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Tsurube Shôfukutei

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Tsurube Shôfukutei was born on 23 December 1951 in Osaka, Japan. He is an actor, known for Dear Doctor (2009), Cape Nostalgia (2014) and Family of Strangers (2019).
BornDecember 23, 1951
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 4 nominations total

    Known for

    Dear Doctor (2009)
    Dear Doctor
    7.0
    • Dr. Osamu Ino
    • 2009
    Cape Nostalgia (2014)
    Cape Nostalgia
    6.1
    • Tani
    • 2014
    Tsurube Shôfukutei, Gô Ayano, and Nana Komatsu in Family of Strangers (2019)
    Family of Strangers
    6.3
    • Hidemaru Kajiki
    • 2019
    Steve Carell and Pierre Coffin in Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
    Minions: The Rise of Gru
    6.5
    • Additional Crew(as Shoufukutei Tsurube)
    • 2022

    Credits

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    Actor

    • The 35-Year Promise (2025)
      The 35-Year Promise
      8.1
      • Tamotsu Nishihata
      • 2025
    • Amalock (2024)
      Amalock
      7.1
      • Ryutaro
      • 2024
    • Seven Secretaries: The Movie (2022)
      Seven Secretaries: The Movie
      4.4
      • Dôsan Tsukumo
      • 2022
    • Shinekon e ikô! (2022)
      Shinekon e ikô!
      TV Series
      • 2022
    • Teruyuki Kagawa, Jun Matsumoto, and Hana Sugisaki in 99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie (2021)
      99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie
      6.1
      • Kenichiro Kawakami
      • 2021
    • Love, Life and Goldfish (2021)
      Love, Life and Goldfish
      6.5
      • Passerby
      • 2021
    • Teruyuki Kagawa, Kin'ya Kitaôji, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Masato Sakai, and Aya Ueto in Hanzawa Naoki (2013)
      Hanzawa Naoki
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Hanzawa Shinnosuke
      • Shinnosuke Hanzawa
      • 2013–2020
    • Tsurube Shôfukutei in Amerika ni Makenakatta Otoko (2020)
      Amerika ni Makenakatta Otoko
      TV Movie
      • Shigeru Yoshida
      • 2020
    • Tsurube Shôfukutei, Gô Ayano, and Nana Komatsu in Family of Strangers (2019)
      Family of Strangers
      6.3
      • Hidemaru Kajiki
      • 2019
    • The Great War of Archimedes (2019)
      The Great War of Archimedes
      6.7
      • Kiyoshi Osato
      • 2019
    • The Big White Tower (2019)
      The Big White Tower
      6.0
      TV Mini Series
      • 2019
    • Mackenyu in Two Homelands (2019)
      Two Homelands
      4.3
      TV Movie
      • 2019
    • Ryohei Suzuki in Segodon (2018)
      Segodon
      5.7
      TV Series
      • Iwakura Tomomi
      • 2018
    • What a Wonderful Family! 3: My Wife, My Life (2018)
      What a Wonderful Family! 3: My Wife, My Life
      6.8
      • 2018
    • Teruyuki Kagawa and Jun Matsumoto in 99.9: Criminal Lawyer (2016)
      99.9: Criminal Lawyer
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Kenichiro Kawakami
      • 2018

    Additional Crew

    • Steve Carell and Pierre Coffin in Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
      Minions: The Rise of Gru
      6.5
      • Japanese dub cast: Gru (as Shoufukutei Tsurube)
      • 2022

    Personal details

    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Alternative names
      • Shofukutei Tsuruko Ii
    • Height
      • 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
    • Born
      • December 23, 1951
      • Osaka, Japan
    • Spouse
      • ?? - present (1 child)
    • Children
      • Tarô Suruga
    • Publicity listings
      • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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    • Trivia
      Father of Tarô Suruga.

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