title: Kenji Imai (actor)
text: # Kenji Imai (actor)
  
  Kenji Imai (今井健二, Imai Kenji, 31 March 1932) is a Japanese actor. He is most noted for playing villains and appeared in many jidaigeki and detective television dramas as a guest. After graduating from Meiji University, he signed a contract with Toei Company. He made his film debut with Yarodomo Omotee Dero.
  
  ## Filmography
  
  ### Films
  
  * Yarodomo Omotee Dero (1956)
  * Taking The Castle (1965)
  * Zoku Soshiki Bōryoku (1967)
  * Outlaw:Kill! (1968)
  * Shinjuku outlaw: Step On the Gas (1970)
  * Sympathy for the Underdog (1971)
  * Kantō Exile (1971)
  * Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers (1972)
  * Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom (1973)
  * Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School (1973)
  * The Last Samurai (1974)
  * The Homeless (1974)
  * Champion of Death (1975)
  * Graveyard of Honor (1975)
  * Gambling Den Heist (1975)
  * Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
  * The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf (1979)
  * Peanuts (1996)
  
  ### Television drama
  
  * Daichūshingura (1971) as Maebara
  * Gunbei Meyasubako (1971) as Saito
  * Hissatsu Shiokinin (1972) guest star in episode 11
  * Taiyō ni Hoero! (1973~1984) guest star in episodes 37, 96, 110, 529, and 599
  * Tasukenin Hashiru (1974) guest star in episode 20
  * G-Men '75 (1975) guest star in episode 10
  * Nagasaki Hangachōu (1975) guest star in episode 14
  * Tsūkai! Kōchiyama Sōshun (1975) guest star in episode 12
  * Hissatsu Shiokiya Kagyō (1975) guest star in episode 4
  * Daitokai Tatakaino Hibi (1976) guest star in episode 10 and 30
  * Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin (1977) guest star in episodes 3, 21, and 31
  * Hissatsu Karakurinin Fugakuhiyakkei Koroshitabi (1978) guest star in episode 7
  * Seibu Keisatsu (1979-82) guest star in episode 2, 17, 67 and 121
  * Tantei Monogatari (1980) guest star in episode 6 and 24
  