Tamura Masakazu starring "Furuhata Tosaburo" and Japanese "Sleepy Shiro".
People's Daily Tokyo, May 19 (Wu Ying) According to the "Asahi Shimbun" website, the famous Japanese actor Masakazu Tamura died of heart failure on April 3 at the age of 77. Masakazu Tamura's representative works include the TV series "Renzaburo Furuhata", "Sleep Crazy Shiro", "Daddy is the Anchor", "Beautiful Man" and so on. He has won several Japanese Drama Academy Awards for his series of drama series Renzaburo Furuhata.
Masakazu Tamura was born in Kyoto Prefecture to the son of Japanese movie star Saburō Hanto. Together with his eldest brother Takahiro Tamura and Ryo Tamura, he is known as the "Three Tamura Brothers". Masakazu Tamura officially embarked on the road of acting in 1961 when he starred in "Forever Man", and later starred in many film and television works such as the Okawa drama "Taikoku" and the era drama "Taikoku".
In 1972, Masakazu Tamura starred in the main role of Crazy Shiro in "Sleep Crazy Shiro", and in the 1980s, he starred in the family drama "Daddy is a News Anchor". In addition, he has also starred in TV series such as "Beautiful Man", "Jinping", "New York Love Story", etc., and presented masterpieces in many fields with superb acting skills.
Masakazu Tamura is best known to the Chinese people for the series of mystery dramas Renzaburo Furuhata, written by Yuki Mitani and premiered in 1994. The series also became his masterpiece, airing for 12 years, maintaining a high standard and high ratings.
His last work was a new version of "The Final" produced by Fuji Tv in 2018.
Source: People's Daily - Japan Channel
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