Kazuo Kitamura
Kazuo Kitamura | |
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 Kitamura in 1954 | |
| Born | 11 March 1927 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | 6 May 2007 (aged 80) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1950–2007 |
Kazuo Kitamura (北村 和夫, Kitamura Kazuo; 11 March 1927 – 6 May 2007) was a Japanese actor. His son is actor Yukiya Kitamura.[1][2][3] Kitamura met Shōhei Imamura when he was a student of Waseda University and became a close friend so often worked with Imamura.[2][4][5] Kitamura joined Bungakuza theatre company and started his acting career in 1950.[5] In 1953, he made his film debut with An Inlet of Muddy Water directed by Tadashi Imai.[6]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]- An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953) as Rickshaw man
- Anyakôro (1959) as Takai
- Yoru no nagare (1960)
- The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961) as Kitagô Sôchô
- Till Tomorrow Comes (1962)
- Wakai hito (1962) as Kenkichi Eguchi
- High and Low (1963) as Third journalist
- The Insect Woman (1963) as Chuji Matsuki
- Yearning (1964) as Morizono
- Kaze no Bushi (1964) as Yôroku Nabari
- Otoko girai (1964) as Kingo Ashida
- Nihiki no mesu inu (1964) as Aoyama
- The Scent of Incense (1964) as Keisuke
- Unholy Desire (1964) as Seiichiro Takahashi
- Akujo (1964) as Kamekichi Enjo
- Ryojin nikki (1964) as Kentaro Hatanaka - a lawyer
- Kwaidan (1965) as Taira no Tomomori (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
- Himo (1965) as Akiko's husband
- Hiya-meshi to Osan to Chan (1965) as Shinsuke (episode 3)
- A Chain of Islands (1965) as Narrator (voice)
- Zettai tasu (1965)
- Tobo (1965)
- Honkon no shiroibara (1965) as Hiroshi Aoki
- House of Terrors (Kaidan semushi otoko, 1965) as Dr. Keisuke Munakata the Uncle of Yoshie
- The Pornographers (1966) as Doctor
- Danryû (1966) as Dr. Hashizume
- Eiko eno chôsen (1966)
- Japan's Longest Day (1967) as Tomoo Sato - Cabinet General Affairs Section Chief
- Bakuha 3-byô mae (1967) as Sugiyama
- Honô to onna (1967) as Fujikida
- Dai akutô (1968) as Prosecutor Okano
- Neon taiheiki (1968)
- Nippon gerira jidai (1968) as Director of Beheiron
- Profound Desires of the Gods (1968) as Doctor Kariya
- Yami o saku ippatsu (1968)
- A Woman and the Beancurd Soup (1968)
- Jotai (1969) as Lawyer
- Showa onna jingi (1969)
- Hitorikko (1969)
- The Militarists (1970) as Yamanaka (uncredited)
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) as Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka
- Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishôgai (1971)
- Saredowareraga bibi yori wakarenôta (1971)
- Summer Soldiers (1972) as Tachikawa
- Koi no natsu (1972)
- Aa koe naki tomo (1972) as Momose
- Fureai (1974)
- Kinkanshoku (1975)
- Inubue (1978) as Ishii Design section manager
- Never Give Up (1978) as Hikawa
- Mitsuyaku: Gaimushô kimitsu rôei jiken (1978) as Taichi ishiyama
- Taro the Dragon Boy (1979) as Niwatori-chouja (voice)
- Vengeance Is Mine (1979) as Deike
- Honjitsu tadaima tanjô (1979)
- White Love (1979) as Yoichiro Yamashita
- Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko (1979) as Tanaka
- Nippon keishichô no haji to iwareta futari: keiji chindôchû (1980)
- Eijanaika (1981) as Koide Yamato no Kami
- Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981) as Hamaguchi
- Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1982) as Rampu no mamono (voice)
- Maboroshi no mizuumi (1982) as Onishi
- Kaikyô (1982)
- The Geisha (1983) as Yamaoka
- Katayoku dake no tenshi (1986)
- Guriin rekuiemu (1988) as Ryosuke Misawa
- Kanashii iro yanen (1988) as Daisuke
- Black Rain (1989) as Shigematsu Shizuma
- Yume no matsuri (1989) as Doctor
- Shaso (1989) as Ueno
- A-Ge-Man: Tales of a Golden Geisha (1990) as Tsurumaru
- Kagerô (1991) as Kosugi
- Gokudo no onna-tachi: Kiken na kake (1996) as Takuma Sado
- Tsuribaka nisshi 9 (1997)
- Nodo jiman (1999) as Kôtarô
- Nippon no kuroi natsu - Enzai (2001) as Takeo Nagata
- Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001) as Taro
- 11'09"01 September 11 (2002) as Village Mayor (segment: Japan)
- Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (2005) as Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Henshin (2005) as Hidetaka Doumoto
- Metasequoia no ki no shita de (2005) as Dr. Tsukada
- Goya-champuru (2006) as Taizo Suzuki
- Sinking of Japan (2006) as Minister of Justice
- Futô fukutsu (2007)
- Beauty (2008) as Inaji (final film role)
Television
[edit]- Taikōki (1965) as Torii Suneemon
- Ten to Chi to (1969) as Murakami Yoshikiyo
- Haru no Sakamichi (1971) as Shima Sakon
- Akō Rōshi (1979) as Ono Kurobei
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983) as Mizuno Tadamasa
- Oshin (1983) as Tabokura Daigorō
- Aoi (2000) as Maeda Toshiie[7]
- Churasan (2001) as Daishin Shimada[8]
Voice acting
[edit]- Lawrence of Arabia (1978 Nippon TV edition) – Auda Abu Tayi (Anthony Quinn)
Honours
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "俳優・北村有起哉さん 父の当たり役、演じる幸せ". 日経. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- 1 2 "新撰 芸能人物事典 明治～平成「北村 和夫」の解説". kotobank. Archived from the original on 19 November 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ↑ "粋に見えた父・北村和夫を目指して…北村有起哉の役者人生". Flash. Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ↑ "Kazuo Kitamura profile". NHK. Archived from the original on 15 February 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- 1 2 "Kazuo Kitamura profile". 文学座. Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ↑ "Kazuo Kitamura profile". kinenote. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ↑ "葵 徳川三代". Haiyaku Jiten (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 30 June 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
- ↑ "ちゅらさんの出演者・キャスト一覧". The Television (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 May 2025.
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