Actor

Seizō Fukumoto

Acting: 1967 to 2017 · 22 films
Lived: 3 February 1943, d. 2021
From: Kasumi, Hyogo, Japan

Seizo Fukumoto was a Japanese actor, specialized in samurai movies. He often played the role of 'kirareyaku', the person who loses the sword fight and dies spectacularly: he is said to have acted out 50,000 on-screen deaths.

Career Signature

How Seizō Fukumoto’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.

kinetic urgency

grainy 70s grit

rise-and-fall tragedy

emotionally restrained

tightly wound

Tonal kin

Mikio Narita18 films

Akira Shioji19 films

Takuzō Kawatani19 films

Hiroshi Nawa18 films

Harumi Sone20 films

Hideo Murota38 films

Bunta Sugawara22 films

Joe Shishido19 films

How Seizō Fukumoto’s filmography reads.

Filmography

Blade of the Immortal

The Last Samurai

Legend of the Eight Samurai

Shogun's Samurai

Message from Space

The Fall of Ako Castle

Doberman Cop

Hokuriku Proxy War

Yakuza Graveyard

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss

Cops vs. Thugs

The Street Fighter

Return of the Street Fighter

The Street Fighter's Last Revenge

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Female Yakuza Tale

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight

Samurai Wolf II