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
- The River Yokobori as Rihei
- Koto—The Lake of Tears as Samezaemon
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
- Hot Spring Doctress as Tahei
- The Prodigal Son as His Father
1963
- An Actor's Revenge as Sansai Dobe
- The Third Will as Uichi
- Bamboo Doll of Echizen as Boatman
- We Are Salarymen as Seizo Komuro (Eiichiro’s Father)
- Sentimental Mobsters
- Onsen Geisha as Kesazō
1962
- The Temple of Wild Geese as Nangaku Kishimoto
- Love Under the Crucifix as Sen Rikyu
- The Fencing Master as Danpei Ichikawa
- The Broken Commandment as Buddha priest
- The Great Wall as Hsu Fu
- Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
- Yoru no keisha
- 170 Leagues to Edo as Sukezaemon Tsukagoshi
- Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
- Ghost Story: Crying in the Night Lantern
1961
- The End of Summer as Kohayagawa Manbei
- Buddha as Ashoka
- A Lustful Man
- Triangle Moods as Tsurukichi
- Bad Reputation Returns as Boss of Matsushima
- The Ginza Three Boys
- Wakai yatsura no kaidan
- Iro no Michi Oshiemasu: Yume San'ya
- Tenka ayatsuri-gumi
1960
- When a Woman Ascends the Stairs as Goda
- A Woman's Testament
- Bonchi
- Lord Tadanao as Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Ghost Story: Depth of Kasane
- A Woman’s Uphill Slope as Kiyoi
- The Demon of Mount Oe
- The Two Musashis
- What Price Love? as Shozaburo Shirokoya
1959
- The Three Treasures as Emperor Keikō
- Odd Obsession as Kenji Kenmochi
- Floating Weeds as Komajuro Arashi
- Enchanted Princess as Tanuemon
- Actor Shark
- Gambler and the Princess as Tan'an Ogisu
1958
- Conflagration as Tayama Dosen
- The Loyal 47 Ronin as Gorobei Kakimi
- Summer Clouds as Wasuke
- The Gay Masquerade
- Travels of Lord Mito as Mitsukuni 'Kômon' Mito
- Shogun's Holiday
- Musume no boken
- Princess Tsuki
- Ambush at Iga Pass
- The Shop Curtain
1957
- The Lower Depths as Rokubei, Osugi's Husband
- Last Days of the Samurai as Denemon Horiuchi
- An Osaka Story as Nihei
- Floating Vessel as Emperor
- The Oil-Hell Murder