Tomokazu Miura (三浦 友和,Miura Tomokazu, born Miura Minoru (三浦 稔) on January 28, 1952) is a Japanese actor.
Contents
1Life and career
2Filmography
2.1Film
2.2Television
2.3Japanese dub
3Books
4Honours
5References
6External links
Life and career
He attended Hino high school in Tokyo. He was originally a member of rock group RC Succession, but was asked to leave the group by their management when they signed a record contract.[1][2] However, impressed by his looks, the management company asked him to try out acting.[1] In 1974 he appeared in an advertisement for Glico with young singer Momoe Yamaguchi. When casting the male lead for her film Izu no Odoriko, they thought of Miura, and he was chosen as the male lead. The popularity of the Miura/Yamaguchi combination led to them starring together in a series of films and television series. They became known as the "Golden Combi". Although Yamaguchi had a separate career as a singer, this was Miura's main form of employment through the 1970s.
In 1980 Miura and Yamaguchi married, and the twenty-one-year-old Yamaguchi retired from show business. Initially Miura struggled with his acting career, which had consisted of playing Yamaguchi's romantic partner.[3] However, after a few years of struggle, he was able to establish himself as an actor, changing his type from the "clean cut youth" roles he had played with Yamaguchi to "bad boy" roles. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 10th Hochi Film Award[4] and at the 7th Yokohama Film Festival[5] for Typhoon Club.[6]
He is a keen pachinko player and was a smoker until he gave it up at the age of fifty. Because of his appearance in cigarette advertisements, it was debated in the Japanese diet whether Miura was an "idol" who could be considered to have a strong influence on underage smoking. Due to his wife's relatively greater fame and popularity, he is sometimes referred to as just "Momoe's husband" (Momoe-chan no Danna-san), a name which he dislikes.[1] The couple have two sons, Yutaro and Takahiro, and have repeatedly been chosen as "the ideal celebrity couple".[7] According to Miura, they have never had a marital quarrel.[3]
Filmography
Film
Year
Film
Role
Notes
1974
Izu no Odoriko
with Momoe Yamaguchi. (After Kawabata Yasunari's The Dancing Girl of Izu)
1975
Aoi Sanmyaku
1976
Shunkinshō
Sasuke
with Momoe Yamaguchi.
1977
House
Auntie's Fiancé
1978
Furimukeba Ai
Tetsuo
With Momoe Yamaguchi
1979
White Love
1980
Koto
with Momoe Yamaguchi. (After Kawabata Yasunari's The Old Capital)
1984
Sayonara Jupiter
Dr. Eiji Honda
Tengoku no Eki: Heavenly Station
Kouichi Hashimoto
1985
Typhoon Club
Teacher Umemiya
1986
His Motorbike, Her Island
Hidemasa Sawada
1991
Deer Friend
Masao Yagi[8]
1994
Rampo
Producer Tagawa
Chonouryoku-sha Michi Eno Tabibito
Hikaru Takatsuka
2004
The Taste of Tea
Nobuo Haruno
Survive Style 5+
Doctor Yamauchi
2005
Always Sanchōme no Yūhi
Shiro "Akuma" Takuma
2007
Adrift in Tokyo
Aiichiro Fukuhara
2007
Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi
Dr. Takuma
2008
Flowers in the Shadows
Ryōtarō
2009
Heaven's Door
Hasegawa
Shizumanu Taiyō
Shiro Gyoten
2010
Outrage
Kato
The Borrower Arrietty
Pod
2012
Outrage Beyond
Kato
2016
64: Part I
Katsutoshi Matsuoka
64: Part II
Katsutoshi Matsuoka
The Katsuragi Murder Case
Kiyoshi Katsuragi
2017
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
Kōtarō Isshiki
2018
A Forest of Wool and Steel
Sōichirō Itadori
2020
AI Hōkai
Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1975-1980
Akai series
Various
With Momoe Yamaguchi
1981
Sekigahara
Ukita Hideie
1982-1983
Seibu Keisatsu Part II
Gorou Okita
First appeared in Episode 1 of Part II, left after episode 6 of Part III
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