Keiichirō Akagi

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.4801

Gender

Male

Birthday

08-May-1939

Age

(87 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As
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Keiichirō Akagi

Biography

Keiichirō Akagi (赤木 圭一郎), born Chikahiro Akatsuka (赤塚 親弘) was a Japanese actor. Akagi appeared in over 26 films in his short three-year career. Kenju burai-chō series and The Call of the Foghorn are Akagi's notable films. In 1958, he joined the Nikkatsu company. He landed the lead role for the first time in 1959 film Age of Nudity directed by Seijun Suzuki. In 1960, Akagi won Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year. Akagi was one of the box office hitter of Nikkatsu company alongside Yujiro Ishihara and Akira Kobayashi. At around 12:20 PM on February 14, 1961, during a lunch break while shooting Gekiryū ni Ikiru Otoko, where he served as a replacement for injured Yūjirō Ishihara, Akagi was driving a go-cart brought by a salesman in the Nikkatsu studio but spun out of control and crashed into a steel door of a large tool warehouse at a speed of more than 60 km/h. He regained consciousness for a time, but on February 20 he fell into a coma again and died at 7:50 AM on February 21 of a subdural hematoma associated with a fracture of the cracked frontal bone, at the young age of 21. At the time, some of his family conceded to his funeral in the Soto Zen religion at the Dai-enji Temple in Suginami, Tokyo. Later on, his cremated ashes were moved to the Head Temple Taisekiji in Fujinomiya.


Credits

俺の血が騒ぐ 俺の血が騒ぐ (1961) Character: N/A
The lives of two brothers, Kunio and Akira Kasahara, are changed forever when their father is murdered. Kunio sets out on a manhunt to avenge his father and will stop at nothing until he finds the killer. Setsuko, Kunio's fiancée, is unable to keep up with the lunacy that Kunio stirs up and finds comfort with another man - his brother, Akira.
男の怒りをぶちまけろ 男の怒りをぶちまけろ (1960) Character: N/A
Two men perform a robbery on an airplane before parachuting to safety, and a newspaper reporter attempts to solve the crime.
アゲイン アゲイン (1984) Character: N/A
An anthology that embodies the essence of Nikkatsu action films with a stylish flair, this movie follows an aging hitman (Jō Shishido) on a quest to find a former rival he once shared the screen with. The story unfolds as he roams, creating a distinctive narrative.
幌馬車は行く 幌馬車は行く (1960) Character: N/A
A Western-inspired film where a pair of traveling beekeepers odyssey by covered wagon from Kyushu, the southernmost of the Japanese archipelago's major islands, to Hokkaido, it's northernmost.
紅の拳銃 紅の拳銃 (1961) Character: Katsumi Nakada
Nakata (Keiichiro Akagi) is a nihilistic young buck who is willing to do anything to get money in his pockets. As he knocks back a couple drinks that he knows he won't be able to afford, a former marksman-turned-bad, Ishioka approaches him. Ishioka is looking for an unaffiliated hit-man who is willing to handle some business. Nakata is just the right man for the job.
拳銃無頼帖 電光石火の男 拳銃無頼帖 電光石火の男 (1960) Character: Joji
A young yakuza just released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, a police inspector determined to clean up the corruption in his own hometown, and a deranged assassin who lives to kill collide in a port town overrun by rival gangs, with two women, both stuck in relationships they are trying to escape from, stuck in-between.
鉄火場の風 鉄火場の風 (1960) Character: N/A
A 1960 crime film
海の情事に賭けろ 海の情事に賭けろ (1960) Character: N/A
1960 action film.
拳銃無頼帖 抜き射ちの竜 拳銃無頼帖 抜き射ちの竜 (1960) Character: Ryuji Kenzaki
When Ryuji - the Gun Slinger, a drug addict leaves hospital to which he was taken after a gunfight by a notorious killer named Gin of Colt, he is employed as a bodyguard by Yo Sangen, chief of a narcotics smuggling ring.
絞首台の下 絞首台の下 (1959) Character: N/A
Who is the vicious criminal challenging the investigation team? Mysteries lead to more mysteries, and deductions lead to more deductions in this bizarre and terrifying thriller!
素ッ裸の年令 素ッ裸の年令 (1959) Character: Ken
The story deals with a juvenile delinquent gang surviving through petty thievery. However, everything gets screwed up when they accidentally steal big bucks from the Yakuza.
拳銃無頼帖 明日なき男 拳銃無頼帖 明日なき男 (1960) Character: Ryuji of quick shots
The fourth film in the Tales of a Gunman series. When Ryuji throws his pistol into the sea, he is attacked by a man who calls himself Sabu and says that he is the younger brother of Colt Jo's killer. When Ryuji escaped difficulties with one blow knocking out the enemy's weapon, Sabu reveals that Colt Jo is in the hospital in Gifu. Ryuji decides to visit his old enemy. However, he does not know that this is a trap.
狂った脱獄 狂った脱獄 (1959) Character: Guard Uchida
A prisoner escapes from prison to find the real criminal.
霧笛が俺を呼んでいる 霧笛が俺を呼んでいる (1960) Character: N/A
A sailor is stuck in the harbor due to an engine failure in his boat, and he learns that a friend of his has died, reportedly from suicide. He begins to investigate the matter himself, and finds there may be more to the story...
拳銃0号 拳銃0号 (1959) Character: N/A
Eric, an American, arrives at an international tourist hotel and loses his self-defense Colt. It was Kudaira, a beggar, who discovered it, and immediately sold it to Matsuko - another pauper. Soon, the weapon that moves from hand to hand, becomes a tool of many crimes.
拳銃無頼帖 不敵に笑う男 拳銃無頼帖 不敵に笑う男 (1960) Character: Ryūshirō Dan
After getting out of prison, a young yakuza tries to find out who killed his girlfriend, attempts not to get drawn back into crime, and to find his missing sister.
清水の暴れん坊 清水の暴れん坊 (1959) Character: Kenji Togawa
Seven years ago, Ishimatsu Toshio, a talented radio producer at Zen Nihon Hōsō, witnessed a crazed drug addict murder his wife and then commit suicide, though Toshio was able to save the lives of their two children. Just transferred from Shimizu to Tokyo, Toshio hopes to produce a program that will expose the drug trade in Tokyo. One day, Toshio stops into a noodle shop where he is mistaken for a drug dealer and passed a bagful of drugs. The real dealer arrives in time to follow Toshio home. That night Toshio is attacked by the dealer, who turns out to be Kenji, one of the children Toshio had saved. Kenji can't bring himself to kill Toshio, so he runs away and goes into hiding from the mafia. While continuing to investigate the drug trade, Toshio searches for Kenji to get Kenji's testimony for his program.



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