Asahi Kurizuka
Encyclopedia
Asahi Kurizuka is a Japanese
actor
. He specializes in jidaigeki
. His most notable appearances include the following:
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He specializes in jidaigeki
Jidaigeki
is a genre of film, television, and theatre in Japan. The name means "period drama" and is usually the Edo period of Japanese history, from 1603 to 1868. Some, however, are set much earlier—Portrait of Hell, for example, is set during the late Heian period—and the early Meiji era is also a popular...
. His most notable appearances include the following:
- ShinsengumiShinsengumiThe were a special police force of the late shogunate period.-Historical background:After Japan opened up to the West following U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry's visits in 1853, its political situation gradually became more and more chaotic...
Keppū-roku (1965) - Moeyo KenMoeyo Kenis a novel by Japanese author Ryōtarō Shiba. It dramatizes the life of Hijikata Toshizō, a member of the Shinsengumi, active in Japan during the bakumatsu ....
(1970) - Ore wa Yōjinbō (1967)
- Kaze, co-starring Sanae TsuchidaSanae Tsuchidais a Japanese actress. She was born on July 26, 1949, in Toyonaka, Osaka.In film, Tsuchida had a role in Kore ga Seishun Da! . In another modern role , she appeared in the Norifumi Suzuki film Torakku Yarō: Hōkyō Ichiban Hoshi. The year 1979 saw her in a film based on the television series she had...
(1967) - Warera Kyūnin no Senki (1966)
- Abarenbo ShogunAbarenbo Shogunis a Japanese television program on the TV Asahi network. Set in the eighteenth century, it showed fictitious events in the life of Yoshimune, the eighth Tokugawa shogun. The program started in 1978 under the title Yoshimune Hyōbanki: Abarenbō Shōgun...
(as semi-regular character Yamada Asaemon) - Harbor Light Yokohama (1968)
- Shinsengumi! (2004)