Born in Busan South Korea. his parents were from Sanuki , Nagasaki Prefecture . He graduated from Busan Daiichi Commercial School. Growing up in Busan until age 20, he went to Tokyo to become a film director . In 1936 , Tomoyoshi Murayama of all new cooperation troupe joined, getting his debut in the "divine aid circle". After the war, participated in the creation of the second New Kyodo Theater . Joined the theater company folk song in 1951 . Although appeared in many stage, 1971 , there was conflict inside the company and Mingei, Asao Sano , Mizuho Suzuki , Sumie Sasaki was resigning and et al.,he left as well.

The company has also expanded into movies and TV dramas, and the third generation, Oi-chan (Car Ryuzo), is well known in the “ Men is hard ” series . It should be noted, became when compared to the first generation, the second generation to the serious side of the character, so far Shin Morikawa and Tatsuo Matsumura could not be represented in the Oichan role of, "I usually even while being in contact with severely in Torajiro, in fact, as loco parentis The good performance of “I am seriously worried” is one of the narratives of the fans.

Along with Chieko Misaki and others, he played an active role as a supporting role in supporting Shochiku films.

Later, he appeared in the film directed by Takeshi Kitano .

On July 25, 2004 at 3:55 pm, he died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Tokyo . Died 88. The October 1999 television drama “Trading with the People” (screenwriter Taichi Yamada ) became a posthumous work . His wife is former actress Yoshiko Tagami , and her eldest son is Shimojo Atom . Edit Biography