Actor info
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Name :
Toshiyuki Nishida
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Born :
November 4, 1947 in Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan (76 years at death)
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Died :
October 17, 2024
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Male
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Film career :
110 films (1974–2024)
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Also known as :
西田 敏行, にしだ としゆき
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Biography
Toshiyuki Nishida (西田 敏行, Nishida Toshiyuki, born November 4, 1947, died October 17, 2024) was a Japanese actor. He has won two Japanese Academy Awards for best actor, for The Silk Road (1988) and Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 (1993). He has also won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor for Get Up! and Tsuribaka Nisshi 14 (2003). Outside Japan he is best known for his role as Pigsy (Cho Hakkai) in Monkey.
Notable films
- A Letter to Momo (2012) as Iwa (voice)
- Emperor (2012) as General Kajima
- Space Battleship Yamato (2010) as Hikozaemon Tokugawa
- The Ramen Girl (2008) as Maezumi
- Edo Porn (1981) as Kyokutei Baken
