Keiichirō Akagi

Keiichirō Akagi

Keiichirō Akagi (赤木 圭一郎), born Chikahiro Akatsuka (赤塚 親弘) was a Japanese actor. Akagi appeared in over 26 films in his short three-year career. Kenju burai-chō series and The Call of the Foghorn are Akagi's notable films. In 1958, he joined the Nikkatsu company. He landed the lead role for the first time in 1959 film Age of Nudity directed by Seijun Suzuki. In 1960, Akagi won Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year. Akagi was one of the box office hitter of Nikkatsu company alongside Yujiro Ishihara and Akira Kobayashi. At around 12:20 PM on February 14, 1961, during a lunch break while shooting Gekiryū ni Ikiru Otoko, where he served as a replacement for injured Yūjirō Ishihara, Akagi was driving a go-cart brought by a salesman in the Nikkatsu studio but spun out of control and crashed into a steel door of a large tool warehouse at a speed of more than 60 km/h. He regained consciousness for a time, but on February 20 he fell into a coma again and died at 7:50 AM on February 21 of a subdural hematoma associated with a fracture of the cracked frontal bone, at the young age of 21. At the time, some of his family conceded to his funeral in the Soto Zen religion at the Dai-enji Temple in Suginami, Tokyo. Later on, his cremated ashes were moved to the Head Temple Taisekiji in Fujinomiya.

  • Title: Keiichirō Akagi
  • Popularity: 3.2
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1939-05-08
  • Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
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Keiichirō Akagi Movies

  • 1960
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    Umi no jōji ni kakero

    Umi no jōji ni kakero

    1 1960 HD

    1960 action film.

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  • 1959
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    The Wild Reporter

    The Wild Reporter

    1 1959 HD

    Seven years ago, Ishimatsu Toshio, a talented radio producer at Zen Nihon Hōsō, witnessed a crazed drug addict murder his wife and then commit...

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    Crazy Jailbreak

    Crazy Jailbreak

    1 1959 HD

    A prisoner escapes from prison to find the real criminal.

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    The Cards Will Tell

    The Cards Will Tell

    1 1960 HD

    A 1960 crime film

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    ゆがんだ月

    ゆがんだ月

    1 1959 HD

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    Age of Nudity

    Age of Nudity

    7 1959 HD

    The story deals with a juvenile delinquent gang surviving through petty thievery. However, everything gets screwed up when they accidentally steal...

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    Ryuji, the Gun Slinger

    Ryuji, the Gun Slinger

    1 1960 HD

    When Ryuji - the Gun Slinger, a drug addict leaves hospital to which he was taken after a gunfight by a notorious killer named Gin of Colt, he is...

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    A Killer Without a Grave

    A Killer Without a Grave

    6 1961 HD

    Nakata (Keiichiro Akagi) is a nihilistic young buck who is willing to do anything to get money in his pockets. As he knocks back a couple drinks that...

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    The Gun Like Lightning

    The Gun Like Lightning

    1 1960 HD

    Sadao, is saved from death at the hands of Goro, a killer belonging to a rival gang by Joji just released from prison who has resolved to turn over a...

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    The Man with a Sinister Laugh

    The Man with a Sinister Laugh

    1 1960 HD

    After getting out of prison, a young yakuza tries to find out who killed his girlfriend, attempts not to get drawn back into crime, and to find his...

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    He Killed Dad

    He Killed Dad

    1 1961 HD

    The lives of two brothers, Kunio and Akira Kasahara, are changed forever when their father is murdered. Kunio sets out on a manhunt to avenge his...

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    The Lost Diamond

    The Lost Diamond

    1 1960 HD

    Two men perform a robbery on an airplane before parachuting to safety, and a newspaper reporter attempts to solve the crime.

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    The Call of the Foghorn

    The Call of the Foghorn

    1 1960 HD

    A sailor is stuck in harbor due to an engine failure in his boat, and he learns that a friend of his has died, reportedly from suicide. He begins to...

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    Downhill Youth

    Downhill Youth

    1 1959 HD

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    Gun Number Zero

    Gun Number Zero

    1 1959 HD

    Eric, an American, arrives at an international tourist hotel and loses his self-defense Colt. It was Kudaira, a beggar, who discovered it, and...

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  • 1984
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    Again

    Again

    1 1984 HD

    An anthology that embodies the essence of Toei action films with a stylish flair, this movie follows an aging hitman (Jō Shishido) on a quest to...

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    Knock Down

    Knock Down

    1 1960 HD

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    Machi ga nemuru toki

    Machi ga nemuru toki

    1 1959 HD

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    Covered Wagon

    Covered Wagon

    1 1960 HD

    A Western-inspired film where a pair of traveling beekeepers odyssey by covered wagon from Kyushu, the southernmost of the Japanese archipelago's...

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    Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow

    Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow

    1 1960 HD

    The fourth film in the Tales of a Gunman series. When Ryuji throws his pistol into the sea, he is attacked by a man who calls himself Sabu and says...

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