Minoru Itō

Biography

Career Overview

Minoru Itō has 25 screen credits in a career dating back to 1954. Their work spans 4 cinematic universes — most prominently Kurosawa Samurai Films with 2 titles. Signature works include The Hidden Fortress, Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree, Ironfinger. 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

25

Birth Date

1928-03-13 00:00:00

Known For

• 

  The Hidden Fortress
• 

  Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
• 

  Ironfinger
• 

  Seven Samurai
• 

  Tatsu
• 

  Sanjuro

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 4 universes

• Kurosawa Samurai Films (2 titles)
• Transforming Human Collection (2 titles)
• Sanjuro Collection (1 titles)
• Samurai Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Sachio Sakai (5 collaborations)
• Toshirō Mifune (4 collaborations)
• Yoshio Tsuchiya (4 collaborations)
• Kamatari Fujiwara (3 collaborations)
• Takashi Shimura (3 collaborations)
• Haruo Suzuki (3 collaborations)
• Haruya Sakamoto (3 collaborations)
• Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi (3 collaborations)
• Shin Ōtomo (3 collaborations)
• Toranosuke Ogawa (3 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (25 credits)

  • Rebel Against Glory

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Destroy All Monsters

    Kilaak Controlled Staffer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • Ultraseven

    - The Devil Who Dwells in a Flower (1968) ... Dr. Takada actor actors

    - Alien Prisoner 303 (1967) ... Kimura actor actors
    1967
  • Invasion of Astro-Monster

    Reporter / Xilien

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Ironfinger

    Aonuma's Henchman

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • The Crazy Adventure

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Beast Alley

    Detective A (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • High and Low

    Detective

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Tatsu

    Guard

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Gorath

    Ôtori Astronaut

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Sanjuro

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • The Witness Killed

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Hiroshi Moriya Sadogasa: Thank You, Sandogasa

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Hiroshi Moriya Sandogasa: I Want to Weep

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • The Human Vapor

    (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Hidden Fortress

    Horseman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Who Is the Informer?

    Journalist 1

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • The H-Man

    Detective (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • A Man in the Storm

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree

    A man who comes to invite Yukie

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

    (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Mother and Son

    (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Invisible Man

    Man in car (traffic accident)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Seven Samurai

    Samurai

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Farewell Rabaul

    actor

    actors
    1954