Sanshô Shinsui was born on May 5, 1947 in Amakusa-gun, Kumamoto, Japan as Mitsuaki Fukami. He was an actor, known for Parasite Eve (1997), The Ballad of Narayama (1983) and Jin (2009). He was married to Midori Hagio. He died on December 30, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan.