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Keiichirō Akagi

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-05-08

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Keiichirō Akagi

Biography

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.

Also Known For

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Umi no jōji ni kakero

Sep 17, 1960

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The Wild Reporter

Sep 27, 1959

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Crazy Jailbreak

Apr 08, 1959

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The Cards Will Tell

Jan 16, 1960

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Yuganda tsuki

Jul 28, 1959

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70

Age of Nudity

Sep 07, 1959

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A Killer Without a Grave

Feb 11, 1961

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Ryuji, the Gun Slinger

Feb 14, 1960

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The Gun Like Lightning

May 14, 1960

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The Man with a Sinister Laugh

Aug 06, 1960

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He Killed Dad

Jan 09, 1961

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The Lost Diamond

Jun 18, 1960

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The Call of the Foghorn

Jul 09, 1960

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Downhill Youth

Jun 30, 1959

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Gun Number Zero

Apr 28, 1959

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Again

Feb 18, 1984

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Knock Down

Mar 20, 1960

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Machi ga nemuru toki

May 06, 1959

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Covered Wagon

Oct 22, 1960

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Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow

Dec 03, 1960

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Beneath the Gallows

May 05, 1959