Keiichirō Akagi

Keiichirō Akagi

Also Known As: not available

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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Birthday: May 08, 1939

Deathday: February 21, 1961

Adult: No

Gender: Male

TMDb-Id: 1923837

IMDb-Id: nm1669647

Popularity:

1.447

Known For

Umi no jōji ni kakero
Umi no jōji ni kakero

1960-09-17

The Wild Reporter
The Wild Reporter

1959-09-27

Crazy Jailbreak
Crazy Jailbreak

1959-04-08

The Cards Will Tell
The Cards Will Tell

1960-01-16

Yuganda tsuki
Yuganda tsuki

1959-07-28

Age of Nudity
Age of Nudity

1959-09-07

A Killer Without a Grave
A Killer Without a Grave

1961-02-11

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger

1960-02-14

The Gun Like Lightning
The Gun Like Lightning

1960-05-14

The Man with a Sinister Laugh
The Man with a Sinister Laugh

1960-08-06

He Killed Dad
He Killed Dad

1961-01-09

The Call of the Foghorn
The Call of the Foghorn

1960-07-09

The Lost Diamond
The Lost Diamond

1960-06-18

Downhill Youth
Downhill Youth

1959-06-30

Gun Number Zero
Gun Number Zero

1959-04-28

Again
Again

1984-02-18

Knock Down
Knock Down

1960-03-20

Machi ga nemuru toki
Machi ga nemuru toki

1959-05-06

Covered Wagon
Covered Wagon

1960-10-22

Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow

1960-12-03

Duel of Akiba
Duel of Akiba

1960-03-20