Yoshitaka Zushi (頭師佳孝, born March 19, 1955 in Osaka, Japan) was discovered when he was eight years old by one of Akira Kurosawa's partners and debuted in the role of young Toshio in Kaneto Shindô's "Haha" (Mother, 1963). Since then he has appeared first and foremost in Kurosawa's pictures, beginning with "Akahige" (Red Beard, 1965). His most outstanding role is undeniably that of Rokkuchan, the insane young man who drives a trolley through the slums, in the wonderful "Dodesukaden" (1970).

Filmography

• 2015SOAR: I Wish You Were Here
• 2007Best Wishes for Tomorrow
• 2007Prodigy
• 2001Closed Ward — Chu-San
• 1993Madadayo — Neighbor
• 1991Chizuko's Younger Sister — White Suit Man
• 1990Dreams — Pvt. Noguchi
• Special Rescue Police Winspector — Ichiro Hirukawa
• 1990The Edo Murders: Sasachi's First Case
• 1988The Silk Road
• 1985Ran
• 1984Sound of the Tide
• 1977Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e
• 1976Human Revolution II
• The Roads Men Travel — Akita
• 1970Dodes'ka-den — Roku-Chan
• 1968The Human Bullet — Older Brother
• 1967Silver Boots
• 1966A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga — Tomono Kyutaro
• 1966Punch Guy
• 1965Life of Matsu the Untamed
• 1965Red Beard — Chobo
• 1965When the Flowers Bloom
• 1963Mother — Toshio
• 1962Heso no taisho
• 1962The Lucky General
• 1960Sazae And Aunt Apron

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Dodes'ka-den' — Self