Person

Seizō Fukumoto

Acting · 1943–2021 · Kasumi, Hyogo, Japan

Biography

Seizo Fukumoto was a Japanese actor, specialized in samurai movies. He often played the role of 'kirareyaku', the person who loses the sword fight and dies spectacularly: he is said to have acted out 50,000 on-screen deaths.

Known for

Filmography

2026福本清三どこかで誰かが見ていてくれる
2021CHAIN水野弥三郎
2019BLACKFOX: Age of the NinjaSorcery Practitioner
2019GOZEN: The Sword of Pure Romance
2019Love's Twisting Path
2019A Samurai Movie Rhapsody: Filming the Ultimate Swordfight
2018ShioriMasaya's father
2017Blade of the Immortal
2015Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay
2015Yagyu Jubei: The Fate of the World
2014Uzumasa LimelightSeiichi
2014Judge!Mysterious Old Man
2013Miroku
2013Kumokiri Nizaemon
2013Onihei Gaiden - Promise in the Shadows
2011Memories CornerM. Tanaka
2011Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful: The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals
2011OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen RidersGeneral Black
2010The Last Ronin
2009Mission To Kill
2008Engine Sentai Go-Onger: Boom Boom! Bang Bang! Movie BANG!Samurai
2007Juken Sentai GekirangerIchigaku Shimizu
2006Cho Ninja Tai Inazuma
2004Tange Sazen : The Jar Worth One Million Ryo
2003The Last SamuraiSilent Samurai
2002Lone Wolf and Cub
2001Red ShadowSasai
2000Another Battle
1999The Geisha HousePolice detective
1994The Man Who Shot the Don
1994Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell
1992The Unruly Ronin's Journey II
1989Lonely Hitman
1989Shogun's Shadow
1988Gate of Flesh
1987The Thief and the Expelled Master
1986Yakuza Ladies
1986The Shogunate's Harem
1984The Story of a Man Among Men
1984Fireflies in the North
1984Assassination Orders
1983Legend of the Eight SamuraiRetainer B
1983Odokumiyaku Shushou Kawaite sōrō
1983The Shogun's Vault IV: The Gold Mines of Sado
1983Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun
1982Ninja Wars
1982Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1982The Shogun's Vault II
1981Roaring FireUncle Ikeda
1980Tokugawa Ichizoku no HoukaiKametaro Sugiura
1980Tokugawa no Onnatachi
1979The Shogun Assassins
1979The InfernoMechanic
1979Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1978The Fall of Ako Castle
1978Message from Space: Galactic Wars The Movie
1978Winter's FlowerSaegusa's Bodyguard
1978Message from SpaceGuerilla
1978Shogun's SamuraiYukinojo Gensinsai
1977Japanese Godfather: AmbitionNobuo Kobayashi
1977Doberman CopThug A
1977Hokuriku Proxy War
1977Japan's Don
1977Decapitation of an Evil Woman
1976Yakuza GraveyardNishihata
1976The Three Ginza Rascals
1976Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level FistKaibara's Minion
1976The Rugby Star
1976New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the BossMatsuoka
1976Operation Plazma in Osaka
1975Confessions of Lady Mantis
1975New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the BossMatsumoto
1975Gambling Den Heist
1975Cops vs. Thugs
1975The Karate 3Numakura
1974New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974The Street Fighter's Last RevengeGondo
1974The Karate 2Kijin-ryu Disciple
1974Code of Wolves
1974Third Generation Boss
1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974The KarateAkama
1974Return of the Street Fighter
1974The Tattooed Hitman
1974The Street FighterWoo Sin-Gung
1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police TacticsTsunehiko Yamazaki
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973Dangerous Trade in Kobe
1973Female Yakuza TaleYakuza
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in HiroshimaYamanaka
1973The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
1973Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten EightSamurai (uncredited)
1973Girl Boss Revenge: SukebanYakuza
1973Battles Without Honor and HumanityShimonaka Ryuji
1971Kamen RiderKyuzo of the Turret
1971Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire FestivalTsuchida's Henchman
1969The Fort of DeathShirakawa
1969Brothers Serving Time
1967Heiji, the Detective
1967Samurai Wolf II
1966The Magic SerpentNinja
1965The Third Contest

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