was a Japanese

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

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Nagato was born in Kyoto

Kyoto

is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...

. He starred in Season of the Sun

Season of the Sun

is a Japanese novel written in 1955 by the current Governor of Tokyo Shintaro Ishihara. It is the source of the name of the rebellious, taiyozoku youth culture which emerged after World War II...

, Endless Desire

Endless Desire

is a 1958 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura. This was Imamura's third film as director. Imamura had wanted to film his own project, but Nikkatsu assigned him this light comedy instead....

, My Second Brother

My Second Brother

is a 1959 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura.- Plot :The film tells the story of four orphans living in an impoverished mining town. An adaptation of a best-selling book based on the diary of a ten-year-old zainichi girl, it was one of the first films to deal with the subject of zainichi...

, Stolen Desire

Stolen Desire

is a 1958 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura. This was the first film Imamura directed.- Plot :The film tells the story of a group of itinerant actors. Many of the interests to be found throughout Imamura's career are found already in this first film, including earthy depictions of sex, life...

, and Sukeban Deka

Sukeban Deka

is a Japanese detective action shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Shinji Wada and serialized on Hana to Yume. Sukeban Deka has been adapted into three live-action television series, an original video animation series and three feature films, the latest of which was released in 2006 as...

, and Yo-Yo Girl Cop

Yo-Yo Girl Cop

is a 2006 Japanese live-action feature film, the third to be based on the manga Sukeban Deka, directed by Kenta Fukasaku.The film stars Aya Matsuura in the lead role of Saki Asamiya and Rika Ishikawa as her rival, Reika Akiyama. Yuki Saito, who played the role of Saki in the first live-action...

. He died in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

 on May 21, 2011.

Nagato comes from an illustrious film family. His younger brother Masahiko Tsugawa

Masahiko Tsugawa

, born Masahiko Kato on January 2, 1940 in Kyoto, Japan is a Japanese actor and director.He made his debut at the age of 16 in the Kō Nakahira film Crazed Fruit in 1956. Tsugawa's family was heavily involved in the film industry since before his birth...

 is an actor. His wife Yōko Minamida

Yoko Minamida

was a Japanese actress. She was diagnosed with Alzheimers in November 2008, and a TV documentary was made about her condition and the efforts of her husband, actor Hiroyuki Nagato, to care for her...

 was an actress. His grandfather is the director Shōzō Makino, his father, Kunitarō Sawamura, and his mother, Tomoko Makino, were both actors. His aunt and uncle through his father are the actors Sadako Sawamura and Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katô

was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 150 films, including Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai , Rashomon, Yojimbo , and Ikiru, and Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy and Chushingura.-Filmography:* Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji...

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Filmography

Year	Film	Role
1956	Season of the Sun Season of the Sun (1956 film) is a 1956 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Takumi Furukawa.This film is a 1956 feature film adaptation of Shintarō Ishihara's novel Season of the Sun...	Tatsuya Tsugawa
1958	Endless Desire Endless Desire is a 1958 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura. This was Imamura's third film as director. Imamura had wanted to film his own project, but Nikkatsu assigned him this light comedy instead....
	Stolen Desire Stolen Desire is a 1958 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura. This was the first film Imamura directed.- Plot :The film tells the story of a group of itinerant actors. Many of the interests to be found throughout Imamura's career are found already in this first film, including earthy depictions of sex, life...	Shinichi Kunida
1960	My Second Brother My Second Brother is a 1959 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura.- Plot :The film tells the story of four orphans living in an impoverished mining town. An adaptation of a best-selling book based on the diary of a ten-year-old zainichi girl, it was one of the first films to deal with the subject of zainichi...	Kiichi Yasumoto
	The Warped Ones The Warped Ones is a 1960 Japanese Sun Tribe film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and starring Tamio Kawachi, Eiji Go, Yuko Chishiro and Noriko Matsumoto. It was produced and distributed by the Nikkatsu Company...	Kashiwagi
1961	Pigs and Battleships Pigs and Battleships is a 1961 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura.- Plot :The film depicts the mutually exploitative relationship that exists between the U.S. military and the lower elements of Japanese society at Yokosuka....	Kinta
1963	The Insect Woman The Insect Woman is a 1963 film directed by Japanese director Shōhei Imamura. It was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival where Sachiko Hidari won the Silver Bear for Best Actress award.-Plot:...	Matsunami
	Twin Sisters of Kyoto Twin Sisters of Kyoto is a 1963 Japanese drama film directed by Noboru Nakamura and based on the novel The Old Capital by the Nobel-winning Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata...	Hideo Otomo
1987	Hachiko Monogatari Hachiko Monogatari is a Japanese language film starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Kaoru Yachigusa, Mako Ishino and Masumi Harukawa. The film, directed by Seijirō Kōyama, is a tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after his death...	Kiku-san
1988	Tomorrow Tomorrow (1988 film) is a 1988 Japanese film directed by Kazuo Kuroki....	Yasuichiro
1992	Toki Rakujitsu Tōki Rakujitsu is Japanese film released in 1992 that was directed by Seijirō Kōyama. It stars Hiroshi Mikami and is based on an biographical novel written by Kaneto Shindō about the Japanese scientist Hideyo Noguchi....
2006	Yo-Yo Girl Cop Yo-Yo Girl Cop is a 2006 Japanese live-action feature film, the third to be based on the manga Sukeban Deka, directed by Kenta Fukasaku.The film stars Aya Matsuura in the lead role of Saki Asamiya and Rika Ishikawa as her rival, Reika Akiyama. Yuki Saito, who played the role of Saki in the first live-action...	Kurayami Shirei
2009	Shinjuku Incident Shinjuku Incident Shinjuku Incident is a 2009 Hong Kong action crime drama film written and directed by Derek Yee, and also produced by and starring Jackie Chan...	Hara Ooda
	Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky -Story:Based on the true story of Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido, the northernmost zoo in Japan. The unpopular zoo welcomes a new zoo keeper, young Yoshida , who has more affection for insects than people after years of being bullied at school when he was young...	Keisuke Nirasaki

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