Toshiyuki Nishida

Actor

Born: November 4, 1947 (76 years old)

Died: October 17, 2024

Place of birth: Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan

Biography

Toshiyuki Nishida (西田 敏行, Nishida Toshiyuki, born November 4, 1947, died October 17, 2024) was a Japanese actor. He has won two Japanese Academy Awards for best actor, for The Silk Road (1988) and Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 (1993). He has also won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor for Get Up! and Tsuribaka Nisshi 14 (2003). Outside Japan he is best known for his role as Pigsy (Cho Hakkai) in Monkey.

Filmography (55)

• Castle Under Fiery Skies (2009, ★ 8.6)
• Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky (2009, ★ 8.8)
• Star Watching Dog (2011, ★ 7.6)
• Monkey (1978, ★ 8)
• Musashi (2003, ★ 8.3)
• The Great White Tower (2003, ★ 9)
• Half a Confession (2004, ★ 8)
• Story of My Family!!! (2021, ★ 7.9)
• Yae's Sakura (2013, ★ 7.9)
• Family's Form (2016, ★ 8.7)
• Fixer (2023, ★ 8.5)
• The Three Musketeers (2009, ★ 9.4)
• The Magic Hour (2008, ★ 7.5)
• Phone Call to the Bar (2011, ★ 7.2)
• A Letter to Momo (2012, ★ 7.3)
• Hayabusa (2011, ★ 7.5)
• Clouds Over the Hill (2009, ★ 8.2)
• Space Battleship Yamato (2010, ★ 6.4)
• The Ramen Girl (2008, ★ 6.5)
• The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979, ★ 7.3)
• Beyond Outrage (2012, ★ 7)
• The Silk Road (1988, ★ 6.5)
• A Ghost of a Chance (2011, ★ 7.2)
• Ballad of Orin (1977, ★ 7.1)
• A Tale of Samurai Cooking (2013, ★ 7.2)
• Emperor (2012, ★ 6.1)
• The Kiyosu Conference (2013, ★ 7)
• A Class to Remember II (1996, ★ 6)
• Sukiyaki Western Django (2007, ★ 6.2)
• Maestro! (2015, ★ 6.4)