Nakamura Kankurō VI (六代目 中村 勘九郎, Rokudaime Nakamura Kankurō, born 31 October 1981) is a Japanese kabuki and film and television actor born Masayuki Namino (波野 雅行, Namino Masayuki),[1] He is a tachiyaku actor (kabuki actor who plays male roles) like his father Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII and his younger brother Nakamura Shichinosuke II.
Names and lineage
Kankurō is a member of the acting guild Nakamura-ya. His family has performed kabuki going back to Onoe Kikugorō III and Ichimura Uzaemon XI, who performed in the early 19th century.
Life and career
Kankurō also works in television and film. In 2004, he played Tōdō Heisuke in the NHK Taiga drama Shinsengumi!. He starred in the 2001 Japanese film Turn and the 2009 film Zen, in which he played the monk Dōgen.
Filmography
Films
- Turn (2001), Yohei Izumi
- Zen (2009), Dōgen
- The Kiyosu Conference (2013), Oda Nobutada
- Sanada 10 Braves (2016), Sarutobi Sasuke
- Gintama (2017), Isao Kondō
- Gintama 2 (2018), Isao Kondō
- Pocket Monsters the Movie: Coco (2020), Zarude (voice)
Television
- Shinsengumi! (2004), Tōdō Heisuke
- Aka Medaka (2013), Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII
- Idaten (2019), Shiso Kanakuri
- Nakamura Nakazo: Shusse no Kizahashi (2021), Nakamura Nakazo I[2]
- What Will You Do, Ieyasu? (2023), Chaya Shirōjirō Kiyonobu and Chaya Shirōjirō Kiyotada[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b While the stage names of all kabuki actors have retained traditional order (Surname-Givenname) on Wikipedia, birth names of those born after the Meiji Restoration are in Western order (Givenname-Surname).
- ^ "中村勘九郎がNHKドラマで"伝説の歌舞伎俳優"中村仲蔵に、共演に上白石萌音ら". eiga.com. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
- ^ "松本潤主演大河ドラマ『どうする家康』、追加キャストに古川琴音、中村勘九郎ら". Crank-in!. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
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