After graduating from Tokyo Metropolitan University Jonan Senior High School (in which he was also the supervisor of the school's volleyball team), he went on to graduate from the Meiji University Department of Political Science and Economics. In 1954, he joined the Nippon Broadcasting System, in which he became an announcer and producer. In 1955, with the opening of the Tokyo Broadcasting System, he enlisted in its theatrical company. He left the company in 1958 to become a voice artist.
His breakthrough performance was the dubbing voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars series. He reprised this role for Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and a crossover appearance in Soulcalibur IV- notable because the game was originally in Japanese, meaning that Ohira was Vader's "original" voice in the game, unlike with the films. In addition, he was usually cast in either astringent villain roles or gag characters, such as Pete in Disney cartoons.
He was also a close friend of Ohashi Kyosen, and the mentor of Yasutomi Shiro.
On April 12, 2016, Ohira died from pneumonia at the age of 86. As his last will, he requested Genda Tessho to replace him as the voice of Fukuzo Moguro.
(Source: Wikipedia)", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/QJ7KWc.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Watanabe Takamitsu", "alternateName": "渡辺高光", "birthDate": "February 2, 1932", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Watanabe Takamitsu is a Japanese actor.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/vA1vg_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Shin Sakurako", "alternateName": "親桜子", "birthDate": "May 12, 1949", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Shin Sakurako is a former Japanese actress born in Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan. Her real name is Yamada Atsuko (山田厚子). She dropped out of Gotemba Minami High School. She was affiliated with Office Two One.
She persuaded her family, who opposed her entry into the entertainment industry and dropped out of high school after one year to enroll in the Shochiku Music and Dance School. She graduated from the same school in 1967. In 1968, she became a research student at Bungakuza.
(Source: Japanese = Wikipedia || Translation = MyDramaList)", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/1wQ85y_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eto Hirotoshi", "alternateName": "江藤博利", "birthDate": "September 5, 1958", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/Bd0VKq_5c.jpg" } ], "director": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hasebe Yasuharu", "alternateName": "長谷部安春", "birthDate": "April 4, 1932", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Hasebe Yasuharu was a Japanese film director best known for his movies in the "Violent pink" subgenre of the Pink film, such as Assault! Jack the Ripper (1976), Rape! (1976), Rape! 13th Hour (1977) and Raping! (1978). Earlier genre films directed by Hasebe include Black Tight Killers (1966) and the Alleycat Rock series (1970).
After studying French literature at Waseda University, he began working at Nikkatsu studios in 1958. For eight years he worked as an assistant director, including a lengthy apprenticeship under Seijun Suzuki. He was given his first chance to direct in 1966 with Black Tight Killers. He directed more action genre films in the 1960s including the fourth film in the Singing Gunman series, starring Kobayashi Akira, and Massacre Gun with Jo Shishido.
Hasebe worked mainly in television in the early 1970s, including the series Spectreman. He returned to Nikkatsu to make Naked Seven (1974), a financially and critically successful parody of Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, and an informal sequel to the Alleycat Rock series. Also in 1974, he directed an homage to Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry character in Sukeban Deka: Dirty Mary. Though well-regarded today, this film was a major financial failure at the time and damaged Hasebe's reputation for a couple of years.
When Nikkatsu offered him a chance to leave TV and create a new genre of pink film in 1976, Hasebe was at first reluctant. Not interested in directing typical sex films, Hasebe instead conceived of the "Violent pink" genre. The Weissers, in their Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films describe the Violent pink" films as "vicious and mean-spirited productions, without delving into the more traditional whip-n-bondage aspects of the S&M genre", and compare the genre to the American "roughies."
After leaving Nikkatsu in the late 1970s, Hasebe worked for Toei, where he directed several V-cinema films in the 1990s. When interviewed in 1999, Hasebe was a grandfather, living in a comfortable semi-retirement in Tokyo. Hasebe died of pneumonia on June 14, 2009.