Akira Nagoya

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.3734

Gender

Male

Birthday

08-Dec-1930

Age

(96 years old)

Place of Birth

Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As
  • なごや あきら
  • آکیرا ناگویا

Akira Nagoya

Biography

Akira Nagoya was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who specialized in playing comical roles. He's well know for playing Yūtarō Asahina in the Tokusatsu superhero series Ultraman Taro. After graduating from junior high school in 1949, he entered the Tokyo Broadcasting Company (NHK) training school as a third-year student. His classmates included Hisashi Katsuta and Kazue Takahashi, who later became active as voice actors. In 1959, he joined the Bungakuza theatre company; in 1963, he participated in the founding of the theatre company Kumo. When Kumo disbanded in 1975, he moved on to work as a freelance theatre artist, appearing on stages such as Jijinkai and Komatsuza.


Credits

極道の妻たち 赤い殺意 極道の妻たち 赤い殺意 (1999) Character: N/A
11th installment of the 16-film franchise.
女秘密調査員 唇に賭けろ 女秘密調査員 唇に賭けろ (1970) Character: N/A
Japanese crime film
電車殺人事件 美人OL探偵と窓際刑事Ⅱ 電車殺人事件 美人OL探偵と窓際刑事Ⅱ (1989) Character: N/A
A murder occurs at the hotel where the detective father's arranged marriage meeting was held. The amateur detective daughter and her useless detective father team up to investigate. The second instalment in the ‘Beautiful Office Lady Detective and the Window-Side Detective’ series
続人間革命 続人間革命 (1976) Character: N/A
Dramatic story of one man trying to make a difference.
青葉繁れる 青葉繁れる (1974) Character: N/A
Based on the novel of the same name by Hisashi Inoue.
泣かせるぜ 泣かせるぜ (1965) Character: N/A
Hiroshi is the second officer on board the Hakuromaru. Lead by his captain, he heads out to town to recruit new crew members for their next voyage. Hiroshi is baffled when his captain approaches the Daigo-Kuroshiomaru crew, a notorious group nicknamed "the hoodlums of the sea". Their offer is greeted with scoffs and quickly turned down.
女教師 女教師 (1978) Character: N/A
A junior high school teacher is raped by several students inside the school.
若者よ挑戦せよ 若者よ挑戦せよ (1968) Character: N/A
A story depicting the challenges faced by today's youth in working to build a better tomorrow, based on the theme of Toshiba's progress as one of Japan's leading manufacturers of electronic and electric goods.
われ一粒の麦なれど われ一粒の麦なれど (1964) Character: N/A
Could I But Live
どたんば どたんば (1956) Character: N/A
Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama with a contemporary backdrop, Dotanba focuses on the attempts to rescue a group of trapped miners. The title is a figure of speech — (essentially “last minute” or “eleventh hour”) — that refers to a situation of peril. The film boasts a script co-written by Uchida and Akira Kurosawa’s frequent screenwriter, Shinobu Hashimoto, and stars Kurosawa’s frequent star Takashi Shimura.
高校生無頼控 突きのムラマサ 高校生無頼控 突きのムラマサ (1973) Character: N/A
Based on the comic by Kazuo Koike
高校生無頼控 感じるゥームラマサ 高校生無頼控 感じるゥームラマサ (1973) Character: N/A
Based on the comic by Kazuo Koike
喜劇 女は男のふるさとヨ 喜劇 女は男のふるさとヨ (1971) Character: Ichiro
Comedy of an entertainment agent and strip-teasers.
終着駅シリーズ 殺人の赴任 終着駅シリーズ 殺人の赴任 (2001) Character: Chief Sakamoto
911 receives a call from a young woman reporting the death of an acquaintance at a hotel, and Detectives Ushio and Ogami of Shinjuku West Police Station rush to the scene!! The caller is eventually identified as Megumi, a woman whom Detective Ushio's wife Sumie had met by chance, but Megumi too has been killed...
夏服のイヴ 夏服のイヴ (1984) Character: N/A
Young lovers Makiko and Hidekazu break up because of misunderstanding. Makiko flies to New Zealand and soon recovers. When she is about to marry a man who really loves her, Hidekazu suddenly appears in her life again... Between a man who loves her and a man she loves, how would Makiko's choice be?
新・男の紋章 若親分誕生 新・男の紋章 若親分誕生 (1967) Character: N/A
A young boss proves his right to rule his gang.
望郷 望郷 (1993) Character: N/A
In 1940, Kubota Shoten, which has been in business for generations, goes bankrupt due to the debauched lifestyle of its president, Kunimitsu Kubota. Subsequently, Kunimitsu moves back to his hometown and his children are sent to live with other relatives.
関東も広うござんす 関東も広うござんす (1967) Character: Shanghai Dragon
A man who was released from prison wanders around the Kanto region and gets involved with the local yakuza.
昭和ひとけた社長対ふたけた社員 月月火水木金金 昭和ひとけた社長対ふたけた社員 月月火水木金金 (1971) Character: Takahashi, Club Min Manager
After a highway accident forces a motel stay, a company president devises a plan to create spring-based beds, sparking unexpected business deals, romantic entanglements, and corporate hurdles.
クレージーの怪盗ジバコ クレージーの怪盗ジバコ (1967) Character: Narrator
International thief Zivaco, who can assume any identity, eludes the authorities and battles rival thief WCWC for a rare gold samurai sword.
喜劇 だましの仁義 喜劇 だましの仁義 (1974) Character: Section Chief Akazawa
Ex-conman Junpei plots revenge on a corrupt corporation by leading a team of swindlers posing as politicians. A slick crime comedy of cons and payback.
夕陽の丘 夕陽の丘 (1964) Character: N/A
A yakuza falls in love with his brother's mistress while he is serving his sentence, and hides out in Hakodate to wait for her... A mood action masterpiece set to a hit song. Ruriko Asaoka plays both the older and younger sisters who fall in love with the same man.
青春かけおち篇 青春かけおち篇 (1987) Character: Ryuukichi
A 30-year-old man's life gets up-ended when his girlfriend accepts an arranged marriage meeting with a more successful man.
ノンちゃん雲に乗る ノンちゃん雲に乗る (1955) Character: Driver
A little girl who falls into a lake and is saved by a god who then takes her up to the clouds and shows her what the world was like before she was born and what the world would be like if she where never born. While in the clouds she meets her grandparents and a few other people she loved who have passed on.
戦場にながれる歌 戦場にながれる歌 (1965) Character: N/A
Near the end of the war, a number of young Japanese join an army band hoping to avoid the front lines, but instead are sent to the Chinese Front.
死を予告する女 死を予告する女 (1973) Character: N/A
A successful lyricist, Sakumaki (Yukio Ninagawa), lives with his partner Kazue (Keiko Fujita) and their daughter, though he has always kept an emotional distance from them. One night, he returns home to find a mysterious woman in black (Yuko Kusunoki) waiting in his apartment. She calmly tells him that he will die the next night at precisely 12:13 a.m. Shaken, Sakumaki flees, only to discover the same woman appearing wherever he goes. As her presence grows more menacing and unexplainable, his fear spirals into paranoia. Directed by Toshiya Fujita, the episode blends domestic drama with supernatural dread, blurring the line between hallucination and reality. With Ninagawa in a rare starring role, supported by Ichiro Zaitsu and Akira Nagoya, the story pushes its protagonist into a psychological nightmare where fate, guilt, and obsession collide.
はぐれ狼 はぐれ狼 (1982) Character: N/A
Matoba Kokingo, who once served as a retainer for a hatamoto, becomes disillusioned with his master and elopes with his lover, Oyuki. They flee their lord's household, taking with them 30 ryō of official funds. However, the money is stolen from them at an inn, and shortly after, Oyuki dies of illness. Eight years later, Kokingo has fallen into disgrace, now making a living as a ronin who specializes in extortion. One day, he attempts to extort a restaurant owner named Hanzo, only to discover that Hanzo was the very thief who stole the 30 ryō from him eight years ago…
子連れ狼 子連れ狼 (1989) Character: Narrator (voice)
The tale of Ogami Itto and his son Daigoro has come full circle with the greatest sword actor of all time, Wakayama Tomisaburo now playing Lone Wolf's mortal enemy, the evil Lord Yagyu Retsudo, who masterminded Ogami's fall from grace. Brilliant sword actor Takahashi Hideki takes over as the former shogunate decapitator, and his stunning swordsmanship is second to none! The story of Lone Wolf and Child has been told many times, but never before like this. With the magnificent sword skills of Takahashi Hideki as Ogami Itto, the Shogun's Decapitator and Wakayama Tomisaburo as the power hungry Lord Yagyu Retsudo the story has come full circle.
帰ってきたウルトラマン二大怪獸東京き襲擊 帰ってきたウルトラマン二大怪獸東京き襲擊 (1971) Character: Narrator
Episodes 5 and 6 of Return of Ultraman show, screened at Toho Champion Festival.
ザ・テンプターズ  涙のあとに微笑みを ザ・テンプターズ 涙のあとに微笑みを (1969) Character: N/A
Layabout teen Shoken is dissatisfied with his nagging single mother and bullies at school. He and his friends decide to form a cool rock band, but a tragic discovery about his family weighs on Shoken heavily.
いとしのエリー いとしのエリー (1987) Character: N/A
Based on the comic by Mako Takami.
ご存知!旗本退屈男Ⅸ ご存知!旗本退屈男Ⅸ (1994) Character: Kii Koya Bunzaemon
The one who hurriedly ascended the castle upon hearing news of Shogun Tsunayoshi's illness was Saotome Mondonosuke. However, instead of an illness, he was prompted to consider a marriage proposal with Yaehime, a daughter of the Date clan. Yet, this was merely a pretext, as he was requested to investigate the truth behind the rumors of rebellion within the Date clan. Mondonosuke, who took on this task to stave off boredom, accompanied by his retainer Kinai, departed for Mutsu, following the procession of Yaehime returning to her home province. However, remnants of the Toyotomi faction, already plotting the overthrow of the shogunate, had gathered under Kii Koya Bunzaemon…
仁侠八方破れ 仁侠八方破れ (1966) Character: Totsuka
This is a magnificent drama about love and chivalry, telling about the stormy fate of Seiji, nicknamed "The Rising Dragon", who swore never to take up a sword again because of the emptiness of the Yakuza's life, and the passionate fate of his named sister Maki, nicknamed "The Scarlet Cherry Blossom", who falls in love with him without suspecting that he was the one who was responsible for her father's death and to whom she should take revenge.
この子の七つのお祝いに この子の七つのお祝いに (1982) Character: Furuya
Also known as: For My Daughter's 7th Birthday. Many years following her mother’s suicide, Maya seeks out her father, who deserted them, for revenge. All intertwined with the investigation of journalists into local murders, the manipulations of a palmist known as the “blue moth”, and political corruption.
ミスター・ミセス・ミス・ロンリー ミスター・ミセス・ミス・ロンリー (1980) Character: Sakio Hanamori
Two men and a woman plan to steal 1.5 Billion yen.
空飛ぶゆうれい船 空飛ぶゆうれい船 (1969) Character: Hayato's Father (voice)
Hayato's home city is under attack from a gigantic robot. His parents are lying dead in the rubble and the only remaining friend is his dog. His only thought now is revenge against the owner of the Phantom Ship (from where the robot said he was sent). He ends up in the house of Kuroshio, the leader of the fight against the Phantom Ship and the most important person in the city. By complete accident, Hayato finds his way to an underground passageway where he realises that the true nature of events does not mesh with what Kuroshio has told him. His life is now in great danger, and only he can stop the plans of the evildoers.
血と砂 血と砂 (1965) Character: Nezu
Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His commander, Captain Sakuma, is vicious and dictatorial. Sakuma places Kosugi in charge of training for combat what once was the military band. Kosugi must somehow prepare his inept soldiers for the rigors of combat.
天国と地獄 天国と地獄 (1963) Character: Detective Yamamoto
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
時代屋の女房 時代屋の女房 (1983) Character: N/A
An antique shop "Jidaiya" sells time not antiques. One day a lady run into this shop with a cat.
道頓堀川 道頓堀川 (1982) Character: Katsu-san
A poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mistress of a wealthy jewelry merchant, and a 19-year-old college student.
真夜中まで 真夜中まで (1999) Character: Homeless Man
While on a cigarette break in between sets, Koji, a jazz musician, witnesses a murder and runs into a girl, Linda, who is being pursued by the killers. Mistakenly identified as prime suspects, they have to solve the crime but time is running out: Koji has to be back to perform in his club by midnight, as a very special guest will be attending.
神田川 神田川 (1974) Character: N/A
Based on a blockbuster song by Kaguyahime, a folk group. Makoto, a college student who belongs to a puppet theatre club, meets Michiko, who works at a printing factory, and they come to learn the bitterness and sadness of love. The two live humbly by the River Kanda, but are viewed coldly by people around them.
駅 STATION 駅 STATION (1981) Character: Takada
A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.
千夜一夜物語 千夜一夜物語 (1969) Character: Sailor (voice)
Aldin, a vagabond water vendor, embarks of a series of fantastical and tragic misadventures through the Middle East in search of love, fortune, and power.
ラブ・レター ラブ・レター (1998) Character: N/A
A romantic film about the spiritual exchange between a gangster and a Chinese woman who got married to him under false pretenses.
もののけ姫 もののけ姫 (1997) Character: Cowherd (voice)
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.
麻雀放浪記 麻雀放浪記 (1984) Character: Jyoushuu Tora
A mahjong neophyte loses everything to game master only to hone his skills, take on all challenges and plan for an ultimate revenge match.
快盗ルビイ 快盗ルビイ (1988) Character: Forensic Examiner
Toru Hayashi is an unremarkable bachelor who lives with his mother, until one day a young woman named Rumi moves in in the apartment upstairs. Rumi is a self-proclaimed master thief, but she needs socially awkward Toru's help to actually kickstart her so-called career.
疑惑 疑惑 (1982) Character: Iwasaki
A car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the local business magnate Fukutaro Shirakawa, who perishes. Riding alongside him and surviving unhurt is his second wife, Kumako. It soon comes to light that Kumako’s husband was insured for 300 million yen and she is arrested on suspicion of murdering her husband for the insurance money. The newspapers denounce her as an evil woman, while the public is in no doubt about Kumako’s crime. Ritsuko Sahara is chosen as her defence attorney but the pair clash over almost everything...
極道の妻たち 決着 極道の妻たち 決着 (1998) Character: N/A
Kasuga’s husband gets arrested for a murder of his beloved protégé. She and her family investigate and find out he was trapped by greedy Nagoshi, the boss of their rival yakuza family. She has to make a decision to revenge Nagoshi.
櫛の火 櫛の火 (1975) Character: N/A
Hirobe is a lonely man. After witnessing her girlfriend die with a terminal illness, he wanders through the city like a shadow. One day, he meets Masako and they begin an affair. Masako is in an unhappy marriage with Yazawa, who is also cheating on her with a younger lover. The tension builds up to an unforgiving, yet quiet climax...
春琴抄 春琴抄 (1976) Character: Zensuke(善助)
Okoto is blind since childhood. Her young servant Sasuke is in love of her. One day Koto is badly scarred on her face. In order to preserve the memory of her once beautiful face, Sasuke takes away his own sight.
秋津温泉 秋津温泉 (1962) Character: Shimamura
Just after WW2, a romance between an innkeeper and a man with tuberculosis unravels near a thermal spring.
男の紋章 男の紋章 (1963) Character: Saiga
A Japanese intelligence officer faces personal crises in the years preceding the Manchurian conflict.
放浪記 放浪記 (1962) Character: N/A
Based on the life and career of novelist Fumiko Hayashi, she bitterly struggles for literary recognition in the first half of the 20th-century – her affairs with feckless men, the jobs she took to survive (peddler, waitress, bar maid), and her arduous, often humiliating attempts to get published in a male-dominated culture.
子象物語 地上に降りた天使 子象物語 地上に降りた天使 (1986) Character: Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)
In the winter of 1945, Sakura the elephant gave birth to a baby elephant at Tokyo Fujimi Zoo under the watchful eye of the zookeeper Shota Tanabe. Around the same time, Shota's wife, Setsuko, also gave birth to a son. Hanako, the baby elephant, grows up while deepening her bonds with elementary school students who love zoos. However, as Japan enters the Pacific War, the military orders the animals in the zoos of five major cities to be killed.
帰ってきたウルトラマン 竜巻怪獣の恐怖 帰ってきたウルトラマン 竜巻怪獣の恐怖 (1971) Character: Narrator
A theatrical release of The Return of Ultraman episodes 13-14. It was released on December 12, 1971 as part of the Toho Champion Festival along with Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Earth's Greatest Battle (edited from Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster) and shorter versions of The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee, and The Little Match Girl.
釣りバカ日誌 釣りバカ日誌 (1988) Character: N/A
Densuke Hamazaki is an office worker at Suzuki Construction and gets transferred to the main Tokyo office. After settling in to his surrounding along with his wife Eri, Densuke befriends an elderly man named Ichinosuke Suzuki. Ichinosuke is a lonely and old man who learns to enjoy life again through his friendship with Densuke. Meanwhile, Densuke is completely unaware that Ichinosuke is the boss of his construction company. The two men become friends through their shared passion for fishing.
マルタイの女 マルタイの女 (1997) Character: Director Hatano
Vain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate the brutal murder she witnessed. Under the watch of two dedicated cops, Biwako struggles to maintain her career, her public image, and her personal life as she prepares for her new role on the witness stand.
続 男の紋章 続 男の紋章 (1963) Character: N/A
A violent story of loyalty and revenge among the many "yakuza" or gambling groups in Japan.
濹東綺譚 濹東綺譚 (1960) Character: N/A
In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a sex worker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets an unmarried teacher (at least he says he's unmarried) and falls in love.
甘い汗 甘い汗 (1964) Character: Jiro
This film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo), at 36, is working in a bar, struggling valiantly to keep her family together. Her 17-year-old daughter Takeko becomes increasingly upset by her mother's constant drinking and yakuza boyfriend, and runs away from home. Kyo's performance was highly praised.
豪姫 豪姫 (1992) Character: N/A
Furuta Oribe is ordered to become tea master under Toyotomi Hideyoshi after his teacher Sen no Rikyū, the former tea master, was ordered to commit suicide. Princess Goh, daughter of the lord but adopted by Hideyoshi, is outraged when Rikyū's severed head is thrown in the Nijo River. She sends Usu, Oribe's servant, to retrieve the head and deliver it to Rikyū's adopted daughter.
ポルノの帝王 失神トルコ風呂 ポルノの帝王 失神トルコ風呂 (1972) Character: N/A
Hiroshi (Tatsuo Umemiya) has the biggest penis in all of Japan and everyone who touches (or is touched by) it, is blessed by good fortune. After buying his sister a washing machine for her wedding, he travels to Tokyo, where he must help his friend Masa out of a half-million yen debt. Among other hijinks, he becomes a penis god in the process.



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