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Mashiko Sawamura, Masahiko Katô, Masahiko Sawamura, Masahiko Makino, Makino Masahiko, Kato Tsugawa Paradis, Tsugawa Masahiko, KatÅ Masahiko, マã‚ノ雅彦, マã‚ノ ã¾ã•ã²ã“, Masahiko Kato, Tsugawa Masahiko, Masahiko KatÅ, KatÅ Masahiko, Masahiko Kato, Masahiko Katô, Masahiko Makino, Masahiko Sawamura, Mashiko Sawamura, טסוגווה מסהיקו, מסהיקו סוומורה, מס×היקו סממורה, קטו טסוגווה פרדיס, קטו מסהיקו, מסהיקו קטו, ×ž× ×™×§×• מסהיקו, מסהיקו מקירו, åŠ è—¤ 雅彦, マã‚ノ 雅彦
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Masahiko Tsugawa, born Masahiko Kato on January 2, 1940 in Kyoto, Japan is a Japanese actor and director.
He made his debut at the age of 16 in the KÅ Nakahira film Crazed Fruit in 1956. Tsugawa's family was heavily involved in the film industry since before his birth. Tsugawa attended school until dropping out of the Waseda University Graduate School to pursue acting alone.
He gradually grew in popularity and appeared in films like Otoko wa tsurai yo: Watashi no tora-san and Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack. He was eventually adopted as one of director Juzo Itami's favourite actors, and went on to appear in nearly every one of his movies since Tampopo.
Tsugawa recently debuted as a director under the pseudonym Makino Masahiko with his film Nezu no Ban. He chose this name because he is the nephew of the Japanese director Masahiro Makino, his mother's brother. Legend has it that Tsugawa was so awed by the director while watching him at work as a young child that he asked if he could use Makino as his last name should he ever be a director, because of the similarities of the first names.
Tsugawa comes from an illustrious film family. His older brother Hiroyuki Nagato is an actor. His wife Yukiji Asaoka is an actress. His grandfather is the director ShÅzÅ Makino, his father, KunitarÅ Sawamura, and his mother, Tomoko Makino, were both actors. His aunt and uncle through his father are the actors Sadako Sawamura and Daisuke KatÅ.
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