Nomura Mansai II (二世 野村 萬斎, Nisei Nomura Mansai, born April 5, 1966 under the name Takeshi Nomura (野村 武司, Nomura Takeshi)) is a well known Kyogen stage actor, and film actor. He played Abe no Seimei in Onmyoji and Onmyoji 2, an original work by Baku Yumemakura. He received the Best Actor prize at the Blue Ribbon Awards for his work in Onmyoji.
Career
editHis debut was at the age of three in the drama, Quiver of The Monkey. Since then he has also been cast in the dramas: in Aguri in 1997, for which he played dadaist poet Eisuke Yoshiyuki and had won many awards, and in Hana no Ran in 1994.[1]
He also had a supporting role in Akira Kurosawa's last epic motion picture Ran, as the blind flute playing hermit boy, Tsurumaru.[2] He portrayed Godzilla through motion capture in Shin Godzilla.[3]
Mansai was nominated by the Japanese Academy for best actor for his performance in The Floating Castle.[4]
In March 2013, he appeared at the Japan Society and the Guggenheim Museum Rotunda in two productions: Shakespeare's Macbeth adapted to the noh and kyogen traditions with five actors, performed in Japanese with English subtitles and Sanbaso, Divine Dance.[5]
On July 30, 2018, Mansai was appointed chief executive creative director of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Between July 2018 and December 2020, he oversaw planning for opening and closing ceremonies of both Games, before stepping down from the role as the original ceremony team disbanded.[6][7]
Filmography
editFilm
edit- The Yin Yang Master (2001), Abe no Seimei[8]
- The Yin Yang Master 2 (2003), Abe no Seimei[8]
- The Floating Castle (2012), Narita Nagachika[8]
- The Wind Rises (2013), Giovanni Battista Caproni (voice)[9]
- Shin Godzilla (2016), Godzilla through motion capture[3]
- Flower and Sword (2017), Ikenobō Senkō[8]
- Whistleblower (2019), Tamio Yasumi[10]
- Revolver Lily (2023), Takita[11]
- What If Tokugawa Ieyasu Became Prime Minister? (2024), Tokugawa Ieyasu[12]
Television
edit- Hana no Ran (1994), Hosokawa Katsumoto[8]
- Aguri (1997), Eisuke[13]
- Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2021), Hachisuka Ryutaro[14]
- What Will You Do, Ieyasu? (2023), Imagawa Yoshimoto[15]
- Antihero (2024), Taisuke Datehara[16]
References
edit- ^ Mansai Nomura. Toho Kingdom. Accessed April 13, 2012.
- ^ Mansai Nomura at IMDb
- ^ a b 映画ナタリー [@eiga_natalie] (29 July 2016). "ゴジラの正体は野村萬斎だった！「シン・ゴジラ」でモーションキャプチャ担当 #シンゴジラ #野村萬斎" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Awards of the Japanese Academy
- ^ Guggenheim Museum and Japan Society
- ^ "Tokyo Games' Mansai Nomura-Led Ceremony Team to Be Disbanded". nippon.com. 2020-12-23. Archived from the original on 2020-12-23. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ^ "Kyogen actor Mansai Nomura to oversee Tokyo 2020 ceremonies". The Japan Times. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "野村萬斎、ドラマに出演する真意とは…!?「しゃべくり007」". Cinema Cafe. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ "風立ちぬ". eiga.com. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
- ^ "七つの会議". eiga.com. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
- ^ "行定勲の監督作「リボルバー・リリー」主演は綾瀬はるか、長谷川博己やジェシーも参加". Natalie. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
- ^ "浜辺美波主演で「もしも徳川家康が総理大臣になったら」映画化！ 赤楚衛二が坂本龍馬、野村萬斎が徳川家康". eiga.com. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
- ^ "連続テレビ小説 あぐり". NHK. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
- ^ "野村萬斎:初の民放連ドラ「ドクターX」振り返る「また映像作品に」". Mantan-web. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "松本潤主演「どうする家康」に有村架純ら5名、信長役・岡田准一は「ケアが半端ない」". Natalie. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
- ^ "アンチヒーローの出演者・キャスト一覧". The Television. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
External links
edit- Official website (in Japanese)
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