---
name: "Taro Ishida"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/taro-ishida"
fi1m_id: "taro-ishida"
imdb_id: "nm0410937"
tmdb_id: 58158
wikidata_id: "Q6582083"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 March 1944"
died: "21 September 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:39:24.698860+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."
---

# Taro Ishida

## Identity

Taro Ishida

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/taro-ishida
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** taro-ishida
- **IMDb ID:** nm0410937
- **TMDB ID:** 58158
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6582083
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar%C5%8D_Ishida, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6582083, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0410937/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58158

Actor. Born 16 March 1944 in Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan. Died 21 September 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 March 1944, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
- **Died:** 21 September 2013
- **Active:** 1979–1988
- **Also known as:** Tarou Ishida, Gentarō Ishida, Gentarou Ishida, 石田 弦太郎（本名）
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 80 (1), 1980s 83 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar%C5%8D_Ishida, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6582083, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0410937/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58158

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Akira*](https://film.one/film/akira.md) (83)
- **Tubi:** [*The Castle of Cagliostro*](https://film.one/film/the-castle-of-cagliostro.md) (80)

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## Biography

Tarō Ishida, born Gentarō Ishida, was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He was born in Kyoto on 16 March 1944, the son of actor Shigeki Ishida. He attended the Spanish department of Sophia University but left without graduating. He was also a Shin Buddhist priest and served as chief priest at Jōkei-ji temple in Kanazawa, Ishikawa.

Ishida voiced Count Cagliostro in *Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro* (1979), Colonel Shikishima in *Akira* (1988), Duke Red in *Metropolis* (2001), and the narrator in *Fist of the North Star* (1986). His live-action film roles included Detective Tashiro in *Violent Cop* (1989), Sonezaki in *Departures* (2008), and appearances in *One Million Yen Girl* (2008). He was married to actress Fusako Tachibana until her death in 2006. He died on 21 September 2013 in Sagamihara, Kanagawa.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Akira* (1988), Fi1m 83, as Colonel Shikishima — [page](https://film.one/film/akira.md)
- *The Castle of Cagliostro* (1979), Fi1m 80, as Count Cagliostro (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-castle-of-cagliostro.md)

## Complete filmography (66)

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

- *Combustible* (2012), as Tsurunosuke (voice)
- *Rainbow Fireflies* (2012), as Hotaru Jii (voice)
- *CSI: Crime Scene Talks* (2011), series, Actor
- *Steel Frame* (2010), series, Actor
- *Jive: Swept by the Sea Breeze* (2009), Actor
- *Mission To Kill* (2009), series, Actor
- *Departures* (2008), as Sonezaki
- *One Million Yen Girl* (2008), as Mr. Ueda
- *Furuhata Chugakusei* (2008), as Priest
- *Japan Sinks* (2006), as Minister of Defense
- *Matrilineal Family* (2005), series, Actor
- *Seishu Hanaoka no Tsuma* (2005), series, Actor
- *稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ* (2004), series, as Kahei Nirei
- *Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog* (2004), Actor
- *Requiem from the Darkness* (2003), series, as Shibaemon (voice)
- *One Piece: Dead End Adventure* (2003), as Gasparde (voice)
- *恋に唄えば♪* (2002), Actor
- *Sensen fukoku* (2002), Actor
- *Power of Love* (2002), series, as PN Resort President
- *Lupin the Third: Alcatraz Connection* (2001), as Inspector Terry Crown (voice)
- *Metropolis* (2001), as Duke Red (voice)
- *Kyotaro Nishimura's Travel Mystery - Soya Honsen Murder Incident* (2001), as Yasuo Hirano
- *The Bubble* (2001), series, Actor
- *The Boy Who Saw the Wind* (2000), as Golden Eagle (voice)
- *Hanamura Daisuke* (2000), series, Actor
- *Naomi* (1999), series, Actor
- *Suicide Bus* (1998), as Noguchi
- *Asabuki Riyako, Female Attorney: The Little Accomplice* (1998), as Inspector Yamaguchi
- *Crayon Shin-chan: Blitzkrieg! Pig's Hoof's Secret Mission* (1998), as Mouse (voice)
- *Leave it to me, darling* (1998), series, Actor
- *Shura ga Yuku 5* (1997), Actor
- *Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper* (1997), as Teiji Moriya (voice)
- *Lend Me Your Wings!* (1996), series, Actor
- *Oishinbo* (1996), as Chief editor Koizumi
- *Bio Hunter* (1995), as Tabe
- *The Files of the Young Kindaichi* (1995), series, as Katsumi Yamano
- *Garōden* (1995), Actor
- *Yoru ni Dakarete* (1994), series, as 土桥龙五郎
- *Sangokushi: The Distant Land* (1994), as Zhang Fei (voice)
- *Coo of the Far Seas* (1993), as Chieftain (voice)
- *A Touch of Fever* (1993), as Yoriko's Father
- *The Fire Still Burns* (1993), series, Actor
- *Sangokushi: The Yangtze Is Burning!* (1993), as Zhang Fei (voice)
- *Great Conquest: The Romance of Three Kingdoms* (1992), as Zhang Fei (voice)
- *三国志* (1992), series, Creator
- *Heroes II: The Return* (1991), series, as General Otsuka
- *Seven Days War 2* (1991), Actor
- *A Magical Night for Two* (1991), Actor
- *Heaven and Earth* (1990), Actor
- *Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen* (1990), series, Actor
- *Jailbreak Mountains* (1990), Actor
- *Violent Cop* (1989), as Detective Tashiro
- *Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland* (1989), as Nightmare King (voice)
- *Swordsman For Hire* (1989), Actor
- *Akira* (1988), as Colonel Shikishima — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/akira.md)
- *A Taxing Woman's Return* (1988), as Kiyohara
- *Fist of the North Star* (1986), as Narrator (voice)
- *Inochi* (1986), series, as Hiromichi
- *Odin: Starlight Mutiny* (1985), as Saint Asgard
- *The Dagger of Kamui* (1985), as Tenkai / Saigô Takamori
- *Ultraman Story* (1984), as Father of Taro
- *Oshin* (1984), Actor
- *Oshin* (1983), series, as Seitaro
- *Final Yamato* (1983), as Lugal I (voice)
- *Arcadia of My Youth* (1982), as Zêda
- *The Castle of Cagliostro* (1979), as Count Cagliostro (voice) — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-castle-of-cagliostro.md)

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