Takeo Chii Explained
| Takeo Chii |
| Birth Date: | 5 May 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Chiba Prefecture, Japan |
| Death Place: | Minato-ku, Japan |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Yearsactive: | 1968–2012 |
[1] was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1968 and 2012.
Biography
Chii was the youngest of eight brothers.[2] He made his acting debut in 1968.[3] [4] He made his film debut with Kihachi Okamoto's Kill!.[5] Chii married actress Saori Maki in 1974 and had one daughter with her. Maki died in 2001 from breast cancer.[6]
Chii was initially diagnosed with angina after a hospitalization in 1996, and warned by a doctor to not push himself too hard. Chii had multiple hospitalizations in 2012, after initially going to the hospital in January of that year due to concerns of vision loss.[7] On 29 June 2012, Chii died of heart failure at the age of 70.
Filmography
Film
- Kill! (1968) – Yaheiji Yoshida
- Red Lion (1969) – Spy
- Hangyaku no Melody (1970) – Hoshino
- Hiko shonen: Wakamono no toride (1970) – Jiro Iwami
- Hashi no nai kawa 2 (1970)
- (1970)
- (1970) – Taki
- Men and War, Part I (1970)
- (1970) – Kamome
- Alleycat Rock: Crazy Riders '71 (1971) – Takaaki
- Men and War, Part II (1971)
- Hachigatsu no nureta suna (1971) – Ide
- Kumo no Yuna (1971) – Torazô
- Furyo bancho te haccho kuchi haccho (1971)
- Gyangu tai gyangu: Aka to kuro no burûsu (1972)
- Street Mobster (1972)
- Kaigun tokubetsu nenshô-hei (1972) – Kudo
- Erosu no yûwaku (1972) – Shôji
- Dobugawa gakkyu (1972)
- Akai tori nigeta? (1973) – Hasegawa
- Gokiburi deka (1973) – Nobuo Takei
- Retreat Through the Wet Wasteland (1973) – Gorô Harada
- Zenka onna: Koroshi-bushi (1973) – Tetsu Hamada
- Hatachi no genten (1973) – Suzuki
- Lady Snowblood (1973) – Tokuichi Shôkei
- Neon kurage: Shinjuku hanadensha (1973)
- Hissatsu Shikakenin Shunsetsu shikakebari (1974) – Sadaroku
- Tomodachi (1974)
- Honô no shôzô (1974)
- Akan ni hatsu (1975) – Tomoyuki Tonomura
- Minato no Yôko Yokohama yokosuka (1975)
- (1976) – Matsuzo Samukawa
- Ôzora no samurai (1976)
- The Inugami Family (1976) – Suketake Inugami
- Seishun no satsujinsha (1976) – Hidaka, Toru
- Hiroshima jingi: Hitojichi dakkai sakusen (1976)
- Okinawa Yakuza sensô (1976) – Ishikawa
- Yakuza senso: Nihon no Don (1977) – Kawabata
- Hokuriku Proxy War (1977)
- Nihon no jingi (1977) – Tomigashi
- Shin joshuu sasori: Tokushu-bô X (1977) – Prison Guard Ichirô Kajiki
- Botchan (1977)
- Proof of the Man (1977) – Detective Kusaba
- Seishoku no ishibumi (1978)
- Daburu kuracchi (1978)
- Ôgon no inu (1979) – Ryoichi Tanuma
- Ah! Nomugi toge (1979) – Tatsuji Masai
- Tenshi no harawata: Nami (1979) – Tetsuro Muraki
- Torakku yarô: Neppû 5000 kiro (1979)
- Tooi ashita (1979) – Oonoki
- Harukanaru sôro (1980) – Takatoshi Kan
- Tora-san's Promise (1981) – Kenkichi Odajima
- Himeyuri no Tô (1982) – Sergeant Major Ishi
- Gekko kamen (1982)
- F2 grand prix (1984)
- Bi bappu haisukuru (1985) – Onijima Shimazaki
- Be-Bop highschool: Koko yotaro elegy (1986–1988, part 1–5) – Onijima Shimazaki
- Michi (1986)
- Jittemai (1986) – Denzo
- The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013) – Okina (voice) (final film role)
Television drama
Other appearances
- Television
- Animated Film
- Commercial
Notes and References
- Web site: 地井武男さんが死去. 29 June 2012. Daily Sports. Japanese. 17 July 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20120801170912/http://www.daily.co.jp/newsflash/2012/06/29/0005174424.shtml. 1 August 2012.
- Web site: ちいさん70歳急死 前日まで家族と談笑も – 芸能ニュース. nikkansports.com. ja. 8 April 2019.
- Web site: 俳優・地井武男さん死去 紀行番組「ちい散歩」（写真＝共同）. 29 June 2012. 日本経済新聞 電子版. ja. 8 April 2019.
- Web site: 地井武男さん：田中邦衛悲痛な叫び「ちいにい。会いたいよ−」 お別れの会に800人. MANTANWEB（まんたんウェブ）. ja-JP. 8 April 2019.
- Web site: 地井武男は「この俺が女装だよ？ 参ったよ」 時代劇でも事件捜査. Daily新潮. 16 April 2021. 6 June 2022. ja.
- Web site: 地井武男さん 前妻口癖は「私が死んだら若い人を見つけて」. NEWSポストセブン. ja. 8 April 2019.
- Web site: 地井武男が緊急入院！「目が見えない」…ちい散歩に影響も. ZAKZAK. ja-JP. 8 April 2019.
- Web site: はね駒. October 26, 2021. TV drama database.
