{{short description|Japanese actor (born 1933)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Kei Taguchi | image = | caption = | native_name = 田口 計 | native_name_lang = ja | birth_name = Katsuhiko Iwata | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1933|1|10|df=yes}} | birth_place = Nagano Prefecture, Japan | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1955–present }} {{Nihongo|'''Katsuhiko Iwata'''|岩田 克彦|Katsuhiko Iwata|born 10 January 1933}}, also known as {{Nihongo|'''Kei Taguchi'''|田口 計|Kei Taguchi}}, is a Japanese actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vip-times.co.jp/?talent_id=M93-1941|title=Kei Taguchi|publisher=Viptimes|accessdate= January 30, 2021}}</ref> He is most famous for playing villains and appeared in many jidaigeki and detective television dramas as a guest.<ref name="Nippon">日本タレント名鑑'82 VIPタイムズ社、1981 P.113</ref> He is also known as voice actor.<ref name=excite/> Taguchi graduated from University of Tokyo.His career as a screen actor started in 1955.<ref name="Nippon"/><ref name="ak-hbprof">[https://web.archive.org/web/20100511003222/http://www.ak-hb.jp/h7p/kei-taguchi.html 北斗七星プロジェクトによる公式プロフィール]（2010.5.11archive）</ref> His first film appearance was in the 1955 film ''Aisureba Koso'' directed by Satsuo Yamamoto.

His son Kazuki Iwata is also actor.<ref name=excite>{{cite web|url=https://www.excite.co.jp/news/dictionary/person/PE84b05ae8fbcec45c58b44d0cd97d236e261588fb/|title=Kei Taguchi profile|publisher=excitenews|accessdate= January 30, 2021}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Films=== * ''An Actress'' (1956) * ''Lucky Dragon No. 5 (film)'' (1959) * ''Akitsu Springs'' (1962) * ''King Kong Escapes'' (1967) * ''Soshiki Bōryoku Kyodaijingi'' (1969) * ''Tokyo Blackout'' (1987)

===Television drama=== * ''Akō Rōshi'' (1964) * ''Hissatsu Shiokinin'' (1972) episode 18 Guest starring *''The Water Margin'' (1973), * ''Mito Kōmon'' (1973~2011) 29 appearances as a Guest * ''Taiyō ni Hoero!'' (1973~1984) episode 108,279,357,592 Guest starring * ''G-Men '75'' (1978–81) episode 137,179,275,315,341 Guest starring * ''Hissatsu Shiokiya Kagyō'' (1975) episode 8 Guest starring * ''Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin'' (1977) episode 11 Guest starring * ''Hissatsu Karakurinin Fugakuhiyakkei Koroshitabi'' (1978)) episode 12 Guest starring * ''Abarenbō Shōgun'' (1978–2000) 32 appearances as a Guest

== Voice acting ==

=== Anime ===

* ''Super Jetter'', Jaguar{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

===Dubbing=== * ''Nixon'', Richard Nixon (Anthony Hopkins)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.star-ch.jp/channel/detail.php?movie_id=1677|title= ニクソン|accessdate= May 2, 2019|work= Star Channel}}</ref> * ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (1985 Nippon TV edition), René Belloq (Paul Freeman)<ref>{{Cite web |title=15年ぶりの最新作‼『#インディ・ジョーンズと運命のダイヤル』公開記念！5月、6月「#インディ・ジョーンズ」4作品を放送！第4作は #村井國夫 さんによる金曜ロード･オリジナルの新録音!｜金曜ロードシネマクラブ |url=https://kinro.ntv.co.jp/article/detail/20230428 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=金曜ロードシネマクラブ |language=ja}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|1552198|Kei taguchi}}

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