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Tetsuya Takeda

Actor

Tetsuya Takeda

Born November 4, 1949 in Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan57 films

Tetsuya Takeda is a Japanese folk singer and actor, perhaps most known in Japan for his starring role in the Tokyo Broadcasting System's (TBS) long-running, highly rated television drama Kinpachi-sensei (San-nen B-gumi Kinpachi-sensei). The program, targeted at junior high and high school-aged adolescents, ran on TBS with Takeda at various times from 1979 until 2011.

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Godzilla 1985 poster6.8Godzilla 19851985

Filmography

57 films as actor
  1. 2026The PotentialsHaru Yoshizumi
  2. 2025Mito Komon
  3. 2025Sukajan Kung Fu
  4. 2024橋ものがたり「約束」
  5. 2022TangMasahiko Bamba
  6. 2020Labyrinth of CinemaRyoma Sakamoto
  7. 2019Sketches of LifeAkira Noda
  8. 2017HanagatamiDr. Ichijo
  9. 2016Professor EikoOsamu Igarashi
  10. 2016Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: GraduationYakuza boss Medaka
  11. 2015FurikoUmekichi Hashimoto
  12. 2013Don't Lose HeartKenichi Shibata
  13. 2013The PartnerInukai Tsuyoshi
  14. 2013Say YesHoshino Tetsuro
  15. 2013Strawberry NightKensaku Katsumata
  16. 2013Strawberry Night: After the Invisible Rain
  17. 2011Little Ghostly Adventures of Tofu Boy
  18. 2010Strawberry Night
  19. 2010The Tragedy of WKappei Ainoura
  20. 2008I Want to Be a ShellfishTakeuchi
  21. 2005Shining Boy & Little Randy
  22. 2003Youth Bakachin Cooking SchoolSekine Ginzo
  23. 2000Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai
  24. 1998Pro Golfer Kinjiro Oribe 5: Beloved Lost Ball
  25. 1998The Green CityAsazuma
  26. 1997Pro Golfer Kinjiro Oribe 4: Shank Shank Shank
  27. 1995Birthday Present
  28. 1995Pro Golfer Kinjiro Oribe 3: Fly Birdie
  29. 1994Hero InterviewManager Kajiwara
  30. 1994Torarete Tamaruka!?
  31. 1994Pro Golfer Oribe 2: Par is Fine
  32. 1993The Man Who Wanted to Be UltramanHiroshi Asami
  33. 1993Pro Golfer Oribe KinjiroKinjiro Oribe
  34. 1991By the Time the Moon RisesOld Farmer (voice)
  35. 1987Children on the IslandOishi's husband
  36. 1987Karate Cop 5
  37. 1986Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earthShota Tanabe (Tokyo Fujimi Zoo Keeper)
  38. 1986Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto RyomaRyoma Sakamoto
  39. 1985Karate Cop 4
  40. 1985Godzilla 1985Tramp
  41. 1984The Return of GodzillaHomeless man
  42. 1984Karate Cop 3
  43. 1984Hole in the Pants
  44. 1984Europe Express
  45. 1983Choji Snack Bar
  46. 1983Karate Cop 2
  47. 1983It's All Right, My FriendNurse
  48. 1982Ekisutora水越修五郎
  49. 1982Karate CopHajime Katayama
  50. 1981StationTrain Passenger
  51. 1981Ore to aitsu no monogatari南原幸四郎
  52. 1980My RoadKenji
  53. 1980The Long Way 'Round
  54. 1980A Distant Cry from SpringKatsuo
  55. 1979Our SymphonyTokujiro Nitta
  56. 1978Stage-Struck Tora-san后藤留吉
  57. 1977The Yellow HandkerchiefKinya Hanada