Education
Senshu University.
船越 英二
Senshu University.
In a career that spanned three decades Funakoshi starred in a variety of genres and worked for directors Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Mikio Naruse, Kon Ichikawa and Yasuzo Masumura. Funakoshi was a favorite actor of internationally renowned director Kon Ichikawa. Perhaps their most notable film was the World World War II drama Fires on the Plain (Nobi, 1959).
Funakoshi played the lead role of Imperial Army Private Tamura, a soldier stationed on Leyte Island in the Philippines.
Foreign several years, Funakoshi portrayed Tanokura Magobei, a close associate of the shogun, on Abarenbō Shōgun. Son Eiichirō Funakoshi is also a famous actor in Japan.
Eiji Funakoshi died of a stroke at 10:57pm on March 17, 2007, on his 84th birthday.