
Keiichirō Akagi
Keiichirō Akagi (赤木 圭一郎), born Chikahiro Akatsuka (赤塚 親弘) was a Japanese actor. Akagi appeared in over 26 films in his short three-year career. Kenju burai-chō series and The Call of the Foghorn are Akagi's notable films. In 1958, he joined the Nikkatsu company. He landed the lead role for the first time in 1959 film Age of Nudity directed by Seijun Suzuki. In 1960, Akagi won Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year. Akagi was one of the box office hitter of Nikkatsu company alongside Yujiro Ishihara and Akira Kobayashi. At around 12:20 PM on February 14, 1961, during a lunch break while shooting Gekiryū ni Ikiru Otoko, where he served as a replacement for injured Yūjirō Ishihara, Akagi was driving a go-cart brought by a salesman in the Nikkatsu studio but spun out of control and crashed into a steel door of a large tool warehouse at a speed of more than 60 km/h. He regained consciousness for a time, but on February 20 he fell into a coma again and died at 7:50 AM on February 21 of a subdural hematoma associated with a fracture of the cracked frontal bone, at the young age of 21. At the time, some of his family conceded to his funeral in the Soto Zen religion at the Dai-enji Temple in Suginami, Tokyo. Later on, his cremated ashes were moved to the Head Temple Taisekiji in Fujinomiya.
- Known ForActing
- Born8 May 1939 (age 86)
- Place of BirthTokyo, Japan
Keiichirō Akagi

- Known ForActing
- Born8 May 1939 (age 86)
- Place of BirthTokyo, Japan

Again
1984

A Killer Without a Grave
1961

He Killed Dad
1961

Umi no jōji ni kakero
1960

The Cards Will Tell
1960

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960

The Gun Like Lightning
1960

The Man with a Sinister Laugh
1960

The Call of the Foghorn
1960

The Lost Diamond
1960

Knock Down
1960

Covered Wagon
1960

Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
1960

The Wild Reporter
1959

Crazy Jailbreak
1959

Yuganda tsuki
1959

Age of Nudity
1959

Downhill Youth
1959

Gun Number Zero
1959

Machi ga nemuru toki
1959
