Kanjūrō Arashi
Japanese actor (1903-1980) · Japan · On the map · Actors · Died at 76
Kanjūrō Arashi was a Japanese film actor. His nickname was "Arakan." He is famous for playing the role of Kurama Tengu series. He entered the film industry in 1927 and came to fame playing Kurama Tengu, a character in the Bakumatsu era created by Jirō Osaragi in his novels.
Kanjūrō Arashi is read about 219 times a day, in 7 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 90 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Dead AngleFilm1978
Dynamite Don-DonFilm, Genzo Okaya1974
The Executioner II: Karate InfernoFilm, Devil Tiger1973
Female Yakuza TaleFilm, Seizô Ôgi1971
Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill YouFilm, Hidegoro Omaeda1970
Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's ReturnFilm, Teppokyu1969
Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards GameFilm, Teijiro Sugiyama1967
A Colt is My PassportFilm, Shimazu1966
By a Man's Face Shall You Know HimFilm, Tadazo Onogawa1965
Abashiri PrisonFilm, Torakichi Akuda1964
Akō RōshiSeries1963
Life of a FlowerSeries, Tokugawa Nariaki1960
Honno-Ji in FlamesFilm, Tokugawa Ieyasu1957
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese WarFilm, Emperor Meiji1930
Detective Umon's Diary, Story No. 6Film1928
Chushingura: The TruthFilm1903Born8 December 1903People around Kanjūrō
Close ties
Sumiko Fuji Also in Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Match (1969)
Tomisaburō Wakayama Also in Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Match (1969)
Noribumi Suzuki Wrote Blood of Revenge (1965)
Tai Katō Directed Blood of Revenge (1965)
Ken Takakura Also in Abashiri Prison (1965)- Teruo Ishii Directed Abashiri Prison (1965)
Shohei Imamura Directed The Profound Desire of the Gods (1968)
Chikage Awashima Also in Hana no Shōgai
Kihachi Okamoto Directed Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
Tetsurō Tamba Also in Abashiri Prison and Kyōen Kobanzame- Bunta Sugawara Also in Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return (1970)
Nobuo Nakagawa Directed Kyōen Kobanzame (1958)
Kōji Tsuruta Also in Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You (1971)
Toru Abe Also in Abashiri Prison (1965)
Shin Kishida Also in Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo and Poem
Yoichi Numata Also in Traitors of the Blue Castle and Jigoku
Shintarō Katsu Produced Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
Yōji Yamada Directed Tora-san Meets His Lordship (1977)
Keiko Kishi Also in Teki wa Honnō-ji ni ari (1960)
Daisuke Itō Directed Kurama Tengu (1942)
Masahiro Makino Directed The Path of the King (1971)
Asao Koike Also in Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game (1969)
Eiichi Kudo Directed 13 Assassins and The Fort of Death
Minoru Takada Also in Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957)
Known for
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Profound Desires of the Gods 1968
A Colt is My Passport 1967
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo 1970
Jigoku 1960
Filmography 40
159 credits on file
Television 2
Media & music
Photos 2
About this person
In the 1950s he portrayed the Emperor Meiji in several hit films and appeared in yakuza films in the 1960s. He won Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actor award for his role in The Profound Desire of the Gods.
