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Keiichirō Akagi‌

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Keiichirō Akagi

Tokyo, Japan

Keiichirō Akagi

Tokyo, Japan

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1939-05-08

Popularity

star1.7

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.

Movie Credits

Umi no jōji ni kakero

Umi no jōji ni kakero‌
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calendar 1960

The Wild Reporter

The Wild Reporter‌
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calendar 1959

Crazy Jailbreak

Crazy Jailbreak‌
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calendar 1959

The Cards Will Tell

The Cards Will Tell‌
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calendar 1960

ゆがんだ月

ゆがんだ月‌
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calendar 1959

Age of Nudity

Age of Nudity‌
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calendar 1959

A Killer Without a Grave

A Killer Without a Grave‌
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calendar 1961

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger‌
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calendar 1960

The Gun Like Lightning

The Gun Like Lightning‌
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calendar 1960

The Man with a Sinister Laugh

The Man with a Sinister Laugh‌
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calendar 1960

He Killed Dad

He Killed Dad‌
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calendar 1961

The Call of the Foghorn

The Call of the Foghorn‌
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calendar 1960

The Lost Diamond

The Lost Diamond‌
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calendar 1960

Downhill Youth

Downhill Youth‌
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calendar 1959

Gun Number Zero

Gun Number Zero‌
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calendar 1959

Again

Again‌
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calendar 1984

Knock Down

Knock Down‌
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calendar 1960

Machi ga nemuru toki

Machi ga nemuru toki‌
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calendar 1959

Covered Wagon

Covered Wagon‌
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calendar 1960

Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow

Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow‌
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calendar 1960

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