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Nakamura Ganjirō II (二代目 中村鴈治郎, Nidaime Nakamura Ganjirō, 17 February 1902 – 13 April 1983) was a Japanese kabuki and film actor. [1] . 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. [2] [3] Lineage.
Guild: Narikomaya. Line number: NIDAIME (II) Existence: 17 February 1902 ~ 13 April 1983. Connections: Grandfather: Nakamura Kanjaku III. Father: Nakamura Ganjirô I. Brother: Hayashi Mataichirô II. Son: Sakata Tôjûrô IV (Nakamura Ganjirô III) Grandsons: Nakamura Ganjirô IV, Nakamura Senjaku III.
Nakamura Ganjirō (中村鴈治郎) is the stage name of a line of kabuki actors in Japan. Lineage. Nakamura Ganjirō I (March 1878 – February 1935): Son of Nakamura Kanjaku III; Nakamura Ganjirō II (January 1947 – April 1983): Son of Ganjirō I.
Ganjiro NAKAMURA, the second (February 17, 1902 - April 13, 1983) was a kabuki actor who is representative of the Showa period. He succeeded the heritage of Kansai Kabuki and was capable of covering a wide range of performances as an actor from tachiyaku (a leading male-role actor) to oyama (actor of female roles).
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.
The actor Nakamura Ganjirô II (left) and Arashi Rikaku V (right) playing the roles of the Aburaya bantô Zenroku and Matsuya Gen'emon in the drama "Shinpan Ukina no Yomiuri" (illustration courtesy of RANCHUROW (2009) all rights reserved)
Floating Weeds (Japanese: 浮草, Hepburn: Ukigusa) is a 1959 Japanese drama directed by Yasujirō Ozu, starring Nakamura Ganjirō II and Machiko Kyō. Considered one of the greatest films ever made , it is a remake of Ozu's own black-and-white silent film A Story of Floating Weeds (1934).
