Takeshi Sakamoto

Biography

Takeshi Sakamoto (坂本武, Sakamoto Takeshi, 21 September 1899 – 10 May 1974) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1925 and 1965, mostly in productions of the Shōchiku studio. He gained popularity as a supporting character, working for directors such as Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita, Mikio Naruse, Hiroshi Shimizu and Heinosuke Gosho.

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Known For

A Story of Floating Weeds

Kihachi

There Was a Father

Makoto Hirata

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

Antique Dealer

Passing Fancy

Kihachi

Ornamental Hairpin

Untamed Woman

Kisuke, the foster father

Record of a Tenement Gentleman

Kawayoshi

I Was Born, But...

Juuyaku

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1965	Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1964	Day-Dream	Department store guard
1963	Yakuza of Seki
1963	Okashina yatsu	Kiichi Shuntô
1963	A Legend, or Was It?
1963	Blackmail
1962	Haruko no ōen danchō
1962	Ballad of a Workman
1962	A Carpenter and Children
1962	The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
1962	Hell's Kitchen
1962	The Princess and the Bearded Lord
1961	A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961	南郷次郎探偵帳　影なき殺人者
1961	Hattari Seinen Shinshi
1961	The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku	Matabei
1961	Kyūsenman no akarui hitomi
1961	Hiroshi Moriya Sandogasa Series: I Want to Weep	Akabeko Shosuke
1961	Hiroshi Moriya Sadogasa Series: Thank You, Sandogasa	Tetsunoya Tōzō (Boss)
1961	桃色の超特急
1960	The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
1958	A Boy and Three Mothers	Seitaro Nakahara, Seiji's father
1958	Hobo Village
1958	Maria of the Ant Village
1958	City of Love	Eitaro Yoshii
1958	I Want to Be a Shellfish
1958	Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
1957	Men Fighting Whales
1957	Times of Joy and Sorrow
1957	The Beauty Expert
1957	Untamed Woman	Kisuke, the foster father
1956	Outlaw island
1956	Manchurian Sunset	Matsugen
1956	Sound in the Mist
1956	Twice on a Certain Night
1956	Midori naru hito: zenpen wakare no yogisha
1956	Midori naru hito: kōhen ai no honryū
1955	The Tattered Wings	Fuyuko's father
1955	Growing Up
1955	The Magical Warrior
1954	Sunny house
1954	The Cock Crows Twice
1953	Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
1953	New Tokyo March
1953	Where Chimneys Are Seen	Tokuji Kawamura
1953	Young Miss Executive
1952	Carmen's Innocent Love	Landlord's cousin
1952	The Waves
1952	Our Chief, Our Doctor	Tahei
1951	Carmen Comes Home	Shoichi Aoyama
1951	Boyhood	Furukawa
1951	Fireworks Over the Sea	Jinkichi Aikawa
1951	Beauty of Life
1951	Over That Hill
1950	The Tokyo Kid
1949	Here's to the Young Lady	Mr. Sato
1948	A Hen in the Wind	Hikozo Sakai
1948	Ghosts Die at Dawn	Policeman
1947	Record of a Tenement Gentleman	Kawayoshi
1946	Twenty-Year-Old Youth	Morita
1945	Theater
1945	Tengoku no hanayome
1945	Victory Song	Nobue's father
1945	Izu no musumetachi
1944	Sailor	Teacher (uncredited)
1944	The Man Who Has Returned
1943	Middle-Aged Man
1943	Port of Flowers
1943	The Living Magoroku
1943	Air Raid of the Enemy Plane	Fortuneteller
1942	There Was a Father	Makoto Hirata
1942	Otoko no iki
1942	Moon of the Plateau
1942	Sumida River
1942	A Certain Woman
1942	The Spy Has Not Died Yet
1942	Flowers of Patriotism
1941	Ornamental Hairpin
1941	Introspection Tower	Tamiko's Father
1941	Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family	Antique Dealer
1941	Dawn Chorus
1940	Utsukushiki Rinjin
1940	Wood and Stone	director of the arishima's hospital
1940	Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
1939	Mother is Strong
1939	Zoku aizen katsura
1939	A Brother and His Younger Sister	Shinzō Arita
1939	Four Seasons of Children	Grandfather
1939	Lovers' Duet	Rakugo-ka
1939	Warm Current
1938	Hotaru no hikari
1938	So Goes My Love	Shigeo's uncle
1938	Family Diary	Policeman
1938	The Tree of Love
1938	The Masseurs and a Woman
1937	What Did the Lady Forget?	Sugiyama
1937	Children in the Wind	Uncle
1937	Don't Tell Your Wife About It	Mr. Kawada
1937	Goodbye to the Front
1937	Lady Doctor Kinuyo	Tessai Yamaoka
1936	Woman in the Mist	Fumikichi
1936	Housewife Camellia
1936	Family Meeting	Hanaju
1936	Men vs. Women
1936	College Is a Nice Place	Teacher
1935	An Inn in Tokyo	Kihachi
1935	Mother's Love Letter
1935	Okoto and Sasuke	Seikichi
1935	Burden of Life
1935	Him, Her, and the Boys	Tokochbi's Father
1935	An Innocent Maid	Kihachi
1934	A Story of Floating Weeds	Kihachi
1934	Street Without End	Guest for portrait painter
1934	The Genealogy of Women	Night shop master
1934	My Elder Brother	Nagamatu, driver
1934	That Night's Woman
1933	Every-Night Dreams
1933	Passing Fancy	Kihachi
1933	The Boss's Son at College	Fujii's uncle Muraki
1933	The Dancing Girl of Izu	Hattori
1933	The Bride Talks in Her Sleep	Thief
1933	Happy Times
1933	Japanese King Kong	Yokoshima
1933	Love
1932	I Was Born, But...	Juuyaku
1932	Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?	College janitor
1932	Spring Comes from the Ladies	Sakaguchi, tailor
1932	Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter
1931	Tokyo Chorus	Rou-Shain Yamada
1931	The Lady and the Beard	Karei
1931	The Neighbour's Wife and Mine
1931	Silver Stream
1930	A Buddhist Mass for Goemon Ishikawa
1930	Hard Times	Yoshida
1930	Walk Cheerfully	Ono
1930	Marching On
1930	Love and Power
1930	The Luck Which Touched the Leg	Section chief
1930	Kiro Ni Tachite
1929	The Life of Workers in the Big City
1929	A Straightforward Boy	Boss Gontora
1929	I Graduated, But...	Secretary
1929	Days of Youth	Professor
1929	The Life of an Office Worker	Friend
1929	The Dawning Sky
1929	Modan kaidan: 100,000,000 yen	Kunizo Ôhara
1929	The Blacksmith of the Forest
1928	Kare to Tokyo
1928	Riku no ôja
1928	Pumpkin	Principal
1928	Wife Lost	Uncle
1928	Dreams of Youth	Okada's father
1928	Physical Beauty
	The Foster Mother

Year	TV Show	Role