Nomura Mansai II
- Name: Nomura Mansai II
- Native name: 二世野村萬斎
- Given name: Nomura Takeshi
- Also Known as: 野村萬斎, のむら まんさい, 野村武司
- Nationality: Japanese
- Gender: Male
- Born: April 5, 1966
- Age: 58
His 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. He also had a supporting role in Akira Kurosawa's last epic motion picture Ran, as the blind flute playing hermit boy, Tsurumaru. He portrayed Godzilla through motion capture in Shin Godzilla.
Mansai played Abe no Seimei in Onmyoji and Onmyoji 2, an original work by Yumemakura Baku, and received the Best Actor prize at the Blue Ribbon Awards for his work in Onmyoji. He was nominated by the Japanese Academy for best actor for his performance in The Floating Castle.
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.
On July 30th, 2018, Mansai was appointed chief executive creative director of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. He will oversee the opening and closing ceremonies of both Games. Edit Biography
Screenwriter & Director
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Actor's Short Film 3 | 0.0 |
Tiger Cave | 0.0 |
Drama
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Anti-Hero
Japanese Drama, 2024, 10 eps
Datehara Taisuke
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Dou Suru Ieyasu
Japanese Drama, 2023, 48 eps
Imagawa Yoshimoto
(Support Role)
|
8.1
|
Doctor X Season 7
Japanese Drama, 2021, 10 eps
Hachisuka Ryotaro
(Support Role)
|
8.0
|
Kurama Tengu
Japanese Drama, 2008, 8 eps
Kurama Tengu / Ono Munefusa / Kurata Tenzen
(Main Role)
|
8.0
|
Agri
Japanese Drama, 1997, 156 eps
Mochizuki Eisuke
(Main Role)
|
7.9
|
Hana no Ran
Japanese Drama, 1994, 37 eps
Hosokawa Katsumoto
(Support Role)
|
7.7
|
Movie
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Moshimo Tokugawa Ieyasu ga Sori Daijin ni Nattara
Japanese Movie, 2024,
Tokugawa Ieyasu
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Revolver Lily
Japanese Movie, 2023,
Takita
(Support Role)
|
8.0
|
Whistleblower
Japanese Movie, 2019,
Tamio Hakkaku
(Main Role)
|
7.8
|
Hana Ikusa
Japanese Movie, 2017,
Senko Ikenobo
(Main Role)
|
7.4
|
Shin Godzilla
Japanese Movie, 2016,
Godzilla
(Main Role)
|
7.7
|
Scanner
Japanese Movie, 2016,
Sengoku Kazuhiko
(Main Role)
|
6.8
|
The Floating Castle
Japanese Movie, 2012,
Narika Nagachika
(Main Role)
|
7.6
|
Onmyoji II
Japanese Movie, 2003,
Abe no Seimei
(Main Role)
|
7.6
|
Onmyoji
Japanese Movie, 2001,
Abe no Seimei
(Main Role)
|
7.7
|
Ran
Japanese Movie, 1985,
Tsurumaru
(Support Role)
|
8.2
|
Special
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Shi to no Yakusoku
Japanese Special, 2021, 1 eps
Suguro Takeru
(Main Role)
|
7.6
|
Kuroido Goroshi
Japanese Special, 2018, 1 eps
Suguro Takeru
(Main Role)
|
7.8
|
Oriento Kyuko Satsujin Jiken
Japanese Special, 2015, 2 eps
Private Detective Suguro Takeru
(Main Role)
|
7.6
|
Ano Senso wa Nan Datta no ka
Japanese Special, 2008, 1 eps
Emperor Hirohito
(Support Role)
|
2.0
|
TV Show
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Sakurai Ariyoshi the Yakai
Japanese TV Show, 2014, 500 eps
(Ep. 165, 201, 204, 260)
(Guest)
|
7.9
|
Ningen Kansatsu Variety Monitoring
Japanese TV Show, 2012, 400 eps
(Ep. 175, 178)
(Guest)
|
8.0
|
Arashi ni Shiyagare
Japanese TV Show, 2010, 460 eps
(Ep. 111)
(Guest)
|
8.5
|
A-Studio+
Japanese TV Show, 2009, 810 eps
(Ep. 184, 502)
(Guest)
|
10.0
|
Shabekuri 007
Japanese TV Show, 2008, 600 eps
(Ep. 320)
(Guest)
|
8.3
|
Jounetsu Tairiku
Japanese TV Show, 1998, 1236 eps
(Ep. 8, 1247) {May 24, 1998 | Apr 16, 2023}
(Guest)
|
8.0
|
Guru Guru Ninety Nine
Japanese TV Show, 1994, 1 eps
[Gochi] (S20E0)
(Guest)
|
0.0
|
Kouhaku Uta Gassen
Japanese TV Show, 1951, 73 eps
[Judge] (Ep. 69)
(Guest)
|
7.8
|
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