Masakane Yonekura

Masakane Yonekura (米倉 斉加年; 7 October 1934 – 26 August 2014) was a Japanese stage director, actor, author and illustrator who was one of the central members of the Gekidan Mingei theatre company.

Death
On 26 August 2014, Yonekura died of an abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture. He was 80.

Filmography

 * Brave Records of the Sanada Clan (1963) as Nezu Jinpachi
 * Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
 * Kanashimi no Belladonna (1973)
 * Aitsu ni Koishite (1987)
 * Hope and Pain (1988)
 * Gakkō no Kaidan 2 (1996)
 * Always Sanchōme no Yūhi '64 (2012) as Rintarō Chagawa
 * The Little House (2014)

Television

 * Kunitori Monogatari (1973) as Takenaka Hanbei
 * Katsu Kaishū (1974) as Sakuma Shōzan
 * Kaze to Kumo to Niji to (1976) as Ōkiyō
 * Shiroi Kyotō (1978) as Noboru Kikukawa
 * Haru no Hatō (1985) as Itagaki Taisuke
 * Hideyoshi (1996) as Imagawa Yoshimoto
 * Saka no Ue no Kumo (2009–11) as Ōyama Iwao