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Susumu Terajima

Actor

Susumu Terajima

Born November 12, 1963 in Tokyo, Japan235 films

Susumu Terajima (寺島進) is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in more than 200 films, 15 commercials, and numerous television dramas in a 20-year career. He is rarely the star of the films he participates in but is widely respected for taking his work very seriously despite how small his role may be.

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Ran posterFirst watchRan19858.0as Foot soldier (uncredited)Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
When Marnie Was There poster7.9When Marnie Was There2014Nobody Knows poster8.0Nobody Knows2004Fireworks poster7.7Fireworks1997Ichi the Killer poster7.0Ichi the Killer2001Sonatine poster7.5Sonatine1993Still Walking poster7.8Still Walking2008Brother poster7.1Brother2000Violent Cop poster7.2Violent Cop1989

Filmography

235 films as actor
  1. TBATATARA
  2. 2027Kaiji: Life Revenge GameKozo Nonomura
  3. 2026Unification of Japan 77
  4. 2026Bayside Shakedown N.E.W.Kijima Johichiro
  5. 2026Unification of Japan 76
  6. 2026The Invisibles
  7. 2026Unification of Japan 75
  8. 2026Unification of Japan 74
  9. 2026Unification of Japan 73
  10. 2026Yakuza Powered by Nihon TouitsuUtabori
  11. 2026Unification of Japan 72
  12. 2025Unification of Japan 71
  13. 2025Unification of Japan 70
  14. 2025Unification of Japan 69
  15. 2025The Way of The Prison Guard
  16. 2025Unification of Japan 68
  17. 2025Unification of Japan 67
  18. 2025Blazing FistsTakayuki Hino
  19. 2025Unification of Japan 66
  20. 2024Unification of Japan 65
  21. 2024テレビ報道記者〜ニュースをつないだ女たち〜
  22. 2023KubiHanya no Sahei
  23. 2023駐在刑事SP 2023
  24. 2023The Quiet Don: Chapter 2Sakamoto
  25. 2023The Quiet Don: Chapter 1Sakamoto
  26. 2023Unification of Japan: Kanto Edition
  27. 2023YudoSaku Kotaka
  28. 2023Road to Yudo
  29. 2022駐在刑事SP 2022
  30. 2022Traveling SandwichKihara Yoji
  31. 2022NoiseTadashi Okazaki
  32. 2021Last of the WolvesYoji Kakutani
  33. 2021Chuzai Keiji 2021 SPAtsushi Enami
  34. 2019Hit Me Anyone One More TimeMinoru Nanjo
  35. 2019Love's Twisting PathKurohito Mizoguchi
  36. 2018As a Father of Murderer SonIgawa
  37. 2018Imagination GameYasui Morioka
  38. 2017Chūzai keiji SP 2017
  39. 2017Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger Returns: Life Theft! Champion of Earth TournamentMario Mori
  40. 2017Prison Break
  41. 2017花実のない森
  42. 2017Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger vs. Ninninger the Movie: Super Sentai's Message from the Future from Super SentaiMario Mori
  43. 2017Begging for Love
  44. 2017Tensai Bakabon 2A mysterious man selling suspicious things
  45. 2016Dr. Hikojiro 2Hikojiro Oyabu
  46. 2016必殺仕事人2016
  47. 2016Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger the Movie: The Heart Pounding Circus Panic!Mario Mori
  48. 2016The Woman Who Took the Local PaperYamashita
  49. 2015Aka Medaka
  50. 2015Kiyamachi DarumaEiiichi Arai
  51. 2015Dr. HikojiroHikojiro Oyabu
  52. 2015Partner in Crime秋月義彦
  53. 2015Double Meaning: Chain Reaction
  54. 2015UNFAIR: the endTetsuo Yamazaki
  55. 2015Chasuke's JourneyKuroki
  56. 2015April FoolsPoor Kidnapper
  57. 2015KYOTO BLACK 2: Black Purity
  58. 2015KYOTO BLACK: Black SamuraiTerao
  59. 2015Drifter TeppeiTeppei Mihogawa
  60. 2014実録 新選組Hijikata Toshizo
  61. 201425
  62. 2014In the HeroGoro Unno
  63. 2014Out BurnShuuhei Kawakami
  64. 2014When Marnie Was ThereKiyomasa Oiwa (voice)
  65. 2014Delivery of DeathRyuzo Nishida
  66. 2013The Mole Song: Undercover Agent ReijiAkio Sakuno
  67. 2013The Kiyosu ConferenceYoshitaka Kuroda
  68. 2013Disregarded People
  69. 2013The Human TrustTadashi Sakata
  70. 2013Double Meaning: Yes or No?Tetsuo Yamaji
  71. 2012Odayaka
  72. 2012Kamihate StoreYoshio Morita
  73. 2012西村京太郎サスペンス　秋葉京介探偵事務所～狙われた男～Yasuhiko Tajima
  74. 2012Helter SkelterKeita Tsukahara
  75. 2012Go, Masao!Susumu Terajima
  76. 2012Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai
  77. 2012Unforgiven
  78. 2011SmugglerJoe's friend
  79. 2011Double MeaningTetsuo Yamaji
  80. 2011UNFAIR: the answerTetsuo Yamazaki
  81. 2011Ninja Kids!!!
  82. 2011GEDO: Heretical Corps
  83. 2010The Face of Minami
  84. 2010Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys LooseJoichiro Kijima
  85. 2010Zatoichi: The LastTatsuji
  86. 2009Go Find a Psychic!Mr. Invincible
  87. 2009Air DollPolice Officer Todoroki
  88. 2008My GrandmaKotaro Shinkai
  89. 2008The Soup of Heaven
  90. 2008The Yagyu Conspiracy
  91. 2008Showa Gamblers Gaiden
  92. 2008Achilles and the TortoiseYakuza Pimp
  93. 2008The Road to SiriusKatsuya Hamai
  94. 2008Still WalkingSushi Deliverer
  95. 2008The Magic HourHiromi Kurokawa
  96. 2008All Around UsKatsutoshi Yoshida
  97. 2007SmileNight shift security guard at Hospital
  98. 2007Vanishing GlowSakazaki
  99. 2007Memories of the Womb: You Are Here
  100. 2007Glory to the Filmmaker!Young Man
  101. 2007Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
  102. 2007UNFAIR: the movieTetsuo Yamazaki
  103. 2006Love Letter So-renkaRyota's father
  104. 2006Chosyu Five
  105. 2006The Catch Man
  106. 2006Unfair: Code Breaking
  107. 2006Yakuza Don
  108. 2006Hula GirlsIshida
  109. 2006Green Mind, Metal BatsOchiai
  110. 2006Lovely ComplexUmibozu
  111. 2006HanaKichiemon Terasaka
  112. 2006Gamera the BraveOsamu Nishio
  113. 2006Jitsuroku Shinsengumi 2
  114. 2006LoveDeath
  115. 2006Samurai Justice: The Female Bodyguard
  116. 2006Suite DreamsJose Kôchi
  117. 2005Dead RunOni Ken
  118. 2005Fugitive Joichiro Kijima
  119. 2005Custom Made 10.30
  120. 2005The King of Minami 32