Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
| Shigeru Tsuyuguchi | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 8, 1932 Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1955–present |
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi (露口 茂 Tsuyuguchi Shigeru?, born April 8, 1932 in Tokyo) is a Japanese actor.
Tsuyuguchi was born in Tokyo and raised in Ehime. He came to prominence playing the thief in Shohei Imamura's Unholy Desire. He became one of Imamura's favorite actors, appearing in four of Imamura's other films, but he refused to play a role in Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001). He appeared in many jidaigeki television dramas, his most prominent roles being Hyōgo Furukawa in the first season of Mito Kōmon and Tawarano Touta in the taiga drama Kaze to Kumo to Nijito. He is also known for his part in Taiyo ni Hoero!, one of the most famous dramas in Japanese television history. Tsuyuguchi appeared frequently in two-hour special dramas, often as a detective. He stopped acting in the late 1990s and announced his retirement in 2013.
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