1965), Actor
- *The Spying Sorceress* (1964), as Amakusa Senchiyo
- *Female Ninja Magic* (1964), as Akiaki Sakazaki
- *Intentions of Murder* (1964), as Hiraoko
- *The Insect Woman* (1963), as Honda
- *Obon's Dipping Contest* (1961), Actor
- *The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night* (1960), Actor
- *The Cola Game* (1959), Actor

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- White Bronze Award 1966: White Bronze Award (won), for *Woman of the Lake*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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