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name: "Yuu Tokui"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 September 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T14:08:56.912100+00:00"
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# Yuu Tokui

Actor. Born 28 September 1959 in Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 September 1959, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
- **Also known as:** 立原繁人, とくい ゆう, Yu Tokui, Yû Tokui, 徳井利次, 德井优, Shigeto Tachihara

## Biography

Yuu Tokui (徳井優) is a Japanese actor born on 28 September 1959 in Osaka. He made his film debut in 1979 under the stage name 立原繁人 and adopted his current professional name in 1987.

He has appeared in more than 90 films. Notable roles include appearances in *Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters* (1985), *Love Letter* (1995), *Shall We Dance?* (1996), *Dark Water* (2002), *Swing Girls* (2004), *Zebraman* (2004), *The Great Yokai War* (2005), *I Am a Hero* (2016) and *Survival Family* (2017).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters* (1985), Fi1m 86, as Cadet #3 — [page](https://film.one/film/mishima-a-life-in-four-chapters.md)

## Also known for

- *Dark Water* (2002), Ota
- *I Am a Hero* (2016), Abe
- *Love Letter* (1995), Men in the Graveyard
- *Shall We Dance?* (1996), Tokichi Hattori
- *Swing Girls* (2004), Karaoke Manager
- *Survival Family* (2017), Bicycle Shop Owner
- *Legal High* (2012), Yamada
- *Zebraman* (2004), Pyromaniac

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