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