Tatsuya Mihashi

Tatsuya Mihashi (三橋 達也, Mihashi Tatsuya, November 2, 1923 – May 15, 2004) was a Japanese actor best known internationally for his role as Commander Minoru Genda in the 1970 Japanese-American war epic Tora! Tora! Tora!. In addition, Mihashi was known for his roles in Akira Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well, The Human Vapor, Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki, High and Low, None but the Brave and the lead role as agent Jiro Kitami in Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi, which was reedited in the US as What's Up, Tiger Lily? Mihashi's looks were compared to those of Cary Grant's. He died in 2004 of myocardial infarction.

Tatsuya Mihashi
三橋 達也
Tatsuya Mihashi in 1954
Born	(1923-11-02)November 2, 1923 Tokyo, Japan
Died	15 May 2004(2004-05-15) (aged 80) San Francisco, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1944–2004
Spouse	Kyōko Anzai ​ ​ (m. 1961; died 2002)​
Children	Tadao Mihashi

Selected filmography

Film

• Nishijin no shimai (1952) - Hiroshi Yasui
• Shino machi o nogarete (1952) - Yosaburo Sugi
• Dôkoku (1952)
• Hawai no yoru (1953)
• Sincerity (1953) - Tôru Shimura
• Jinanbo (1953)
• Shin Tokyo koshin-kyoku (1953) - Kazuo Kiriyama
• Gutei kenkei (1953)
• Tôkyô madamu to Ôsaka fujin (1953) - Mitsuo Itô
• Kyûkon sannin musume (1954) - Kôzô Wakabayashi
• Kimi no na wa: Dai-san-bu (1954)
• Kimi ni chikaishi (1954) - Kunihiko Yada
• Daigaku wa detakeredo (1955)
• Ai no onimotsu (1955)
• Till We Meet Again (1955) - Kappei Ohnuki
• The Heart (1955) - Kaji
• Ginza 24 chou (1955) - Kan Mimurodo - Konî
• Haha naki ko (1955) - Sugimoto, policeman
• The Burmese Harp (1956) - Defense Commander
• The Balloon (1956) - Keikichi Murakami
• Hi no tori (1956)
• Suzaki Paradise: Red Light (1956) - Yoshiji, Tsutae's husband
• Waga machi (1956)
• Natsu no arashi (1956) - Keiji Akimoto
• Ueru tamashii (1956) - Retsu Tachibana
• Zoku ueru tamashii (1956) - Retsu Tachibana
• Otemba san'nin shimai: Odoru taiyô (1957) - Shintarô Taki
• Fukushû wa dare ga yaru (1957) - Yûkichi Ono / Yûzô Ôkawa
• Muhô ichidai (1957) - Kanta Waniguchi
• Sono yoru no himegoto (1957) - Yonosuke Miyamoto
• Shori-sha (1957)
• Kekkon no subete (1958)
• Onna de aru koto (1958) - Goro
• Gurama-to no yuwaku (1959) - Urumeru
• Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender (1959)
• Kaoyaku to bakudan musume (1959) - Kenji Ôta
• Samurai to oneechan (1960) - Takusan Mô
• Dâisan hâtobanô kêtto (1960) - Detective Yoneyama
• Storm Over the Pacific (1960)
• Robo no ishi (1960) - Tsugino
• Yoru no nagare (1960)
• The Bad Sleep Well (1960) - Tatsuo Iwabuchi
• 'Akasaka no shimai' yori: yoru no hada (1960) - Tôzô Nakahira
• The Human Vapor (1960) - Detective Okamoto
• Sararîman Chûshingura (1960) - Sadagoro
• Ankokugai no dankon (1961) - Azuma, police detective
• Ginza no koibitotachi (1961)
• Zoku sararîman Chûshingura (1961) - Sadagoro
• Playboy President (1961) - Honda
• Ai to honoho to (1961) - Izaki
• Dangai no ketto (1961)
• Procurer of Hell (1961) - Osamu Tobe
• Kaei (1961)
• Witness Killed (1961) - Jiro
• Ai no uzu shio (1962)
• Onna no za (1962) - Hashimoto Masaaki, Michiko no otto
• Doburoku no Tatsu (1962) - Shaguma the Foreman
• Chushingura (1962) - Yasubei Horibe
• Ankokugai no kiba (1962)
• Attack Squadron! (1963)
• High and Low (1963) - Kawanishi - Gondo's Secretary
• Minami no shima ni yuki ga furu (1963)
• Legacy of the 500,000 (1963) - Captain Keigo Gunji
• Dokuritsu kikanjûtai imada shagekichu (1963)
• Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: shirei dai hachigo (1963) - Jiro Kitami
• Norainu sakusen (1963)
• Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Tora no kiba (1964) - Jiro Kitami
• Kyô mo ware ôzora ni ari (1964)
• Zoku wakai kisetsu (1964)
• Jigoku sakusen (1964)
• Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kayaku no taru (1964) - Jiro Kitami
• Danchi: Nanatsu no taizai (1964) - Sôhei Kimura
• None But the Brave (1965) - Lt. Kuroki
• Ankokugai gekitotsu sakusen (1965) - Taro
• Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi (1965) - Jiro Kitami
• The Stranger Within a Woman (1966) - Ryukichi Sugimoto
• Kiganjô no bôken (1966) - The King
• Doto ichiman kairi (1966) - Isaku Yano
• The Killing Bottle (1967) - Jiro Kitami
• Sasaki Kojiro (1967) - Jubee Minamiya
• Shin Abashiri Bangaichi (1968) - Isamu Gunji
• Yaju no fukkatsu (1969)
• Nippon dabi katsukyu (1970)
• The Militarists (1970) - Takijirō Ōnishi
• Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) - Commander Minoru Genda
• Shin abashiri bangaichi: Arashi yobu shiretoko-misaki (1971)
• Kindaichi Kosuke no boken (1979)
• Harukanaru sôro (1980) - Risaburo Oshima
• Imperial Navy (1981)
• Rokumeikan (1986) - Hirobumi Ito
• Wasurerarenu hitobito (2000) - Kijima
• Dolls (2002) - Hiro, the Boss
• Casshern (2004) - Dr. Furoi (final film role)

Television

• Kyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery (1981-1999) - Inspector Totsugawa
• Manten (2002-2003)

External links

• Tatsuya Mihashi at IMDb
• Tatsuya Mihashi at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)