Tatsuya Mihashi

1923–2004 · Japanese actor

Tatsuya Mihashi was a Japanese actor best known internationally for his role as Commander Minoru Genda in the 1970 Japanese-American war epic Tora! Tora! Tora!. In addition, Mihashi was known for his roles in Akira Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well, The Human Vapor, Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki, High and Low, None but the Brave and the lead role as agent Jiro Kitami in Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi, which was reedited in the US as What's Up, Tiger Lily? Mihashi's looks were compared to those of Cary Grant's. He died in 2004 of myocardial infarction.

Tatsuya Mihashi, in order

1. 1959 The Cola Game: acted
2. 1960 Robo no Ishi: acted · directed by Seiji Hisamatsu
3. 1961 Blueprint of Murder: acted · directed by Kihachi Okamoto
4. 1961 Witness Killed: acted · directed by Jun Fukuda
5. 1962 A Woman's Place: acted · directed by Mikio Naruse
6. 1962 Fangs of the Underworld: acted · directed by Jun Fukuda
7. 1962 Home-Brewed Tatsu: acted · directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
8. 1963 Interpol Code 8: acted · directed by Toshio Sugie
9. 1963 Legacy of the 500,000: acted · directed by Toshirō Mifune
10. 1965 Mission to Annihilate the Underworld: acted · directed by Jun Fukuda
11. 1966 What's Up, Tiger Lily?: acted · directed by Senkichi Taniguchi and Woody Allen · critics 79%, audiences 52%
12. 1970 Tora! Tora! Tora!: acted · directed by Kinji Fukasaku and Richard Fleischer · critics 59%, audiences 81% · streaming on Prime Video
13. 2000 Not Forgotten: acted · directed by Makoto Shinozaki