Mickey Curtis
Japanese actor, singer and media personality (born 1938)
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::summary Japanese actor, singer and media personality (born 1938) ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Mickey Curtis |
| image | |
| native_name | ミッキー・カーチス |
| native_name_lang | ja |
| birth_name | Michael Brian Curtis |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
| death_date | |
| other_names | Igarashi Shinjirô |
| Mikkī Kāchisu | |
| occupation | Actor, singer |
| years_active | 1958–present |
| spouse | Mari Yoshimura (1962–1964) |
| module | {{Infobox musical artist |
| background | solo_singer |
| instrument | Vocals |
| genre | {{flatlist |
| label | Victor, Philips, Black |
| associated_acts | {{flatlist |
| :: |
| name = Mickey Curtis | image = | alt = | caption = | native_name = ミッキー・カーチス | native_name_lang = ja | birth_name = Michael Brian Curtis | birth_date = | birth_place = Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = Igarashi Shinjirô Mikkī Kāchisu | occupation = Actor, singer | years_active = 1958–present | known_for = | notable_works = | spouse = Mari Yoshimura (1962–1964) | module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes | background = solo_singer | instrument = Vocals | genre = {{flatlist|
- Rock and roll
- Progressive rock
- Rockabilly}} | label = Victor, Philips, Black | associated_acts = {{flatlist|
- Mickey Curtis and The Samurai
- Mickey Curtis and His City Crows}}
Mickey Curtis is a Japanese actor, singer and media personality. He was born to English-Japanese parents.
A pivotal figure in Japanese popular music, Curtis is considered one of the three big Japanese names in rock music, helping to popularize the genre in the 1950s where he began as a rockabilly singer.{{cite book | title = 昭和浪漫ロカビリー―聞き書き:ジャズ喫茶からウエスタン・カーニバルへ | publisher = Heibonsha Publishing | year = 2001 | isbn = 4-19-861365-6 | title = The Japanese rock stars interviews 集~時代を築いた20人の言葉 | publisher = T.O Entertainment | year = 2010 | isbn = 978-4-904376-18-8
As an actor his first role was as a rock singer in the 1958 film All About Marriage by Kihachi Okamoto and he has since gone on to star in more than 70 feature films. Apart from his entertainment career he has also been a race car driver and owns a motorcycle shop in Meguro, Tokyo. He speaks Japanese, English, French, German, Italian and Thai.
Selected filmography
Film
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| Year | Film | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Fires on the Plain | Nagamatsu | ||
| 1962 | The Big Wave | Yukio | ||
| 1963 | Brave Records of the Sanada Clan | Yuri Kamanosuke | ||
| 1986 | Jikuu Senshi Spielban | Emperor Guillotine | ||
| 1989 | Gunhed | Bansho | ||
| 1992 | 8 Man | Sniper | ||
| 1995 | Kamikaze Taxi | Animaru | ||
| 1996 | Swallowtail Butterfly | Doctor | ||
| Fudoh: The New Generation | Yasha Gang Assassin | |||
| 1998 | Blues Harp | |||
| Hana no O-Edo no Tsuribaka Nisshi | ||||
| 2001 | Cowboy Bebop: The Movie | Rasheed (voice) | ||
| Lily Festival | ||||
| Warm Water Under a Red Bridge | Nobuyuki Ohnishi | |||
| 2002 | Agitator | Yokomizo | ||
| The Laughing Frog | Kiichiro Aisawa | |||
| Aiki | Miyaji | |||
| 2003 | Kikoku | |||
| 2004 | Izo | |||
| Blooming Again | Jun'ichi Kuroi | |||
| 2005 | Custom Made 10.30 | A god | ||
| 2008 | SS | Nishiyama President | ||
| Kurosagi | ||||
| Cafe Isobe | Hongo | |||
| 2011 | Deadball | |||
| 2012 | Robo-G | Shigemitsu Suzuki | Lead role | |
| 2016 | Drowning Love | Tetsuo | ||
| 2019 | Until I Meet September's Love | Gondō | ||
| 2021 | Every Trick in the Book | |||
| :: |
Television
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| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1964–1965 | Stingray | Lieutenant Phones (Japanese Dub) |
| 1986–1987 | Jikuu Senshi Spielban | Emperor Guillotine |
| 2014 | Gunshi Kanbei | Matsunaga Hisahide |
| 2017 | Quartet | Nemoto |
| Yasuragi no Sato | Rokurō | |
| :: |
References
References
- "矢口史靖監督最新作「ロボジー」主演は73歳・五十嵐信次郎 : 映画ニュース".
- "ミッキー・カーチス｜ワタナベエンターテインメント".
- "死に花". eiga.com.
- "ロボジー". eiga.com.
- "溺れるナイフ". eiga.com.
- "九月の恋と出会うまで". eiga.com.
- "藤原竜也が天才作家演じる「鳩の撃退法」、リリー・フランキーら出演者11名解禁". Natalie.
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