Tōru Abe

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Biography

Toru Abe (安部徹, Abe Tōru, 28 March 1917 – 18 July 1993) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1944 to 1985.

Known For

Tokyo Story

Railway Staff

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Rear Adm. Takijiro Onishi (uncredited)

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Watarai Gunsô

Shōgun

Hiromatsu

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

Kendo Terauchi

Blind Woman's Curse

Dobashi

Zatoichi the Fugitive

Boss Yagiri Tokyuro

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman

Boss Toubei

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1986	Evidence of the Devil MOVIE	Self
1983	The Lonely Olympics MOVIE	Self
1982	Nemuri Kyoshiro TV	Self
1982	Lovers Lost MOVIE	Self
1981	The Blazing Valiant MOVIE	Sakae Oya
1981	The Imperial Navy MOVIE	Self
1980	Shōgun TV	Hiromatsu
1979	Run Truck Rascal, Run! MOVIE	Self
1979	Demon Pond MOVIE	Leader of the Village Assembly
1979	Anne no Nikki: Anne Frank Monogatari MOVIE	Otto Frank (voice)
1979	The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf MOVIE	Self
1978	Lord Mito MOVIE	Mondo Murai
1978	Japanese Godfather: Conclusion MOVIE	Kentaro Yokokawa
1978	Tarao Bannai MOVIE	Koizumi
1978	Karate Wars MOVIE	Self
1977	Ballad of Orin MOVIE	Besho
1977	Special Crime Investigation Front TV	Self
1976	The Classroom of Terror MOVIE	Self
1976	Cobra 2 MOVIE	Goda
1975	Gambling Den Heist MOVIE	Hada
1975	Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps MOVIE	Self
1975	Cops vs. Thugs MOVIE	Self
1975	The Viper Brothers and the Young General MOVIE	Self
1974	Girl Boss: Crazy Ball Game MOVIE	Yakuza Boss
1974	My Blood is the Blood of Others MOVIE	Self
1974	The Last Samurai MOVIE	Self
1974	Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance MOVIE	Kendo Terauchi
1974	Girl Boss: Diamond Showdown MOVIE	Oshima Humio
1973	The Blossom and the Sword MOVIE	Tsuyoshi Kishimoto
1973	The Incident at Takanodai MOVIE	Self
1973	Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa MOVIE	Self
1973	Female Yakuza Tale MOVIE	Asakichi
1973	The School Deviate Waru MOVIE	Self
1972	Lustful Shogun and His 21 Mistresses MOVIE	Self
1972	The Fearless Avenger MOVIE	Self
1972	Professional Killers TV	Self
1972	Girl Boss Guerilla MOVIE	Self
1972	Rogue Of The Night MOVIE	Self
1972	Delinquent Boss: Alley Dog Commando MOVIE	Self
1972	Delinquent Street MOVIE	Self
1971	Wolves of the City: First to Fight MOVIE	Self
1971	Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack MOVIE	Yakuza Boss
1971	Evil Boss vs. Henchmen MOVIE	Self
1971	Human Target MOVIE	Chief Senda
1971	The Gambling Nun MOVIE	Self
1971	Blood Vendetta MOVIE	Hideo Tokuzawa
1971	Monk's Paradise MOVIE	Self
1971	Chivalrous Man: Junkyard of Life MOVIE	Self
1971	The Killer MOVIE	Self
1971	Kamikaze Cop, The Poison Gas Affair MOVIE	Furuya
1971	King of the Widow-Killers MOVIE	Self
1971	Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments MOVIE	Self
1971	Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman MOVIE	Boss Toubei
1970	The Swindlers MOVIE	Self
1970	The Silk Hat Boss 2 MOVIE	Self
1970	Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder MOVIE	Self
1970	The Militarists MOVIE	Chuichi Nagumo
1970	A Lively Geisha MOVIE	Self
1970	Japan's No. 1 Yakuza Man MOVIE	Self
1970	Blind Woman's Curse MOVIE	Dobashi
1970	Brothers of Capones MOVIE	Self
1970	Greatest Boss of Japan MOVIE	Self
1970	Code Between Brothers: All New MOVIE	Self
1970	Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return MOVIE	Samezu no Masagoro
1970	Duel at Fort Ezo MOVIE	Ronin
1970	Tora! Tora! Tora! MOVIE	Rear Adm. Takijiro Onishi (uncredited)
1970	Peonies And Dragons MOVIE	Self
1970	Wolves of the City: Checkmate MOVIE	Self
1969	Red Sword Sheath: Code Of Honour: Recieving Orders MOVIE	Self
1969	Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms MOVIE	Tokuzo Sekiyama
1969	Okatsu the Fugitive MOVIE	Self
1969	Chivalrous Pride MOVIE	Self
1969	The Fatal Raid MOVIE	Self
1969	New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2 MOVIE	Self
1969	Wolf Escort MOVIE	Self
1969	Penitentiary Brothers MOVIE	Self
1969	Daring Girls MOVIE	Self
1969	Trapped, the Crimson Bat MOVIE	Bunzo
1969	The Cross of Vengeance MOVIE	Self
1969	100 Gamblers MOVIE	Self
1969	The Biggest Gamble MOVIE	Iwasa
1969	Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin MOVIE	Self
1969	Family Crest: Die Like a Man MOVIE	Yoshiichiro Omori
1969	A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless MOVIE	Self
1968	Harbor Light Yokohama MOVIE	Self
1968	Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder MOVIE	Self
1968	Desperate Hoodlum MOVIE	Self
1968	Champion Woman Gambler MOVIE	Self
1968	The Two Bodyguards MOVIE	Oike
1968	Admiral Yamamoto MOVIE	Chief of Staff Soka
1968	Secret Information MOVIE	Yasaburo Oba
1968	Tattooed Temptress MOVIE	Tonomura
1968	Once and For All Pt.２ MOVIE	Self
1968	Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger MOVIE	Self
1968	A History of the Japanese Underworld MOVIE	Self
1968	Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman MOVIE	Geki
1967	Code Between Brothers 6 MOVIE	Tsuyoshi Shimaoka
1967	The Endless Duel MOVIE	Self
1967	The Homely Sister MOVIE	Ukichi Tsurumura
1967	Hoodlum Soldier on the Attack MOVIE	Self
1967	対決 MOVIE	Self
1967	Hawk of the Harbour MOVIE	Self
1967	Medal from the Devil MOVIE	Self
1967	A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance MOVIE	Self
1967	Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido MOVIE	Self
1967	Saga from Chichibu Mountains - Sword Cuts the Shadows MOVIE	Detective Kuroshima
1967	Flower Cards Chivalry MOVIE	Self
1967	Three Gamblers MOVIE	Kichinosuke Koizumi
1966	Wrath of Daimajin MOVIE	Hidanokami Arakawa
1966	フォークで行こう銀嶺は恋してる MOVIE	Self
1966	Rampaging Dragon of the North MOVIE	Self
1966	Game of Chance MOVIE	Kizaki
1966	Rub Out the Past MOVIE	Bunsho Tei
1966	Code Between Brothers MOVIE	Kito
1966	Flame and the Code MOVIE	Tsukuru Tachibana
1966	Tokyo Ninja Force MOVIE	Self
1966	Sword: Flower-Strewn Path of Courage MOVIE	Kanzaki
1965	Prison Walls of Abashiri 4 MOVIE	Self
1965	Gang's Upward Strategy MOVIE	Self
1965	Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 MOVIE	Yasui
1965	Blood of Revenge MOVIE	Tatsuzo Karasawa
1965	The Hoodlum Brothers MOVIE	Self
1965	Life of Matsu the Untamed MOVIE	Self
1965	Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2 MOVIE	Yoda
1965	Fangs of Vengeance MOVIE	Self
1965	Abashiri Prison MOVIE	Heizo Yoda
1965	Hoodlum Soldier MOVIE	Self
1965	Back Stairways MOVIE	Self
1965	Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire MOVIE	Atobe
1965	The Boss MOVIE	Self
1964	Black Thief MOVIE	Self
1964	Gamblers and Racketeers MOVIE	Self
1964	Storm Party MOVIE	Self
1964	The Ninja Hunt MOVIE	Self
1964	The Shogun's Vault MOVIE	Self
1964	The Domain MOVIE	Self
1964	On the Road Forever MOVIE	Self
1964	The Scarred Crest MOVIE	Self
1964	The Great Killing MOVIE	Self
1964	Brand of Evil MOVIE	Yuasa Teizo
1964	Main Street in the Underworld MOVIE	Self
1964	An Outlaw MOVIE	Te
1964	Melody of Crime MOVIE	Self
1964	The Third Ninja MOVIE	Self
1964	Orders from Hell MOVIE	Self
1964	Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang MOVIE	Self
1963	Bad Reputation: Two Notorious Men in Tokyo MOVIE	Self
1963	The School Cap MOVIE	Self
1963	Kanto Wanderer MOVIE	Boss Yoshida
1963	Yakuza of Seki MOVIE	Sukegoro Iioka
1963	Gang Loyalty and Vengeance MOVIE	Toribu
1963	Tale of Scarlet Love MOVIE	Self
1963	Zatoichi the Fugitive MOVIE	Boss Yagiri Tokyuro
1963	Duel of the Underworld MOVIE	Self
1963	Bury Me Deep MOVIE	Ryuzo Goda
1963	Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi MOVIE	Self
1963	I Have the Sun in My Back MOVIE	Yamada
1963	Eleven Gangsters MOVIE	Kurobe
1962	Order of Yakuza MOVIE	Self
1962	Utau abarenbō MOVIE	Self
1962	Hell's Kitchen MOVIE	Self
1962	The Young and Bad MOVIE	Self
1962	The Rambler Returns Home MOVIE	Self
1962	The Man From the Sea MOVIE	Self
1962	Solo Traveler MOVIE	Self
1962	Genkuro Yoshitsune MOVIE	Self
1962	The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps MOVIE	Deputy Chief Kawanishi
1962	Sabakareru Echizen no kami MOVIE	Self
1962	The Inheritance MOVIE	Detective A
1962	Night Mist Makes Women Cry MOVIE	Kenji Funaki
1962	Aniki MOVIE	Self
1961	Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab MOVIE	Self
1961	With Wife, Children, and Friends MOVIE	Hoshino
1961	Wharf Temperament MOVIE	Ryu
1961	Standing Towards the Great Forest MOVIE	Self
1961	Koina no Ginpei MOVIE	Self
1961	Gunman's Alley MOVIE	Self
1961	Young Lord Yakuza MOVIE	Self
1961	Red Flowers of Hell MOVIE	Self
1961	Gonin no totsugeki tai MOVIE	Self
1961	The Man from the East MOVIE	Self
1961	Three Young Samurai MOVIE	Self
1961	Nuregami botan MOVIE	Self
1961	Bara to ryū MOVIE	Self
1961	He Killed Dad MOVIE	Self
1961	The Ginza Three Boys MOVIE	Self
1960	Man at the Bullfight MOVIE	Self
1960	Storming Squadron MOVIE	Self
1960	Wait for Tomorrow MOVIE	Self
1960	The River Fuefuki MOVIE	Self
1960	Master Fencer Sees the World MOVIE	Self
1960	The Blind Menace MOVIE	Self
1960	The Last Betrayal MOVIE	Self
1960	Jungle Block MOVIE	Hanji Takebayashi
1960	Victory and Defeat MOVIE	Kenzo Goda
1960	The Man of Seven Faces MOVIE	Self
1960	Delinquent Angel MOVIE	Self
1960	Take Aim at the Police Van MOVIE	Akahori
1960	Tatsumaki kozō MOVIE	Self
1960	When a Woman Loves MOVIE	Yoshimura
1959	Who is in the Background? MOVIE	Self
1959	Elegy to Youth MOVIE	Self
1959	Wakai hyou no mure MOVIE	Self
1959	Tokyo no Kodoku MOVIE	Self
1959	Gun Number Zero MOVIE	Self
1959	I Will Challenge MOVIE	Self
1959	The Bastards of Lawless Town MOVIE	Self
1959	Get Over Her MOVIE	Self
1959	The Human Condition I: No Greater Love MOVIE	Watarai Gunsô
1958	Ama Reef MOVIE	Self
1958	The Boy Who Came Back MOVIE	Self
1958	Fearless Opposition MOVIE	Self
1958	Underworld Beauty MOVIE	Mihara
1958	Fangs of Night MOVIE	Self
1957	Man Who Causes a Storm MOVIE	Self
1957	But the Flesh is Weak MOVIE	Iida
1957	The Eagle and the Hawk MOVIE	Matsu
1957	Harbor Rats MOVIE	Self
1957	Jûnana-sai no teikô MOVIE	Self
1957	The Champion MOVIE	Shinzo Takaoka
1957	Frankie's Aliens MOVIE	Self
1957	Inn of the Floating Weeds MOVIE	Murayama
1957	Dancing Sisters MOVIE	Self
1956	Wakanohana: The Story of the Devil of the Dohyō MOVIE	Self
1956	Lunar Eclipse MOVIE	Self
1956	Kingorô no omawari-san MOVIE	Self
1956	Phoenix MOVIE	Self
1956	快傑耶茶坊 MOVIE	Self
1956	Crossroad MOVIE	Inspector Hanada
1956	Jigoku no hatoba MOVIE	Self
1956	Love is Lost MOVIE	Self
1955	Rikidozan: Man of Fury MOVIE	Self
1955	Forever a Woman MOVIE	Yamagami
1955	Policeman's Diary, Part 2 MOVIE	Self
1955	The juvenile MOVIE	Self
1955	Tales of Ginza MOVIE	Gô Momoyama
1955	Bridal Candidates MOVIE	Fortune Teller Raiunken
1955	Tomboy Daughter Diary MOVIE	Fortune Teller Raiunken
1955	Foul Play MOVIE	Second baseman Aoike
1954	Rikidozan no tetsuwan kyojin MOVIE	Company president
1954	日本敗れず MOVIE	Self
1954	Turbid Youth MOVIE	Self
1954	The Black Current MOVIE	Self
1954	The Street Without Sun MOVIE	Police Department Manager
1954	Hanran MOVIE	Takaji Muranaka
1953	Love Letter MOVIE	Self
1953	Tokyo Story MOVIE	Railway Staff
1953	The Brothers who Protect the Mountain MOVIE	Kakubei Oiwa
1953	Hana no shôgai MOVIE	通訳
1953	Yasen kangofu MOVIE	Sergeant Aoki
1952	Modern People MOVIE	Self
1951	Minami kaze MOVIE	Self
1951	The Inner Palace Conspiracy MOVIE	Older brother Taro Ichi
1950	Rumba of Passion MOVIE	Self
1950	Battle of Roses MOVIE	Self
1950	Street of Violence MOVIE	Tajima
1949	Ishimatsu of the Forest MOVIE	Self
1948	The Portrait MOVIE	Ichiro
1948	Great X MOVIE	X
1947	The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant MOVIE	Self
1946	Yurusareta ichiya MOVIE	Self
1946	Kigeki wa owarinu MOVIE	Self
1945	A New Breeze MOVIE	Self
1945	Otome no iru kichi MOVIE	Self
1944	Jubilation Street MOVIE	Self
1944	Sinking the Unsinkable MOVIE	Self
1941	Passion to Soar MOVIE	Self

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