Mansai Nomura
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Nomura Mansai II (二世 野村 萬斎, Nisei Nomura Mansai; born Takeshi Nomura (野村 武司); April 5, 1966) is a Japanese kyōgen 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.[http://www.tohokingdom.com/people/mansai_nomura.htm Mansai Nomura]. Toho Kingdom. Accessed April 13, 2012.
He also had a supporting role in Akira Kurosawa's last epic motion picture Ran, as the blind flute playing hermit boy, Tsurumaru.{{IMDb name|id=1334850|name=Mansai Nomura}} He portrayed Godzilla through motion capture in Shin Godzilla.{{cite tweet|user=eiga_natalie|author=映画ナタリー|number=758862845501018112|date=29 July 2016|title=ゴジラの正体は野村萬斎だった！「シン・ゴジラ」でモーションキャプチャ担当 #シンゴジラ #野村萬斎}}
Mansai was nominated by the Japanese Academy for best actor for his performance in The Floating Castle.{{Citation|url = https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000372/|title = Awards of the Japanese Academy}}
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.{{Citation|url = http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/press-room/releases/5343-sanbasoalert|title = Guggenheim Museum and Japan Society}}
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.{{Cite web|date=2020-12-23|title=Tokyo Games' Mansai Nomura-Led Ceremony Team to Be Disbanded|url=https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2020122300430/|access-date=2021-08-03|website=nippon.com|language=en|archive-date=2020-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223075223/https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2020122300430/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=Kyogen actor Mansai Nomura to oversee Tokyo 2020 ceremonies |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/30/national/actor-nomura-oversee-tokyo-2020-ceremonies/|publisher=The Japan Times |accessdate=September 28, 2018}}
On December 27, 2024, it was announced that Mansai would appear as a special guest at the ice show Yuzuru Hanyu Notte Stellata 2025, hosted by professional figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu.{{Citation|url = https://hochi.news/articles/20241227-OHT1T51113.html?page=1|title = 羽生結弦さんと野村萬斎が夢の初共演 来年３月「ｎｏｔｔｅ ｓｔｅｌｌａｔａ」スペシャルゲスト決定}} In addition to performing in a collaboration, he also serves as the program director.{{Citation|url = https://hochi.news/articles/20250306-OHT1T51206.html?page=1|title = 野村萬斎 羽生結弦さんは「同じＤＮＡを共有している」 今日からアイスショーで初共演 インタビュー後編}}
Filmography
=Film=
- The Yin Yang Master (2001), Abe no Seimei{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemacafe.net/article/2017/05/29/49798.html|title= 野村萬斎、ドラマに出演する真意とは…!?「しゃべくり007」|access-date= November 29, 2021|work= Cinema Cafe}}
- The Yin Yang Master 2 (2003), Abe no Seimei
- The Floating Castle (2012), Narita Nagachika
- The Wind Rises (2013), Giovanni Battista Caproni (voice){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/77932/|title= 風立ちぬ|access-date= October 7, 2022|work= eiga.com}}
- Shin Godzilla (2016), Godzilla through motion capture
- Flower and Sword (2017), Ikenobō Senkō
- Whistleblower (2019), Tamio Yasumi{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/89181/|title= 七つの会議|access-date= November 30, 2021|work= eiga.com}}
- Revolver Lily (2023), Takita{{cite web |title=行定勲の監督作「リボルバー・リリー」主演は綾瀬はるか、長谷川博己やジェシーも参加 |url=https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/514665 |access-date=February 28, 2023 |work=Natalie}}
- What If Tokugawa Ieyasu Became Prime Minister? (2024), Tokugawa Ieyasu{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/news/20231127/3/|title= 浜辺美波主演で「もしも徳川家康が総理大臣になったら」映画化！ 赤楚衛二が坂本龍馬、野村萬斎が徳川家康|access-date= November 27, 2023|work= eiga.com}}
=Television=
- Hana no Ran (1994), Hosokawa Katsumoto
- Aguri (1997), Eisuke{{cite web |url= https://www2.nhk.or.jp/archives/tv60bin/detail/index.cgi?das_id=D0009010445_00000|title= 連続テレビ小説 あぐり|access-date= November 30, 2021|work= NHK}}
- Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2021), Hachisuka Ryutaro{{cite web |url= https://mantan-web.jp/article/20211215dog00m200056000c.html|title= 野村萬斎:初の民放連ドラ「ドクターX」振り返る「また映像作品に」|access-date= July 14, 2022|work= Mantan-web}}
- What Will You Do, Ieyasu? (2023), Imagawa Yoshimoto{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/455467|title= 松本潤主演「どうする家康」に有村架純ら5名、信長役・岡田准一は「ケアが半端ない」|access-date= June 10, 2022|work= Natalie}}
- Antihero (2024), Taisuke Datehara{{cite web |url= https://thetv.jp/program/0001043325/cast/|title= アンチヒーローの出演者・キャスト一覧|access-date= April 6, 2024|work= The Television}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.mansaku.co.jp/artist/mansai.html}} {{in lang|ja}}
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