Hisao Dazai

Hisao Dazai is the kind of actor I have a deep soft spot for — born in 1923 in the shitamachi backstreets of Taito, Tokyo, he carried that old Edo craftsman energy into everything he did. Actor, voice actor, TV personality — not because he was restless, but because when the phone rang, he showed up and delivered. You probably won't find him at the top of a poster, and honestly that suits him fine. He was a scene-steadier, the guy who walks in for three minutes and suddenly the whole thing feels real and grounded. There's a specific texture to Showa-era Japanese film and TV that guys like him built, brick by quiet brick, and I think that's genuinely underrated. He passed in 1998, leaving behind a career that likely never got its proper flowers, but that's sort of the deal with character actors — the work speaks in retrospect. Respect.

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Hisao Dazai (December 26, 1923 – November 20, 1998) was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and talent who was born and raised in Taito, Tokyo. Active across film, television, and voice work during Japan's Showa era, he was known as a versatile character actor. He passed away in November 1998.

Name (English)

Hisao Dazai

Name (Japanese)

太宰久雄

Reading

だざい ひさお

Born

December 26, 1923 – November 20, 1998

Origin

Taito, Tokyo, Japan

Occupation

Actor / Voice Actor / Talent

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Boar

Active years

1946 - 1998

Works summary

Appearances

191 (1953–1991)

By year

1953: 1, 1954: 1, 1955: 1, 1956: 3, 1957: 3, 1958: 5, 1960: 3, 1961: 4, 1962: 4, 1963: 3, 1964: 5, 1965: 11, 1966: 5, 1967: 5, 1968: 6, 1969: 6, 1970: 6, 1971: 10, 1972: 5, 1973: 7, 1974: 7, 1975: 4, 1976: 7, 1977: 4, 1978: 8, 1979: 5, 1980: 1, 1981: 7, 1982: 2, 1983: 5, 1984: 7, 1985: 2, 1988: 1, 1990: 1, 1991: 1

Debut work

チャッカリ夫人とウッカリ夫人

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%AA%E5%AE%B0%E4%B9%85%E9%9B%84
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15915092

Tags

• Tokyo
• Actor
• Voice Actor
• Talent
• Showa Era

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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