Tarō Shigaki

Acting

Tarō Shigaki

Born 1951-09-22 · Ōta, Tokyo, Japan

Tarō Shigaki (志垣 太郎, Shigaki Tarō, September 22, 1951) was a Japanese actor and voice actor. His real name was 河村 稔. He graduated from the Nihon University College of Art. He was 170 cm tall and weighs 59 kg. Actress Noriko Shirasaka (白坂 紀子) was his wife. He worked for Oscar Promotion. In 1969, he made his debut as the leading role in Star of the Giants (巨人の星, Kyojin no Hoshi). His leading works include 1974 Fuji TV The Blue Mountains (青い山脈, Aoi sanmyaku), Akantare (あかんたれ), Like an Iceberg (氷山のごとく, Hyōzan nogotoku) and Horror of the Wolf (狼の紋章, Ōkami no monshō). Currently, he is also active as a reporter for gourmet and travel programs. In dramas and historical dramas, he plays a wide range of roles, from comical to serious ones.

Acting credits

Toward the Terra poster
6.2

A young boy learns he is part of a powerful race of psionic humans who must fight the normal humans determined to keep them from Earth.

Toward the Terra

1980

Nutcracker Fantasy poster
6.6

Based off of the novel, "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" and the ballet, "The Nutcracker", Sanrio shows their take on the classic story in a stop-motion animated film.

Nutcracker Fantasy

1979

Swan Lake poster
7.1

The hero, Prince Siegfried, is out riding one day with his friends when he spies amidst swans on a lake a particularly eye-catching one with a crown on its head, the familiar Princess ...

Swan Lake

1981

Black Butler poster
7.0

Set in the year 2020, following her supposed death, a young woman returns as the son of her noble family to precede the family's prestigious company, with a demon at her side to avenge her parent's murder.

Black Butler

2014

Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid poster
6.6

The story of a beautiful mermaid who gave up a kingdom for her beloved prince.

Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid

1975

Area 88 Act I: The Blue Skies of Betrayal poster
7.1

Shin Kazama, tricked and forced into flying for the remote country of Aslan, can only escape the hell of war by earning money for shooting down enemy planes or die trying. Through the course of the series, Shin must deal with the consequences of killing and friends dying around him as tries to keep his mind on freeing himself from this nightmare.

Area 88 Act I: The Blue Skies of Betrayal

1985

RoboGeisha poster
5.4

Sisters Yoshie and Kikue are two Geisha who are abducted by a mysterious organization to be transformed into murderous cyborg assassins.

RoboGeisha

2009

Area 88 Act III: Burning Mirage poster
7.8

Shin Kazama, tricked and forced into flying for the remote country of Aslan, can only escape the hell of war by earning money for shooting down enemy planes or die trying. Through the course of the series, Shin must deal with the consequences of killing and friends dying around him as tries to keep his mind on freeing himself from this nightmare.

Area 88 Act III: Burning Mirage

1986

Wuthering Heights poster
6.8

Young orphan Onimaru is adopted by the wealthy Yamabe family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Kinu. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Kinu, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Mitsuhiko, a man of means who befits her stature. Onimaru vows to win her back.

Wuthering Heights

1988

The Highest Honour poster
6.6

After a highly successful raid on Singapore Harbour, soldiers of Z Special Unit lead a new expedition in Singapore, with disastrous results.

The Highest Honour

1982

Area 88 Act II: The Requirements of Wolves poster
7.0

Shin Kazama, tricked and forced into flying for the remote country of Aslan, can only escape the hell of war by earning money for shooting down enemy planes or die trying. Through the course of the series, Shin must deal with the consequences of killing and friends dying around him as tries to keep his mind on freeing himself from this nightmare.

Area 88 Act II: The Requirements of Wolves

1985

Zero Fighter poster
5.6

Based on the true story of Saburo Sakai, ace pilot in the Pacific War. As he witnesses his comrades die, Sakai must face the ultimate battle for survival over Guadalcanal.

Zero Fighter

1976

The Beauty in the Red Riding Outfit poster
NR

Kogoro Akechi attends a party hosted by his old friend, the Japanese-style painter Gozo Yuki. He is introduced to Yuki’s daughter, Shimako, who is soon attacked by an unknown assailant...

The Beauty in the Red Riding Outfit

1987

Raining Blood poster
5.6

One day, Naoto receives a package. Inside he finds a book, ‘LIVE’. At the same time, he receives an image on mobile phone of his mother being kidnapped and a call from a mysterious man. “If you don’ t want us to inject the killer virus in your mother, find the hints hidden in the novel and head for the goal in the death race!” Naoto starts running to save his mother with the book in his hand.

Raining Blood

2014

Firefly 2 Red Scar poster
NR

The ephemeral and vivid brilliance of three men and a woman run through Yokohama.

Firefly 2 Red Scar

1995

Stray Dog poster
7.9

When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated in a crime. Working with his superior, Chief Detective Sato, Murakami works feverishly to trace the location of his pistol, ultimately clashing with a gang of youthful Okinawans.

Stray Dog

1973

Horror of the Wolf poster
7.3

Enigmatic teenager Akira Inugami is, by night, a powerful werewolf, who falls for a beautiful young teacher, and copes with a ruthless teen gang leader, whose yakuza father murdered Akira's parents years before.

Horror of the Wolf

1973

Silent Mobius Gaiden: The End of the Edo Period poster
9.0

Set in the final years of Japan's shogunate, all characters from the main series, Silent Mobius, appear with the same name. According to the setting, they are said to be the previous lives of the characters in the main story...

Silent Mobius Gaiden: The End of the Edo Period

1993

Benisuzume's Weekend poster
NR

A school romantic comedy that focuses on a group of high school girls.

Benisuzume's Weekend

1993

The Beauty in the Bathroom poster
NR

A magician who targets the Yucun family, who obtain huge wealth through gemstones. Even the wise Kogoro was fooled by his meticulous criminal plan

The Beauty in the Bathroom

1978

The Possessed poster
7.0

Oshima, a rich girl married Shinzo, and her cousin girl Sawa has been jealous of Oshima deeply. Sawa cursed Oshima so Shinzo could not hold her and do anything at all. Shinzo hated Oshima, and he made love with Sawa.

The Possessed

1976

Onmyōji poster
NR

The story of Abe no Seimei, an onmyōji in Japan's Heian period, fighting with evil spirits.

Onmyōji

2015

My Voiceless Friends poster
9.0

A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visiting the bereaved families.

My Voiceless Friends

1972

First Love poster
NR

A 1970s Toho coming-of-age film.

First Love

1972