Seizo Fukumoto;
Seizo was born on February 3rd, 1943 as the third son of 6 children (5th child)
in Hyogo prefecture. After he graduated from Jr. highschool, he succeeded the
rice shop that his relative had been running but he did not feel right about him
being a rice seller and decided to leave the shop.
In 1959, his relative introduced him to Toei Movie Company's Kyoto Film Studio,
where he got a job as a stunt movie extra. Since then, he has appeared in many
samurai, yakuza and ninja movies for more than 44 years. (His carrier as a KIRAREYAKU
started when he was in his late 20s.) He appeared on the screen for the first
time in "Kurama tengu" (1959).
In November 2001, he published his first book titled "Dokoka de dareka
ga miteitekureru -Noppon ichi no kirareyaku" ("Someone somewhere watches
me - Japan's best kirareyaku.").
In 2003, he will be in the Hollywood movie, "The Last Samurai"
WORD : mushin (having no center/ being innocent)
MOMENT : the moment you get what you have wanted
PASTIME : To take care of tropical fish and bonsai trees
MOVIES : Ben-Hur and other war movies
FOOD : Any kinds!
PLACE : Home
*Likes, dislikes and respects
likes : cigarettes
dislikes : snakes and frogs
respects : humble people
