Ganjirō Nakamura II
Born: 1902-02-17 in Osaka, Japan
Died: 1983-04-13
Known For: Acting
Biography
Nakamura Ganjirō II was a Japanese kabuki and film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1941 and 1980, directed by notable filmmakers such as Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Akira Kurosawa, and Mikio Naruse.
Filmography
1982
- The Rape as Akiyama
1979
- Hissatsu Shigotonin as Motojime Shikazō
- Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Shinigami
1975
1966
- The Pornographers as Elderly Executive
- Koto—The Lake of Tears as Samezaemon
- The River Yokobori as Rihei
1965
- Kwaidan as Publisher (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
- The Story of a Blind Woman
1964
- Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege as Ieyasu Tokugawa
- The Prodigal Son as His Father
- Hot Spring Doctress as Tahei
1963
- An Actor's Revenge as Sansai Dobe
- Onsen Geisha as Kesazō
- Bamboo Doll of Echizen as Boatman
- Sentimental Mobsters
- The Third Will as Uichi
- We Are Salarymen as Seizo Komuro (Eiichiro’s Father)
- Dobuike as Chūbē
1962
- Love Under the Crucifix as Sen Rikyu
- The Great Wall as Hsu Fu
- The Temple of Wild Geese as Nangaku Kishimoto
- The Fencing Master as Danpei Ichikawa
- The Broken Commandment as Buddha priest
- Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
- Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
- Yoru no keisha
- Ghost Story: Crying in the Night Lantern
- 170 Leagues to Edo as Sukezaemon Tsukagoshi
1961
- The End of Summer as Kohayagawa Manbei
- Buddha as Ashoka
- A Lustful Man
- Triangle Moods as Tsurukichi
- The Ginza Three Boys
- Bad Reputation Returns as Boss of Matsushima
- Wakai yatsura no kaidan
- Iro no Michi Oshiemasu: Yume San'ya
- Tenka ayatsuri-gumi
1960
- When a Woman Ascends the Stairs as Goda
- The Two Musashis
- Bonchi
- A Woman's Testament
- The Demon of Mount Oe
- What Price Love? as Shozaburo Shirokoya
- A Woman’s Uphill Slope as Kiyoi
- Lord Tadanao as Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Ghost Story: Depth of Kasane
1959
- Floating Weeds as Komajuro Arashi
- The Three Treasures as Emperor Keikō
- Odd Obsession as Kenji Kenmochi
- Gambler and the Princess as Tan'an Ogisu
- Enchanted Princess as Tanuemon
- Actor Shark
1958
- Summer Clouds as Wasuke
- Conflagration as Tayama Dosen
- The Loyal 47 Ronin as Gorobei Kakimi
- Shogun's Holiday
- The Shop Curtain
- The Gay Masquerade
- Princess Tsuki
- Ambush at Iga Pass
- Musume no boken
- Ôsaka no onna as Hanmaru Suzunoya
- Travels of Lord Mito as Mitsukuni 'Kômon' Mito
1957
- The Lower Depths as Rokubei, Osugi's Husband
- An Osaka Story as Nihei
- Floating Vessel as Emperor
- Last Days of the Samurai as Denemon Horiuchi
- The Oil-Hell Murder