Shōfukutei Tsurube II explained

Shōfukutei Tsurube II
Birth Name:	Manabu Suruga
Birth Date:	23 December 1951
Birth Place:	Hirano-ku, Osaka Japan
Occupation:	Comedian, actor
Children:	Taro Suruga
Yearsactive:	1972–present

, born, is a Japanese rakugo comedian and actor.^[1]

Filmography

Film

• Tokyo Heaven (1990)
• Moving (1993)
• Wait and See (1998)
• (2008) - Senkichi
• Dear Doctor (2009) - Dr. Osamu Ino
• About Her Brother (2010) - Tetsuro
• Cape Nostalgia (2014) - Tani
• What a Wonderful Family! (2016) - doctor (cameo)
• Black Widow Business (2016) - Funayama
• Gold Medal Man (2016)
• What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017)
• Sakura Guardian in the North (2018)
• What a Wonderful Family! 3 (2018)
• The Great War of Archimedes (2019) - Kiyoshi Ōsato
• Family of Strangers (2019) - Hidemaru Kajiki
• 99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie (2021) - Ken'ichirō Kawakami^[2]
• 7 Secretaries: The Movie (2022)^[3]
• Amalock (2024) - Ryūtarō^[4]
• The Thirty-five Year Love Letter (2025) - Tamotsu Nishihata^[5]

Television drama

• Hissatsu Shigotonin V Gekitouhen (1985–86) - San
• Hissatsu Masshigura! (1986)
• Furuhata Ninzaburō (Fuji TV, 1994) - Dai Banzuin
• Karei-naru Ichizoku (TBS, 2007) - Watanuki
• Hanzawa Naoki (TBS, 2013) - Shin'nosuke Hanzawa
• Asa ga Kita (NHK, 2015) - Tomonobu Tamari
• Segodon (NHK, 2018) - Iwakura Tomomi
• Two Homelands (TV Tokyo, 2019) - Shūmei Ōkawa
• America ni Makenakatta Otoko (TV Tokyo, 2020) - Shigeru Yoshida
• Shizuka-chan and her Papa (NHK, 2022) - Junsuke Nonomura^[6]

Variety show

• Waratte Iitomo! (Fuji TV, 1987 to 2014)

Dubbing roles

• Despicable Me - Felonius Gru
• Despicable Me 2 - Felonius Gru
• Despicable Me 3 - Felonius Gru
• Minions - Felonius Gru (8 years old)
• - Felonius Gru^[7]
• Seasons - Narrator

Notes and References

1. Web site: 笑福亭鶴瓶. 30 September 2012. hatena.
2. Web site: 『99.9 THE MOVIE』12.30公開 榮倉奈々＆木村文乃らも登場する最新予告解禁. September 13, 2021. Crank-in!. 13 September 2021.
3. Web site: 笑福亭鶴瓶:映画版「七人の秘書」で"極悪経営者"に 玉木宏、濱田岳、吉瀬美智子も出演. July 4, 2022. Mantan-web. 4 July 2022.
4. Web site: あまろっく. November 13, 2023. eiga.com.
5. Web site: 35年目のラブレター. March 1, 2024. eiga.com.
6. Web site: 27 May 2023 . 吉岡里帆×笑福亭鶴瓶「しずかちゃんとパパ」が再編集版で地上波放送決定 . 20 August 2023 . Eiga Natalie (in Japanese) . Natalie.
7. Web site: ミニオンズ フィーバー －日本語吹き替え版. June 29, 2022. Fukikaeru.