is a Japanese actor and politician. He has appeared in more than 50 films since 1964. His younger brother Katsuyuki Nakamura is a writer.
Career
Nakamura first joined the Haiyuza theatre troupe in 1962, and became famous for his starring role in the television
jidaigeki
is a genre of film, television, video game, and theatre in Japan. Literally meaning "period dramas", they are most often set during the Edo period of Japanese history, from 1603 to 1868. Some, however, are set much earlier—''Portrait of Hel ...
''
Kogarashi Monjirō
is the main character and title of a Japanese novel by Saho Sasazawa, probably best known in the televised version broadcast during prime-time in 1972–1973, directed by Kon Ichikawa. In 1993, the drama was made into a film, titled ''Kaettekita K ...
'', which began broadcasting in 1972.
He later hosted several television news programs before becoming elected to the
House of Councillors
The is the upper house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives is the lower house. The House of Councillors is the successor to the pre-war House of Peers. If the two houses disagree on matters of the budget, treaties, ...
in 1998.
He lost his seat in the 2004 election.
Selected filmography
Films
TV
References
External links
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People from Tokyo
Japanese male film actors
Japanese male television actors
Members of the House of Councillors (Japan)
1940 births
Living people
Japanese actor-politicians
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