Mickey Curtis
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A pivotal figure in Japanese popular music, Mickey is considered one of the three big Japanese names in rock music, helping to popularize the genre in the 1950s where he began as a rockabilly singer.[2][3] In 1967, he became internationally known for his psychedelic rock band "Mickey Curtis & The Samurai". After five years Mickey disbanded the group and returned to Japan in 1972, where he began producing other musicians.
As an actor his first role was as a rock singer in the 1958 film All About Marriage by Kihachi Okamoto and he has since gone on to star in more than 70 feature films. Apart from his entertainment career he has also been a race car driver and owns a motorcycle shop in Meguro, Tokyo.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He speaks Japanese, English, French, German, Italian and Thai.[1]
Selected filmography
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Fires on the Plain | Nagamatsu | ||
| 1962 | The Big Wave | Yukio | ||
| 1963 | Brave Records of the Sanada Clan | Yuri Kamanosuke | ||
| 1986 | Jikuu Senshi Spielban | Emperor Guillotine | ||
| 1989 | Gunhed | Bansho | ||
| 1992 | 8 Man | Sniper | ||
| 1995 | Kamikaze Taxi | Animaru | ||
| 1996 | Swallowtail Butterfly | Doctor | ||
| Fudoh: The New Generation | Yasha Gang Assassin | |||
| 1998 | Blues Harp | |||
| Hana no O-Edo no Tsuribaka Nisshi | ||||
| 2001 | Cowboy Bebop: The Movie | Rasheed (voice) | ||
| Lily Festival | ||||
| Warm Water Under a Red Bridge | Nobuyuki Ohnishi | |||
| 2002 | Agitator | Yokomizo | ||
| The Laughing Frog | Kiichiro Aisawa | |||
| Aiki | Miyaji | |||
| 2003 | Kikoku | |||
| 2004 | Izo | |||
| Blooming Again | Jun'ichi Kuroi | [4] | ||
| 2005 | Custom Made 10.30 | A god | ||
| 2008 | SS | Nishiyama President | ||
| Kurosagi | ||||
| Cafe Isobe | Hongo | |||
| 2011 | Deadball | |||
| 2012 | Robo-G | Shigemitsu Suzuki | Lead role | [5] |
| 2016 | Drowning Love | Tetsuo | [6] | |
| 2019 | Until I Meet September's Love | Gondō | [7] | |
| 2021 | Every Trick in the Book | [8] |
Television
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1964–1965 | Stingray | Lieutenant Phones (Japanese Dub) |
| 1986–1987 | Jikuu Senshi Spielban | Emperor Guillotine |
| 2014 | Gunshi Kanbei | Matsunaga Hisahide |
| 2017 | Quartet | Nemoto |
| Yasuragi no Sato | Rokurō |
References
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