--- name: "Tomisaburō Wakayama" canonical: "https://film.one/person/tomisaburo-wakayama" fi1m_id: "tomisaburo-wakayama" imdb_id: "nm0423663" tmdb_id: 73428 wikidata_id: "Q1381344" roles: ["Actor"] born: "1 September 1929" died: "2 April 1992" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-04T21:02:48.979391+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." --- # Tomisaburō Wakayama ## Identity Tomisaburō Wakayama - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tomisaburo-wakayama - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** tomisaburo-wakayama - **IMDb ID:** nm0423663 - **TMDB ID:** 73428 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1381344 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomisaburo_Wakayama, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1381344, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0423663/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/73428 Actor. Born 1 September 1929 in Tokyo, Japan. Died 2 April 1992. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 1 September 1929, Tokyo, Japan - **Died:** 2 April 1992 - **Also known as:** Tomisaburô Wakayama, Tomisaburo Wakayama, 若山 富三郎, Tomisaburou Wakayama, Tomisaburoh Wakayama, Masaru Okumura, Kenzaburo Jo, Kenzaburo Jô, Kenzaburô Jô, Joh Kenzaburo, Jo Kenzaburo, Jyo Kenzaburo - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomisaburo_Wakayama, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1381344, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0423663/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/73428 ## Biography Tomisaburō Wakayama was a Japanese actor. Born Masaru Okumura on 1 September 1929 in the Tokyo area, he died of heart failure on 2 April 1992 in Kyoto. He is best known for playing Ogami Ittō in the six *Lone Wolf and Cub* samurai films (1972–1974). He also appeared as the yakuza boss Sugai in Ridley Scott's *Black Rain* (1989). Wakayama came from a kabuki family and was the brother of actor Shintaro Katsu. His son, Kiichirō Wakayama, is also an actor. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Black Rain* (1989), Fi1m 62, as Sugai — [page](https://film.one/film/black-rain.md) ## Complete filmography (246) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Blood of the Extreme!* (1997), Actor - *Oda Nobunaga* (1992), Actor - *Check* (1991), as Sanae Mitamura - *Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit* (1991), Actor - *Takeda Shingen* (1991), Actor - *Minamoto Yoshitsune* (1990), Actor - *KILL THEM ALL* (1990), as Naojiro - *Battleship Yamato* (1990), as Admiral Soemu Toyoda - *The Inugami Family* (1990), Actor - *She-Shogun* (1990), as Tokugawa Ieyasu - *Shingo's Ten Duels* (1990), as Takeda Ishin - *Ryoma Sakamoto: Samurai Gunslinger* (1989), Actor - *Black Rain* (1989), as Sugai — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/black-rain.md) - *Company Executives* (1989), Actor - *Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell* (1989), as Retsudo Yagyu - *Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die* (1989), as 大霊人 - *Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger* (1989), as Okubo Hikozaemon - *Sanada Yukimura* (1989), series, Actor - *Bad History* (1989), Actor - *The Wives of Rokumeikan* (1988), Actor - *Shinran: Path to Purity* (1987), Actor - *Iki no Iiyatsu* (1987), series, Actor - *A Human Promise* (1986), Actor - *Michi* (1986), as Naokichi Sakura - *The Story of a Man Among Men* (1984), Actor - *White Snake Enchantment* (1983), as Ekai Kanamishima - *The Shogun's Vault IV: The Gold Mines of Sado* (1983), Actor - *The Yoshida School* (1983), as Bukichi Miki - *Theater Of Life* (1983), Actor - *The Shogun's Vault III* (1983), Actor - *Fangs of Darkness 2: Ieyasu's Head* (1983), Actor - *Irezumi* (1982), as Kyogoro - *Domineering* (1982), as Tsuyoshi Gonno - *Dojo Breaker* (1982), Actor - *Summer Secrets* (1982), as Yusaku Mayama - *The Shootout* (1982), as Captain - *The Imperial Japanese Empire* (1982), as Kanji Ishiwara - *The Shogun's Vault II* (1982), as Ichibei - *The Blazing Valiant* (1981), as Goro Kaji - *The Black Hood* (1981), Actor - *父と子の炎* (1981), series, Actor - *Flame of Father and Son* (1981), Actor - *Tuesday Suspense Theater* (1981), series, Actor - *The Shogun's Vault I* (1981), Actor - *Samurai Reincarnation* (1981), as Lord Tajima no Kami Munenori Yagyu - *Flames of Blood* (1981), as Seihachi - *The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge* (1981), as Nezumi Kozo - *Gate of Youth* (1981), as Ryugoro Hanawa - *Shogun Assassin* (1980), as Ogami Itto - *The Young Rebels* (1980), as Asakawa Senjo - *Zoku zoku jiken* (1980), series, as Daizaburô Kikuchi - *Faraway Tomorrow* (1979), Actor - *Oh, My Son!* (1979), as Shuzo Kawase - *The Phoenix* (1978), as Sarutahaiko, General of the Yamatai - *The Bad News Bears Go to Japan* (1978), as Coach Shimizu - *I Am A Man of Honor* (1977), Actor - *Sugata Sanshiro* (1977), as Murai - *A Scream from Nowhere* (1977), as Tatsuo Honda - *Lullaby to Kill* (1977), as Insp. Isokawa - *A Cheerful Yakuza* (1976), Actor - *Evil Doers* (1975), Actor - *Priest of Darkness* (1975), series, as Tōyama Kinsirō - *Company Buggers* (1975), Actor - *He's Like a Devil* (1975), series, as Inspector Shirato - *Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees* (1975), as Bandit - *Bounty Hunter* (1975), series, as Shikoro Ichibei - *New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1* (1974), as Naotake Aoki - *ESPY* (1974), as Ulrov - *The Rapacious Jailbreaker* (1974), as Okamoto Seijiro - *Yakuza vs. Gang Leader* (1974), Actor - *The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers* (1974), Actor - *Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell* (1974), as Ogami Itto · Producer - *Mute Samurai* (1973), series, as Kiichi Hogan · Director - *Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons* (1973), as Ogami Itto · Producer - *Gokudo of Kamagasaki* (1973), as Shimamura Seikichi - *Internal Sleuth* (1973), as Akio Okumura · Executive Producer, Original Story - *Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril* (1972), as Ogami Itto · Producer - *Eight Men to Kill* (1972), as Shikoro Ichibei - *Informal Dress* (1972), Actor - *Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades* (1972), as Ogami Itto, Theme Song Performance - *The Pledge* (1972), Actor - *A Yakuza Has His Way* (1972), as Shimamura Seikichi - *Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx* (1972), as Ogami Itto - *The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang* (1972), as Master Kofusai Donju - *Companion to Hell* (1972), Actor - *A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell* (1972), as Ryuzo - *Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance* (1972), as Ogami Itto - *Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty* (1972), Actor - *The Armed Organization* (1971), Actor - *The Gambler's Counterattack* (1971), as Yano - *Evil Boss vs. Henchmen* (1971), as Ozeki Isami - *Story of Japanese Bad Men* (1971), Actor - *Kaoyaku* (1971), as Hoshino - *A Scarred Life* (1971), Actor - *Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You* (1971), as Torakichi Kumasaka - *The Path of the King* (1971), as Torakichi Ohmatsu - *Wicked Priest 5: Breaking the Commandments* (1971), as Shinkai - *Fate Deals the Card of Death* (1971), Actor - *Capone's Younger Brother: Heart and Speculation* (1971), as Capone - *Sympathy for the Underdog* (1971), as Yonabaru - *New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stray Wolf in Snow* (1970), Actor - *Thugs of Shinjuku* (1970), Actor - *The Silk Hat Boss 2* (1970), Actor - *Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder* (1970), as Dr. Mitamura - *The Last Kamikaze* (1970), as Aramaki - *Kigeki Gyanburu Hisshôhô* (1970), Actor - *Fugitive Scoundrel* (1970), as Shimamura Seikichi - *Gambler's Code - Loyalty Offering* (1970), Actor - *Silk Hat Boss* (1970), as Torakichi "Kumotora" Kumasaka - *Japan's Violent Gangs: Degenerate Boss* (1970), Actor - *Postwar Secrets* (1970), Actor - *Brothers of Capones* (1970), Actor - *The Japan Derby Race* (1970), Actor - *The Drifting Gambler* (1970), as Yoshii Yusaku - *House of Gamblers* (1970), Actor - *Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return* (1970), as Torakichi Kumasaka - *Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back* (1970), as Shinkai - *A Yakuza Goes Home* (1970), as Shimayoshi Shimamura - *Gambler's Legacy* (1969), as Kaku - *The Fort of Death* (1969), as Ichibei Shikoro - *Memoir of Japanese Assassinations* (1969), as Arimura Jizaemon - *Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room* (1969), as Torakichi Kumasaka - *Team of Ruffians* (1969), Actor - *A Gambler's Certain Death* (1969), Actor - *Killer's Mission* (1969), as Shikoro Ichibei - *Samurai Geisha* (1969), as Sakata Yoshinobu - *Japan Organized Crime Boss* (1969), as Kazuyoshi Miyahara - *Wicked Priest 3: A Killer's Pilgrimage* (1969), Actor - *The Domain: Flower and Dragon* (1969), as Yoshida - *Brothers Serving Time* (1969), Actor - *Quick-draw Okatsu* (1969), as Bounty hunter - *Yakuza on Foot* (1969), as Seikichi Shimamura - *Ex-Convict - Territory of Rampage* (1969), Actor - *Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game* (1969), as Torakichi Kumasaka - *A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless* (1969), Actor - *The Yakuza Awaits* (1969), as Shimamura Seikichi - *Gambler Biography* (1968), as Adachi Sanji - *Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder* (1968), as Shinkai - *Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation* (1968), as Torakichi Kumazaka - *Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza* (1968), Actor - *Ohyaku: The Female Demon* (1968), as Boss Minokichi of Otowa - *Enlisted Yakuza* (1968), Actor - *Red Peony Gambler* (1968), as Torakichi Kumasaka - *Gambling Den's Master Clan* (1968), Actor - *Brothers'Code - The Back Relation* (1968), Actor - *Wicked Priest* (1968), as Mikuni Shinkai - *Histories of the Chivalrous* (1968), Actor - *Return of the Outlaw* (1968), as Shimamura Seikichi - *The Marked Man* (1968), Actor - *Henchmen* (1968), as Kanji Omuro - *Scoundrel* (1968), as Shimamura Seikichi - *Nunnery Confidential* (1968), Actor - *Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger* (1968), Actor - *Big Time Gambling Boss* (1968), as Tetsuo Matsuda - *Gambler's World 2* (1967), as Sakamoto - *Parole* (1967), Actor - *Gambler's World* (1967), as Hirose - *Gambler: Victory Without Death* (1967), Actor - *North Sea Chivalry* (1967), Actor - *Eighteen Years in Prison* (1967), as Warden - *Gamblers* (1967), as Ozeki Isamu - *Code Between Brothers 3* (1966), as Akoshima Isamu - *Seven Fugitives* (1966), Actor - *Judo vs. Karate* (1966), Actor - *The Virgin Witness* (1966), as Gyôshun - *Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo* (1964), as Sanada Yukimura - *The Beggar General* (1964), Actor - *Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction* (1964), Actor - *Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege* (1964), as Yukimura Sanada - *Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold* (1964), as Jushiro (as Jo Kenzaburo) - *Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade* (1963), as Chen Sun - *Bronze Magician* (1963), as Prime Minister - *Maiko and the Assassin* (1963), Actor - *Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance* (1963), as Oda Nobunaga - *Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp* (1963), as Saburôta Nishina - *A Samurai Never Tells a Lie* (1963), as Shindo Genjiro - *The Red Water* (1963), Actor - *Assassins for sale* (1963), Actor - *Shinsengumi Chronicles* (1963), as Isami Kondo - *The Lightning Sword* (1962), as Shinjiro of Misaki - *Ninja, A Band of Assassins* (1962), as Oda Nobunaga - *The Tale of Zatoichi Continues* (1962), as Nagisa no Yoshiro - *Keepers of Order* (1962), Actor - *Ōedo no taka* (1962), Actor - *Kisaragi Sword* (1962), Actor - *Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Street Demon Terror* (1961), Actor - *The Tale of Oiwa's Ghost* (1961), as Tamiya Iemon - *Ninjutsu tsukai to sannin musume: onna kitsune henka* (1961), Actor - *Ninjutsu-tsukai to sennin masume* (1961), Actor - *Cases of An Actor in Disguise: Bloodskull Mansion* (1961), Actor - *Diary of Good Conduct Matashiro: A beautiful bat* (1961), Actor - *Festival of Swordsmen* (1961), as Iishiro Shurinosuke - *八州血煙り笠* (1961), Actor - *Unruly Lion* (1961), Actor - *Obugyō-sama to musume-tachi* (1961), Actor - *Wakatono senryō hada* (1961), Actor - *Lord of Steel Heart* (1961), as Kuroda - *Wild Palanquin* (1960), Actor - *Brothers of Fire* (1960), Actor - *Heavenly Dragon* (1960), as Kanbei Yamashiro - *Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Iron Mask Laughing in the Darkness* (1960), Actor - *Tsubakuro dōchū* (1960), Actor - *Bloody Account of Jirocho: Raid on the Holy Mountain* (1960), as Kira no Jinkichi - *Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Furisode Mansion* (1960), Actor - *The Adventures of Jirokichi: A thousand coins* (1960), Actor - *The Shogun’s Guard: Valor in Turbulence* (1960), as Okita Soji - *Ooka Seidan: Devil Image* (1960), Actor - *Saikoro mushuku* (1960), Actor - *Runway to Hell* (1960), Actor - *Hibari’s Favorite 2* (1960), Actor - *Ryuji, the Gun Slinger* (1960), as 幡随院長兵衛 - *Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger* (1960), Actor - *Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Dead Beauty of Kurayamizaka* (1960), Actor - *Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Female Demon Mask* (1960), Actor - *Lord of Red Banner* (1960), Actor - *Road of Chivalry* (1960), as Omasa - *Benten Kozo* (1960), Actor - *An Actor's Revenge* (1959), Actor - *Detective Hibari: Case of the Hidden Coin* (1959), Actor - *Blooded Spear* (1959), Actor - *53 Stages of the Road* (1959), Actor - *Secrets of Fuji 2* (1959), Actor - *Secrets of Fuji* (1959), Actor - *A Spectacular Showdown* (1959), Actor - *Ghost Story: One Eyed Jizo* (1959), Actor - *Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun* (1959), Actor - *No Stronger Swords* (1959), Actor - *Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's Tattoo* (1958), Actor - *Holiday in Japan* (1958), Actor - *Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War* (1958), as Jukichi Harada - *関八州喧嘩陣* (1958), Actor - *幽霊沼の黄金* (1957), Actor - *修羅八荒　猛襲伏魔殿* (1957), Actor - *Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War* (1957), as Major Tachibana - *Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: The Ox of Edo* (1957), Actor - *Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic Deed* (1957), as Inuzuka Shino - *Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties* (1956), as Ningyo - *Royalist or Shogunate Loyalist? — Women's Mandala* (1956), Actor - *Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets* (1956), Actor - *The Ghosts of Yotsuya* (1956), as Iemon - *銀蛇の岩屋* (1956), Actor - *Song Festival, Full Moon, and the Battle of the Raccoon Dogs* (1955), Actor - *Nonki saiban* (1955), Actor - *Chutaro of Banba* (1955), Actor - *Gyakushû Orochimaru* (1955), Actor - *Ninja Arts of Jiraiya* (1955), as Yuminosuke Toyama ## Gallery - ![Tomisaburo Wakayama (1965)](https://film.one/media/person/5554902/gallery-75ee702ce4fc.jpg) Tomisaburo Wakayama (1965) — 集英社 Shueisha, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/%E8%8B%A5%E5%B1%B1%E5%AF%8C%E4%B8%89%E9%83%8E_Tomisaburo_Wakayama_%281965%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964)](https://film.one/media/person/5554902/gallery-c7629b877ad6.jpg) Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964) — 大映株式会社 Daiei Film Co. Ltd., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/%E5%BA%A7%E9%A0%AD%E5%B8%82%E5%8D%83%E4%B8%A1%E9%A6%96_Zatoichi_and_the_Chest_of_Gold_%281964%29.jpg/1280px-%E5%BA%A7%E9%A0%AD%E5%B8%82%E5%8D%83%E4%B8%A1%E9%A6%96_Zatoichi_and_the_Chest_of_Gold_%281964%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Tomisaburō Wakayama](https://film.one/media/person/5554902/gallery-51f87080a1b7.jpg) Tomisaburō Wakayama — 東映京都俳優部, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Tomizaburo_Wakayama_-_Nihon_Kyokakuden_Series_9.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Tomisaburō Wakayama](https://film.one/media/person/5554902/gallery-9459e545e111.jpg) Tomisaburō Wakayama — Image via TMDB - ![Tomisaburō Wakayama](https://film.one/media/person/5554902/gallery-d87e076c17a4.jpg) Tomisaburō Wakayama — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won - Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor 1980: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor (won) - Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor 1978: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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