was a Japanese actor and director, who specialized in the

Noh is a major form of classical Japanese dance-drama that has been performed since the 14th century. Developed by Kan'ami and his son Zeami, it is the oldest major theatre art that is still regularly performed today. Although the terms Noh and ' ...

form of musical drama. He was the second son of

Kanze Tetsunojō Kanze may refer to: *Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture *The Kanze school of Noh theatre (観世) *Kanze Nobumitsu, a Noh playwright *Hideo Kanze was a Japanese actor and director, who specialized in the Noh form of musical drama. He was the ...

VII, a descendant of

Kan'ami was a Japanese Noh actor, author, and musician during the Muromachi period. Born in Iga Province, Kan'ami also went by and . He is the father of the well-known playwright . Theater Kan'ami's career began in Obata, Nabari-shi, Mie when he fo ...

and

Zeami (c. 1363 – c. 1443), also called , was a Japanese aesthetician, actor, and playwright. His father, Kan'ami Kiyotsugu, introduced him to Noh theater performance at a young age, and found that he was a skilled actor. Kan'ami was also skil ...

, who founded the Noh movement in the 14th century. Trained alongside his brothers by his father and grandfather, Kanze made his Noh stage debut at the age of three. After

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ended, Kanze attended the

Tokyo Music School or is the most prestigious art school in Japan. Located in Ueno Park, it also has facilities in Toride, Ibaraki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, and Kitasenju and Adachi, Tokyo. The university has trained renowned artists in the fields of painting, scul ...

, although he dropped out before completing his studies. With his family running one of Japan's five main Noh schools, Kanze was controversially adopted by another school, the Kita group, for 11 years. His activities caused an uproar in the Noh community, and he quit the movement, acting in conventional drama and films. With the help of his older brother, Hisao Kanze, also an actor, Hideo resumed his career in Noh in 1979. On May 2, 2007, Kanze was involved in a serious car accident when his car crashed into the median strip on the

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. An elderly female passenger, believed to be a colleague, suffered serious head injuries and died in hospital. Kanze died just over a month after the accident from

intestinal cancer Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer, colon cancer, or rectal cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine). Signs and symptoms may include blood in the stool, a change in bowel ...

, aged 79.

Filmography

* '' Ningen'' (1962) as Kompira * '' Pitfall'' (1962) * ''

Lost Sex is a 1966 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindo. Cast * Hideo Kanze as The Master * Nobuko Otowa as The Housemaid * Eimei Esumi as Young man in the village * Daigo Kusano as Young man in the village * Nobuko Miyamoto as You ...

'' (1966) * '' Summer Soldiers'' (1972) * ''

Nichiren Nichiren (16 February 1222 – 13 October 1282) was a Japanese Buddhist priest and philosopher of the Kamakura period. Nichiren declared that the Lotus Sutra alone contains the highest truth of Buddhist teachings suited for the Third Age of B ...

'' (1979)

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