Masami Shimojō
{{Short description|Japanese actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Masami Shimojō
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|8|26|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|7|25|1915|8|26|df=yes}}
| death_place = Tokyo, Japan
| othername =
| children = Atomu Shimojō
| occupation = Actor
| years active = 1936–1996
}}
{{Nihongo|Masami Shimojō|下條正巳|Shimojō Masami|26 August 1915 – 25 July 2004}} was a Japanese film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 100 films.
Career
Hoping to become a film director, Shimojō traveled to Tokyo in 1935 but ended up joining a theater troupe, debuting on stage in 1936.{{cite web|title=Shimojō Masami|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%B8%8B%E6%9D%A1+%E6%AD%A3%E5%B7%B3-1671830|website=Kotobanku|publisher=Asahi Shinbun|accessdate=17 March 2015|language=Japanese}} He made his film debut in 1940, but continued on stage well after World War II, primarily as a member of Gekidan Mingei. He was most known, however, for playing the uncle of Torajiro Kuruma in the long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
Selected filmography
=Film=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
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| rowspan=2| 1955
|Wolf | | |
| The Heart
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| 1956
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| 1974
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| rowspan=2|1975
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| Tora-san's Rise and Fall
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| 1976
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| rowspan=3|1977
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| Tora-san Meets His Lordship
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| Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
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| 1978
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| rowspan=2|1979
| | |
| Tora-san, the Matchmaker
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| 1980
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| 1982
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| 1992
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| 1995
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===Television===
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1963
| Miura Hokuan |
| 1972
| Fujiwara no Tokinobu | Taiga drama |
| 1979
| Kagawa | |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|0793726}}
- {{JMDb name|0052680}}
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Category:Japanese male film actors
Category:Japanese male stage actors
Category:Japanese expatriates in Korea
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