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Actor, Voice Actor Toru Shinagawa Dies at 90

Film, TV, stage actor had roles in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex , Fancy Lala , Shōnen Santa no Daibōken , more

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Knockout stated Shinagawa had been undergoing medical treatment for lymphoma.

Shinagawa was born in Hokkaido in 1935, and graduated from a performing arts institute in 1962. After graduation he joined a theater troupe run by Takeo Hodoshima.

Shinagawa was active in stage, film, television, and in voice acting. He was known for the role of a professor in the Shiroi Kyotō (White Tower) live-action series in 2003. His starring role in the 2014 film No no Nanana no ka ( Seven Weeks ) earned him a special award at the 24th Japan Film Professional Awards. In recent years he appeared in such films as Yama Onna , Ai no Komuragaeri , Doll House , and Menkyo Hennō!? .

Shinagawa appeared in the two Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Kanketsu-hen live-action films in the Fullmetal Alchemist franchise as the King of Xerxes. He also appeared in the live-action MW film, and played the Principal in the live-action 2002 film Dark Water .

In anime, Shinagawa voiced Hisashi Imakurusu in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex , Ak in Shōnen Santa no Daibōken , Ichiro Shinohara in Fancy Lala , Dollar Cross in Lupin III: Swallowtail Tattoo , and Professor Steamson in Project Blue Earth SOS . He had minor roles in Sorcerer Hunters , Wolf's Rain , Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files , Jinki:Extend , and more.

Sources: Knockout , Eiga Natalie

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