Ikko Furuya
Date of birth: 1944-01-02
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Kazuyuki Furuya, ふるや いっこう
Biography
Born in Tokyo. After graduating from Tokyo Metropolitan Itabashi High School , he graduated from the Faculty of Law, Chuo University. While in college, he started his acting life after completing the 16th generation of Haiyuza Training School. Since 1977, he has consistently played the role of Kosuke Kindaichi , the main character in the "Seiji Yokomizo Series /Detective Kosuke Kindaichi Series"; for 25 years from 1982 to 2007, he played the role of Sakon Taro, the main character of the "Mixed bathing open- air bath serial murder " series in "Saturday Wide Theater", and became a hit again. The eldest son is Kenji Furuya , the vocalist of Dragon Ash . His father Furuya appeared in TVCF for Dragon Ash's album " Viva La Revolution " ( 1999 ), and father and son co-starred in the movie "Letters" ( 2003 ), which Furuya starred in and produced.
Movie Credits
Hana's Miso Soup
2015-12-19
Yasutake Shingo is a newspaper reporter whose only redeeming feature is his earnestness. He meets Ma
13 Assassins
1990-03-28
Gathering a band of 13, Inspector General Shmada Shinzaemon sets out on a death-defying journey to c
Asshii-tachi no machi
1981-03-28
The Hirosaki Players
2010-04-27
In the pressure-cooker of opening night, a Japanese playwright struggles with his aging, arrogant ac
Jazz Daimyo
1986-04-19
Shipwrecked African-American slaves arrive in the midst of Bakumatsu-era Japan; they soon carve out
Wandering Himeshiro
1982-02-12
Himeshiro is a wandering yakuza, his father was the best doctor in the eight provinces of the Kanto
Photograph of Memories
2021-01-29
A frustrated young woman returns from Tokyo to her hometown in Toyama where she meets an old woman w
Over Your Dead Body
2014-08-23
An actor named Kosuke plays the role of Iemon in a stage version of Yotsuya Kaiden and his new lover
Cab
1996-05-11
A suspenseful story about an earnest and kind-hearted taxi driver who, by chance, turns into a viole
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979-07-14
Obayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous mo
Master Swordsman Hirate Miki - Duel in Tone
1997-09-17
Zoushu Hirate was the acting master of Chibashusaku Dojo in the Hokushinitto style. His wife was dea
Legend of the Shadowy Ninja: The Ninja Dragon
1990-10-25
The secretive realm of the world's deadliest ninja warriors is thrown into chaos as one by one, ninj
森の石松
1992-01-07
One day, Mori no Ishimatsu (Kankuro Nakamura
Hakuro no Shibijin
2004-04-26
The wife of a famous resident of Kamakura awakens to carnal passion . . . And when her blood cools d
Undercover Geisha
2003-10-14
Osome is a geisha and spy in the Tokugawa period. When she was very young she lost her family to a t
Legal High 2 SP
2014-11-22
Attorneys Kensuke Komikado and Machiko Mayuzumi receive a request from a general hospital. They go
Morning Moon Is Cruel
1981-06-21
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
2018-03-25
A police detective Shoukokuji Ryuuya from the first section of Metropolitan Police Department is tas
Matinee
2019-11-01
Satoshi Makino is a genius classical guitarist. One day, he meets journalist Yoko Komine. They becom
The Shootout
1982-09-15
A run-in with the police once again puts three former reformatory inmates on the wrong side of the l
Sensen fukoku
2002-10-05
War between North Korea and Japan
Vietnam no dâchan
1994-01-29
A Japanese journalist reunites with a girl who lost her family in the Vietnam War
テレサ・テン物語～私の家は山の向こう
2007-06-02
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
1970-02-28
The Japanese government decides to install a radar on the top of Mt. Fuji, in order to detect typhoo
Kazu no Fūkei
1991-03-30
Suspense TV movie based on the novel by Seicho Matsumoto, starring Ikko Furuya.
Kenkaku Shōbai: Onikuma Izakaya
2014-08-08