Nakamura Shidō
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| Nakamura Shidō 中村 獅童 |
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| Born | Mikihiro Ogawa[1] September 14, 1972 Tokyo, Japan |
Nakamura Shidō (中村 獅童?), born Mikihiro Ogawa[1] (小川 幹弘 Ogawa Mikihiro?, born 14 September 1972) is a Japanese kabuki and film actor.
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[edit] Background
Nakamura made his kabuki debut at the age of eight. 21 years later and despite being a relative latecomer to the silver screen, the 30-year-old Kabuki actor was in his first film 2002 with Ping Pong, in which he portrayed a skin-headed, demonically intense table-tennis champion named Dragon. His film debut won Nakamura a Best Newcomer award at the 2003 Japanese Academy Awards. Since then, Nakamura has starred in a string of high-profile movies as well as TV dramas.
[edit] International fame
Nakamura came to international attention in 2004 after starring in the highly successful romance movie Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu (Be With You) with Yūko Takeuchi, when the two co-starred as a couple separated by death. The two co-stars married for a short time after filming was complete, from May 10, 2005 until they divorced on November 1, 2006.
Nakamura plays a Japanese sword expert who is Jet Li's final opponent in the Hong Kong/China martial arts movie Fearless starring international Kung Fu star Jet Li, set in 1910s Imperial China.
[edit] Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2008 | Red Cliff (レッドクリフ) |
Wa Long | |
| L: Change the WorLd | Ryuk | Voice role | |
| 2007 | GeGeGe no Kitaro (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎) |
Great Tengu Judge | Cameo |
| Cha Cha, The Heavenly Woman (茶々 天涯の貴妃 ChaCha Tengai no Onna) |
Tokugawa Ieyasu | ||
| 2006 | Letters from Iwo Jima (硫黄島からの手紙 Ioujima kara Tegami) |
Lieutenant Ito | |
| Fearless | Anno Tanaka, Kenjutsu & Karate Practioner | ||
| Death Note (デスノート Desu Nōto) |
Ryuk | Voice role | |
| 2005 | Men of the Yamato (男たちの大和 Otoko-tachi no Yamato) |
Mamoru Uchida | |
| All About My Dog (いぬのえいが Inu no eiga) |
Kentaro Yamada | ||
| Neighbour No. 13 (隣人13号 Rinjin 13-gō) |
13-gō | Starring role | |
| A Day Beyond the Horizon (イツカ波ノ彼方ニ Itsuka nami no kanata ni) |
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| On A Stormy Night (あらしのよるに Arashi No Yoru Ni) |
Gabu | Starring Role | |
| 2004 | Be With You (いま、会いにゆきます Ima, Ai ni yukimasu) |
Takumi | Starring role |
| One Piece: Curse of the Sacred Sword (ONE PIECE 呪われた聖剣 Wan Pīsu: Norowareta Seiken) |
Saga | Voice role | |
| Akasen (赤線 Aka-sen) |
Izō | ||
| My Lover Is a Sniper: The Movie (恋人はスナイパー Koibito wa Sunaipā) |
Fan Huo-qing | ||
| 2003 | Like Asura (阿修羅のごとく Ashura no gotoku) |
Shizuo Katsumata | |
| Iden & Tity (アイデン&ティティ Aiden & Titi) |
Johnny | ||
| 2002 | Ping Pong | Dragon |
[edit] 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).
