Masahiko Tsugawa

Masahiko Tsugawa was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Tsugawa's earliest roles were in film, including "Taiyo No Hakaba" (1960), the Tsunehiko Watase drama "Jidaiya No Nyobo" (1982) and "The Politician" (1984). He also appeared in the Ken Watanabe comedy "Tampopo" (1987), the comedy "Ososhiki" (1987) with Tsutomu Yamazaki and "A Taxing Woman" (1988). He continued to act in productions like "Ten To Chi To" (1991), "Twinkle" (1992) and "Daibyonin" (1995). Recently, he tackled roles in "Excellent Campany" (2006) with Masato Ibu, the Ken'ichi Matsuyama foreign sequel "Desu Noto: The Last Name" (2006) and the dramatic adaptation "Ai No Rukeichi" (2007) with Shinobu Terajima. He also appeared in the Takashi Sorimachi foreign "Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea" (2008). Tsugawa most recently acted in the Tomohisa Yamashita foreign "Tomorrow's Joe" (2011).