Tōru Abe

Tōru Abe
Born	28 March 1917 Munakata, Fukuoka, Japan
Died	18 July 1993(1993-07-18) (aged 76)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1944–1985

Tōru Abe (安部 徹, Abe Tōru, 28 March 1917 – 18 July 1993) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1944 to 1985.

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1953	Tokyo Story	Railway employee
1955	Tales of Ginza	Gô Momoyama
	The Eternal Breasts	Yamagami
1957	Man Who Causes a Storm
1958	Underworld Beauty
	Kurenai no Tsubasa	Takeshi Iwami
1963	Zatoichi the Fugitive	Boss Yagiri Tokyuro
	Kanto Wanderer	Dairyu Yoshida
1965	Abashiri Prison
1966	Rampaging Dragon of the North
1969	Daikanbu Nagurikomi	Nishio
1970	Blind Woman's Curse	Dobashi
	The Militarists	Chūichi Nagumo
	Tora! Tora! Tora!	Rear Adm. Takijirō Ōnishi	Uncredited
1969	Daimon Otokode Shinitai	Giichiro Omori
1971	Blood Vendetta	Hideo Tokuzawa
1974	Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance	Kendo Terauchi
	Orenochi wa Taninnochi	Toraichiro Yamaga
1975	Cross the Rubicon!	Hada
	Cops vs. Thugs	Azuma Kikuchi

Voice acting

• The Bridge on the River Kwai – Major Warden (Jack Hawkins)

External links

• Tōru Abe at IMDb