1981
Kita no Kuni Kara
Appears in the television drama.
FLM.REDHIDETAKA
YOSHIOKA
ฮิเดทากะ โยชิโอกะ
A Japanese screen career spanning generations
From Always: Sunset on Third Street to Godzilla Minus One.
Saitama Prefecture, Japan
From childhood roles to stories of community
Hidetaka Yoshioka is a Japanese actor born on 12 August 1970 in Saitama Prefecture. Beginning as a child performer, he has worked across Japanese film and television for decades.
His early career included the television drama Kita no Kuni Kara and films in the long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series. Those roles introduced him to audiences while he was still young.
Yoshioka starred in Takashi Yamazaki’s Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005) and its 2007 sequel. He won the Japan Academy Film Prize for leading actor for each of the first two films.
He reunited with Yamazaki in Godzilla Minus One (2023), playing Kenji Noda, a former naval technical officer who helps devise a response to Godzilla. The film brings a group of civilians together against a threat in postwar Japan.
From family drama to disaster cinema, Yoshioka’s roles often sit within an ensemble. His long career offers a view of characters and communities across changing periods of Japanese screen storytelling.
Selected work
2005
Always: Sunset on Third Street
Stars in Takashi Yamazaki’s period drama.
2007
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Returns for the sequel.
2023
Godzilla Minus One
Plays Kenji Noda.
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Films in FLM.RED
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Sources & image notes
- Kinenote — birth, early work and awards
- Eiga.com — Always films and Japan Academy prizes
- Godzilla Minus One — official production notes and role
- Japan Talent Directory — birth and profile
- IMDb — biography and credits
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.