Tomokazu Miura
Biography
Tomokazu Miura (三浦 友和, Miura Tomokazu, born Miura Minoru (三浦 稔) on January 28, 1952) is a Japanese actor.
Miura attended Hino high school in Tokyo. He was originally a member of rock group RC Succession, but was asked to leave the group by their management when they signed a record contract.[1][2] However, impressed by his looks, the management company asked him to try out acting.[1] In 1974 he appeared in an advertisement for Glico with young singer Momoe Yamaguchi. When casting the male lead for her film Izu no Odoriko, they thought of Miura, and he was chosen as the male lead. The popularity of the Miura/Yamaguchi combination led to them starring together in a series of films and television series. They became known as the "Golden Combi". Although Yamaguchi had a separate career as a singer, this was Miura's main form of employment through the 1970s.
In 1980 Miura and Yamaguchi married, and the 21-year-old Yamaguchi retired from show business. Initially Miura struggled with his acting career, which had consisted of playing Yamaguchi's romantic partner.[3] However, after a few years of struggle, he was able to establish himself as an actor, changing his type from the "clean cut youth" roles he had played with Yamaguchi to "bad boy" roles. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 10th Hochi Film Award[4] and at the 7th Yokohama Film Festival[5] for Typhoon Club.[6]
Miura is a keen pachinko player and was a smoker until he gave it up at the age of 50. Because of his appearance in cigarette advertisements, it was debated in the Japanese diet whether Miura was an "idol" who could be considered to have a strong influence on underage smoking. Due to his wife's relatively greater fame and popularity, he is sometimes referred to as just "Momoe's husband" (Momoe-chan no Danna-san), a name which he dislikes.[1] The couple have two sons, Yutaro, who went on to marry singer and seiyuu Yui Makino, and Takahiro, and have repeatedly been chosen as "the ideal celebrity couple".[7] According to Miura, they have never had a marital quarrel.[
Acting (108 movies)
The Longest Tunnel
1982
Aoi sanmyaku
1975
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
2007
Adrift in Tokyo
2007
The Taste of Tea
2004
Survive Style 5+
2004
Outrage
2010
Perfect Days
2023
Heaven's Door
2009
Goryokaku
1988
M/Other
1999
The Secret World of Arrietty
2010
Small, Slow But Steady
2022
Rinco's Restaurant
2010
Sea Without Exit
2006
Beyond Outrage
2012
Typhoon Club
1985
Goodbye Cruel World
2022
Crossroads
2011
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
The Unbroken
2009
My Back Page
2011
The Hidden Trail of the Beasts
1981
Golden Partners
1979
The Izu Dancer
1974
Sayonara Jupiter
1984
The Pearl Legacy
2023
Take It
2000
The Lines That Define Me
2022
Kawaki no machi
1997
Sayonara Color
2005
Touch a Dream
2003
Strawberry Night
2013
Tokyo Fair Weather
1997
An Angel with Many Scars
1997
Journey of a Dying Wife
2011
The Surf
1975
My Darling of the Mountains
2008
Into the Faraway Sky
2007
Koto: The Ancient City
1980
The Mystery of Rampo
1995
Tokyo Heaven
1990
Welcome Home, Hayabusa
2012
Monument to Holy Service
1978
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986
The Matsugane Potshot Affair
2007
The Last Snow
2002
温かなお皿
2001
Love in the Mud
1977
The Imperial Japanese Empire
1982
Sweet Revenge
1977
Take Me Away!
1978
A Tender Place
2001
Station to Heaven
1984
3 Beautiful Lies
2016
Sea of Wandering
1990
A Portrait of Shunkin
1976
Dances of Flame
1978
White Love
1979
Temptation of Angel
1979
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
2012
Wait and See
1998
Nowhere Man
1991
The Last Song
1975
Autumn Interlude
1976
The Katsuragi Murder Case
2016
Hold Me and Kiss Me
1992
64: Part 1
2016
64: Part 2
2016
Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
1994
The Forest of Wool and Steel
2018
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
2017
House
1977
Roar of the Crowd
1990
The Strange Pair
1988
Flowers in the Shadow
2008
Happy Family Plan
2000
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
1993
Shiro and Marilyn
1988
Always - Sunset on Third Street
2005
Faraway Tomorrow
1979
Ellie My Love
1987
His Motorbike, Her Island
1986
Shinobugawa
2000
Quartet
2001
Until the Day Comes
2014
AI Amok
2020
Voices in the Wind
2020
Just Two Of Us
1988
The Nearest Place to the Sky
1994
Song of Goodbye
2007
Detective Chinatown 3
2021
The Stupid Teacher
2000
Akan ni hatsu
1975
Farewell for Today
2013
Hasegawa Machiko's Story
2013
The Great Shogunate Battle
1991
Futashika na melody
2001
Angel's Egg
2006
Star Watching Dog
2011
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| M/Other | 1999 | Writer |