Mansai Nomura

Nomura Mansai II (二に世せい野村のむら萬まん斎とき, Nisei Nomura Mansai, born April 5, 1966 under the name Takeshi Nomura (野村のむら武司たけし, 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

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.^[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

Film

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

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

^ Mansai Nomura. Toho Kingdom. Accessed April 13, 2012.
^ Mansai Nomura at IMDb
^ ^a ^b 映画えいがナタリー [@eiga_natalie] (29 July 2016). "ゴジラの正体しょうたいは野村のむら萬まん斎ときだった！「シン・ゴジラ」でモーションキャプチャ担当たんとう #シンゴジラ #野村のむら萬まん斎とき" (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 "野村のむら萬まん斎とき、ドラマに出演しゅつえんする真意しんいとは…!?「しゃべくり007」". Cinema Cafe. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
^ "風ふう立たちぬ". eiga.com. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
^ "七ななつの会議かいぎ". eiga.com. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
^ "行ぎょう定じょう勲くんの監督かんとく作さく「リボルバー・リリー」主演しゅえんは綾瀬あやせはるか、長谷川はせがわ博己ひろみやジェシーも参加さんか". Natalie. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
^ "浜辺はまべ美波みなみ主演しゅえんで「もしも徳川とくがわ家康いえやすが総理そうり大臣だいじんになったら」映画えいが化か！赤あか楚すわえ衛まもる二にが坂本さかもと龍馬りょうま、野村のむら萬まん斎ときが徳川とくがわ家康いえやす". eiga.com. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
^ "連続れんぞくテレビ小説しょうせつあぐり". NHK. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
^ "野村のむら萬まん斎とき:初はつの民放連みんぽうれんドラ「ドクターX」振ふり返かえる「また映像えいぞう作品さくひんに」". Mantan-web. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
^ "松本まつもと潤じゅん主演しゅえん「どうする家康いえやす」に有村ありむら架か純じゅんら5名めい、信長のぶなが役やく・岡田おかだ准じゅん一いちは「ケアが半端はんぱない」". Natalie. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
^ "アンチヒーローの出演しゅつえん者しゃ・キャスト一覧いちらん". The Television. Retrieved April 6, 2024.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

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[1] Mansai Nomura. Toho Kingdom. Accessed April 13, 2012.

[2] Mansai Nomura at IMDb

[Godzilla-3] 映画えいがナタリー [@eiga_natalie] (29 July 2016). "ゴジラの正体しょうたいは野村のむら萬まん斎ときだった！「シン・ゴジラ」でモーションキャプチャ担当たんとう #シンゴジラ #野村のむら萬まん斎とき" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[4] Awards of the Japanese Academy

[5] Guggenheim Museum and Japan Society

[6] "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.

[7] "Kyogen actor Mansai Nomura to oversee Tokyo 2020 ceremonies". The Japan Times. Retrieved September 28, 2018.

[CC2017-8] "野村のむら萬まん斎とき、ドラマに出演しゅつえんする真意しんいとは…!?「しゃべくり007」". Cinema Cafe. Retrieved November 29, 2021.

[9] "風ふう立たちぬ". eiga.com. Retrieved October 7, 2022.

[10] "七ななつの会議かいぎ". eiga.com. Retrieved November 30, 2021.

[11] "行ぎょう定じょう勲くんの監督かんとく作さく「リボルバー・リリー」主演しゅえんは綾瀬あやせはるか、長谷川はせがわ博己ひろみやジェシーも参加さんか". Natalie. Retrieved February 28, 2023.

[12] "浜辺はまべ美波みなみ主演しゅえんで「もしも徳川とくがわ家康いえやすが総理そうり大臣だいじんになったら」映画えいが化か！赤あか楚すわえ衛まもる二にが坂本さかもと龍馬りょうま、野村のむら萬まん斎ときが徳川とくがわ家康いえやす". eiga.com. Retrieved November 27, 2023.

[13] "連続れんぞくテレビ小説しょうせつあぐり". NHK. Retrieved November 30, 2021.

[14] "野村のむら萬まん斎とき:初はつの民放連みんぽうれんドラ「ドクターX」振ふり返かえる「また映像えいぞう作品さくひんに」". Mantan-web. Retrieved July 14, 2022.

[15] "松本まつもと潤じゅん主演しゅえん「どうする家康いえやす」に有村ありむら架か純じゅんら5名めい、信長のぶなが役やく・岡田おかだ准じゅん一いちは「ケアが半端はんぱない」". Natalie. Retrieved June 10, 2022.

[16] "アンチヒーローの出演しゅつえん者しゃ・キャスト一覧いちらん". The Television. Retrieved April 6, 2024.

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