Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant (1968) featured a cast of 30 tracked actors. Of these, 9 (38%) are still alive today and 15 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Yasuzō Ogawa, age 94. This film starred Hisaya Morishige and Daisuke Katō.
38% still with us· verified cast31% of full cast · incl. 5 unverified
Survivorship
Cast Reunion Index: 38% still living
Avg. Age at Death: 80.5 yrs
Deaths by Year
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Cast30 members
| Person | Character | Status | DOB | Age | DOD | Age in 1968 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hisaya Morishige Keitarō Takayama | Keitarō Takayama | Deceased | 04/05/1913 | 96 | 10/11/2009 | 55 |
 Daisuke Katō Tsutomu Ariga | Tsutomu Ariga | Deceased | 18/02/1911 | 64 | 31/07/1975 | 57 |
 Keiju Kobayashi Kenichi Honjō | Kenichi Honjō | Deceased | 23/11/1923 | 86 | 16/09/2010 | 45 |
 Yōko Tsukasa Natsuyo Honjō | Natsuyo Honjō | Living | 20/08/1934 | 92 | — | 34 |
 Toshio Kurosawa Tōru Tanaka | Tōru Tanaka | Living | 04/02/1944 | 82 | — | 24 |
 Wakako Sakai Megumi Nakayama | Megumi Nakayama | Living | 15/04/1949 | 77 | — | 19 |
 Yuko Hama Akiko | Akiko | Living | 31/10/1935 | 90 | — | 33 |
 Asami Kuji Atsuko Takayama | Atsuko Takayama | Deceased | 02/05/1922 | 74 | 11/07/1996 | 46 |
 Nobuo Nakamura Fujikawa | Fujikawa | Deceased | 14/09/1908 | 82 | 05/07/1991 | 60 |
 Yuriko Hanabusa Matsuno Honjō | Matsuno Honjō | Deceased | 07/03/1900 | 69 | 07/02/1970 | 68 |
 Seiji Miyaguchi Den'nosuke Kakishima | Den'nosuke Kakishima | Deceased | 15/11/1913 | 71 | 12/04/1985 | 55 |
 Seizaburō Kawazu Shōgo Ejiri | Shōgo Ejiri | Deceased | 31/08/1908 | 74 | 20/02/1983 | 60 |
 Nadao Kirino Osamu Ejiri | Osamu Ejiri | Living | 24/11/1932 | 93 | — | 36 |
Kawai Okada Harumi Nakayama | Harumi Nakayama | Living | 19/10/1948 | 77 | — | 20 |
Megumi Matsumoto Noriko Takayama | Noriko Takayama | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Rikie Sanjō Katsuko Kakishima | Katsuko Kakishima | Presumed Deceased | 08/10/1912 | 113 | — | 56 |
 Sachio Sakai Club Boy (Electra) | Club Boy (Electra) | Deceased | 08/09/1925 | 72 | 11/03/1998 | 43 |
 Yutaka Sada Gatekeeper (Kinkaku-ji) | Gatekeeper (Kinkaku-ji) | Deceased | 30/03/1911 | 106 | 01/07/2017 | 57 |
 Shigeki Ishida Imabari Shipbuilding Staff | Imabari Shipbuilding Staff | Deceased | 17/03/1924 | 72 | 01/01/1997 | 44 |
| Living | 06/09/1932 | 94 | — | 36 | ||
Yoshio Katsube Record Keeper A | Record Keeper A | Deceased | 19/03/1934 | 89 | 01/05/2023 | 34 |
Yukihiko Gondō Record Keeper B | Record Keeper B | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
| Deceased | 01/01/1927 | 91 | 01/11/2018 | 41 | ||
| Unverified | — | — | — | — | ||
| Unverified | — | — | — | — | ||
| Living | 04/03/1934 | 92 | — | 34 | ||
Tamami Urayama Tokiko (Housemaid) | Tokiko (Housemaid) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Kei Tani Senkichi Akama | Senkichi Akama | Deceased | 22/02/1932 | 78 | 11/09/2010 | 36 |
 Shoichi Ozawa Han Pei-kan | Han Pei-kan | Deceased | 06/04/1929 | 83 | 10/12/2012 | 39 |
 Keiko Sawai Obana (Geisha) | Obana (Geisha) | Living | 02/01/1945 | 81 | — | 23 |
