Takeo Chii

{{short description|Japanese actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Takeo Chii | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1942|5|5|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Chiba Prefecture]], Japan | death_date = {{death date and age|2012|6|29|1942|5|5|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Minato, Tokyo|Minato-ku]], Japan | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1968–2012 }} {{Nihongo|'''Takeo Chii'''|地井武男|Chii Takeo|5 May 1942 – 29 June 2012}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.daily.co.jp/newsflash/2012/06/29/0005174424.shtml|title=地井武男さんが死去|date=29 June 2012|publisher=Daily Sports|language=Japanese|access-date=17 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801170912/http://www.daily.co.jp/newsflash/2012/06/29/0005174424.shtml|archive-date=1 August 2012}}</ref> was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1968 and 2012.

==Biography== Chii was the youngest of eight brothers.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/p-et-tp0-20120630-975339.html|title=ちいさん70歳急死前日まで家族と談笑も – 芸能ニュース|website=nikkansports.com|language=ja|access-date=8 April 2019|archive-date=11 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011214541/https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/p-et-tp0-20120630-975339.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He made his acting debut in 1968.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASDG29026_Z20C12A6000000/|title=俳優・地井武男さん死去紀行番組「ちい散歩」（写真＝共同）|date=29 June 2012|website=日本経済新聞電子版|language=ja|access-date=8 April 2019|archive-date=20 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920063008/https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASDG29026_Z20C12A6000000/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20120806dog00m200008000c.html|title=地井武男さん：田中邦衛悲痛な叫び「ちいにい。会いたいよ−」お別れの会に800人|website=MANTANWEB（まんたんウェブ）|language=ja-JP|access-date=8 April 2019}}</ref> He made his film debut with [[Kihachi Okamoto]]'s ''[[Kill!]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyshincho.jp/article/2021/04161102/?all=1|title=地井武男は「この俺が女装だよ？参ったよ」時代劇でも事件捜査|publisher=Daily新潮|date=16 April 2021|access-date=6 June 2022|language=ja|archive-date=23 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823042620/https://www.dailyshincho.jp/article/2021/04161102/?all=1|url-status=live}}</ref> Chii married actress Saori Maki in 1974 and had one daughter with her.<ref name=":0" /> Maki died in 2001 from breast cancer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news-postseven.com/archives/20120706_126874.html|title=地井武男さん前妻口癖は「私が死んだら若い人を見つけて」|website=NEWSポストセブン|language=ja|access-date=8 April 2019|archive-date=13 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113052239/https://www.news-postseven.com/archives/20120706_126874.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Chii was initially diagnosed with [[angina]] after a hospitalization in 1996, and warned by a doctor to not push himself too hard.<ref name=":0" /> Chii had multiple hospitalizations in 2012, after initially going to the hospital in January of that year due to concerns of vision loss.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zakzak.co.jp/entertainment/ent-news/news/20120131/enn1201311236006-n1.htm|title=地井武男が緊急入院！「目が見えない」…ちい散歩に影響も|website=ZAKZAK|language=ja-JP|access-date=8 April 2019}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> On 29 June 2012, Chii died of [[heart failure]] at the age of 70.<ref name=":1" />

==Filmography== ===Film=== {{Div col}} * ''[[Kill!]]'' (1968) – Yaheiji Yoshida * ''[[Red Lion (film)|Red Lion]]'' (1969) – Spy * ''Hangyaku no Melody'' (1970) – Hoshino * ''Hiko shonen: Wakamono no toride'' (1970) – Jiro Iwami * ''Hashi no nai kawa 2'' (1970) * ''{{Interlanguage link|Okinawa (1970 film)|ja|3=沖縄 (映画)|lt=Okinawa|vertical-align=sup}}'' (1970) * ''[[Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo]]'' (1970) – Taki * ''[[Men and War (film series)|Men and War, Part I]]'' (1970) * ''[[Shinjuku outlaw: Step On the Gas]]'' (1970) – Kamome * ''Alleycat Rock: Crazy Riders '71'' (1971) – Takaaki * ''[[Men and War (film series)|Men and War, Part II]]'' (1971) * ''Hachigatsu no nureta suna'' (1971) – Ide * ''Kumo no Yuna'' (1971) – Torazô * ''Furyo bancho te haccho kuchi haccho'' (1971) * ''Gyangu tai gyangu: Aka to kuro no burûsu'' (1972) * ''[[Street Mobster]]'' (1972) * ''Kaigun tokubetsu nenshô-hei'' (1972) – Kudo * ''Erosu no yûwaku'' (1972) – Shôji * ''Dobugawa gakkyu'' (1972) * ''Akai tori nigeta?'' (1973) – Hasegawa * ''Gokiburi deka'' (1973) – Nobuo Takei * ''[[Retreat Through the Wet Wasteland]]'' (1973) – Gorô Harada * ''Zenka onna: Koroshi-bushi'' (1973) – Tetsu Hamada * ''Hatachi no genten'' (1973) – Suzuki * ''[[Lady Snowblood (film)|Lady Snowblood]]'' (1973) – Tokuichi Shôkei * ''Neon kurage: Shinjuku hanadensha'' (1973) * ''[[Hissatsu Shikakenin|Hissatsu Shikakenin Shunsetsu shikakebari]]'' (1974) – Sadaroku * ''Tomodachi'' (1974) * ''Honô no shôzô'' (1974) * ''Akan ni hatsu'' (1975) – Tomoyuki Tonomura * ''Minato no Yôko Yokohama yokosuka'' (1975) * ''[[New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Last Days of the Boss]]'' (1976) – Matsuzo Samukawa * ''Ôzora no samurai'' (1976) * ''[[The Inugami Family]]'' (1976) – Suketake Inugami * ''[[The Youth Killer|Seishun no satsujinsha]]'' (1976) – Hidaka, Toru * ''Hiroshima jingi: Hitojichi dakkai sakusen'' (1976) * ''Okinawa Yakuza sensô'' (1976) – Ishikawa * ''Yakuza senso: Nihon no Don'' (1977) – Kawabata * ''[[Hokuriku Proxy War]]'' (1977) * ''Nihon no jingi'' (1977) – Tomigashi * ''Shin joshuu sasori: Tokushu-bô X'' (1977) – Prison Guard Ichirô Kajiki * ''Botchan'' (1977) * ''[[Proof of the Man]]'' (1977) – Detective Kusaba * ''Seishoku no ishibumi'' (1978) * ''Daburu kuracchi'' (1978) * ''Ôgon no inu'' (1979) – Ryoichi Tanuma * ''Ah! Nomugi toge'' (1979) – Tatsuji Masai * ''Tenshi no harawata: Nami'' (1979) – Tetsuro Muraki * ''Torakku yarô: Neppû 5000 kiro'' (1979) * ''Tooi ashita'' (1979) – Oonoki * ''Harukanaru sôro'' (1980) – Takatoshi Kan * ''[[Tora-san's Promise]]'' (1981) – Kenkichi Odajima * ''Himeyuri no Tô'' (1982) – Sergeant Major Ishi * ''Gekko kamen'' (1982) * ''F2 grand prix'' (1984) * ''Bi bappu haisukuru'' (1985) – Onijima Shimazaki * ''Be-Bop highschool: Koko yotaro elegy'' (1986–1988, part 1–5) – Onijima Shimazaki * ''[[Michi (film)|Michi]]'' (1986) * ''Jittemai'' (1986) – Denzo * ''[[The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (film)|The Tale of the Princess Kaguya]]'' (2013) – Okina (voice) (final film role) {{div col end}}

===Television drama=== * ''[[Edo no Kaze]]'' (1975) (1st season) * ''[[Edo no Gekitou]]'' (1979) * ''{{Interlanguage link|From the north country|ja|3=北の国から|vertical-align=sup}}'' (1981–2002) * ''[[Taiyō ni Hoero!]]'' (1982–1986) – Toshizo Igawa (Toshisan) * ''[[Hanekonma]]'' (1986)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-22681|title= はね駒|access-date= October 26, 2021|work= TV drama database|archive-date= 17 September 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220917190641/http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-22681|url-status= live}}</ref>

===Other appearances=== ; Television * ''{{Interlanguage link|Chii Sanpo|ja|3=ちい散歩|vertical-align=sup}}'' (2006–2012) *''[[Japanese Style Originator]]'' (2008–2012)

; Animated Film * ''[[The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (film)|The Tale of the Princess Kaguya]]'' (2013)

; Commercial * ''[[House Foods]]''

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0157384|Takeo Chii}}

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