Gō Wakabayashi

Actor, Film actor

1939 –

39

Who is Gō Wakabayashi?

Wakabayashi is a Japanese film and television actor from Nagasaki.

A graduate of Senshu University, Wakabayashi became a member of Shin Kokugeki, then Wakabayashi Promotions. Currently he is a member of Toho Entertainment.

After some roles in minor television series, he appeared for the first time in an NHK taiga drama, Mominoki wa Nokotta in 1970. The network tapped him the following year for the role of Araki Mataemon in Haru no Sakamichi. Also in 1971, he appeared as Maehara Isuke in the year-long series Daichūshingura with Toshirō Mifune. He took guest roles in many other television series, including Mifune's Kōya no Surōnin, the 1970s Lone Wolf and Cub TV series, and Suikoden.

Returning to NHK, he portrayed Saitō Yoshitatsu in the 1973 taiga drama Kunitori Monogatari. He has also appeared as Sanada Yukimura in Tokugawa Ieyasu, and as the same warrior in Dokuganryū Masamune. He played Abe Masahiro in the 1990 Tobu ga Gotoku, his most recent taiga drama appearance.

Other Edo period roles have included Katsu Kaishū, Kondō Isami, Nakajima Saburōsuke, Ōkubo Ichiō, and Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi. A jidaigeki role was Hotta Settsu-no-kami in Meibugyō Tōyama no Kin-san.

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Born
Sep 5, 1939
Nagasaki
Also known as
  • Wakabayashi Gō
  • 若林 豪
  • わかばやし ごう
  • 森武久明
  • もりたけ ひさあき
  • Hisaaki Moritake
  • Moritake Hisaaki
Children
Nationality
  • Japan
Profession

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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