Tomokazu Miura
Acting
Born January 28, 1952 · Enzan, Yamanashi, Japan
Tomokazu Miura (三浦 友和, Miura Tomokazu, born Miura Minoru (三浦 稔) on January 28, 1952) is a Japanese actor. Miura attended Hino high school in Tokyo. He was originally a member of rock group RC Succession, but was asked to leave the group by their management when they signed a record contract.[1][2] However, impressed by his looks, the management company asked him to try out acting.[1] In 1974 he appeared in an advertisement for Glico with young singer Momoe Yamaguchi. When casting the male lead for her film Izu no Odoriko, they thought of Miura, and he was chosen as the male lead. The popularity of the Miura/Yamaguchi combination led to them starring together in a series of films and television series. They became known as the "Golden Combi". Although Yamaguchi had a separate career as a singer, this was Miura's main form of employment through the 1970s. In 1980 Miura and Yamaguchi married, and the 21-year-old Yamaguchi retired from show business. Initially Miura struggled with his acting career, which had consisted of playing Yamaguchi's romantic partner.[3] However, after a few years of struggle, he was able to establish himself as an actor, changing his type from the "clean cut youth" roles he had played with Yamaguchi to "bad boy" roles. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 10th Hochi Film Award[4] and at the 7th Yokohama Film Festival[5] for Typhoon Club.[6] Miura is a keen pachinko player and was a smoker until he gave it up at the age of 50. Because of his appearance in cigarette advertisements, it was debated in the Japanese diet whether Miura was an "idol" who could be considered to have a strong influence on underage smoking. Due to his wife's relatively greater fame and popularity, he is sometimes referred to as just "Momoe's husband" (Momoe-chan no Danna-san), a name which he dislikes.[1] The couple have two sons, Yutaro, who went on to marry singer and seiyuu Yui Makino, and Takahiro, and have repeatedly been chosen as "the ideal celebrity couple".[7] According to Miura, they have never had a marital quarrel.[
Films (115)
A Pale View of Hills
2025
Perfect Days
2023
The Pearl Legacy
2023
Small, Slow But Steady
2022
The Lines That Define Me
2022
Goodbye Cruel World
2022
Detective Chinatown 3
2021
AI Amok
2020
Voices in the Wind
2020
The Forest of Wool and Steel
2018
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
2017
The Katsuragi Murder Case
2016
64: Part 2
2016
64: Part 1
2016
3 Beautiful Lies
2016
Until the Day Comes
2014
Hasegawa Machiko's Story
2013
Farewell for Today
2013
Strawberry Night
2013
Beyond Outrage
2012
Welcome Home, Hayabusa
2012
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
2012
Crossroads
2011
Star Watching Dog
2011
My Back Page
2011
Journey of a Dying Wife
2011
The Secret World of Arrietty
2010
Outrage
2010
Rinco's Restaurant
2010
The Unbroken
2009
Heaven's Door
2009
Rescue Wings
2008
My Darling of the Mountains
2008
Flowers in the Shadow
2008
Adrift in Tokyo
2007
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
2007
Into the Faraway Sky
2007
Song of Goodbye
2007
The Matsugane Potshot Affair
2007
Angel's Egg
2006
Sea Without Exit
2006
Always - Sunset on Third Street
2005
Sayonara Color
2005
The Passed Scene
2005
Survive Style 5+
2004
The Taste of Tea
2004
Touch a Dream
2003
The Last Snow
2002
温かなお皿
2001
Quartet
2001
A Tender Place
2001
Futashika na melody
2001
The Stupid Teacher
2000
Happy Family Plan
2000
Take It
2000
Shinobugawa
2000
M/Other
1999
Wait and See
1998
Tokyo Fair Weather
1997
An Angel with Many Scars
1997
Kawaki no machi
1997
The Nearest Place to the Sky
1994
The Mystery of Rampo
1994
Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
1994
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
1993
Hold Me and Kiss Me
1992
Mystery Experience Zone: Really Scary Stories: Ghost Photos sent to you & Ghost Detectives
1992
The Great Shogunate Battle
1991
Nowhere Man
1991
Deer Friend
1991
Sea of Wandering
1990
Tokyo Heaven
1990
Roar of the Crowd
1990
Kaze no Sumu Ie
1989
Lonely Hitman
1989
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
Goryokaku
1988
Soul Music: Lovers Only
1988
Shiro and Marilyn
1988
Just Two Of Us
1988
墓場から生きかえった男
1988
The Strange Pair
1988
Ellie My Love
1987
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986
His Motorbike, Her Island
1986
Typhoon Club
1985
Heaven Station
1984
Sayonara Jupiter
1984
Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories 4
1982
The Longest Tunnel
1982
The Imperial Japanese Empire
1982
Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories 3
1982
Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories 2
1981
The Hidden Trail of the Beasts
1981
Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories
1981
Koto: The Ancient City
1980
Temptation of Angel
1979
Faraway Tomorrow
1979
White Love
1979
Golden Partners
1979
Dances of Flame
1978
Monument to Holy Service
1978
Take Me Away!
1978
Sweet Revenge
1977
Sugata Sanshiro
1977
House
1977
Love in the Mud
1977
Tree of Youth
1977
A Portrait of Shunkin
1976
Autumn Interlude
1976
The Last Song
1975
The Surf
1975
Aoi sanmyaku
1975
Akan ni hatsu
1975
The Izu Dancer
1974