Takeshi Sakamoto (坂本武, Sakamoto Takeshi, 21 September 1899 – 10 May 1974) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1925 and 1965, mostly in productions of the Shōchiku studio. He gained popularity as a supporting character, working for directors such as Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita, Mikio Naruse, Hiroshi Shimizu and Heinosuke Gosho. Description above from the Wikipedia article Takeshi Sakamoto, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

KNOWN FOR

The Birth of Judo
1955
At a Crossroads
1930
Rōkyoku tengu dōjō
1955
I Was Tokichiro
1955
Story of a Detective's Assistant Sequel
1957
Mariko's Autobiography: Flowing Constellation
1959
Untamed Woman
1957
Otoko no iki
1942
The Road of Love
1954
Kon'na watashi ja nakatta ni
1952
A Story of Floating Weeds
1934
The Cock Crows Twice
1954

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
194
1965
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1964
Daydream
as Department store guard
1963
Yakuza of Seki
1963
Okashina yatsu
as Kiichi Shuntô
1963
A Legend or Was It?
1963
Blackmail
1962
Haruko no ōen danchō
1962
Ballad of a Workman
1962
A Carpenter and Children
1962
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
1962
Hell's Kitchen
1962
The Princess and the Bearded Lord
1961
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
Casebook of Detective Jiro Nango: Shadowless Murderer
1961
Hattari Seinen Shinshi
1961
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
as Matabei
1961
Kyūsenman no akarui hitomi
1961
Hiroshi Moriya Sandogasa: I Want to Weep
as Akabeko Shosuke
1961
Hiroshi Moriya Sadogasa: Thank You, Sandogasa
as Tetsunoya Tōzō (Boss)
1961
桃色の超特急
1960
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
1959
Mariko's Autobiography: Flowing Constellation
1958
A Boy and Three Mothers
as Seitaro Nakahara, Seiji's father
1958
Hobo Village
1958
Maria of the Ant Village
1958
The Capital of Love
as Eitaro Yoshii
1958
I Want to Be a Shellfish
1958
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
1958
Love in the Deep
1958
The Naked General
1957
Men Fighting Whales
1957
Times of Joy and Sorrow
1957
The Beauty Expert
1957
Untamed Woman
as Kisuke, the foster father
1957
Monkey Business
as Kōshichi Yamaji
1957
Story of a Detective's Assistant
as Hirosuke, Toshiko's father
1957
Story of a Detective's Assistant Sequel
1956
Outlaw island
1956
Manchurian Sunset
as Matsugen
1956
Sound in the Mist
1956
Twice on a Certain Night
1956
Midori naru hito: zenpen wakare no yogisha
1956
Midori naru hito: kōhen ai no honryū
1956
Triumphant Song of Youth
as Genkichi Ogawa
1956
Sound of Youth
1956
Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress
1956
The Spoiled Brat President
1955
The Tattered Wings
as Fuyuko's father
1955
Growing Up
1955
The Magical Warrior
1955
Bride in the Kitchen
1955
Rōkyoku tengu dōjō
1955
The Birth of Judo
1955
I Was Tokichiro
1954
Sunny house
1954
The Cock Crows Twice
1954
The Road of Love
1953
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
1953
New Tokyo March
1953
Where Chimneys Are Seen
as Tokuji Kawamura
1953
Young Miss Executive
1952
Carmen's Innocent Love
as Landlord's cousin
1952
The Waves
1952
Our Chief, Our Doctor
as Tahei
1952
Kon'na watashi ja nakatta ni
1951
Carmen Comes Home
as Shoichi Aoyama
1951
Boyhood
as Furukawa
1951
Fireworks Over the Sea
as Jinkichi Aikawa
1951
Beauty of Life
1951
Over That Hill
1950
The Tokyo Kid
1950
Spring Snow
as Uncle
1950
The Actress and the Detective
1949
Here's to the Young Lady
as Mr. Sato
1949
Farewell Tango
1948
A Hen in the Wind
as Hikozo Sakai
1948
Ghosts Die at Dawn
as Policeman
1948
Yakyukyō jidai
1947
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
as Kawayoshi
1947
Newlywed League Match
1947
Shinya no shicho
1946
Twenty-Year-Old Youth
as Morita
1946
Kigeki wa owarinu
1945
Theater
1945
Tengoku no hanayome
1945
Victory Song
as Nobue's father
1945
The Young Women of Izu
1944
Sailor
as Teacher (uncredited)
1944
The Man Who Has Returned
1944
Ouma wa nanajū nanaman seki
1943
Middle-Aged Man
1943
Port of Flowers
1943
The Living Magoroku
1943
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
as Fortuneteller
1942
There Was a Father
as Makoto Hirata
1942
Otoko no iki
1942
Moon of the Plateau
1942
Sumida River
1942
A Certain Woman
1942
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
1942
Flowers of Patriotism
1941
Ornamental Hairpin
1941
Introspection Tower
as Tamiko's Father
1941
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
as Antique Dealer
1941
Dawn Chorus
1940
Utsukushiki Rinjin
1940
Wood and Stone
as director of the arishima's hospital
1940
Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
1939
Mother is Strong
1939
Zoku aizen katsura
1939
A Brother and His Younger Sister
as Shinzō Arita
1939
Four Seasons of Children
as Grandfather
1939
Lovers' Duet
as Rakugo-ka
1939
Warm Current
1938
Hotaru no hikari
1938
So Goes My Love
as Shigeo's uncle
1938
Family Diary
as Policeman
1938
The Tree of Love
1938
The Masseurs and a Woman
1937
What Did the Lady Forget?
as Sugiyama
1937
Children in the Wind
as Uncle
1937
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
as Mr. Kawada
1937
Lady Doctor Kinuyo
as Tessai Yamaoka
1937
Goodbye to the Front
1936
Woman in the Mist
as Fumikichi
1936
Housewife Camellia
1936
Family Meeting
as Hanaju
1936
Men vs. Women
1936
College Is a Nice Place
as Teacher
1935
An Inn in Tokyo
as Kihachi
1935
Mother's Love Letter
1935
Okoto and Sasuke
as Seikichi
1935
Burden of Life
1935
Him, Her, and the Boys
as Tokochbi's Father
1935
An Innocent Maid
as Kihachi
1934
A Story of Floating Weeds
as Kihachi
1934
Street Without End
as Guest for portrait painter
1934
The Genealogy of Women
as Night Shop Master
1934
My Elder Brother
as Nagamatu, driver
1934
That Night's Woman
1934
Mother of the East
as Yasukawa
1934
Honeymoon
1933
Every-Night Dreams
1933
Passing Fancy
as Kihachi
1933
The Boss's Son at College
as Fujii's uncle Muraki
1933
The Bride Talks in Her Sleep
as Thief
1933
The Dancing Girl of Izu
as Hattori
1933
Happy Times
1933
Japanese King Kong
as Yokoshima
1933
Love
1933
Before the Wedding
as Kyōsuke Kawai
1933
Daphne
as Landlord
1932
I Was Born, But...
as Juuyaku
1932
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
as College janitor
1932
Spring Comes from the Ladies
as Sakaguchi, tailor
1932
Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter
1932
Storm Zone
as President Murase
1931
Tokyo Chorus
as Rou-Shain Yamada
1931
The Lady and the Beard
as Karei
1931
The Neighbour's Wife and Mine
as Driver
1931
Silver Stream
1930
A Buddhist Mass for Goemon Ishikawa
1930
Hard Times
as Yoshida
1930
Walk Cheerfully
as Ono
1930
Marching On
as Officer A
1930
Love and Power
1930
The Luck Which Touched the Leg
as Section chief
1930
At a Crossroads
1930
Youth, Why Do You Cry?
as Akazawa
1929
The Big City: Labor
as Kasamatsu (engine driver)
1929
A Straightforward Boy
as Boss Gontora
1929
I Graduated, But...
as Secretary
1929
Days of Youth
as Professor
1929
The Life of an Office Worker
as Friend
1929
The Dawning Sky
1929
Modan kaidan: 100,000,000 yen
as Kunizo Ôhara
1929
The Blacksmith of the Forest
as School Teacher
1929
Him and Life
1929
Triumphant Song of the Mountain
as Uotoku
1929
The Father and His Son
as Deputy Mayor Mizuhara
1928
Kare to Tokyo
1928
King of the Land
as Kan-san (barber)
1928
Pumpkin
as Principal
1928
Wife Lost
as Uncle
1928
Dreams of Youth
as Okada's father
1928
Physical Beauty
1928
What a Handsome Man!
as Ōgane Arizō
1928
A Wife Quits
as Hirano (husband)
1927
Secret Struggle
1927
Magic
1927
Sankichi the Flying Squirrel
as Jin'emon Honjō
1926
Flashing Blade
1925
Fallen Samurai
as Loyalist Kato
The Foster Mother
as Kanzo