Masahiko Tsugawa
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Masahiko Tsugawa (津川 雅彦 Tsugawa Masahiko?), born Masahiko Kato (加藤雅彦 Katō Masahiko) 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. Tsugawa attended school until dropping out of the Waseda University Graduate School to pursue acting alone.
He gradually grew in popularity and appeared in films like Otoko wa tsurai yo: Watashi no tora-san and Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack. He was eventually adopted as one of director Juzo Itami's favourite actors, and went on to appear in nearly every one of his movies since Tampopo.
Tsugawa recently debuted as a director under the pseudonym Makino Masahiko with his film Nezu no Ban. He chose this name because he is technically related to the Japanese director Makino Masahiro through his mother. Legend has it that Tsugawa was so awed by the director while watching him at work as a young child that he asked if he could use Makino as his last name should he ever be a director, because of the similarities of the first names.
His older brother Hiroyuki Nagato is an actor. His wife Yukiji Asaoka is an actress.
He is still acting today.
[edit] Awards
- 1982 Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor
- 1986 Japanese Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor nomination for Hitohira no yuki
- 1988 Japanese Academy Awards Best Actor nomination for Wakarenu riyu
- 1988 Japanese Academy Awards Best Supporting actor for Marusa no onna
- 1993 Japanese Academy Awards Best Actor nomination Bokuto kidan
- 1995 Japanese Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor nomination for Shudan-sasen
- 1999 Japanese Academy Awards Best Actor nomination for Puraido: Unmei no toki
[edit] External links
- Masahiko Tsugawa at the Internet Movie Database
- (Japanese) Masahiko Tsugawa at the Japanese Movie Database
