Japan's Don (1977) featured a cast of 85 tracked actors. Of these, 29 (45%) are still alive today and 35 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Masaharu Arikawa, age 95. This film starred Shin Saburi and Koji Tsuruta.
45% still with us· verified cast35% of full cast · incl. 19 unverified
Survivorship
Cast Reunion Index: 45% still living
Avg. Age at Death: 76 yrs
Deaths by Year
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Cast85 members
| Person | Character | Status | DOB | Age | DOD | Age in 1977 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Shin Saburi Kazumasa Sakura | Kazumasa Sakura | Deceased | 12/02/1909 | 73 | 22/09/1982 | 68 |
 Koji Tsuruta Shuhei Tatsumi | Shuhei Tatsumi | Deceased | 06/12/1924 | 62 | 16/06/1987 | 53 |
 Hiroki Matsukata Shiro Matsugae | Shiro Matsugae | Deceased | 23/07/1942 | 74 | 21/01/2017 | 35 |
 Kō Nishimura Kahe Shimabara | Kahe Shimabara | Deceased | 25/01/1923 | 74 | 29/04/1997 | 54 |
 Etsushi Takahashi Yasuo Ichinomiya | Yasuo Ichinomiya | Deceased | 02/08/1935 | 60 | 19/05/1996 | 42 |
 Asao Uchida Kikuo Oyama | Kikuo Oyama | Deceased | 01/08/1920 | 76 | 30/09/1996 | 57 |
 Bunta Sugawara Eizo Iwami | Eizo Iwami | Deceased | 16/08/1933 | 81 | 28/11/2014 | 44 |
 Sonny Chiba Tsuneyoshi Sakota | Tsuneyoshi Sakota | Deceased | 23/01/1939 | 82 | 19/08/2021 | 38 |
 Asao Koike Katsunosuke Miura | Katsunosuke Miura | Deceased | 18/03/1931 | 54 | 23/03/1985 | 46 |
 Mikio Narita Seiji Kataoka | Seiji Kataoka | Deceased | 31/01/1935 | 55 | 09/04/1990 | 42 |
 Shōtarō Hayashi Miyoshi Kaneda | Miyoshi Kaneda | Living | 21/06/1934 | 92 | — | 43 |
 Tsunehiko Watase Takeshi Nomizo | Takeshi Nomizo | Deceased | 28/07/1944 | 72 | 14/03/2017 | 33 |
 Tatsuo Umemiya Fukushima | Fukushima | Deceased | 11/03/1938 | 81 | 12/12/2019 | 39 |
 Nobuo Kaneko Shoji Taguchi | Shoji Taguchi | Deceased | 27/03/1923 | 71 | 20/01/1995 | 54 |
 Etsuko Ichihara Kiyo Tatsumi | Kiyo Tatsumi | Deceased | 24/01/1936 | 82 | 12/01/2019 | 41 |
Maki Tachibana Yuka Kitamura | Yuka Kitamura | Living | 06/02/1951 | 75 | — | 26 |
 Sayoko Ninomiya Toshiko Ichinomiya | Toshiko Ichinomiya | Living | 23/06/1948 | 78 | — | 29 |
 Yōko Koizumi Natsuko Miho | Natsuko Miho | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Maki Orihara Makiko Sakura | Makiko Sakura | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Shōhei Hino Yoshio Takeda | Yoshio Takeda | Deceased | 30/05/1949 | 75 | 14/11/2024 | 28 |
 Isao Bitō Michio Higurashi | Michio Higurashi | Living | 22/11/1943 | 82 | — | 34 |
 Takeo Chii Kawabata | Kawabata | Deceased | 05/05/1942 | 70 | 29/06/2012 | 35 |
 Hōsei Komatsu Tokue Kizaki | Tokue Kizaki | Deceased | 04/11/1926 | 76 | 11/07/2003 | 51 |
 Masaru Shiga Saburo Murakami | Saburo Murakami | Deceased | 13/01/1942 | 78 | 03/04/2020 | 35 |
Kyoko Nami Yukiko Kawamoto | Yukiko Kawamoto | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Junkichi Orimoto Gonnosuke Umehara | Gonnosuke Umehara | Deceased | 09/02/1927 | 92 | 18/03/2019 | 50 |
 Masaya Takahashi Naoyuki Abe | Naoyuki Abe | Deceased | 16/03/1930 | 83 | 16/01/2014 | 47 |
 Kyōsuke Machida Atsushi Mitaka | Atsushi Mitaka | Living | 22/06/1936 | 90 | — | 41 |
 Kunie Tanaka Detective Goto | Detective Goto | Deceased | 23/11/1932 | 88 | 24/03/2021 | 45 |
 Shūichirō Moriyama Narrator (voice) | Narrator (voice) | Deceased | 26/07/1934 | 86 | 08/02/2021 | 43 |
 Emiko Azuma Yukie Sakura | Yukie Sakura | Deceased | 19/10/1924 | 85 | 08/01/2010 | 53 |
 Michimaro Otabe Yoshio Shirakawa | Yoshio Shirakawa | Deceased | 24/11/1926 | 77 | 29/08/2004 | 51 |
 Ryō Nishida Ichiro Funase | Ichiro Funase | Living | 20/01/1939 | 87 | — | 38 |
Isao Takanami Masao Tanimoto | Masao Tanimoto | Deceased | — | — | 30/12/2018 | — |
 Kuniomi Kitani Ryuzo Masuda | Ryuzo Masuda | Living | 21/05/1938 | 88 | — | 39 |
Tetsuo Fujisawa Ryukichi Mukai | Ryukichi Mukai | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Nenji Kobayashi Takenosuke Shiga | Takenosuke Shiga | Living | 07/02/1941 | 85 | — | 36 |
 Masataka Naruse Toshio Kimura | Toshio Kimura | Living | 27/02/1950 | 76 | — | 27 |
 Jirô Chiba Gunta Harita | Gunta Harita | Living | 06/01/1949 | 77 | — | 28 |
 Seizō Fukumoto Young Man | Young Man | Deceased | 03/02/1943 | 77 | 01/01/2021 | 34 |
 Daisuke Awaji Isao Kobayashi | Isao Kobayashi | Deceased | 06/02/1932 | 62 | 29/10/1994 | 45 |
 Takaya Shimoyama Yasuo Irie | Yasuo Irie | Living | 21/08/1944 | 82 | — | 33 |
 Shunji Sasaki Kentaro Sekino | Kentaro Sekino | Living | 10/02/1941 | 85 | — | 36 |
 Yūsuke Kazato Ken Miyazono | Ken Miyazono | Living | 21/03/1953 | 73 | — | 24 |
 Takashi Noguchi Kazuo Miyanoura | Kazuo Miyanoura | Deceased | 18/10/1938 | 81 | 28/04/2020 | 39 |
 Shigeru Mizota Yoshikawa | Yoshikawa | Deceased | 28/09/1924 | 92 | 18/08/2017 | 53 |
 Kenji Imai Genzo Bun | Genzo Bun | Living | 31/03/1932 | 94 | — | 45 |
Takanori Oya Ichiro Konishi | Ichiro Konishi | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Yasuhiro Suzuki Ryutaro Ueki | Ryutaro Ueki | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Kōjiro Shirakawa Koji Kiso | Koji Kiso | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Yoshiaki Yabe Kozo Iwata | Kozo Iwata | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Ryūji Shinagawa Tsuneo Masui | Tsuneo Masui | Living | 11/04/1933 | 93 | — | 44 |
 Masaharu Arikawa Isamu Maekawa | Isamu Maekawa | Living | 13/10/1930 | 95 | — | 47 |
 Eizō Kitamura Fujio Nozaki | Fujio Nozaki | Deceased | 17/04/1922 | 74 | 07/03/1997 | 55 |
Kazutarō Kuni Minami Zenji | Minami Zenji | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Yoshio Kirishima Senichi Shinoda | Senichi Shinoda | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Harumi Sone Toshiaki Iruma | Toshiaki Iruma | Deceased | 05/09/1937 | 78 | 16/06/2016 | 40 |
 Ryuji Katagiri Takeshi | Takeshi | Living | 14/08/1947 | 79 | — | 30 |
 Satoru Nabe Tetsuo Wada | Tetsuo Wada | Living | 02/11/1947 | 78 | — | 30 |
Sachio Miyagi Detective Tsuchida | Detective Tsuchida | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Masataka Iwao Yano | Yano | Living | 20/12/1942 | 83 | — | 35 |
Katsutoshi Akiyama Sakaki | Sakaki | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Gorō Ōki Maeda | Maeda | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Takashi Kanda Bansui Ono | Bansui Ono | Deceased | 14/04/1918 | 68 | 13/07/1986 | 59 |
Mitsuo Nagata Takeo Hinoki | Takeo Hinoki | Presumed Deceased | 24/12/1914 | 111 | — | 63 |
Yasuhiko Shima President Suzuki | President Suzuki | Deceased | 23/03/1913 | 77 | 16/03/1991 | 64 |
 Seishiro Hara President Morimoto | President Morimoto | Presumed Deceased | 24/11/1904 | 121 | — | 73 |
 Hideo Saeki President of Wachi | President of Wachi | Deceased | 09/01/1912 | 91 | 01/11/2003 | 65 |
 Kinji Nakamura Omatsu | Omatsu | Deceased | 15/02/1921 | 105 | — | 56 |
Tokuko Miura Mitsu Abe | Mitsu Abe | Living | 25/08/1940 | 86 | — | 37 |
 Mitsuko Aoi Masako | Masako | Living | 07/05/1943 | 83 | — | 34 |
Miho Manabe Akie Tsugawa | Akie Tsugawa | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Minken Karasawa Hatanaka | Hatanaka | Living | 03/01/1937 | 89 | — | 40 |
Kazumasa Negishi Master | Master | Living | 01/01/1947 | 79 | — | 30 |
Tetsuo Torisu Security Guard | Security Guard | Living | 30/10/1946 | 79 | — | 31 |
 Jiro Shirai Disco Student | Disco Student | Living | 18/09/1950 | 76 | — | 27 |
 Yasumori Hikita Physician | Physician | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Toshio Tomogane Party MC | Party MC | Living | 07/10/1947 | 78 | — | 30 |
Junpei Arishima Taguchi's Secretary | Taguchi's Secretary | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Fumio Terauchi Yoshinobu Hirose | Yoshinobu Hirose | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Yoshinobu Hirose Newspaper Reporter | Newspaper Reporter | Living | 02/01/1943 | 83 | — | 34 |
Yûsuke Tsukasa Newspaper Reporter | Newspaper Reporter | Living | 08/12/1972 | 53 | — | 5 |
Ryōta Minowada Newspaper Reporter | Newspaper Reporter | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Hiroshi Hatano Newspaper Reporter | Newspaper Reporter | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Kenzō Katsuno Newspaper Reporter | Newspaper Reporter | Living | 27/02/1950 | 76 | — | 27 |