is a well known Kyogen stage actor, and film actor. He played

Abe no seimei was an ''onmyōji'', a leading specialist of ''Onmyōdō'' during the middle of the Heian period in Japan.Miller, Laura. "Extreme Makeover for a Heian-era Wizard". ''Mechademia 3: Limits of the Human''. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Pres ...

in '' Onmyoji'' and ''

Onmyoji 2 is a 2003 Japanese historical fantasy film directed by Yōjirō Takita, starring Mansai Nomura as ''onmyōji'' Abe no Seimei. Both it and its predecessor, ''Onmyōji'', are based on the ''Onmyōji'' series of novels by author Baku Yumemakura. ...

'', an original work by Baku Yumemakura. He received the Best Actor prize at the

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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

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and had won many awards, and in ''Hana no Ran'' in 1994. He also had a supporting role in

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's last epic motion picture ''

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'', as the blind flute playing hermit boy, Tsurumaru. He portrayed

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through motion capture in ''

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''. Mansai was nominated by the Japanese Academy for best actor for his performance in ''

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''. 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''. On July 30th, 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.

Filmography

Film

*'' The Yin Yang Master'' (2001),

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*'' The Yin Yang Master 2'' (2003), Abe no Seimei *''

'' (2012), Narita Nagachika *''

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'' (2013),

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(voice) *''

'' (2016), Godzilla through motion capture *''

Flower and Sword is a 2017 Japanese film on '' kadō'' directed by Tetsuo Shinohara. Plot Cast * Mansai Nomura as Ikenobō Senkō * Ichikawa En'nosuke IV as Toyotomi Hideyoshi * Kōichi Satō as Sen no Rikyū * Kiichi Nakai as Oda Nobunaga * Kuranosuke Sasa ...

'' (2017), Ikenobō Senkō *''Whistleblower'' (2019), Tamio Yasumi

Television

*''

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'' (1994),

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*''Aguri'' (1997), Eisuke *'' Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon'' (2021), Hachisuka Ryutaro *''

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'' (2023),

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References

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* 1966 births Living people Japanese male actors Noh {{Japan-actor-stub