Katsuo Nakamura
Born Katsuo Ogawa; April 23, 1938 is a Japanese actor. Since 1955, he has had a prolific film career, appearing in films such as Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan (1964) and Martin Scorsese's Silence (2016). The younger brother of Kinnosuke Nakamura, Nakamura is also a former Kabuki actor.
Also recorded as Nakamura Katsuo
Katsuo Nakamura
産業経済新聞社（Sankei Shinbun Co., Ltd.） · 『サンケイグラフ』1955年4月3日号、産業経済新聞社 ”The Sankei Graphic”, Sankei Shinbun Co., Ltd. 1955. · Public domain
- Name
- Katsuo Nakamura
- Birth Name
- Katsuo Ogawa
- Born
- 23 April 1938
- Birthplace
- Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo, Empire of Japan
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- Japan
- Honours
- Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor
- Languages
- Japanese
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Biography
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He won the award for best supporting actor at the 5th Japan Academy Prize and at the 6th Hochi Film Award for Kagero-za, Buriki no kunsho, and Shikake-nin Baian.
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The birthplace of Katsuo Nakamura is recorded as Tokio by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and as Tokyo by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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• Name — Katsuo Nakamura • Birth Name — Katsuo Ogawa • Born — 23 April 1938 • Birthplace — Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo, Empire of Japan • Father — Nakamura Tokizō III • Relatives — Yorozuya Kinnosuke (brother) Nakamura Shidō II (nephew) • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1955–present
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Katsuo Nakamura, an actor, was born on 23 April 1938.
Filmography
Filmography
• Furisode Kenpo (1955) - debut • Stepbrothers (1957) • Akō Rōshi (1961) • Kwaidan (1964) - (segment "Hoichi the Earless") • The Pleasures of the Flesh (1965) • Lake of Tears (1966) • Samurai Banners (1969) • Shinsengumi (1969) • Bakumatsu (1970) • Zatoichi in Desperation (1972) • Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin (1977) • Nichiren (1979) • Tempyō no Iraka (1980) • Love Letter (1981) • Buriki no kunsho (1981) • Kagero-za (1981) • Shikake-nin Baian (1981) • Ōoku (1983) • Station to Heaven (1984) • Shinran: Path to Purity (1987) • Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988) • Whiteout (2000) • Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) • Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001) • Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) • Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) • Samurai Resurrection (2003) • Be with You (2004) • Steamboy (2004) • Dororo (2007) • Sad Vacation (2007) • 20th Century Boys (2008) • Snow Prince (2009) • Ask This of Rikyu (2013) • Kakekomi (2015) • Silence (2016)
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