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Tetsuya Takeda
Acting
Born: November 4, 1949
Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan
Biography
Tetsuya Takeda is a Japanese folk singer and actor, perhaps most known in Japan for his starring role in the Tokyo Broadcasting System's (TBS) long-running, highly rated television drama Kinpachi-sensei (San-nen B-gumi Kinpachi-sensei). The program, targeted at junior high and high school-aged adolescents, ran on TBS with Takeda at various times from 1979 until 2011.
Known For
Sketches of Life
as Akira Noda
Stage-Struck Tora-san
as Tomekichi
The Return of Godzilla
as Homeless man
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation
as Yakuza boss Medaka
The Yellow Handkerchief
as Kinya Hanada
The Long Way 'Round
A Distant Cry from Spring
as Katsuo
Godzilla 1985
as Tramp
Hanagatami
as Dr. Ichijo
Hero Interview
as Manager Kajiwara
