Yūnosuke Itō

Biography

Yūnosuke Itō (伊藤 雄之助 Itō Yūnosuke, 3 August 1919 – 11 March 1980) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films from 1932 to 1979.

Career Overview

Yūnosuke Itō has 175 screen credits in a career dating back to 1947. Their work spans 8 cinematic universes — most prominently Shinobi no Mono with 2 titles. Signature works include The Unbalanced Wheel, River Without a Bridge Part 2, The Red Water. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

175

Birth Date

1919-08-03 00:00:00

Birth Place

Tokyo, Japan

Known For

• 

  The Unbalanced Wheel
• 

  River Without a Bridge Part 2
• 

  The Red Water
• 

  Mr. Pu
• 

  Oh, Bomb!
• 

  Fools at Work

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 8 universes

• Shinobi no Mono (2 titles)
• Shinobi No Mono Collection (2 titles)
• Kurosawa Samurai Films (2 titles)
• Lone Wolf and Cub (1 titles)
• Sleepy Eyes of Death Collection (1 titles)
• Tōyama no Kin-san Collection (1 titles)
• Sanjuro Collection (1 titles)
• Hell Series (Chiezo Kataoka) (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Kamatari Fujiwara (2 collaborations)
• Eiko Miyoshi (2 collaborations)
• Isao Yamagata (2 collaborations)
• Eiji Funakoshi (2 collaborations)
• Eiichi Takamura (2 collaborations)
• Mantarō Ushio (2 collaborations)
• Jun Osanai (2 collaborations)
• Bontarō Miake (2 collaborations)
• Fubuki Koshiji (2 collaborations)
• Chikage Awashima (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (175 credits)

  • The Man Who Stole the Sun

    Bus Hijacker

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • The Sea of Eden

    Principal

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Barefoot in Blue Jeans

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Time Within Memory

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

    Retsudô Yagyû

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • Hurry on a Sail to Dream

    Kotaro Ushikura

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • River Without a Bridge Part 2

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Red Lion

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • River Without a Bridge

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • The Day the Sun Rose

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • The Funeral Racket

    Doctor

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • The Human Bullet

    Skipper

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • The Woman Champion

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman

    Jinnai

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

    Seishu's father

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Japan's Longest Day

    Major General Toshio Nonaka - CO 27th Air Brigade

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Scorpion

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • The Bogus Policeman

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies

    Sadayu

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Greatest Boss of the Showa Era

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Fort Graveyard

    Mochida

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Beast Alley

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • When the Flowers Bloom

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Sanshiro Sugata

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Tale of Japanese Burglars

    Lieutenant Ando

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Samurai Assassin

    Kenmotsu Hoshino

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Four Young Sisters

    Yuzo Komura

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • The Scarlet Camellia

    Unno

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Call My Black Dice

    Kirosaki (Director of Shirosaki Clinic; Shuichi's father)

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Oh, Bomb!

    Daisaku Oona

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Rookie Detective

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Fools at Work

    Red Dragonfly

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • For Love and Money

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Kanto Wanderer

    Okaru Hachi

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Hot Spring Policeman

    Rotaro Mochizuki

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • The Hill is Full of Flowers

    President Yamada

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Under the Roof of Young Tokyo

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • The Red Water

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • High and Low

    Baba - National Shoes Executive

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Teinen Taishoku

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Ninja in a Business Suit

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Elegant Beast

    Tokizo Maeda

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Ninja, A Band of Assassins

    Sandayû Momochi

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Farm Girls

    Obata

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • A Wanderer's Notebook

    Gorô Shirasaka

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Gakusei geisha koi to kenka

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Our Failures

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Genkuro Yoshitsune

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Taiyō Sensei Seishunki

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Sakura Official

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • A Roaring Trade

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Sanjuro

    Mutsuta, the Chamberlain

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Mannen Taro and His Feminine Colleagues

    Asai

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • As the Clouds Scatter

    Bus Conductor Kubotsu

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Red Flowers of Hell

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Kaachan

    Toyoda Yoshigurô

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Whirlwind

    Captain Togawa

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • I Am The Magician From Hell

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night

    Kikuzō Uetani

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Queen of the Treasure Island

    Isobe Sakuzaemon

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Chikuhō no kodomotachi

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Harukanaru haha no kao

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Youth in Fury

    Goro Oseto

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Sand City in Manchuria

    Huang

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Rush

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Irohanihoheto

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Samurai Markets

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Hot Corner Murder

    Fueki

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Eternity

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Human Wall

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Echo in the Mountains

    Hanabusa Itchō

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Vagabond Lovers

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Koko ni otoko ari

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The Telephone Rings in the Evening

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The Cast-Off

    Seyama

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • ある落日

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Hiroi Ten

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The Hidden Treasure

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Eyes of Mother and Daughter

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • People Waiting for Spring

    Artist Morita

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The Days of Evil Women

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • His Scarlet Cloak

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Magistrate Ooka’s Legends

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Giants and Toys

    Junji Harukawa

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Botchan

    Yamaarashi

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • The Ballad of Narayama

    Matayan's son

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki

    Private first class Sasaki

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • The Boy Detectives Club – The No-Headed Man

    The Fiend with Twenty Faces

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Doronko tengoku

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • The Boy Detectives Club – The Invisible Fiend

    The Fiend with Twenty Faces

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Hibi no haishin

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • The Unbalanced Wheel

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The Adventures of Chuji

    Monk Koen

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Yellow Crow

    Ichiro Yoshida

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • A Case of Honor

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • I Will Buy You

    Ippei Tamaki

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Dotanba

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • The Thick-Walled Room

    Heo (Korean)

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • This Is Home

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Seishun wo warera ni

    Yusuke Nanbu

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • The Burmese Harp

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Evil Reward

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Policeman's Diary, Part 2

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • The juvenile

    Police detective Totsuka

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Tsukiyo no kasa

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Three Faces

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • The Refugee

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • The Rookie Managers

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • The Big Ambition

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Policeman's Diary

    Iwata

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Three Loves

    Father Yasugi

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Cock Crows Twice

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • A Billionaire

    Politician

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Turbid Youth

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Valley Between Love and Death

    Dr. Matsumura

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Madam of the first class and husband of the third class

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband

    Senkichi Miyama

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The Lovers

    Kaji

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Waseda University

    Koganei Daisuke

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth

    Hachigoro

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • White Fish

    Komiya

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Reunion

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The Blue Revolution

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Zoku jūdai no seiten

    Mr. Senoo

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Mr. Pu

    Yonekichi Noro

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Gendai shojo

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • An Edoite Judge

    Enma no Kitaro

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • This Way, That Way

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Sunset Over Mount Fuji

    Shigeshiro Baba

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • The Woman Who Touched the Legs

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • 恐妻時代

    Director Otani

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Ikiru

    Novelist

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Today is Payday

    Director Koishi

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Beauty and the Thief

    Dohachi

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Forbidden Path

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Forty-Eight Man

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Love's Cheerleader

    Philosophy Student

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido

    Kitahachi

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • お洒落狂女

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • I Was a Prisoner in Siberia

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Farewell to Spring

    Toshikazu Kanemura

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Riverside Fish Market Empire

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Mr. Lucky

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Casebooks of Detective Umon: The Incident of the Fawn-Pattern Cloth

    Benitarô

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Wedding March

    Jugoro Fujima

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Sekidô matsuri

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Bengawan Solo

    Noro Johei

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Stolen Love

    Secretary Furuya

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • 新遊侠伝　遊侠往来

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • 風雲児

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • 新遊侠伝

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • The Man Without a Nationality

    Don-chan

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Yasubei Nakayama

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Koibito

    Laundry shop owner

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Conduct Report on Matashiro: The Devil Princess and Winter Rain

    Kojirô Naitô

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Nightshade Flower

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Red Peony of Night

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog

    Sunosaki Masakichi

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Golden Beast

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • When We Came Back

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Pursuit At Dawn

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Sanshiro of Ginza

    Madman

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Duel in the Sun

    Worker

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Four Seasons of Women

    Husband with children

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Stray Dog

    Bluebird Theatre manager

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Endless Passion

    Cook

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Ashi o aratta otoko

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Heiji Covers All of Edo

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Ningen moyo

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • The Age of Beginnings

    Writer Matsuura

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • The Devil of Edo

    actor

    actors
    1947