Minori Terada

Minori Terada
Minori Terada
寺田農
Born	November 7, 1942; Tokyo, Japan
Died	March 14, 2024 (aged 81)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1961–2024
Spouse	Noriko Takahashi (m. 1970; div. 2006)

Minori Terada (Japanese: 寺田農, Hepburn: Terada Minori, November 7, 1942 – March 14, 2024) was a Japanese actor and voice artist.

Life and career

Minori Terada was born in Tokyo, as the first son of Masaaki Terada [ja], a famous painter. In 1961, he began to work as an actor.

Terada was known for his roles as villains, including Alien Metron in Ultraman Max and Colonel Muska in Castle in the Sky. He was also the narrator for several television dramas, documents, and movies.

Terada loved reading.^[1] He died of lung cancer on March 14, 2024, at the age of 81.^[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1968	The Human Bullet	Him	Kihachi Okamoto	Lead role
1970	Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo	Togashi Yasuie	Kihachi Okamoto
1978	The Fall of Ako Castle	Ōtaka Gengo	Kinji Fukasaku
1981	Eijanaika	Ijūin	Shohei Imamura
1981	Station	Rikiishi	Yasuo Furuhata
1982	Sailor Suit and Machine Gun	Hagiwara	Shinji Sōmai
1983	The Highest Honor	Captain Uno	Peter Maxwell/Seiji Maruyama
1983	Legend of the Eight Samurai	Inumura Daikaku Masanori	Kinji Fukasaku
1985	Love Hotel	Tetsuro Muraki	Shinji Sōmai
1985	Typhoon Club	Ken's father	Shinji Sōmai
1986	Castle in the Sky	Colonel Muska	Hayao Miyazaki	Voice role
1988	Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis	Masatoshi Ōkōchi	Akio Jissoji
1988	Ureshi Hazukashi Monogatari	Yusuke Mikuni	Ureshi Hazukashi Monogatari
1990	Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars	Yamane	Akio Jissoji
1991	Rainbow Kids	narrator	Kihachi Okamoto	^[3]
1995	Maborosi		Hirokazu Koreeda
1998	Murder on D Street	Shūhei Akimura	Akio Jissoji
1998	Pride	Mamoru Shigemitsu	Shunya Itō
2001	Hush!	Asako's father	Ryōsuke Hashiguchi
2003	Dragon Head	Andō	George Iida
2005	Hasami Otoko		Toshiharu Ikeda
2005	Rampo Noir (segment "Kagami jigoku")	Inspector Namikoshi	Akio Jissoji
2006	Nihon Igai Zenbu Chinbotsu	Dr. Tadokoro	Minoru Kawasaki
2007	Unfair: The Movie	Superintendent General	Yoshinori Kobayashi
2008	The Truth about Nanjing	Kōki Hirota	Satoru Mizushima
2008	Gururi no koto	Eiichi	Ryōsuke Hashiguchi
2009	Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010	Ryubei Sonozaki	Ryuta Tasaki
2010	Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate	Ryubei Sonozaki	Koichi Sakamoto
2018	We Make Antiques!		Masaharu Take
2020	Howling Village		Takashi Shimizu
2021	Nobutora	Takeda Nobutora	Shusuke Kaneko	Lead role^[4]
2021	Inori		Katsuya Matsumura	^[5]
2022	Blue Thermal	Aonagi's director	Masaki Tachibana	Voice role^[6]
TBA	Shasen Henkō		Hiroshi Akabane

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
1971	Daichūshingura	Katsuta Shinzaemon	NET
1975, 1978	Ōoka Echizen	Yatarō, Kinji	TBS
1976	Kaze to Kumo to Niji to	Fujiwara no Masatsune	NHK	Taiga drama
1978, 1984	Taiyō ni Hoero!	Ichiki, Tajima	NTV
1983	Tokugawa Ieyasu	Akechi Mitsuhide	NHK	Taiga drama
1987	Dokuganryū Masamune	Ōuchi Sadatsuna	NHK	Taiga drama
1992	Nobunaga ~King of Zipangu	Azai Hisamasa	NHK	Taiga drama
1997	Ultraman Tiga	Masachika Nezu (ep. 32), Miyagawa (ep. 40)	MBS	Tokusatsu
1998	Ultraman Dyna	Sensei (ep. 37)	MBS	Tokusatsu
2000	Aoi Tokugawa Sandai	Nijō Akizane	NHK	Taiga drama
2001	Hero	Watanuki	Fuji TV
2003	Musashi	Kakubei Iwama	NHK	Taiga drama
2004	Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy	Taro Makoto	TX	Tokusatsu
2005	Ultraman Max	Alien Metron	CBC	Tokusatsu
2005	Dragon Zakura	Ryūzaburō Akutayama	TBS
2009–2010	Kamen Rider W	Ryubei Sonozaki/Terror Dopant	TV Asahi	Tokusatsu
2011	Gō	Azai Hisamasa	NHK	Taiga drama
2017	Ultraman Geed	Sui Asakura (ep. 12)	TV Tokyo	Tokusatsu
2024	Sunny	Sticky (S. 1 Ep. 4)	Apple TV	Drama ^[7]

Original video animation (OVA)

Wild 7 (1994) - Masaru Kusanami

Dubbing

Blade Runner (1986 TBS edition) – Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer)
Cat People (1985 Fuji TV edition) – Paul Gallier (Malcolm McDowell)^[8]
Centennial – Jacques Pasquinel (Stephen McHattie)
Gandhi (1987 Fuji TV edition) – Mahatma Gandhi (Ben Kingsley)
Shōgun – Father Martin Alvito (Damien Thomas)
Wanted Dead or Alive – Josh Randall (Steve McQueen)^[9]

Narration

Homura Tatsu (1993 NHK Taiga drama)

Awards and prizes

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result
1968	23rd Mainichi Film Award	Best Actor	The Human Bullet	Won^[10]

References

^ "【本ナビ＋１】俳優・寺田農『消えたフェルメール』朽木ゆり子著なぜ何度も盗難に遭うのか". SANKEI DIGITAL (in Japanese). December 1, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
^ 俳優・寺田農さん死去 81歳最後まで仕事を続けながら…多数の作品で存在感『ラピュタ』ムスカ大佐も. ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). March 23, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
^ Stuart Galbraith IV (May 16, 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 375. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
^ "映画『信虎信玄陣没！国主の帰還』について". Miyaobi Publishing. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
^ "祈り幻に長崎を想う刻(とき)". eiga.com. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
^ "Blue Thermal Anime Film Reveals More Cast, March 4 Opening". Anime News Network. December 21, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
^ "Sticky". IMDb.
^ "【Amazon.co.jp限定】キャット・ピープル -HDリマスター版-(オリジナルブロマイド付) [Blu-ray]". Amazon. December 2, 2017. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
^ "拳銃無宿". Star Channel. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
^ "Mainichi Film Award Winners: 23rd (1968)" (in Japanese). Mainichi Newspapers. Retrieved September 13, 2014.

External links

Official Site (in Japanese)
Minori Terada at IMDb

[1] "【本ナビ＋１】俳優・寺田農『消えたフェルメール』朽木ゆり子著なぜ何度も盗難に遭うのか". SANKEI DIGITAL (in Japanese). December 1, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2019.

[2] 俳優・寺田農さん死去 81歳最後まで仕事を続けながら…多数の作品で存在感『ラピュタ』ムスカ大佐も. ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). March 23, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.

[3] Stuart Galbraith IV (May 16, 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 375. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

[4] "映画『信虎信玄陣没！国主の帰還』について". Miyaobi Publishing. Retrieved May 22, 2021.

[5] "祈り幻に長崎を想う刻(とき)". eiga.com. Retrieved May 22, 2021.

[6] "Blue Thermal Anime Film Reveals More Cast, March 4 Opening". Anime News Network. December 21, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2021.

[7] "Sticky". IMDb.

[8] "【Amazon.co.jp限定】キャット・ピープル -HDリマスター版-(オリジナルブロマイド付) [Blu-ray]". Amazon. December 2, 2017. Retrieved November 30, 2021.

[9] "拳銃無宿". Star Channel. Retrieved August 16, 2020.

[10] "Mainichi Film Award Winners: 23rd (1968)" (in Japanese). Mainichi Newspapers. Retrieved September 13, 2014.

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Minori Terada
寺田農
Born	(1942-11-07)November 7, 1942 Tokyo, Japan
Died	March 14, 2024(2024-03-14) (aged 81)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1961–2024
Spouse	Noriko Takahashi (m. 1970; div. 2006)