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Haruhiko Yamanouchi
Haruhiko Yamanouchi
山内春彦
Born	20 April 1946 (age 78); Tokyo, Japan
Other names	Hal Yamanouchi; Al Huang
Alma mater	Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Occupations	Actor; voice actor; dancer; choreographer; stunt performer; writer;
Years active	1976–present
Children	Taiyo Yamanouchi

Haruhiko Yamanouchi (山内春彦, Yamanouchi Haruhiko, born 20 April 1946), also known as Hal Yamanouchi (ハル・ヤマノウチ, Haru Yamanouchi), is a Japanese-Italian actor, voice actor, dancer, choreographer, stunt performer, writer and former mime.^[1] Born in Tokyo, he has resided in Italy since 1975 and holds Italian citizenship.^[2]^[3]

Beginning his career as a mime, he has performed in and choreographed for numerous stage productions. Since 1976, he has acted in over 100 films and television series, including several 1980s genre films directed by the likes of Sergio Martino, Ruggero Deodato and Enzo G. Castellari. He is best known to international audiences for his villainous supporting roles in Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and The Wolverine. He has also translated and dubbed Japanese-language films into Italian.

Early life and education

Yamanouchi was born in Tokyo. His grandfather, Akio Yamauchi, was a children's book writer. He grew up in Niigata Prefecture and graduated from Niigata High School and went on to study liberal arts at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. After graduation in 1971, he moved to London where he attended drama and dancing lessons. He was among the disciples of mime artist Lindsay Kemp.

Career

Theatre

While in London, he joined Stomu Yamashta's Red Buddha Theatre company, performing at the Roundhouse and the Piccadilly Theatre. He moved to Italy in 1975 and he began his career as an actor in experimental stage productions, appearing at pantomime festivals like the Festival Internazionale di mimo e pantomima in Florence and Settembre al Borgo in Campania.^[3]^[2] He was a regular guest on RAI programming, where he would demonstrate his various acts. He first gained recognition for his stage acting in a production of William Shakespeare's The Tempest where he played the role of Ariel in over 300 stagings and earned him a Premio Internazionale Guido d'Arezzo.^[4]

As a choreographer, Yamanouchi specializes in opera, collaborating with directors like Mauro Bolognini, Andrea Camilleri, Giancarlo Cobelli, Glauco Mauri, Mario Missiroli, Giuliano Montaldo and Luca Ronconi. He choreographed a production of Turandot held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium.

Film and television

Yamanouchi is made his screen acting debut with an uncredited role in the 1975 Fantozzi, directed by Luciano Salce. He appeared in numerous erotic comedies and B-movies throughout the 1980s, including Crime at the Chinese Restaurant (1981), 2020 Texas Gladiators (1982), The Sword of the Barbarians (1982), 2019, After the Fall of New York (1983), Endgame (1983), Warriors of the Year 2072 (1984), Under the Chinese Restaurant (1987), Phantom of Death (1988).^[2] He was occasionally credited under the pseudonym Al Huang.

More high-profile roles taken by Yamanouchi include starring in Adriano Celentano's musical Joan Lui (1985) and in Gabriele Salvatores's science-fiction film Nirvana (1997).^[2] He also appeared in several American productions, such as Stuart Gordon's Robot Jox (1990), Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Paul McGuigan's Push (2009) and Peter Weir's The Way Back (2010).^[2] He most notably portrayed the older Ichirō Yashida / Silver Samurai in The Wolverine (2013) (sharing the main antagonist's role with Ken Yamamura), starring opposite Hugh Jackman, Tao Okamoto and Hiroyuki Sanada and also dubbed over his own dialogue and Ken Yamamura's in the Italian-language version of the film.^[2]^[3]

As a voice actor, Yamanouchi has translated and dubbed numerous Japanese-language films and television series into Italian and occasionally vice versa. He typically provides the Italian voice of Asian characters in international productions and is the main Italian voice actor of Ken Watanabe,^[2]^[3] and in his animated roles, he voiced Floyd Eaglesan in the Italian dubbed version of Despicable Me 2 (2013) and Bernie Lumen in the Italian dubbed version of Elemental (2023).^[5]^[6]

Teaching

Yamanouchi co-founded MDA Produzioni Danza, a dance and performing arts school in the Castelnuovo di Porto neighbourhood of Rome. He has also taught at the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma and the Teatro Carlo Felice. He has also conducted numerous internships for mimes, dancers and actors for various associations, foundations and theater schools, on the themes of improvisation, spontaneous movements and acting with the kinesthetic approach.

Personal life

From his relationship with TG3 journalist Teresa Piazza, he has a son, Taiyo Yamanouchi, who is an actor and hip hop artist who performs under the stage name 'Hyst'. He has also served as a secondary father figure to Jesto, Taiyo's half-brother from Piazza's relationship with Stefano Rosso.

Yamanouchi has resided in Rome since emigrating to Italy in 1975. He became a naturalized citizen in 1992. He is fluent in Japanese, Italian and English and has performed in all three languages. He has penned a number of essays on Italian and Japanese culture for Italian literary magazines and has contributed to UNESCO's International Theatre Institute.^[7]^[8]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
1975	Fantozzi	Asian Cook	Uncredited
1976	Basta che non si sappia in giro	Japanese Sailor	Uncredited
1977	Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals	Manolo
1979	Gardenia	Courier
1979	Saturday, Sunday and Friday	Japanese passenger
1980	I'm Photogenic	Simoni's butler
1980	The Last Hunter	Vietcong
1981	Crime at the Chinese Restaurant	Corpse
1982	2020 Texas Gladiators	Red Wolfe
1982	The Sword of the Barbarians	Li Wo Twan
1983	2019, After the Fall of New York	Rat Eater King
	Hearts and Armour	Samurai
	Sing Sing	Chu Lai
	Endgame	Ninja
1984	Warriors of the Year 2072	Akira
1985	Anche lei fumava il sigaro	Bongo
	Nell'acqua
	Joan Lui	Jarak
1986	Lone Runner	Nimbus
1986	7 chili in 7 giorni	Chinese waiter
1987	Under the Chinese Restaurant	Chinese chef
1988	Phantom of Death	Swordmaster
1988	Cream Train	Carmal
1989	Sinbad of the Seven Seas	Cantu
1990	Robot Jox	Tubie #1
1990	Blue Dolphin	Banzai Samurai
1992	A Bear Called Arthur	Ohnishi
1992	Genghis Khan		Unfinished^[9]
1993	Craving Desire
1995	The Fishmen and Their Queen	Priest
1996	We Free Kings
1997	Il tocco - La sfida
	Nirvana	Okasama Starr
	Banzai	Policeman
1999	All the Moron's Men	Yakuza boss
1999	The Fish in Love	Korea consul
2001	Tutta la conoscenza del mondo
2004	Movimenti	Japanese writer
	Last Food	Takano
	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Chief Pirate
2007	Tutte le donne della mia vita	Sakè
2008	The Rage	Asian character
2008	This Night Is Still Ours	Laowang
2009	Push	Pop Father
2010	The Way Back	Official
	Gorbaciof	Lila's father
	Late Summer	Kenji
2011	All at Sea	Confù
2012	Sins Expiation	Hal
2012	The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683	Murad Giray
2013	Niente può fermarci	Mr. Lee
	The Wolverine	Ichirō Yashida / Silver Samurai	Also dubbed in Italian
	Something Good	Laboratory chemist
	The Girl from Nagasaki	Gardner
	Colpi di fortuna	Arrambator
2014	A Boss in the Living Room	Meditation master
2015	Ebola
2016	Zoolander 2	Wise village man
	The Confessions	Emperor of Japan
	Al posto tuo	Dr. Shimura
2017	Grain	Leon
	The Slider	Goro Nagano
	Addio fottuti musi verdi	Yang
2018	Vanishing Balances: Mafia vs Yakuza	Yutaka Zenshin
2018	San Valentino Stories	Monaco Buddhist
2019	Hard Night Falling
2020	Romantic Guide to Lost Places
2020	Defectum
2021	They Talk	Professor Hasegawa
2021	Medium	Hung
2023	Luka
	Land of Women
	Diabolik: Who Are You?	Chen-Fu
2024	Iron Fighter	Alpha

Television

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
1985	Christopher Columbus	Guacanabo	4 episodes
1986	Atelier	Kosci Kissaraghi	1 episode ("Computer Fashion")
1986	I figli dell'ispettore	Japanese terrorist	TV film
1987	Treasure Island in Outer Space	Shadow	5 episodes
1987	Tutti in palestra	Kung fu master	TV mini-series
1988	Una casa a Roma		TV film
1989	The House of Lost Souls	Buddhist monk	TV film
1991	I ragazzi del muretto		1 episode ("Il ritorno di Massimo")
1992	Un inviato molto speciale	Butler	1 episode ("Se lo dice Giuditta")
1994	Italian Restaurant
1998	Il mastino	Pao Cheng Fu	1 episode ("Shangai")
1998	The White Elephant	Lo Yan	TV film
1999	Shadows		TV film
2001	L'impero	Chinese mafia boss	TV mini-series
2001	Don Matteo	Guillermo Rivarola	1 episode ("Il morso del serpente")
2006	La moglie cinese	Lao Xiao	TV mini-series
2006	L'ispettore Coliandro	Lu Yang	1 episode ("Vendetta cinese")
2011	Dove la trovi una come me?	Mister Woo	TV film
2011–2014	Inspector Rex	Shop owner / Hiroshi Watanabe	2 episodes
2014	Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist	Senzô	4 episodes
2015	Il bosco	Miong	4 episodes
2015	Strike Back
2016	Zio Gianni	Anzin	2 episodes
2018	Squadra mobile
2023	The Swarm	Akito Nakamura	8 episodes

Voice work

Year\|	Title	Role(s)	Notes
2015	Mokusatsu	Doctor	Short film^[10]
2015	Fukushima: A Nuclear Story	Italian and English voice-over^[11]	Documentary

Dubbing

Films (Animation, Italian dub)

Year	Title	Role(s)	Ref
2013	Despicable Me 2	Floyd Eaglesan	^[12]
2023	Elemental	Bernie Lumen	^[13]

Films (Live action, Italian dub)

Year	Title	Role(s)	Original actor	Ref
2003	The Last Samurai	Lord Moritsugu Katsumoto	Ken Watanabe	^[14]
2005	Batman Begins	Ra's al Ghul decoy	Ken Watanabe	^[15]
2007	Silk	Hara Jubei	Koji Yakusho
2008	Speed Racer	Mr. Musha	Hiroyuki Sanada
2008	The Ramen Girl	Maezumi	Toshiyuki Nishida
2009	The Hedgehog	Kakuro Ozu	Togo Igawa
2009	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	The Hard Master	Gerald Okamura
2010	Inception	Saito	Ken Watanabe	^[16]
2010	True Grit	Mr. Lee	Peter Leung
2012	Paulette	Chang	Bing Yin
2013	The Wolverine	Young Yashida	Ken Yamamura
2014	Godzilla	Dr. Ishirō Serizawa	Ken Watanabe	^[17]
2014	Dumb and Dumber To	Harry’s adoptive father	Michael Yama
2015	Pixels	Tōru Iwatani	Denis Akiyama
2016	Silence	Ichizo	Yoshi Oida
	Arrival	General Shang	Tzi Ma
	USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage	Mochitsura Hashimoto	Yutaka Takeuchi
2017	Death Note	Watari	Paul Nakauchi
2018	Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again	Mr. Tatyama	Togo Igawa
2018	Second Act	Philip Jiang	Phil Nee
2019	Pokémon Detective Pikachu	Hideo Yoshida	Ken Watanabe	^[18]
	Godzilla: King of the Monsters	Dr. Ishirō Serizawa	Ken Watanabe	^[19]
	Midway	Isoroku Yamamoto	Etsushi Toyokawa
2022	Bullet Train	The Elder	Hiroyuki Sanada
2023	The Creator	Harun	Ken Watanabe	^[20]

Television (Live action, Italian dub)

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes	Original actor	Ref
2016–2018	The Man in the High Castle	Nobusuke Tagomi	Main cast (seasons 1–3)	Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Video games (Italian dub)

Year	Title	Role(s)	Ref
2020	Cyberpunk 2077	Goro Takemura

References

^ "Haruhiko Yamanouchi's voice acting and dubbing contributions". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net (in Italian). Retrieved 16 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Lancia, Enrico; Melelli, Fabio (2006). Dizionario del cinema italiano. Attori stranieri del nostro cinema (in Italian). Rome: Gramese Editore. p. 213. ISBN 9788884404251.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Papaleo, Marco Lucio (1 August 2013). "Intervista Wolverine: Hal Yamanouchi" (in Italian). everyeye.it. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
^ FREEmenti, Luca Bordonaro (22 September 2010). "Teatro del Banchero". www.teatrodelbanchero.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 August 2019.
^ "Le 10 cose di "Cattivissimo me 2" che ancora non sapevate" (in Italian). fanpage.it. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
^ "Elemental, chi sono i doppiatori italiani del film Disney-Pixar". Sky TG24 (in Italian). 26 June 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
^ "Theatre Yearbook 2018 ― Theatre in Japan". Issuu. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
^ "COMPAGNIA SIMONA BUCCI / HAL YAMANOUCHI". Fabbrica Europa. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
^ Re-edited and released in 2010 as Genghis Khan: The Story of a Lifetime.
^ "Mokusatsu (2015), di Nour Gharbi". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net (in Italian).
^ "Fukushima: A Nuclear Story (2015), di Matteo Gagliardi" (in Italian).
^ "Despicable Me 2 Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ "Elemental Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ "The Last Samurai Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ "Batman Begins Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ "Inception Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ "Godzilla Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ "Pokémon Detective Pikachu Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ "Godzilla: King of the Monsters Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ "The Creator Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

External links

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[mondo-1] "Haruhiko Yamanouchi's voice acting and dubbing contributions". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net (in Italian). Retrieved 16 October 2018.

[Attori-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Lancia, Enrico; Melelli, Fabio (2006). Dizionario del cinema italiano. Attori stranieri del nostro cinema (in Italian). Rome: Gramese Editore. p. 213. ISBN 9788884404251.

[eye-3] Papaleo, Marco Lucio (1 August 2013). "Intervista Wolverine: Hal Yamanouchi" (in Italian). everyeye.it. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

[4] FREEmenti, Luca Bordonaro (22 September 2010). "Teatro del Banchero". www.teatrodelbanchero.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 August 2019.

[5] "Le 10 cose di "Cattivissimo me 2" che ancora non sapevate" (in Italian). fanpage.it. Retrieved 16 August 2019.

[6] "Elemental, chi sono i doppiatori italiani del film Disney-Pixar". Sky TG24 (in Italian). 26 June 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2024.

[7] "Theatre Yearbook 2018 ― Theatre in Japan". Issuu. Retrieved 4 August 2019.

[8] "COMPAGNIA SIMONA BUCCI / HAL YAMANOUCHI". Fabbrica Europa. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2019.

[9] Re-edited and released in 2010 as Genghis Khan: The Story of a Lifetime.

[10] "Mokusatsu (2015), di Nour Gharbi". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net (in Italian).

[11] "Fukushima: A Nuclear Story (2015), di Matteo Gagliardi" (in Italian).

[12] "Despicable Me 2 Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[13] "Elemental Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[14] "The Last Samurai Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[15] "Batman Begins Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[16] "Inception Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[17] "Godzilla Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[18] "Pokémon Detective Pikachu Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[19] "Godzilla: King of the Monsters Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[20] "The Creator Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

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Haruhiko Yamanouchi

Early life and education

Career

Theatre

Film and television

Teaching

Personal life

Filmography

Film

Television

Voice work

Dubbing

Films (Animation, Italian dub)

Films (Live action, Italian dub)

Television (Live action, Italian dub)

Video games (Italian dub)

References

External links

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