Yūnosuke Itō

Itō made his film debut at Toho in 1946,[1] and although mostly a prominent supporting actor—playing memorable figures such as the novelist in Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru—he also was cast in leading roles such as Kon Ichikawa's Mr.[3] Film scholar Stuart Galbraith IV has noted that the "horse-faced actor...was a real chameleon, despite his instantly recognizable, distinctive features...[and] gives what may be the performance of his career [as] one of the all-time great Japanese movie villains.[6] In 2008, Itō was one of the actors commemorated in the Seven Supporting Characters film festival held at the now-defunct[7] Cinema Artone in Tokyo's Shimokitazawa entertainment district.[8] Tokyo's arthouse theatre Laputa Asagaya curated a 30-film retrospective in 2011 titled Great Character Actor of the Century: Fantastic Yūnosuke Itō.[9] In July 2019, Tokyo's Cinemavera Shibuya celebrated the 100th anniversary of his birth by screening 11 of his films in a shared festival honoring Itō and actor Kō Nishimura.
Grave of Ito Yunosuke at Saikoji Temple, Chitose, Tokyo
Kobayashi'sI Will Buy YouAkira KurosawaKon IchikawaShōwaBlue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting ActorShinobi no MonoStuart Galbraith IVkabukiWarner RecordsShimokitazawaKō NishimuraFusoshawebzineStray DogThe Thick-Walled RoomMasaki KobayashiKeisatsu NikkiSeiji HisamatsuYellow CrowHeinosuke GoshoGiants and ToysYasuzo MasumuraThe Ballad of NarayamaKeisuke KinoshitaSanjuroThe Graceful BruteYuzo KawashimaKanto WandererSeijun SuzukiHigh and LowSamurai AssassinKihachi OkamotoThe Doctor's WifeJapan's Longest DayThe Human BulletKenji MisumiTaiyō o Nusunda OtokoKazuhiko HasegawaKunitori MonogatariTaiga dramaChishū RyūDaisuke KatōEitarō ShindōEijirō TōnoKōji MitsuiNakamura Ganjirō IIShoichi OzawaSo YamamuraTakahiro TamuraKatsuo NakamuraYoshio HaradaHideji ŌtakiTomisaburo WakayamaTsunehiko WataseRentarō MikuniTetsurō TambaMasahiko TsugawaAkira EmotoKunie TanakaKaku TakashinaTakeshi KitanoKei SumaToshiro MifuneTsurutaro KataokaEiji BandōToshirō YanagibaMasatoshi NagaseHideo MurotaGeorge TokoroAtsuo NakamuraMasato HagiwaraTetsuya WatariMasahiko NishimuraRen OsugiShinji TakedaTeruyuki KagawaTsutomu YamazakiKanji TsudaTarō YamamotoJoe OdagiriShinichi TsutsumiTomokazu MiuraMasato SakaiRenji IshibashiYūsuke IseyaArata IuraPierre TakiSosuke IkematsuMasahiro MotokiLily FrankyYūsuke SantamariaTori MatsuzakaRyo YoshizawaRyo NaritaTaiga NakanoKōichi SatōTakao Osawa