is a Japanese actor. He was born in Tōkamachi, Niigata

Tokamachi, Niigata

is a city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.As of November 31, 2010, the new city has an estimated population of 60,164. The total area of the new city is 589.92 km², including the post-Creation undefined boundary areas....

, in 1935, and attended Niigata Prefectural Tōkamachi High School and later Toyo University

Toyo University

Toyo University is a university with several branches in Japan, including .- Overview :...

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Career

While he was in Toyo University, Takahashi became a chauffeur of Seiji Miyaguchi

Seiji Miyaguchi

was a Japanese actor who appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai despite the actor's confession to have never handled a sword before the role , Ikiru as a yakuza boss from "restaurant row," and Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan...

, an actor of the theatrical company . In 1959, he joined Bungakuza, and made his debut with the play . In the same year, he played a role in the film directed by Kaneto Shindō

Kaneto Shindo

, Hiroshima, Japan) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His best known films include Children of Hiroshima, The Naked Island, Onibaba, Kuroneko and A Last Note.Shindō has often made films dealing with Hiroshima or the atomic bomb...

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The subsequent major roles include Oda Nobunaga

Oda Nobunaga

was the initiator of the unification of Japan under the shogunate in the late 16th century, which ruled Japan until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was also a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. His opus was continued, completed and finalized by his successors Toyotomi...

 in the 3rd NHK Taiga Drama

Taiga drama

is the name NHK gives to the annual, year-long historical fiction television series it broadcasts in Japan. Beginning in 1963 with the black-and-white Hana no Shōgai, starring kabuki actor Onoe Shōroku and Takarazuka star Awashima Chikage, the network has hired a producer, director, writer, music...

 Taikōki

Taikoki

The is a biography of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who rose to the office of taikō during the Azuchi-Momoyama period of Japanese history. The Confucian scholar Oze Hoan published the work in 1626 during the rule of the third Tokugawa shogun Iemitsu...

 in 1965, as Lieutenant Hayami in the NHK Morning Drama Series Ohanahan in 1966.