Biography
Kanjūrō Arashi (嵐 寛壽郎, Arashi Kanjūrō, 8 December 1903 – 21 October 1980) was a Japanese film actor. His nickname was "Arakan." He is famous for playing the role of Kurama Tengu sereies. He entered the film industry in 1927 and came to fame playing Kurama Tengu, a character in the Bakumatsu era created by Jirō Osaragi in his novels. In the 1950s he portrayed the Emperor Meiji in several hit films and appeared in yakuza films in the 1960s. He won Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actor award for his role in The Profound Desire of the Gods.
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Filmography
all 120
Movies 118
TV Shows 2
Ikumatsu Takada
Heaven Sent (1979)
Movie
Dead Angle (1979)
Movie
Genzo Okaya
Dynamite Don-Don (1978)
Movie
Actor
Orange Road Express (1978)
Movie
Yanosuke Kawamoto
Japanese Godfather: Ambition (1977)
Movie
Tonosama
Tora-san Meets His Lordship (1977)
Movie
Onitora
The Executioner II: Karate Inferno (1974)
Movie
Japan's Top Gangster (1973)
Movie
Seizô Ôgi
Female Yakuza Tale (1973)
Movie
Actor
Poem (1972)
Movie
Actor
Modern Lady Gambler (1972)
Movie
Shinbori
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang (1972)
Movie
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13 (1972)
Movie
Actor
Evil Boss vs. Henchmen (1971)
Movie
Actor
Chivalrous Man: Junkyard of Life (1971)
Movie
Hidegoro Omaeda
Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You (1971)
Movie
Zenhachiro Minami
The Path of the King (1971)
Movie
Kigeki Gyanburu Hisshôhô (1970)
Movie
Actor
Gambler's Code - Loyalty Offering (1970)
Movie
Actor
Yukyo-retsuden (1970)
Movie
Actor
Prison Tales (1970)
Movie
Modern Sorority (1970)
Movie
Teppo Hisao
Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return (1970)
Movie
Hyoroku
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
Movie
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Actor
Red Sword Sheath: Code Of Honour: Recieving Orders (1969)
Movie
Tazaemon
The Fort of Death (1969)
Movie
Yanagikichi Inubushi
Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms (1969)
Movie
Actor
Kanto Street Peddlers (1969)
Movie
Actor
Showdown at Nagasaki (1969)
Movie
Chivalrous Pride (1969)
Movie
Actor
The Private Police (1969)
Movie
The Elder Sister (1969)
Movie
100 Gamblers (1969)
Movie
Actor
Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony (1969)
Movie
Teijiro Sugiyama
Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game (1969)
Movie
Yamamori Futor / The patriarch
Profound Desires of the Gods (1968)
Movie
East China Sea (1968)
Movie
The Marked Man (1968)
Movie
Once and For All Pt.2 (1968)
Movie
Onitora
Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil (1967)
Movie
North Sea Chivalry (1967)
Movie
Actor
Tears of Banishment (1967)
Movie
Actor
Once and For All (1967)
Movie
Onitora
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido (1967)
Movie
Actor
Game of Chance 2 (1967)
Movie
Shimazu
A Colt Is My Passport (1967)
Movie
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country (1966)
Movie
Secret Agent 101 (1966)
Movie
Judo vs. Karate (1966)
Movie
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South (1966)
Movie
The Bullet and the Horse (1966)
Movie
Tadazo Onogawa
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him (1966)
Movie
Actor
Seventeen Ninja 2: The Great Battle (1966)
Movie
Actor
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4 (1965)
Movie
Koshikawa
Zoku seiun yakuza - ikari no otoko (1965)
Movie
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 (1965)
Movie
Hukuichi Emoto
Blood of Revenge (1965)
Movie
Oyabun Onitora
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2 (1965)
Movie
Torakichi Akuda
Abashiri Prison (1965)
Movie
Omiyo Genba
The Third Contest (1965)
Movie
Akō Rōshi (1964)
TV
Saheita Kuranaga
13 Assassins (1963)
Movie
Actor
Legends of Honor (1963)
Movie
Tokugawa Nariaki
Life of a Flower (1963)
TV
Actor
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps (1962)
Movie
Actor
Fuun shinsegumi (1961)
Movie
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Honno-Ji in Flames (1960)
Movie
Sennosuke Sakura
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu (1960)
Movie
Enma
Jigoku (1960)
Movie
Emperor Jinmu / Hideki Tojo
皇室と戦争とわが民族 (1960)
Movie
Actor
Decisive Battle at Kuroda Castle (1960)
Movie
Actor
Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu (1960)
Movie
Daitengu shutsugen (1960)
Movie
Katsura Kogoro
Tōkaidō yajikita chin dōchū (1959)
Movie
Casebooks of Dandy Sashichi: Naked Princess and Mysterious Bear Man (1959)
Movie
Emperor Meiji
Emperor Meiji and General Nogi (1959)
Movie
Actor
復讐秘文字峠 (1959)
Movie
Actor
影法師捕物帖 (1959)
Movie
決闘不動坂の大仇討 (1959)
Movie
Hideki Tojo
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal (1959)
Movie
Kyōen Kobanzame (1958)
Movie
黄金奉行 (1958)
Movie
Holiday in Japan (1958)
Movie
Emperor Meiji
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War (1958)
Movie
稲妻奉行 (1958)
Movie
Actor
Traitors of the Blue Castle (1957)
Movie
修羅八荒 猛襲伏魔殿 (1957)
Movie
Meiji Emperor
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957)
Movie
Actor
勤王? 佐幕? 女人曼陀羅 (1956)
Movie
Sôgorô
Appeal on the Cross (1956)
Movie
Actor
Gale Winds! Tengu Karama (1956)
Movie
Revenge at Jorurizaka 2: Bloody Battle at Dawn (1955)
Movie
Revenge of Jorurizaka 1: Attack at Onibushi Pass (1955)
Movie
Kenkyō edo-murasaki (1954)
Movie
Actor
Genta Shigure (1953)
Movie
Actor
Sunset Over Mount Fuji (1952)
Movie
Actor
鞍馬天狗 天狗廻状 (1952)
Movie
Umon Kondô
Casebooks of Detective Umon: The Incident of the Fawn-Pattern Cloth (1952)
Movie
Actor
Satsuma-bikyaku (1951)
Movie
Actor
Yasubei Nakayama (1951)
Movie
Matashirô Sasai
Conduct Report on Matashiro: The Devil Princess and Winter Rain (1951)
Movie
右門捕物帖 片眼狼 (1951)
Movie
Ôhara Yûgaku
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog (1950)
Movie
Seikichi
Rinchi (1949)
Movie
White-haired Demon (1949)
Movie
Meiji no kyōdai (1946)
Movie
Thus the Divine Wind Blows (1944)
Movie
Tenzen Kurata
Kurama Tengu (1942)
Movie
Sea Raiding Unit (1939)
Movie
Actor
Taiko's Rising in the World (1938)
Movie
Chushingura (1938)
Movie
Kurama Tengu
Kurama Tengu (1938)
Movie
Actor
The Skull Coin (1938)
Movie
Actor
Ogasawara Ikinokami (1932)
Movie
Iso no Genta
Iso-no-genta's Sword (1932)
Movie
'Muttsuri' Umon
Detective Umon's Diary, Story No. 6 (1930)
Movie
'Muttsuri' Umon
Umon's First Exploit (1929)
Movie
Kurama Tengu
The Frightful Era of Kurama Tengu (1928)
Movie
Kurama Tengu
Kurama Tengu (1928)
Movie
Actor
Chushingura: The Truth (1928)
Movie
Ratings
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1903-12-08
Deathday1980-10-21 (76 years old)
Birth Name高橋照一
Birth PlaceKiyamachi Street, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As嵐寛寿郎, Kanjūrō Arashi, Chosaburo Arashi, Chôsaburô Arashi, Arashi Kanjūrō, Kanjuro Arashi, Кандзюро Араси, 嵐長三郎
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