title: Gin Maeda
text: # Gin Maeda
  
  Gin Maeda (前田吟, Maeda Gin) (born February 21, 1944) is a Japanese actor. He had a regular role in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo films, beginning with the first in the series (1969), as Sakura's husband.
  
  ## Filmography
  
  ### Film
  
  * Otoko wa Tsurai yo series (1969–2019), Hiroshi Suwa
  * If You Were Young: Rage (1970), Asao
  * Where Spring Comes Late (1970), Kazami-ryoku
  * Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973), Koichi Shimada
  * Mount Hakkoda (1977), Saitō
  * Hometown (1983), Teacher Tani
  * Final Take (1986), Yuki's husband
  * No Worries on the Recruit Front (1991), Interviewer
  * Pride (1998), Sadao Akamatsu
  * Break Through! (2005), Motoki's father
  * The Floating Castle (2012), Tahee
  * Little Maestra (2012), Tatsuji Minatogawa
  * Midsummer's Equation (2013), Shigeharu Kawabata
  * R100 (2013), Kiichirō Sugiura
  * March Comes in Like a Lion (2017), Someji Kawamoto
  
  ### Television
  
  * Three Outlaw Samurai (1968)
  * Mito Kōmon (1971–2011)
  * Ōoka Echizen (1971)
  * Ronin of the Wilderness (1972)
  * Hissatsu Shiokinin (1973), Danjōshōhitsu Hatakeyama
  * Tasukenin Hashiru (1974), Takichi
  * Edo no Kaze (1975–1976)
  * Taiyō ni Hoero! (1975)
  * A Woman and the Beancurd Soup (1976)
  * Edo no Uzu (1978)
  * Kinpachi-sensei (1988), Kazutomo Abe
  * Moeyo Ken (1990), Serizawa Kamo
  * Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari (1990–2017), Ryō Noda
  * Kōmyō ga Tsuji (2006)
  * Smile (2009), Sosuke Machimura
  * Nobunaga Concerto (2015), Village head
  * Massan (2014–2015), Masashi Kameyama
  * Naotora: The Lady Warlord (2017), Ii Naohira
  