Masahiko Tsugawa

Actor, Film actor

1940 –

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Who is Masahiko Tsugawa?

Masahiko Tsugawa, born Masahiko Kato on January 2, 1940 in Kyoto, Japan is a Japanese actor and director.

He made his debut at the age of 16 in the Kō Nakahira film Crazed Fruit in 1956. Tsugawa's family was heavily involved in the film industry since before his birth. Tsugawa attended school until dropping out of the Waseda University Graduate School to pursue acting alone.

He gradually grew in popularity and appeared in films like Otoko wa tsurai yo: Watashi no tora-san and Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack. He was eventually adopted as one of director Juzo Itami's favourite actors, and went on to appear in nearly every one of his movies since Tampopo.

Tsugawa recently debuted as a director under the pseudonym Makino Masahiko with his film Nezu no Ban. He chose this name because he is the nephew of the Japanese director Masahiro Makino, his mother's brother. Legend has it that Tsugawa was so awed by the director while watching him at work as a young child that he asked if he could use Makino as his last name should he ever be a director, because of the similarities of the first names.

Tsugawa comes from an illustrious film family.

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Born
Jan 2, 1940
Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto
Also known as
  • Tsugawa Masahiko
  • Mashiko Sawamura
  • Masahiko Sawamura
  • Kato Tsugawa Paradis
  • Katō Masahiko
  • Masahiko Katô
  • マキノ雅彦
  • マキノ まさひこ
  • Makino Masahiko
  • Masahiko Makino
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Siblings
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Nationality
  • Japan
Profession
Lived in
  • Kyoto Prefecture

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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