Mitsuo Hamada Explained

Mitsuo Hamada
Birth Date:	1 October 1943
Birth Place:	Tokyo, Japan
Occupation:	Actor
Yearsactive:	1955–present
Website:	http://www.art-promotion.jp/prof_male16_hamada.html

is a Japanese actor.^[1] He co-starred with Sayuri Yoshinaga in many Nikkatsu films.^[2] In 1960, Hamada joined Nikkatsu Company. He won his first major award at the Elan d'or Awards in 1961.^{[3] [4]} In 1966, Hamada was involved in the quarrel at the bar in Nagoya and came close to losing an eye.^[5] The incident hindered his acting career.^[5]

Hamada appeared in the Tokusatsu superhero series Ultraman Gaia in 1999.

Selected filmography

Film

• Foundry Town (1962) : Tsukamoto Katsumi
• Bad Girl (1963)
• Dorodarake no Junjō (1963)
• Utsukushi Jyudai (1964)
• Gazing at Love and Death (1964)
• Izu no Odoriko (1963)
• (1968) : Tsujikawa Takeo
• Daikanbu Nagurikomi (1969)
• Fuji sanchō (1970) : Sokkō
• Sandakan No. 8 (1974) : Satō
• Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no Mon (1974) : Kiyoharu Nakanishi
• (1977) as Goro Totsuka
• Inubue (1978)
• Tempyō no Iraka (1980) : Genrō
• A Litre of Tears (2005)
• (2011) : Hongō

Television

• Taiga drama
  • Ten to Chi to (1969) : Hashiba Hideyoshi
  • Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983) : Ukita Hideie
• Nantatte 18 sai! (1972–73) : Ryūji Minagawa
• Iron King (1972–73) : Goro Kirishima
• Ultraman Gaia (1999) : Kōsuke Ranbashi

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://www.vip-times.co.jp/?talent_id=M93-2634. ja:浜田光夫. 2020-12-22. Japanese. 日本タレント名鑑.
2. Web site: https://www.nikkatsu.com/report/201209/001144.html . ja:特集上映で浜田光夫さんが舞台挨拶. Japanese. Nikkatsu . 2020-12-22.
3. Web site: http://www.art-promotion.jp/prof_male16_hamada.html. ja:プロファイル　浜田光夫. 2020-12-22. Japanese. アートプロモーション Hamada Mituo Official.
4. Web site: . ja:浜田光夫. 2020-12-22. Japanese. oricon.
5. Web site: 早咲き人生　深み増す　俳優　浜田光夫さん. Yomidoctor by Yomiuri Shimubun. 11 December 2021.