--- name: "Taketoshi Naito" canonical: "https://film.one/person/taketoshi-naito" fi1m_id: "taketoshi-naito" imdb_id: "nm0619821" tmdb_id: 213465 wikidata_id: "Q7678173" roles: ["Actor"] born: "16 June 1926" died: "21 August 2012" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-28T20:49:33.893476+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." --- # Taketoshi Naito ## Identity Taketoshi Naito - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/taketoshi-naito - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** taketoshi-naito - **IMDb ID:** nm0619821 - **TMDB ID:** 213465 - **Wikidata ID:** Q7678173 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taketoshi_Naito, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7678173, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619821/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/213465 Actor. Born 16 June 1926 in Kokura, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Died 21 August 2012. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 16 June 1926, Kokura, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan - **Died:** 21 August 2012 - **Active:** 1956–1984 - **Also known as:** Taketoshi Naitō, Такэтоси Найто - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taketoshi_Naito, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7678173, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619821/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/213465 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*The Return of Godzilla*](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md) (55) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Taketoshi Naito (also credited as Taketoshi Naitō) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than seventy films between 1953 and 2003. His film roles include Kobayashi in *The Burmese Harp* (1956) and Chief Cabinet Secretary Takegami in *The Return of Godzilla* (1984). Other credits encompass *The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity* (1959), *Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance* (1972), *After Life* (1998) and *Samurai Fiction* (1998). He also worked in television, appearing in series such as *Ōgon no Hibi* (1978). Naito was born on 16 June 1926 in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, and died on 21 August 2012. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Return of Godzilla* (1984), Fi1m 55, as Chief Cabinet Secretary Takegami — [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md) ## Complete filmography (144) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *New Shadow Warriors IV: Jiraika 2* (2004), Actor - *Riot in Gujo* (2000), Actor - *Jubaku: Spellbound* (1999), as Karasawa - *After Life* (1999), as Ichiro Watanabe - *Samurai Fiction* (1998), as Kanzen Inukai - *Bonds* (1998), as Mr. Soga - *My Sky (Detective Edition)* (1998), Actor - *My Secret Cache* (1997), as Shotaro Morita - *Symphony of the Sensual Wife Karuizawa* (1996), Actor - *Kamikaze Taxi* (1995), as Domon - *Marriage* (1993), Actor - *Summer of the Moonlight Sonata* (1993), as Yuki - *Luminous Moss* (1992), as Novelist - *Shingo's Ten Duels* (1990), Actor - *Death of a Tea Master* (1989), as Toyobo - *Green Boy* (1989), Actor - *長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 長七郎 大奥まかり通る* (1989), Actor - *A Step* (1988), as Director - *Michinoku Reunion Tour Murders* (1988), Actor - *The Farming of the old times* (1988), as Narrator - *The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma* (1987), Actor - *The West Tako Cheerleaders* (1987), as Ryuji Gamo - *The Orphaned Geisha* (1987), Actor - *Paper Lantern* (1987), Actor - *Sukeban Deka: The Movie* (1987), as Some person - *姑公認未公認、二人の女の妻芝居* (1986), Actor - *Congratulatory Speech* (1985), as Iwasaki · managing director - *Gray Sunset* (1985), Actor - *Godzilla 1985* (1985), as Takegami, Chief Cabinet Secretary - *The Return of Godzilla* (1984), as Chief Cabinet Secretary Takegami — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md) - *School Wars* (1984), series, Actor - *MacArthur's Children* (1984), Actor - *Make-Up* (1984), as Shiro's father - *The Fir Trees Remain* (1983), Actor - *Shadow Hunters* (1983), Actor - *Hariko no tora* (1983), Actor - *The Shogun's Vault IV: The Gold Mines of Sado* (1983), Actor - *Dojo Breaker* (1982), Actor - *Suspicion* (1982), as Judge Yazawa - *Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2* (1982), as Tatsugoro Yodoya - *Himawari no Uta* (1981), series, Actor - *Fifth Movement* (1981), Actor - *The Man of Five Rings* (1981), series, Actor - *Shogun Assassin* (1980), as Lord Bizen - *Port Arthur* (1980), as Narrator (voice) - *The Fixer* (1979), Actor - *August Without Emperor* (1978), as Labor Minister Hamao - *Third Base* (1978), as Judge - *Kyukei no Koya* (1978), series, Actor - *Ōgon no Hibi* (1978), series, as Akechi Mitsuhide - *Island of Hell* (1977), as Yosamatsu Kito - *The Possessed* (1976), Actor - *Manhunt* (1976), as Sakai Yoshihiro - *松本清張シリーズ・中央流沙* (1975), series, as 倉橋課長補佐 - *Solar Eclipse* (1975), Actor - *Doterai Man* (1975), Actor - *The Castle of Sand* (1974), as Search Section Chief - *The Last Samurai* (1974), Actor - *Prophecies of Nostradamus* (1974), as Chief Cabinet Secretary - *Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons* (1973), as Mawatari Hachiro - *Coup d'Etat* (1973), as Army officer - *Lone Wolf and Cub* (1973), series, as Narrator (Voice) - *Eight Men to Kill* (1972), as Noro Jinnai - *The Fearless Avenger* (1972), Actor - *Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy* (1972), Actor - *Under the Flag of the Rising Sun* (1972), as Tadahiko Ohashi - *Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance* (1972), as Ichige Gyobu - *Wakaki hi no kōdōkan* (1971), Actor - *Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 1 - Ghost Story at the Kagamigaike* (1971), Actor - *Challenge at Dawn* (1971), Actor - *君は海を見たか* (1971), Actor - *Live My Share, Mother* (1970), as Doctor Maeda - *Mission: Iron Castle* (1970), Actor - *Kanto Woman Fortitude* (1969), Actor - *The Magoichi Saga* (1969), Actor - *Safari 5000* (1969), Actor - *前科・仮釈放* (1969), Actor - *The Woman Gambler's Revenge* (1968), Actor - *Hoodlum Priest And The Gold Mint* (1968), as Denhachiro Goto - *The Woman Dicer* (1968), Actor - *The Woman Champion* (1968), Actor - *The Saga of Tanegashima* (1968), as Tokiaki Tanegashima - *The Snow Woman* (1968), as Minô - *The Night before Pearl Harbor* (1968), Actor - *The Sands of Kurobe* (1968), Actor - *The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka* (1967), Actor - *Portrait of Chieko* (1967), as Director Sawada - *Spy on the Masked Car* (1967), Actor - *Rebellion of Japan* (1967), Actor - *Three Sisters* (1967), series, as Kaishu Katsu - *Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies* (1966), Actor - *The Betrayal* (1966), as Matagoro Kashiyama - *The Thieves' Who's Who* (1966), Actor - *Minamoto no Yoshitsune* (1966), series, as Hitachibo Kaison - *Young Boss: Invitation to Fight* (1966), Actor - *High-Ranking Yakuza* (1965), Actor - *A Trap* (1965), as Prosecutor Shimada - *A Chain of Islands* (1965), as Hidaka - *Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu* (1965), Actor - *Snow Country* (1965), as Shimamura's friend Koizumi - *Taking the Castle* (1965), Actor - *Gazing at Love and Death* (1964), Actor - *The Long Death* (1964), Actor - *Ōkuma Shigenobu the great* (1963), Actor - *A Million Girls* (1963), Actor - *Kiriko's Tango* (1963), Actor - *Beautiful Calendar* (1963), Actor - *Under the Roof of Young Tokyo* (1963), as Mr. Aoyama (Fukiko's high school teacher) - *Itsudemo yume o* (1963), Actor - *At the Side of the Bridge 2* (1962), Actor - *Sun and Stars* (1962), Actor - *Kiriko no unmei* (1962), Actor - *Hana no saigetsu* (1962), Actor - *Dawn of a Canvas* (1961), Actor - *A Design for Dying* (1961), as Keita Nomoto - *That Young May Be Eternal* (1961), Actor - *Yabure Kabure* (1961), Actor - *The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer* (1961), as Tange Ittôhei - *The Brawler* (1960), as Committee Member Kiribayashi - *Teenage Wolf* (1960), Actor - *The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity* (1959), as Tange Ittôhei - *The Wild Reporter* (1959), Actor - *Umi wa kurutte iru* (1959), Actor - *Masked Woman* (1959), Actor - *Lucky Dragon No. 5* (1959), Actor - *I Want to Be a Shellfish* (1958), Actor - *Voice Without a Shadow* (1958), Actor - *Hibi no haishin* (1958), Actor - *Omoni to shounen* (1958), Actor - *Actress* (1956), Actor - *The Shadow of Fear* (1956), as Inspector Yasumoto - *How Sorrowful* (1956), Actor - *Darkness at Noon* (1956), as Lawyer Kondo - *The Burmese Harp* (1956), as Kobayashi - *Ishigassen* (1955), Actor - *Mune yori mune ni* (1955), as Taxi driver - *A Trumpet Boy* (1955), Actor - *If Indeed One Loves* (1955), as Kôno (segment 2) - *Sisters* (1955), Actor - *Wakai hito-tachi* (1954), Actor - *Tomoshibi* (1954), Actor - *Cape Ashizuri* (1954), Actor - *Miniature* (1953), Actor - *A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land* (1953), as Kiyoji Yamada --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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