Kōji Nanbara
Japanese actor (1927–2001)
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 Nanbara, second from left in front row, in Abashiri Prison | |
| Born | (1927-06-07)June 7, 1927 Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Died | December 20, 2001(2001-12-20) (aged 74) Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan |
| Other names | Shinji Nanbara (南原伸二) |
| Years active | 1951–2001 |
Koji Nanbara (南原 宏治, Nanbara Kōji, June 7, 1927 – December 20, 2001) was a Japanese actor. He was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. In 1951, he signed with Daiei film company. and made his film debut with Kamikaze Tokkotai.[1] Mostly famous later in his career for playing villains, he began acting in the 1950s under the name Shinji Nanbara.[2] He died of a myocardial infarction in Chōfu, Tokyo at age 74.[2]
Selected filmography
Films
- Danger Stalks Near (1957) – Akama
- The Human Condition (1959) – Gao
- The Bad Sleep Well (1960) – Horiuchi
- Zero Focus (1961) – Kenichi Uhara
- Love Under the Crucifix (1962) -
- Abashiri Prison (1965) – Gonda
- Branded to Kill (1967) – the Number One Killer
- Eleven Samurai (1967) – Chief Retainer Tatewaki
- Samurai Banners (1969) – Aoki
- Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman (1971) – Kakuzen
- Kantō Exile (1971)
- Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972) – Ōwada
- Za Gokiburi - Shimura
- Female Convict Scorpion: Beast Stable
- Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)
- The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf (1979) – Isokawa
- A Taxing Woman's Return (1988) – Yoneda
- Sakura no Sono (1990) – Nakamura
Television
- Katsu Kaishū (TV series) (1974)(Taiga Drama)
- G-Men '75 (1977) – Guest, Kimishima
- Daitsuiseki (1978) – Guest’ Genda, Okazaki
- The Yagyu Conspiracy (1978)
Dubbing
- Escape from Zahrain – Sharif (Yul Brynner)
- Judd, for the Defense – Clinton Judd (Carl Betz)
- Sherlock Holmes (1984) – Professor Moriarty (Eric Porter)
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (Movie theater edition) – Darth Vader
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Movie theater edition) – Darth Vader
References
- ^ "南原 宏治とは". kotobank. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
- ^ a b "悪役など名バイプレーヤーとして活躍、南原宏治さん死去". cinematopic. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
External links
- Koji Nanbara at IMDb
- Koji Nanbara at AllMovie
- Koji Nanbara at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
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- Shin Saburi (1950)
- Rentarō Mikuni (1951)
- Yoshitarō Nomura (1953)
- So Yamamura (1954)
- Tsuneo Kobayashi (1955)
- Kōji Nanbara (1955)
- Yoshirō Kawazu (1956)
- Yūjirō Ishihara (1957)
- Shohei Imamura (1958)
- Nagisa Ōshima (1960)
- Shima Iwashita (1961)
- Kirio Urayama (1962)
- Junya Sato (1963)
- Mako Midori (1964)
- Kei Kumai (1965)
- Tetsuya Watari (1966)
- Tomokazu Miura (1975)
- Shinobu Otake (1975)
- Mieko Harada (1976)
- Nobuhiko Obayashi (1977)
- Toshiyuki Nagashima (1978)
- Kenichi Kaneda (1979)
- Daisuke Ryu (1980)
- Kōichi Satō (1981)
- Jun Miho (1982)
- Tomoyo Harada (1983)
- Shōji Kaneko (1983)
- Kōji Kikkawa (1984)
- Yuki Saito (1985)
- Narimi Arimori (1986)
- Masahiro Takashima (1987)
- Naoto Ogata (1988)
- Ayako Kawahara (1989)
- Riho Makise (1990)
- Joji Matsuoka (1990)
- Hikari Ishida (1991)
- Yuki Sumida (1992)
- Gorō Kishitani (1993)
- Kyōko Tōyama (1993)
- Sawa Suzuki (1994)
- Makiko Esumi (1995)
- Ninety-nine (1996)
- Kōki Mitani (1997)
- Hitomi Satō (1997)
- Rena Tanaka (1998)
- Ryuhei Matsuda (1999)
- Tatsuya Fujiwara (2000)
- Ko Shibasaki (2001)
- Nakamura Shidō (2002)
- Manami Konishi (2002)
- Satomi Ishihara (2003)
- Anna Tsuchiya (2004)
- Mirai Moriyama (2004)
- Mikako Tabe (2005)
- Muga Tsukaji (2006)
- Rei Dan (2006)
- Yui Aragaki (2007)
- Yuriko Yoshitaka (2008)
- Lily Franky (2008)
- Masaki Okada (2009)
- Daisaku Kimura (2009)
- Toma Ikuta (2010)
- Nanami Sakuraba (2010)
- Mana Ashida (2011)
- Makita Sports (2012)
- Haru Kuroki (2013)
- Fuka Koshiba (2014)
- Anna Ishii (2015)
- Izumi Okamura (2016)
- Shizuka Ishibashi (2017)
- Sara Minami (2018)
- Nagisa Sekimizu (2019)
- Daiken Okudaira (2020)
- Yuumi Kawai (2021)
- Kōki (2022)
- Sōya Kurokawa (2023)
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