Awards & Winners

Masahiko Tsugawa

Date of Birth 02-January-1940
Place of Birth Kyoto
(Japan, Kyoto Prefecture, Kansai region, Keihanshin)
Nationality Japan
Also know as Mashiko Sawamura, Masahiko Katô, Masahiko Sawamura, Masahiko Makino, Makino Masahiko, Kato Tsugawa Paradis, Tsugawa Masahiko, Katō Masahiko, マキノ雅彦, マキノ まさひこ, Masahiko Kato, Tsugawa Masahiko, Masahiko Katō, Katō Masahiko, Masahiko Kato, Masahiko Katô, Masahiko Makino, Masahiko Sawamura, Mashiko Sawamura, טסוגווה מסהיקו, מסהיקו סוומורה, מסאהיקו סממורה, קטו טסוגווה פרדיס, קטו מסהיקו, מסהיקו קטו, מניקו מסהיקו, מסהיקו מקירו, 加藤 雅彦, マキノ 雅彦
Profession Actor, Film Director
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 Kō 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 Shōzō Makino, his father, Kunitarō Sawamura, and his mother, Tomoko Makino, were both actors. His aunt and uncle through his father are the actors Sadako Sawamura and Daisuke Katō.

Awards by Masahiko Tsugawa

Check all the awards nominated and won by Masahiko Tsugawa.

1999


Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Pride

1995


Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Shudan-sasen

1993


Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role The Strange Story of Oyuki

1988


Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Honored for : A Taxing Woman

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Wakarenu riyû
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role A Taxing Woman

1986


Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Hitohira no yuki