
Hideo Murota
Known for Acting · 262 credits
- Born
- 1937-10-07
- Died
- 2002-06-15
- Place of birth
- Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
- Also known as
- هیدئو موروتا · Hideo Murota · Murota Hideo · Chideo Murota · Hideo Murata
Biography
Hideo Murota (7 October 1937 – 15 June 2002) was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 200 films. He won the Best Supporting Actor award at the Yokohama Film Festival for his role in Original Sin (1992). In 2002, he passed away from lung cancer at the age of 64.
Known For
TV Shows (9)

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
1983
as Ryūzō Kitagami

Professional Killers
1972
as Guard Kawachi

Three Sisters
1967
as Masuma Kyunosuke

Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands
1993

Inazuman
1973
as Captain Salar

前略おふくろ様
1975

ホットドッグ
1990
as 高松悟郎

I Can Hear the Sound of Festival
1977
Movies (253)

Kagemusha
1980
as Nobufusa Baba

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983
as New Commandant of Camp

Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Japanese Pilot (uncredited)

Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs
1974
as Kusaka

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
1972
as Okizaki

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
1972
as Okizaki

An Adolescent
2001
as Shozo

Violent Streets
1974
as Mochizuki Kunihiro

Shogun's Samurai
1978
as Sagenta Nogero

Graveyard of Honor
1975
as Yasuo Matsuoka

Isola: Multiple Personality Girl
2000
as Old victim of the Great Hanshin Earthquake

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973
as Keisuke Nakahara

Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
1969

Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1982

Proof of the Man
1977

Those Swell Yakuza
1988

Story of a Nymphomaniac
1975
as (uncredited)

Samurai Reincarnation
1981
as Priest Inshun Hozoin

Bloodstained Clan of Honor
1970

Play it, Boogie-Woogie
1981
as Owner of Queen Elizabeth

Dead Angle
1979

Hiruko the Goblin
1991
as Watanabe

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
as Hideo Hayakawa

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
as Hideo Hayakawa

Over the Night
1998

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974
as Masuo Nozaki

Deep Throat in Tokyo
1975
as Takehiko Sakuma

Gonin
1995
as Shikine

Theater Of Life
1983

The Executioner
1974
as Five Dragons Chairman

The Beast to Die
1980
as Hideyuki Kashiwagi

A Night in Nude
1993
as Care taker

The Seburi Story
1985
as Kuzushiri

Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread
1974
as Kazushige Osone

Lake of Illusions
1982
as Yazaki

Karate Bear Fighter
1975

The Tattooed Hitman
1974
as Takeshi Daito

Duel of the Underworld
1963

Heaven and Earth
1990
as Obu Toramasa

The Rapacious Jailbreaker
1974
as Koichi Kaneyama

Station
1981
as Shigeru Morioka

Rape and Death of a Housewife
1978
as Taizo Eguchi

Black Angel
1998
as Mitsuru Amaoka

The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
1993
as Momoi

Third Generation Boss
1974

Violent Fraternity
1974

A Taxing Woman
1987
as Jukichi Ishii

A Fugitive from the Past
1965
as Pressman

Cabaret
1986
as Kosakai

Ready to Shoot
1990
as Ryu

A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse
1975
as Yûzô Shikauchi

Wolf Guy
1975
as Sanuki

A Tender Place
2001
as Masayoshi Izumi

A Legend of Turmoil
1992
as Takashi Oda

Let Him Rest in Peace
1985
as Otomatsu Tokuda

Yakuza Skirmishes
1972

The Armed Organization
1971

Hunter in the Dark
1979

Seven Days War
1988
as Segawa

The Classroom of Terror
1976

Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965
as Saiki, News reporter

Farewell to Rock'n Roll
1973

Sure Death 4
1987
as Yahei Hirano

Island of the Evil Spirits
1981
as Inspector Isokawa

Gang's Upward Strategy
1965

Street Mobster
1972
as Miyahara

Rise and Fall of Chivalry
1970

Cops vs. Thugs
1975

The Setting Sun
1992
as Yamami Gou

Karate Bullfighter
1975

Gambling Den Heist
1975
as Kumakichi

The Lady in a Black Dress
1987
as Tateoka

Japan Organized Crime Boss
1969
as Shiga

Dogra Magra
1988
as Dr. Wakabayashi

Operation Plazma in Osaka
1976

The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
1976
as Gushikawa

Quarreling with Yakuza
1973

Military Comfort Woman
1974

Brutal Tales of Chivalry
1965
as Yakuza

G-men of Japan 5: Skyscraper Wolves
1960

The Fighting Rascal
1979

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
1966

Yakuza Graveyard
1976
as Detective Inspector Hidaka Yoshito

Dangerous Cops
1987
as Marumi

Code of Wolves
1974

Violent Panic: The Big Crash
1976

Doberman Cop
1977
as Officer Jirō Takahashi

The Hoodlum Brothers
1965

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
1975
as Takeo Akamatsu

Terror Beneath the Sea
1966
as Henchman

The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
1974
as Tatsuzo

Wolves, Pigs & Men
1964
as Iwasaki's henchman

Father of the Kamikaze
1974

The Bodyguard
1973
as Ishimochi

Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
1976

Captain Ultra: The Movie
1967
as Narrator (voice)

The Island Closest to Heaven
1984
as Kyuzo Nishio

Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface
1997

Amagi Pass
1998

The Bad Boss: Wholesale Roundup
1971

As the River Flows
2000

The Last Kamikaze
1970

Bodyguard Kiba 2
1973
as Masaru Tatsumi

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
1970

Girl Boss: Diamond Showdown
1974
as Hirata Yayoi

Rampaging Dragon of the North
1966
as Gen Ashida

Kidnapping Blues
1982
as Drunken Guest

Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978

Black Rose Mansion
1969
as Kyohei's son - Wataru's brother

Fossilized Wilderness
1982

Kōgen ni ressha ga hashitta
1984

Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
1973
as Kuroda

Organized Violence II
1967
as Detective Sawai

Festival Champ
1976

The Second Is a Christian
1985
as Kuroiwa

The Machine Gun Dragon
1976

Shura ga Yuku 2
1996

13 Steps of Maki: The Young Aristocrats
1975
as Warden Akae

A True Story of the Private Ginza Police
1973

This Heartbeat
1988
About Hideo Murota
Hideo Murota (7 October 1937 – 15 June 2002) was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 200 films. He won the Best Supporting Actor award at the Yokohama Film Festival for his role in Original Sin (1992). In 2002, he passed away from lung cancer at the age of 64. With 262 credits spanning from 1953 to 2003, Hideo Murota has appeared in 253 films and 9 TV shows.
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Most Popular Hideo Murota Movies
- Kagemusha (1980) — as Nobufusa Baba
- Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) — as New Commandant of Camp
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) — as Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
- Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs (1974) — as Kusaka
- Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972) — as Okizaki
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