Jinchuan became a member of the "new acting" of the troupe headed by his father at an early age. At the age of five, he first appeared on the big screen in The Baby Brought by the Fox.

1954: Previously, he took part in performing arts activities under his real name Masahiko Kato (Masahiko Zemura as a child).

1956, when Masahiko Tsugawa 16 years old, he starred in the Japanese goods company's film "Crazy Fruit" (director: K? Nakahira; Original and script adaptation: Shintaro Ishihara), officially debuted. Yoshijiro Ishihara, the younger brother of Shintaro Ishihara, the star of Crazy Fruit, also made his debut. When looking for the role of the younger brother, Shintaro Ishihara took a fancy to Masahiko Tsugawa and visited Kato's family, hoping that Masahiko Tsugawa could play an important role in the play and take the initiative to accept Masahiko Tsugawa as his adopted son. Masahiko Tsugawa originally wanted to be a journalist, so he went to the middle school affiliated to Waseda University to study. At that time, he acted with a relaxed attitude of "acting this movie during the summer vacation". Unexpectedly, because the movie Crazy Fruit was very popular, Masahiko Tsugawa became famous at once. Because of his clear eyes and pure image of a beautiful teenager, he became the signature niche of Japanese living company.

1956, Jinchuan became a hit because of starring in Crazy Fruit, and then appeared in many youth movies.

Shintaro Ishihara named it "Masahiko Tsugawa". Ishihara strongly recommended him to perform "Crazy Fruit". The name "Tsukawa" comes from the protagonist "Yoshizawa Tsukawa" in Ishihara's novel The Season of the Sun.

1958, go to Los Angeles for short-term study.

Using his popularity, Masahiko Tsugawa transferred to Matsuzaka Company on 1958, and also transferred to the high school affiliated to Nakano of Meiji University. Later, he completed his junior college education in the Institute of Culture, but he didn't make it to the next level, so he quit Matsuzaka Company, became a free man, moved to the TV drama industry, and expanded his influence.

When he was young, Jinchuan was good at playing a handsome and affectionate hero in romantic dramas, while trying to broaden his career and play different types of roles. His main works are Birds in Spring (1959, Keisuke Kinoshita), Graveyard of the Sun (1960, Zhudao) and Loser (1960, Yoshishige Yoshida).

1964, Jinchuan left Matsuzaka and became a freelance actor, active in film, television, stage play and other performance fields.

1966: Participated in the establishment of Watanabe Misa (now executive director and president of Watanabe Production) and the "Production Road" of Yineng Office.

But since the age of 20, his acting career has been stagnant, and his talent was not satisfied until he entered the 1980 s.

1969, she returned to Japan with Devi Su Jianuo (formerly known as Daiwa Daiko, the third wife of former Indonesian President Su Jianuo). ) scandal, Masahiko Tsugawa's reputation plummeted. 1972, when Masahiko Tsugawa's acting career was at its lowest ebb, he played the villain in the movie "Must Kill Series". Song Benming, the director of the play, said at the time: "Everyone hates you, so just play the villain who killed me!" Abandoning the self-esteem of handsome male stars, Masahiko Tsugawa, who plays the villain, learned a lot from adversity.

1973, Jinchuan married Yukiji Asaoka, an actor of Baozhong Troupe, and soon they had a daughter Makoto. In addition to continuing to expand the performing arts, Jinchuan has also developed industries, set up its own toy company and opened dozens of chain stores in Japan.

1978: toy sales company Gran Papa was established. Open shop 1 in Qingshan Twin Towers.

After the age of 25, Masahiko Tsugawa gradually gained weight, but at the same time, she also determined her own unique performance style. Unconventional, such as unconstrained style, whether it is a regular role or a psychopath, any role can be interpreted just right.

1982 won the blue ribbon film award for best supporting actor for his film Mistress Manon. Later, just like the character in Mistress Manon, Masahiko Tsugawa appeared as many lascivious middle-aged men and won favorable comments. He often appeared in films directed by Itami juzo, and received strict acting instruction from Itami juzo, from which he experienced real acting. After middle age, Masahiko Tsugawa became a famous actor. It is said that Masahiko Tsugawa's aunt, Sadako Sawamura, who is active in the acting school, once earnestly advised Masahiko Tsugawa when she was young: "Ya Yan, you have to work hard four times in acting to get the recognition of the audience."

Entering middle age, Tsukawa became more and more sophisticated in acting. His performances in the movie "The Girl in the Supermarket" (1996, Itami juzo) and the historical TV series "Kuidechuan Three Generations" (2000) won wide acclaim.

Masahiko Tsugawa often appeared in works written by James Mickey. He played the Three Heroes of the Warring States (Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu), and later Hiroshi Matsumoto, Naoto Takenaka and Hashinosuke Nakamura also played these three heroes. He often plays historical figures related to the Tokugawa family, and has played Tokugawa Ieyasu, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi and Tokugawa Yoshinobu in Dahe drama. Even after 60, I still like to wear jeans and listen to junk rock (a rock school). It still appeals to young women, who often say, "If you don't go to the party, what else should you do?" Speaking of which, I like parties very much. Eiji Okuda, Sanma Akashiya, Katsunori Takahashi and Butscher. Masahiko Tsugawa is also a famous gourmet in the entertainment circle.

Although Masahiko Tsugawa himself is also engaged in TV-related work, he said: "TV is the source of all evil and the thinking stopper! Television advertising is a bad promotion that goes deep into the family every day and forcibly sells goods! " Have a strong criticism of TV advertisements. He also said: "Now, more and more families with fixed telephones have been brainwashed by the vulgar culture of TV!"

Masahiko Tsugawa dotes on his only daughter, Mako Kato. Therefore, even if her daughter has a boyfriend, Masahiko Tsugawa will say, "How can I like my daughter's boyfriend!" Boyfriends who have been resolutely opposed to Makoto have become a huge burden for Makoto. The reason for drowning in love is that Makoto 1974 was kidnapped five months after birth. At that time, there was a report in Tokyo News that "fishing for fame and profit, reaping the consequences". Since then, Masahiko Tsugawa has been skeptical about the media.

He once taught drama at school, was a lecturer at Tama University and honorary president of Tokyo Film Center Art School.

When the Jiasui Theater in Iizuka City, Fukuoka Prefecture was flooded, we worked hard with tourists, actors and friends' troupes to contribute to the reconstruction of the theater.

Hiroyuki Nagato and his brother are actors, and they have been competing with each other since their debut. When Masahiko Tsugawa won the 1982 Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actor for his superb acting in the movie Mistress Manon, Hiroyuki Nagato recognized Masahiko Tsugawa's strength, and the two brothers made up and have remained so far. In Hiroyuki Nagato's later years, the two brothers often co-starred in film and television dramas, such as Ji Zong, Kintaro, Ichiro, Xiang Bang, and Battle of the Official Garden. In addition, Hiroyuki Nagato also starred in Masahiko Tsugawa's films "Wake Up at Night" and "History of Three Kingdoms of Erlang".

Hiroyuki Nagato was critically ill on May 20th. On May 2 1, Masahiko Tsugawa was admitted to the intensive care unit due to chest emergency. Unfortunately, he did not see Hiroyuki Nagato for the last time.

Sadako Ogata, nicknamed "ガタ" by Masahiko Tsugawa, shared everything with each other and spent many difficulties together. On the deathbed of Ken Ogata, Masahiko Tsugawa died and initiated the establishment of the "Ken Ogata Memorial". When Masahiko Tsugawa contracted lung disease, he hoped to live in the same hospital and ward as Ken Ogata. He once said, "ガタ will protect me."

Shima Iwashita got to know each other because of his co-performance in The End of the Wave. He was also a close friend of Masahiko Tsugawa for more than 50 years. But they have no feelings between men and women.

Masahiko Tsugawa is a chain store involving toys and comic books all over Japan, and also the owner of Grandpa's office. However, according to Fuji TV's news program "New Report Charge A", due to poor management, Grandpa's office was in debt of 650 million yen. At that time, Masahiko Tsugawa was in the crisis of bankruptcy, and Masahiko Tsugawa avoided bankruptcy by helping enterprises to repay their debts on the condition of becoming joint operators.

In addition, in 1988, Guang Lai Line, the abandoned old state-run railway in Hokkaido, was reopened as a "Happy Railway", and Masahiko Tsugawa plans to purchase about 500 hectares of land such as Machiyama Ranch in Guang Lai-CHO, Hokkaido on credit at 100 billion yen to establish a "Dream Kingdom of St. Ailan". As a result, the ancient city of Lockhart in Scotland was demolished and transported to Japan via the Siberian Railway, which attracted attention. However, around the capital plan, it fell into opposition with Hiroo-CHO. 199 1, Hiromachi announced its refusal and the plan came to a standstill. Later, the president of Arithmetic Stone Society in Numata City, Gunma County purchased the castle and restored it in Gaoshan Village, Gunma County. It was named "Marble Village Lockhart City" and was opened as a location shooting and wedding venue for TV series. Masahiko Tsugawa is an honorary duke.

2006: The director's work "Rhapsody at the Wake" was released for the first time and won the purple ribbon award.

2009: Suffered from pneumothorax and publicly returned in February.

In 2009, he voiced Wallace, the hero of the animated film Super Invincible Dog: Bread and Death.

Masahiko Tsugawa held nationalist and right-wing views in politics and joined conservative groups. He also served as the initiator of "People Come to Visit the Yasukuni Shrine National Congress" and "People Come to Visit the Yasukuni Shrine National Congress". When he played tojo hideki in the film The Moment of Self-esteem and Fate, he visited Tojo's family. His acting skills surprised the survivors of the Tojo family: "It's like the resurrection of tojo hideki." When asked by the Asahi Shimbun reporter about the right or wrong of playing tojo hideki, a Class-A war criminal, he asked, "So what do you think?" On March 9, 2009, he published a long article on the official blog, criticizing the attitude of the Democratic Party and the media.

20 15 starred in the TV series "The Legend of Fighting Cards", which was adapted from the popular comic book "The Legend of Fighting Cards". Masahiko Tsugawa plays Yukio Hatoyama, the arch-enemy of Akagi Mau.

20 16 starred in the film "Asian three-sided mirror"