Tarō Shigaki

Tarō Shigaki

Birthday: 1951-09-22

Place of Birth: Ōta, Tokyo, Japan

Biography: Tarō Shigaki (志垣 太郎, Shigaki Tarō, September 22, 1951) was a Japanese actor and voice actor. His real name was 河村 稔. He graduated from the Nihon University College of Art. He was 170 cm tall and weighs 59 kg. Actress Noriko Shirasaka (白坂 紀子) was his wife. He worked for Oscar Promotion. In 1969, he made his debut as the leading role in Star of the Giants (巨人の星, Kyojin no Hoshi). His leading works include 1974 Fuji TV The Blue Mountains (青い山脈, Aoi sanmyaku), Akantare (あかんたれ), Like an Iceberg (氷山のごとく, Hyōzan nogotoku) and Horror of the Wolf (狼の紋章, Ōkami no monshō). Currently, he is also active as a reporter for gourmet and travel programs. In dramas and historical dramas, he plays a wide range of roles, from comical to serious ones.

Movies

Onmyōji
Onmyōji

The story of Abe no Seimei, an onmyōji in Japan's Heian period, fighting with evil spirits....

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The Beauty in the Bathroom
The Beauty in the Bathroom

Original work: The second installment of Edogawa Rampage's Inference Masterpiece series, which began...

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RoboGeisha
RoboGeisha

Sisters Yoshie and Kikue are two Geisha who are abducted by a mysterious organization to be transfor...

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Firefly 2 Red Scar
Firefly 2 Red Scar

The ephemeral and vivid brilliance of three men and a woman run through Yokohama....

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Swan Lake
Swan Lake

The hero, Prince Siegfried, is out riding one day with his friends when he spies amidst swans on a l...

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Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid
Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid

The story of a beautiful mermaid who gave up a kingdom for her beloved prince....

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Benisuzume's Weekend
Benisuzume's Weekend

A school romantic comedy that focuses on a group of high school girls....

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Silent Mobius Gaiden: The End of the Edo Period
Silent Mobius Gaiden: The End of the Edo Period

Set in the final years of Japan's shogunate, all characters from the main series, Silent Mobius, app...

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Zero Fighter
Zero Fighter

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Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights

Young Kinu Yamabe is drawn to low-born Onimaru, who is vital and charismatic, but viewed by his fath...

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Nutcracker Fantasy
Nutcracker Fantasy

Based off of the novel, "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" and the ballet, "The Nutcracker", Sanrio...

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Raining Blood
Raining Blood

One day, Naoto receives a package. Inside he finds a book, ‘LIVE’. At the same time, he receives an ...

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Horror of the Wolf
Horror of the Wolf

Enigmatic teenager Akira Inugami is, by night, a powerful werewolf, who falls for a beautiful young ...

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Stray Dog
Stray Dog

When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later...

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The Possessed
The Possessed

Oshima, a rich girl married Shinzo, and her cousin girl Sawa has been jealous of Oshima deeply. Sawa...

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Hangyaku no Tabi
Hangyaku no Tabi

Hiroshi Kakurai is an assassin who was thinking of retiring. He travels to an island in the Seto Inl...

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Area 88 Act I: The Blue Skies of Betrayal
Area 88 Act I: The Blue Skies of Betrayal

Shin Kazama, tricked and forced into flying for the remote country of Aslan, can only escape the hel...

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Area 88 Act III: Burning Mirage
Area 88 Act III: Burning Mirage

Shin Kazama, tricked and forced into flying for the remote country of Aslan, can only escape the hel...

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Area 88 Act II: The Requirements of Wolves
Area 88 Act II: The Requirements of Wolves

Shin Kazama, tricked and forced into flying for the remote country of Aslan, can only escape the hel...

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The Runaway Season
The Runaway Season

The third movie in the "Boso" series....

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Black Butler
Black Butler

Set in the year 2020, following her supposed death, a young woman returns as the son of her noble fa...

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Toward the Terra
Toward the Terra

A young boy learns he is part of a powerful race of psionic humans who must fight the normal humans ...

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The Highest Honour
The Highest Honour

After a highly successful raid on Singapore Harbour, soldiers of Z Special Unit lead a new expeditio...

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My Voiceless Friends
My Voiceless Friends

A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visi...

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Ghosts of the Dolls
Ghosts of the Dolls

A high school girl is invited to an old family's historic Hinamatsuri (Girls' Festival), but becomes...

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First Love
First Love

A 1970s Toho coming-of-age film....

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Shabake
Shabake

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Oshare daisakusen
Oshare daisakusen

1976 Japanese movie...

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Tomorrow Will Shine
Tomorrow Will Shine

This work depicts the life of a young woman, set in China and Japan, just before the end of the war....

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