Tsuyoshi Ihara
| Tsuyoshi Ihara 伊原 剛志 |
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Ihara at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2007.
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November 6, 1963 Kitakyūshū, Japan |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1984–present |
Tsuyoshi Ihara (伊原 剛志 Ihara Tsuyoshi?, birth name: 伊原 剛 Ihara Tsuyoshi) (b. 1963) is a Japanese actor and author.
Ihara is a Japanese person of Korean descent, born on November 6, 1963 in Kitakyūshū, and who grew up in Ikuno-ku, Osaka. He is a graduate of Imamiya Senior High School, Naniwa-ku, Osaka.
Ihara joined the Japan Action Enterprise, a theater troupe founded by Sonny Chiba, after leaving high school. Soon after, he began to act in numerous feature films and television dramas, including the 1996 NHK series Futarikko. In 2006, Ihara appeared as the Baron Takeichi Nishi in Clint Eastwood's critically acclaimed Academy Award-winning film Letters from Iwo Jima, introducing him to an international audience.
Ihara authored a book, Kokorozashite Sōrō (志して候う?), which was published in Japan by Amoeba Books.
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