Actor
Akira Ishihama
Born 29 January 1935 · Tokyo, Japan — died 26 July 2022
Akira Ishihama (1935–2022) was a Tokyo-born Japanese actor whose screen career ran from the early 1950s into the late 1990s. He is best remembered for his role in Masaki Kobayashi's Harakiri (1962), and he also appeared in the Kamen Rider franchise.
Key films
Harakiri (1962)
His best-known film, a landmark samurai drama directed by Masaki Kobayashi and widely regarded as a classic of Japanese cinema.
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
Part of Kobayashi's epic wartime trilogy, one of the most acclaimed projects of postwar Japanese film.
Immortal Love (1961)
A major 1960s Japanese drama that places him among prominent postwar Shochiku-era productions.
Boyhood (1951)
An early film from the start of his screen career in the early 1950s.
Kamen Rider Black: Terror! Demon Mansion at Devil's Pass (1988)
Shows his later work in Japanese tokusatsu, connecting him to the Kamen Rider franchise.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 64
- 1951Boyhood · as First sonActor
- 1951Fireworks Over the Sea · as Ippei NagisaActor
- 1952Youth of the Son · as HaruhikoActor
- 1952The WavesActor
- 1952The PigeonActor
- 1953Sincere Heart · as HiroshiActor
- 1953沖縄健児隊Actor
- 1954Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky · as Noboru, Ryoichi's brotherActor
- 1954Dancing Girls of IzuActor
- 1954Brotherly LoveActor
- 1954The Days of Youth are Days of SadnessActor
- 1954Kyūkon sannin musumeActor
- 1954Autumn Interlude · as Hiroshi SakaiActor
- 1955The Tattered Wings · as RyoActor
- 1955Christ in Bronze · as KichisaburoActor
- 1955Next Door to HappinessActor
- 1955YouthActor
- 1956The Rose on His Arm · as Masahiro HaseActor
- 1956TearsActor
- 1956The Lady Was PawnActor
- 1956Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an ActressActor
- 1957Elegy of the North · as Mikio HisadaActor
- 1957The Unbalanced WheelActor
- 1957Young LoversActor
- 1957Skin-Colored Moon · as TakashiActor
- 1957Forbidden Sands · as IsamuActor
- 1958Woman UnveiledActor
- 1958Moon Over the Abandoned CastleActor
- 1958Aozora yoitsu mademoActor
- 1958Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen · as TakahikoActor
- 1958Hanayome no o noroke · as Heihachiro HiroseActor
- 1959The Human Condition I: No Greater Love · as ChinActor
- 1959Farewell to Spring · as Kôzô TeshirogiActor
- 1959Flower Shop CurtainActor
- 1959BridgeActor
- 1959Kaze no uchi so toActor
- 1959Blind Love · as ShigekiActor
- 1960Towering Waves · as Henmi - a journalistActor
- 1960Princess in EdoActor
- 1960Storm on the Silvery Peaks · as Shigeru ÔtaActor
- 1961Immortal Love · as YutakaActor
- 1962Harakiri · as Motome ChijiiwaActor
- 1962Mother CountryActor
- 1962Drunkard's ParadiseActor
- 1962Daigaku kazoe uta senpai kōhaiActor
- 1964Daydream · as KurahashiActor
- 1968The Snow Woman · as YosakuActor
- 1969Orgies of Edo · as ChokichiActor
- 1971Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 8 - The Mysterious Cat Beauty MansionActor
- 1972Hanzaki Daimyojin, Gorosuke no utaActor
- 1976The Corporation · as President's SecretaryActor
- 1977Case of the Disjointed Murder · as Mokubei MiyakeActor
- 1977Suddenly, Like a Storm · as Dr. YoshikawaActor
- 1979Devil's Flute · as Toshihiko ShinguActor
- 1982Onna no naka no akumaActor
- 1983Danchizuma no sakebi · as Yuhei MizoguchiActor
- 1987Deluxe Salon Car Engagement Tour Murders · as DetectiveActor
- 1988Kamen Rider Black: Terror! Demon Mansion at Devil's Pass · as Dr. MakinoActor
- 1992Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue · as Daimon KazamatsuriActor
- 1992Hold Me and Kiss MeActor
- 1993Henshin Mou Hitori No WatashiActor
- 1997Abduction · as Souichiro AtomiyaActor
- 1997Ayamariya BusinessActor
- 1999Komugironotenshi sugare oiActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.