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Makoto Shimotsuka

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Makoto Shimotsuka was an actor, known for GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (1998), Ôzora no samurai (1976) and Inazuman Flash (1974). He died on 7 July 2018 in Tokyo, Japan.
DiedJuly 7, 2018
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Known for

Takashi Sorimachi in GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (1998)
GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka
8.4
TV Series
  • Actor
Ôzora no samurai (1976)
Ôzora no samurai
6.8
  • 2nd Classi Flight Petty Officer Tsujii
  • 1976
Inazuman Flash (1974)
Inazuman Flash
7.9
TV Series
  • Actor
Saga of the Sanada Clan (1985)
Saga of the Sanada Clan
6.6
TV Series
  • Naoe Kanetsugu

Credits

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Actor

  • Wakaba (2004)
    Wakaba
    TV Series
    • Koji Kasai
    • 2005
  • Yutaka Mizutani and Takashi Sorimachi in Aibou: Tokyo Detective Duo (2000)
    Aibou: Tokyo Detective Duo
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Branch Manager of Meiwa Bank
    • 2002
  • Taxi Driver no Suiri Nisshi 16
    TV Movie
    • 2002
  • Aoi tokugawa sandai (2000)
    Aoi tokugawa sandai
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Shigetada Matsudaira
    • 2000
  • Masahiro Motoki in Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1998)
    Tokugawa Yoshinobu
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Tomotake Takigawa
    • 1998
  • Takashi Sorimachi in GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (1998)
    GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka
    8.4
    TV Series
    • 1998
  • The Keiji (1990)
    The Keiji
    TV Series
    • Kazuya Yoshii
    • 1990
  • Kiichi Nakai in Takeda Shingen (1988)
    Takeda Shingen
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Sugamema Sadamitsu
    • 1988
  • Dokugan-ryu Masamune (1987)
    Dokugan-ryu Masamune
    7.8
    TV Series
    • 1987
  • Saga of the Sanada Clan (1985)
    Saga of the Sanada Clan
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Naoe Kanetsugu
    • 1985–1986
  • Masaomi Kondô in Tantei Kamizu Kyôsuke no satsujin suiri 3: Mateki ni mi se rare ta onna (1985)
    Tantei Kamizu Kyôsuke no satsujin suiri 3: Mateki ni mi se rare ta onna
    TV Movie
    • Shigeru Haraguchi
    • 1985
  • Matsumoto Seichô no Takadai no ie
    TV Movie
    • 1985
  • Haru no hatô (1985)
    Haru no hatô
    TV Series
    • 1985
  • Hiromi Gô in Nagareboshi Sakichi (1984)
    Nagareboshi Sakichi
    TV Series
    • 1984
  • The Kôsuke Kindaichi Series 2: The Mummy Bride
    TV Movie
    • 1983

Personal details

  • Died
    • July 7, 2018
    • Tokyo, Japan(lung cancer)

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