Kazuo Kitamura
Kazuo Kitamura (北村 和夫, Kitamura Kazuo, 11 March 1927 – 6 May 2007) was a Japanese actor. His son is actor Yukiya Kitamura.[1][2][3] Kitamura met Shōhei Imamura when he was a student of Waseda University and became a close friend so often worked with Imamura.[2][4][5] Kitamura joined Bungakuza theatre company and started his acting career in 1950.[5] In 1953, he made his film debut with An Inlet of Muddy Water directed by Tadashi Imai.[6]
Kazuo Kitamura | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 March 1927 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | 6 May 2007 (aged 80) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1953–2007 |
Filmography
Films
- An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953) as Rickshaw man
- High and Low (1963) as Journalist
- The Insect Woman (1963) as Chuji Matsuki
- Yearning (1964) as Morizono
- The Scent of Incense (1964) as Keisuke
- Unholy Desire (1964) as Seiichiro Takahashi
- Kwaidan (1965) as Taira no Tomomori
- The Pornographers (1966) as Doctor
- Japan's Longest Day (1967) as Sato
- Profound Desires of the Gods (1968) as Doctor Kariya
- A Woman and the Beancurd Soup (1968)
- The Militarists (1970) as Yamanaka
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) as Minister Yosuke Matsuoka
- Summer Soldiers (1972)
- Never Give Up (1978) as Hikawa
- Vengeance Is Mine (1979) as Deike
- Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko (1980) as Tanaka
- Eijanaika (1981) as Koide Yamato no Kami
- Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981) as Hamaguchi
- THe Geisha (1983) as Yamaoka
- Black Rain (1989) as Shigematsu Shizuma
- Shaso (1989) as Ueno
- A-Ge-Man: Tales of a Golden Geisha (1990) as Tsurumaru
- Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001) as Taro
- Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (2005) as Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Sinking of Japan (2006) as Minister of Justice
- Beauty (2008) as Inaji
Television
- Taikōki (1965) Torii Suneemon
- Ten to Chi to (1969) as Murakami Yoshikiyo
- Haru no Sakamichi (1971) as Shima Sakon
- Akō Rōshi (1979) as Ono Kurobei
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983) as Mizuno Tadamasa
- Oshin (1983) as Tabokura Daigorō
- Aoi (2000) as Maeda Toshiie
Honours
References
- "俳優・北村有起哉さん 父の当たり役、演じる幸せ". 日経. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- "新撰 芸能人物事典 明治～平成「北村 和夫」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- "粋に見えた父・北村和夫を目指して…北村有起哉の役者人生". Flash. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- "Kazuo Kitamura profile". NHK. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- "Kazuo Kitamura profile". 文学座. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- "Kazuo Kitamura profile". kinenote. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
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