Portrait of Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Acting

Biography

Kawarasaki Choichiro was a Japanese actor born in Musashino Town, Tokyo. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Musashi High School and dropped out of Waseda University's Department of Literature. He is the eldest son of Kawarazaki Chojuro IV. His wife is Ito Eiko. His younger brothers are Kawarazaki Jiro and Kawarazaki Kenzo. At the age of 64, he died of acute heart failure.

Born: January 11, 1939

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Filmography

1997
Moonlight Serenade

as Headmaster

1995
Sharaku

as Santō Kyōden

1994
Tokyo Cinderella Story

as Tadashi Matsui

1994
1993
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict

as Chamberlain giving shelter to Ogami Itto

1992
An Elegy of Tyrole

as Yamagata Motoo

1991
1991
War and Youth

as Kappei Hayase

1990
Takeshi: Childhood Days

as Tatsuo Kazama (Uncle of Shinji)

1989
My Phoenix

as Kisaku Anayama

1988
Shiro and Marilyn

as Gentaro Tamashiro

1987
1987
Tokyo Bordello

as Zennosuke Echigoya

1986
A Human Promise

as Yoshio, Ryôsaku's son

1986
Gonza the Spearman

as Jinbei Iwaki

1985
Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-

as Katsutoshi Watanabe

1984
1983
Dark Room

as Man (Interview with Nakata)

1981
Manon

as Kuwashiro

1981
Why Not?

as Nakazawa

1979
Gassan

as Karasu

1979
Vengeance Is Mine

as Pawnshop Owner

1975
Light of Africa

as Chief of police

1974
My Way

as Kobayakawa's father

1974
Himiko

as Mimaki

1971
1968
1965
1964
The Ninja Hunt

as Yajirô Amano

1963
13 Assassins

as Makino Yoshio

1963
A House in the Quarter

as Seijun Kunugida

1963
Castle of Owls

as Kumotaro

1962
The Warrior from Kishu

as Hatsuse Toma

1962
The Mad Fox

as Sakuragi Miya

1961