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Teruo Yoshida

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Teruo Yoshida

Born March 23, 1936 in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, Japan67 films

Teruo Yoshida is a prominent Japanese actor and singer best known for his extensive work in mid-20th-century Japanese cinema. Born on March 23, 1936, in Osaka, Japan, he went on to graduate from Ritsumeikan University before launching his entertainment career. Yoshida is most highly recognized for his close, long-lasting collaboration with legendary cult director Teruo Ishii. During the late 1960s, he became a signature leading man in Ishii's provocative and taboo-busting genre films.

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An Autumn Afternoon posterFirst watchAn Autumn Afternoon19627.9as Yutaka MiuraWidower Shuhei Hirayama's caretaker is his 24-year-old daughter, Michiko. Gradually, he comes to realize that Michiko should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so…View film

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Filmography

67 films as actor
  1. 2026Agito: Superpower WarTanaka
  2. 2025Shogun's Ninja
  3. 1995Burai-HeiyaRyu
  4. 1971Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 6 - The Woman's Grudge Spirit Boat
  5. 1970Fear of Sex
  6. 1970Killer's Hit List
  7. 1969Horrors of Malformed MenHirosuke Hitomi / Genzaburô Komoda
  8. 1969Memoir of Japanese AssassinationsKurushima Tsuneki
  9. 1969Kanto Woman Fortitude
  10. 1969Love and CrimeMurase
  11. 1969Yakuza Law
  12. 1969Inferno of TortureHorihide
  13. 1969Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive LoveYoshioka
  14. 1969Sex and Life
  15. 1969Orgies of EdoGentatsu​
  16. 1968Blue in IsezakiTakemura
  17. 1968Shogun's Joy of Torture
  18. 1968Goké, Body Snatcher from HellSugisaka
  19. 1968Hot Springs Geisha
  20. 1968Tokugawa: Woman's GenealogyTokugawa Tsunayoshi
  21. 1968Once and For All Pt.２Joji
  22. 1968Army IntelligenceIchiro Kakinuma
  23. 1967Ishimatsu the Yakuza: Something's Fishy
  24. 1967Lover's DuetIchirô Seki
  25. 1967Once and For All
  26. 1967Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
  27. 1966Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
  28. 1966Secret Agent 101
  29. 1966Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of LoveKenji Goda
  30. 1966Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
  31. 1964My LoverTsuneo Oda
  32. 1964Nagisa o kakeru onna
  33. 1964Melody of Crime
  34. 1964Dislikes
  35. 1964Destroyer Yukikaze
  36. 1963The Night We Danced
  37. 1963A Million GirlsShinkichi Komiya
  38. 1963Tale of Scarlet Love
  39. 1963Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
  40. 1963Dokuritsu bijin-taiUno
  41. 1963恋と出世に強くなれ！宇佐美強
  42. 1963Rush to Our Sweetheart
  43. 1963Twin Sisters of KyotoRyusuke Mizuki
  44. 1963Sakiko-san chotto南条京太郎
  45. 1962Naite waratta hanayome
  46. 1962Daigaku kazoe uta senpai kōhai
  47. 1962An Autumn AfternoonYutaka Miura
  48. 1962Zoku aizen katsura
  49. 1962Tōkyō sanosa musume
  50. 1962Kyūjin ryokō
  51. 1962Akitsu Hot SpringsNews Reporter
  52. 1962Kiriko no unmei
  53. 1962Flower in a Storm
  54. 1962Otoko no Uta
  55. 1962This Year's LoveMasao Yamada
  56. 1961Mama o uchi ga moeteru no
  57. 1961Fire LineShin'ichi
  58. 1961I'm a Mountain Man in the City
  59. 1961Sexy LineHiroshi Yoshioka
  60. 1960This Is a Man's WorldTakeshi Yoshida
  61. 1960Cave QueensEiji
  62. 1960Queen Bee and College Boy RyuRyuji Hirooka
  63. 1960Kenjū to bakusōKoji
  64. 1960Yellow LineToshio Mayama
  65. 1960Women of Whirlpool IslandNobuhiko Ôgami
  66. 1960Female Thief and the BombTakashi Chiba
  67. 1959Kingorō no kaigun taishô