Tarō Ishida

Tarō Ishida
石田 太郎
Born
Gentarō Ishida

(1944-03-16)March 16, 1944
DiedSeptember 21, 2013(2013-09-21) (aged 69)
OccupationsActor, voice actor
Years active1960–2013
Spouse(s)Fusako Tachibana
(? - 2006, her death)
ParentShigeki Ishida
WebsiteGranpapa

Tarō Ishida (石田 太郎, Ishida Tarō; March 16, 1944 – September 21, 2013), born Gentarō Ishida (石田 弦太郎, Ishida Gentarō), was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and Shin Buddhist priest from the city of Kyoto. He was affiliated with Granpapa Production.

Biography

Ishida was born in Kyoto, Japan on March 16, 1944, the son of actor Shigeki Ishida.[1] He attended the Foreign Language Department (Spanish) of Sophia University, but quit without graduating.[2] Ishida was also a chief priest at the Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist temple Jōkei-ji at Kanazawa, Ishikawa.[3]

He was married to actress Fusako Tachibana until her death in 2006.[4]

Ishida died on September 21, 2013, from myocardial infarction.[5]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
1988 A Taxing Woman's Return Kiyohara
1989 Violent Cop Detective Tomosato
1990 Heaven and Earth Takeda Nobushige
1993 A Touch of Fever Yoriko's Father
1996 Oishinbo Koizumi
1998 Pride Akira Mutō [6]
Ikinai Noguchi
2001 Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack SDF Officer
2004 Quill Hiroshi Totsuka
2006 Doomsday: The Sinking of Japan Minister of Defense Seigo Umezu
2008 Departures Sonezaki
2009 Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky City Council Member

Television dramas

Year Title Role Notes
1983 Oshin
1984 Sanga Moyu
1986 Musashibō Benkei Kajiwara Kagetoki
1987 Dokuganryū Masamune Nihonmatsu Yoshitsugu
1989 Kasuga no Tsubone Ōkubo Tadachika
1998 Shomuni Kato
2000 Aoi Ōkubo Tadachika
2007 The Family Yasuda

Television animation

Year Title Role Notes
1980 Time Patrol-Tai Otasukeman Napoleon
2001 Lupin III: Alcatraz Connection Assistant Inspector Terry Crown
2002 Detective Conan Police Inspector Radish Redwood
2003 Requiem from the Darkness Emon Shibamigi
2004 Astro Boy: Mighty Atom Duke Red
Black Jack Toranomon
2007 GeGeGe no Kitarō Vampire Elite Johnny Fifth series
2012-2013 Space Brothers Deneil Young

Original video animation (OVA)

Year Title Role Notes
1990-1991 Record of Lodoss War Emperor Beld
1994-1996 Legend of the Galactic Heroes Heydrich Lang (second voice)
1995 Bio Hunter Tabu
1995-1998 Giant Robo Demon King of Chaos Fan Rui
1999 Harlock Saga Wotan

Theatrical animation

Year Title Role Notes
1979 Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro Count Cagliostro
1982 Arcadia of My Youth Zeda
1983 Final Yamato Lugal
1985 The Dagger of Kamui Tenkai, Saigō Takamori
Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight Saint Asgard As "Gentarō Ishida
1986 Fist of the North Star Narrator
1988 Akira Colonel Shikishima
1989 Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Nightmare King
1997 Case Closed: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper Teiji Moriya
1998 Crayon Shin-chan: Blitzkrieg! Pig's Hoof's Secret Mission Mouse
2001 Metropolis Duke Red
2003 One Piece: Dead End Adventure Gasparde
2006 Brave Story Bishop Daimon

Tokusatsu

Year Title Role Notes
1984 Ultraman Story Father of Ultra
2003 Kamen Rider 555 Joji Soeno
2007 Juken Sentai Gekiranger Kentaro Hisatsu

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Adventure of Tokyo Disney Sea ~Losing of Jewel's secret King Triton
2002 Kingdom Hearts [7]
2005 Kingdom Hearts II King Triton, Eeyore
2008 Dissidia: Final Fantasy Exdeath [7]
2011 Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy [7]

Dubbing roles

Live-action

Original Year Title Role Original actor Notes Refs
1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai Colonel Saito Sessue Hayakawa
1959 Ben-Hur Ben-Hur Charlton Heston 1979 Nippon TV edition
1962 Lawrence of Arabia Colonel Harry Brighton Anthony Quayle 1981 TV Asahi edition
1973 The Sting Lieutenant William Snyder Charles Durning 1991 TV Asahi edition
1977 The Domino Principle Roy Tucker Gene Hackman
1979 The Amityville Horror George Lutz James Brolin 1982 NTV edition [8]
Apocalypse Now Colonel Walter E. Kurtz Marlon Brando
1980 The Empire Strikes Back Darth Vader James Earl Jones 1992 TV Asahi edition
The Shining Jack Torrance Jack Nicholson 1996 TV Tokyo edition
Superman II Lex Luthor Gene Hackman 1984 TV Asahi edition [9]
1981 The Cannonball Run Doctor Nikolas Van Helsing Jack Elam 1984 Fuji TV edition
Raiders of the Lost Ark René Belloq Paul Freeman 1993 DVD edition
1982 Conan the Barbarian Thulsa Doom James Earl Jones 1985 Nippon TV edition
48 Hrs. Jack Cates Nick Nolte 1985 Nippon TV edition, as "Gentarō Ishida [10]
First Blood Sheriff Will Teasle Brian Dennehy 1985 NTV, 1990 TBS and 1995 TV Asahi editions [11]
1983 Cannonball Run II Doctor Nikolas Van Helsing Jack Elam
Project A San Dick Wei [12]
Scarface Frank Lopez Robert Loggia 1989 TV Asahi edition
Under Fire Alex Grazier Gene Hackman
1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Mola Ram Amrish Puri 1987 Nippon TV edition
The NeverEnding Story Falkor, Gmork Alan Oppenheimer [13]
1985 Cocoon Walter Brian Dennehy
Commando Bennett Vernon Wells
1987 The Running Man Damon Killian Richard Dawson 1989 Fuji TV edition [14]
No Way Out Defense Secretary David Brice Gene Hackman TV Tokyo edition
1988 Mississippi Burning Agent Rupert Anderson 1992 TV Asahi edition
1989 The Package Sgt. Johnny Gallagher 1993 TBS edition
K-9 Lyman Kevin Tighe 1993 TV Asahi edition
The Punisher Jake Berkowitz Louis Gossett Jr. [15]
Columbo Lt. Columbo Peter Falk Season 8~
1990 Dances with Wolves Kicking Bird Graham Greene
Die Hard 2 Trudeau Fred Thompson 1994 TV Asahi edition
Loose Cannons MacArthur Stern Gene Hackman
Postcards from the Edge Lowell Kolchek
Narrow Margin Robert Caulfield
1991 Class Action Jedediah Tucker Ward
Armour of God II: Operation Condor Adolf Aldo Sambrell 1993 Fuji TV edition
The Silence of the Lambs Hannibal Lecter Anthony Hopkins 1995 TV Asahi edition
1992 Alien 3 Leonard Dillon Charles S. Dutton 1998 TV Asahi edition
Batman Returns Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin Danny DeVito 1994 TV Asahi edition
Unforgiven Little Bill Daggett Gene Hackman
1993 Geronimo: An American Legend Brig. Gen. George Crook [16]
This Boy's Life Dwight Hansen Robert De Niro [17]
1994 Wyatt Earp Nicholas Earp Gene Hackman 1997 TV Tokyo edition
1995 Crimson Tide Captain Frank Ramsey [18]
The Quick and the Dead John Herod [19]
Die Hard with a Vengeance Inspector Walter Cobb Larry Bryggman 1998 Fuji TV edition
1996 The Birdcage Senator Kevin Keeley Gene Hackman 2000 Fuji TV edition
The Chamber Sam Cayhall
Extreme Measures Dr. Lawrence Myrick
1997 Absolute Power President Alan Richmond
Men in Black Chief Zed Rip Torn 2001 Nippon TV edition
Cop Land Ray Donlan Harvey Keitel 2000 Nippon TV edition
1998 Godzilla Mayor Ebert Michael Lerner 2001 NTV edition
Enemy of the State Edward "Brill" Lyle Gene Hackman 2003 Fuji TV edition
2000 Under Suspicion Henry Hearst
Gone in 60 Seconds Detective Roland Castlebeck Delroy Lindo [20]
2001 Evolution Brigadier General Russell Woodman Ted Levine 2005 NTV edition [21]
Behind Enemy Lines Admiral Leslie McMahon Reigart Gene Hackman [22]
Heist Joe Moore
The Royal Tenenbaums Royal Tenenbaum [23]
Hannibal Hannibal Lecter Anthony Hopkins [24]
2002 Red Dragon 2006 TV Tokyo edition
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Treebeard John Rhys-Davies [25]
Men in Black II Chief Zed Rip Torn 2005 TV Asahi edition
Undisputed Mendy Ripstein Peter Falk
About Schmidt Warren R. Schmidt Jack Nicholson [26]
2003 Runaway Jury Rankin Fitch Gene Hackman [27]
Big Fish Old Edward Bloom Albert Finney [28]
2004 Saw Jigsaw Tobin Bell [29]
2005 Saw II [30]
Batman Begins William Earle Rutger Hauer
Carmine Falcone Tom Wilkinson 2007 Nippon TV edition
Brokeback Mountain Joe Aguirre Randy Quaid [31]
2006 The Departed Frank Costello Jack Nicholson [32]
ER Richard Elliot Armand Assante
Saw III Jigsaw Tobin Bell [33]
2007 Saw IV [34]
Next Irv Peter Falk [35]
Sleuth Andrew Wyke Michael Caine [36]
2009 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Doctor Parnassus Christopher Plummer [37]
The City of Your Final Destination Adam Gund Anthony Hopkins [38]
2010 Beginners Hal Fields Christopher Plummer [39]
Green Zone Martin Brown Brendan Gleeson [40]
Robin Hood Sir Walter Loxley Max von Sydow [41]
2012 Silent Hill: Revelation Leonard Wolf Malcolm McDowell [42]
The Raven Captain Charles Hamilton Brendan Gleeson [43]
2013 The Smurfs 2 Victor Doyle
Red 2 Ivan Simanov Brian Cox [44]

Animation

Original Year Title Role Original actor Notes Refs
1953 Peter Pan Indian Chief Candy Candido Buena Vista edition
1981 The Fox and the Hound Adult Copper Kurt Russell
1988 Oliver and Company Bill Sykes Robert Loggia
1989 The Little Mermaid King Triton Kenneth Mars Re-release edition
1997 Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin Eeyore Peter Cullen
2000 The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea King Triton Kenneth Mars
The Tigger Movie Eeyore Peter Cullen
2001-2003 The Book of Pooh
2004 Shark Tale Don Feinberg Peter Falk
2011 Cars 2 Mel Dorado Patrick Walker [45]
2013 Planes Skipper Riley Stacy Keach

Japanese voiceover

Opening Year Title Role Notes Refs
1983 Peter Pan's Flight Indian Chief
2000 Pooh's Hunny Hunt Eeyore

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