Toshiyuki Nishida
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Toshiyuki Nishida (西田 敏行 Nishida Toshiyuki?, born 4 November 1947 in Fukushima prefecture) is a Japanese actor. He has received ten Japanese Academy Award nominations, winning twice, for Dun-Huang in 1988 (Best Actor) and Gakko in 1993 (Best Actor). He is best known for his fishing comedy series, known as Tsuribaka Nisshi (釣りバカ日誌) (English literal translation: "The Fishing Maniac's Diary"), which currently spans eighteen movies.
Outside Japan, Nishida is probably best known for his portrayal of Pigsy in the TV series Monkey.
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[edit] Selected filmography
[edit] Actor
- 2007 Sukiyaki Western Django
- 2006 The Uchoten Hotel
- 2002 Get up!
- 2002 Hi wa mata noboru
- 1996 Gakko II
- 1993 Gakko
- 1992 Kantsubaki
- 1992 O-Roshiya-koku suimu-dan
- 1992 Tengoku no Taizai
- 1988 Dun-Huang
- 1986 Uemura Naomi monogatari
- 1984 Tengoku no eki
- 1981 Hokusai manga
[edit] Major television appearances
- 1972 Shin Heike Monogatari, NHK Taiga drama, as Hōjō Yoshitoki
- 1977 花神, NHK Taiga drama, as Yamagata Aritomo
- 1978 Saiyuki, Nippon Television, as Pigsy
- 1981 Onna Taikō-ki, NHK Taiga drama, as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- 1984 Sanga Moyu, NHK Taiga drama as a fictitious character
- 1988 Takeda Shingen, NHK Taiga drama, as Yamamoto Kansuke
- 1990 Tobu ga gotoku, NHK Taiga drama, as Saigō Takamori
- 1995 Hachidai Shogun Yoshimune, NHK Taiga drama, as Tokugawa Yoshimune
- 2000 Aoi Tokugawa Sandai, NHK Taiga drama, as Tokugawa Hidetada
- 2003 武蔵 MUSASHI, NHK Taiga drama, as Yamanouchi Hanbei
- 2005 Tiger and Dragon, TBS Renzoku drama, as Hayashiyatei Donbei
- 2006 Kōmyō-ga-tsuji, NHK Taiga drama, as Tokugawa Ieyasu
