Takeo Chii


Takeo Chii was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1968 and 2012.

Biography

Chii was the youngest of eight brothers. He made his acting debut in 1968. He made his film debut with Kihachi Okamoto's Kill!. Chii married actress Saori Maki in 1974 and had one daughter with her. Maki died in 2001 from breast cancer.
Chii was initially diagnosed with angina after a hospitalization in 1996, and warned by a doctor to not push himself too hard. Chii had multiple hospitalizations in 2012, after initially going to the hospital in January of that year due to concerns of vision loss. On 29 June 2012, Chii died of heart failure at the age of 70.

Filmography

Film

Kill! – Yaheiji YoshidaRed Lion – SpyHangyaku no Melody – HoshinoHiko shonen: Wakamono no toride – Jiro IwamiHashi no nai kawa 2 Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo – TakiMen and War, Part I Shinjuku outlaw: Step On the Gas – KamomeAlleycat Rock: Crazy Riders '71 – TakaakiMen and War, Part II Hachigatsu no nureta suna – IdeKumo no Yuna – TorazôFuryo bancho te haccho kuchi haccho Gyangu tai gyangu: Aka to kuro no burûsu Street Mobster Kaigun tokubetsu nenshô-hei – KudoErosu no yûwaku – ShôjiDobugawa gakkyu Akai tori nigeta? – HasegawaGokiburi deka – Nobuo TakeiRetreat Through the Wet Wasteland – Gorô HaradaZenka onna: Koroshi-bushi – Tetsu HamadaHatachi no genten – SuzukiLady Snowblood – Tokuichi ShôkeiNeon kurage: Shinjuku hanadensha Hissatsu Shikakenin Shunsetsu shikakebari – SadarokuTomodachi Honô no shôzô Akan ni hatsu – Tomoyuki TonomuraMinato no Yôko Yokohama yokosuka New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Last Days of the Boss – Matsuzo SamukawaÔzora no samurai The Inugami Family – Suketake InugamiSeishun no satsujinsha – Hidaka, ToruHiroshima jingi: Hitojichi dakkai sakusen Okinawa Yakuza sensô – IshikawaYakuza senso: Nihon no Don – KawabataHokuriku Proxy War Nihon no jingi – TomigashiShin joshuu sasori: Tokushu-bô X – Prison Guard Ichirô KajikiBotchan Proof of the Man – Detective KusabaSeishoku no ishibumi Daburu kuracchi Ôgon no inu – Ryoichi TanumaAh! Nomugi toge – Tatsuji MasaiTenshi no harawata: Nami – Tetsuro MurakiTorakku yarô: Neppû 5000 kiro Tooi ashita – OonokiHarukanaru sôro – Takatoshi KanTora-san's Promise – Kenkichi OdajimaHimeyuri no Tô – Sergeant Major IshiGekko kamen F2 grand prix Bi bappu haisukuru – Onijima ShimazakiBe-Bop highschool: Koko yotaro elegy – Onijima ShimazakiMichi Jittemai – DenzoThe Tale of the Princess Kaguya – Okina

Television drama

Edo no Kaze Edo no Gekitou Taiyō ni Hoero! – Toshizo Igawa

Other appearances

; Television
; Animated Film The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
; Commercial