Hidetaka Yoshioka

Hidetaka Yoshioka (吉岡 秀隆, born on August 12, 1970 in Saitama, Japan) is a Japanese actor known for his performance in several movies as a child and lately the award-winning TV drama Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo. He notably played the part of Tora-san's little nephew in the "Otoko wa Tsurai yo" film series, and he appeared in Akira Kurosawa's "Rhapsody in August" and "Madadayo". He won the Japan Academy Award Best Actor in 2006 for "Always - Sunset on Third Street".[1]

Hidetaka Yoshioka
Yoshioka in 2019
Born	August 12, 1970 Saitama, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1975 – present
Spouse(s)	Yuki Uchida ​ ​ (m. 2002; div. 2005)​

He was married to actress Yuki Uchida from 2002 to 2005.

Filmography

Film

• A Distant Cry from Spring (1980)
• Otoko wa Tsurai yo (1981–2019) as Mitsuo Suwa
• Final Take (1986) as Mitsuo
• Poppoya (1999) as Hideo Sugiura
• Juvenile (2000) as Yūsuke Sakamoto
• The Hidden Blade (2004) as Samon Shimada
• Miracle in Four Days (2005) as Keisuke Kisaragi
• Always Sanchōme no Yūhi (2005) as Ryunosuke Chagawa
• Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi (2007) as Ryūnosuke Chagawa
• Always Sanchōme no Yūhi '64 (2012)
• The Sea Is Watching (2012)
• The Little House (2014)
• 64: Part I (2016)
• 64: Part II (2016)
• Fueled: The Man They Called Pirate (2016) as Tadashi Shinonome
• Reminiscence (2017)
• Kodomo Shokudō (2018)
• Fukushima 50 (2020) as Takumi Maeda
• The Brightest Roof in the Universe (2020)
• Touge: The Last Samurai (2021) as Takatoshi Iwamura
• Mamorarenakatta Monotachi e (2021)

Drama

• Kita no Kuni kara (1981 – 2002) as Jun Kuroita
• Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo (2003 – 2006) as Dr. Kensuke Gotō
• The Policeman's Lineage (2009) as Tamio Anjō
• All About My Siblings (2014) as Dr. Masaomi Shinjo
• Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo Fuku (2018) as Kosuke Kindaichi
• Yell (2020) as Dr. Takeshi Nagata

Anime

• The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004) as Hiroki Fujisawa
• Osamu Tezuka's Buddha (2011) as Gautama Buddha

Endorsements

• Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (1996)
• Suntory (1996–2007)
• Sharp Corporation (2004)
• Sundrug (2008)
• Yamasa (2007–2010)

References

1. 第29回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 2010-12-12.

External links and sources

• (in Japanese) Official site
• Profile on Hogacentral
• Hidetaka Yoshioka at IMDb