--- name: "Yōichi Numata" canonical: "https://film.one/person/yoichi-numata" fi1m_id: "yoichi-numata" imdb_id: "nm0637894" tmdb_id: 27781 wikidata_id: "Q8054508" roles: ["Actor"] born: "19 July 1924" died: "29 April 2006" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-26T02:59:51.408254+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." --- # Yōichi Numata ## Identity Yōichi Numata - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yoichi-numata - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** yoichi-numata - **IMDb ID:** nm0637894 - **TMDB ID:** 27781 - **Wikidata ID:** Q8054508 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoichi_Numata, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8054508, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0637894/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27781 Actor. Born 19 July 1924 in Okayama, Japan. Died 29 April 2006. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 19 July 1924, Okayama, Japan - **Died:** 29 April 2006 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoichi_Numata, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8054508, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0637894/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27781 ## Streaming the US now - **The Roku Channel:** [*Ring*](https://film.one/film/ring.md) (84) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Yōichi Numata was a Japanese film actor. He was born on 19 July 1924 in Okayama, Japan, and died on 29 April 2006 in Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan. His screen career spanned from 1949 to 2001. Numata appeared in 27 films. He is known for his roles as Tamura in *Jigoku* (1960), Soga in *Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion* (1972), Takashi Yamamura in *Ring* (1998) and *Ring 2* (1999), and Kuka in *The Princess Blade* (2001). *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Ring* (1998), Fi1m 84, as Takashi Yamamura — [page](https://film.one/film/ring.md) ## Complete filmography (100) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Sakura* (2002), series, Actor - *The Princess Blade* (2001), as Kuka - *Ring 2* (1999), as Takashi Yamamura - *Ring* (1998), as Takashi Yamamura — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/ring.md) - *Deep River* (1995), as Kiguchi - *Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima* (1980), Actor - *An Ocean to Cross* (1980), as Commander of the Guard Chou - *The Great Chase* (1975), as Giichi Motoyashiki - *Bohachi Bushido: The Villain* (1974), Actor - *Miyamoto Musashi* (1973), Actor - *The Red Silk Gambler* (1972), Actor - *Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion* (1972), as Soga - *The Brawling Angel* (1972), Actor - *Shōwa Gokudōshi* (1972), Actor - *Kanto Street Peddlers: Shallow Clan Honor* (1971), as Yasuharu Akaiwa - *Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love* (1971), Actor - *Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You* (1971), Actor - *Brothers of Capones* (1970), Actor - *Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return* (1970), as Niho No Junkichi - *Kanto Street Peddlers: Clan Violent Loyalty* (1970), as Segawa - *Okatsu the Fugitive* (1969), Actor - *Watch Out, Crimson Bat!* (1969), Actor - *The Cross of Vengeance* (1969), Actor - *The Biggest Gamble* (1969), Actor - *Sex and Life* (1969), Actor - *Ukiyo-e Artist* (1968), as Kasuke - *Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit* (1968), as Torakichi - *Big Time Gambling Boss* (1968), as Susumu Noguchi - *North Sea Chivalry* (1967), Actor - *Game of Chance 2* (1967), Actor - *The Golden Bat* (1966), as Keloid - *Jealousy* (1962), as Detective Horii - *Invitation to the Enchanted Town* (1961), Actor - *Keiyaku kekkon* (1961), Actor - *Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive Guide* (1961), Actor - *Happiness of Us Alone* (1961), as Koichi, Akiko's brother - *Maboroshi Tantei: Yûreitô no Daima Jutsudan* (1960), as Chief Inspector Fuji - *Maboroshi Tantei: Kyōfu No Uchūjin* (1960), as Chief Inspector Fuji - *Fighting Horizon* (1960), Actor - *Jigoku* (1960), as Tamura - *The Ghost Cat of Otama Pond* (1960), Actor - *Supai to Teisô* (1960), Actor - *Kôshitsu to sensô to waga minzoku* (1960), as Army Commander Tanaka - *Yellow Line* (1960), as Newspaper editor - *Reckless Drivers* (1960), Actor - *Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu* (1960), as Captain Hirano - *Death Row Woman* (1960), as Inspector Miyata - *Female Thief and the Bomb* (1960), as Ryûtarô Tachibana - *Beyond the Hills* (1960), Actor - *Emperor Meiji and General Nogi* (1959), as General Kodama Gentarô - *The Blood Sword of the 99th Virgin* (1959), as Muneharu Yugebe - *Haunted Cave* (1959), as Prof. Mizuki - *Satsujinhan nanatsu no kao* (1959), Actor - *The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal* (1959), as Counsel Hayashi - *Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Dead Woman's Tattoo* (1958), Actor - *Nude Model Murder Case* (1958), as Nobuhiko Kasahara - *Holiday in Japan -Chapter 2-* (1958), Actor - *Bloody History of Soldiers* (1958), as Saburo Aizawa - *Star Poisoning Case* (1958), Actor - *Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War* (1958), as Gonnohyoei Yamamoto - *Traitors of the Blue Castle* (1957), as Tonomo Shirakawa - *Hibari's Triple Role: The Dazzling Transformation of Yukinojo* (1957), Actor - *Cordon at Dawn* (1957), Actor - *Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War* (1957), as Vice-Admiral Ijuin - *Yellow Crow* (1957), Actor - *Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic Deed* (1957), as Inue Shinbee - *Devil Princess’ Beauty Competition* (1956), Actor - *Keirin Queen* (1956), as Shinya Kuramoto - *The Ceiling at Utsunomiya* (1956), as Shôgun Iemitsu - *Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets* (1956), Actor - *Daigaku no kengō: Keiraku no abarenbō* (1956), Actor - *Where's Paradise?* (1956), Actor - *Night School* (1956), as (uncredited) - *The Fencing Collegian* (1956), Actor - *The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes* (1955), as Lieutenant Sekiya - *日本敗れず* (1954), Actor - *Tengu Kurama: A Strong Wind Through 808 Villages* (1954), Actor - *関八州勢揃い* (1954), Actor - *A Certain Woman* (1954), as Yoshio Oka - *Hanran* (1954), Actor - *Half Virgin* (1953), Actor - *The Tattoo Murder Case* (1953), Actor - *At the End of the Clouds* (1953), Actor - *Miniature* (1953), as Kurisu - *Vacuum Zone* (1952), as Duty Officer of the week - *Swift Current* (1952), Actor - *A Ripple in a Morning* (1952), as Numazawa - *Man in the Storm* (1952), as Keiichi Ogata - *Dispersed Clouds* (1951), as Takeshi Minami - *The Stormy Era of Twenty Years* (1951), Actor - *Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzai* (1951), Actor - *Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom* (1950), Actor - *Les Miserables I: God and the Devil* (1950), Actor - *Listen to the Voices of the Sea* (1950), Actor - *Yami ni hikarume* (1950), Actor - *G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape* (1950), Actor - *Island of Horrors* (1949), as Senmanta - *Masquerade Ball* (1949), Actor - *Utako's Story* (1949), Actor - *The Love of the Actress Sumako* (1947), Actor --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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