Katsuo Nakamura
Birthday: 1938-04-23
Place of Birth: Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Biography: Katsuo Nakamura is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 5th Japan Academy Prize and at the 6th Hochi Film Award for Kagero-za, Buriki no kunsho, Shikake-nin Baian. He is the younger brother of the actor Kinnosuke Yorozuya. Description above from the Wikipedia article Katsuo Nakamura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Bread of Happiness
A couple decide to relocate from Tokyo to the northern island of Hokkaido where they settle and esta...
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Hana
In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge t...
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Kwaidan
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four fol...
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Steamboy
In 1860s Britain, a boy inventor finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict over a revo...
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A Samurai's Honor at Pawn
A film about the struggle of an officer from Edo, Toyama Saemon, with a lightning-fast gang of thiev...
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Magistrate Toyama: Conspiracy of a Beautiful Woman! Rampage in Kanhashu
The meeting of the two greatest legends in Japan - Magistrate Toyama, the crime-fighting official wi...
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The Trail of Blood
Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a ...
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Be with You
Takumi and his six-year-old son, Yuji, haven't come to terms with their wife and mother's death. One...
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Hanzo: The Razor
A pair of black-robed thieves who robbed many wealthy merchants in Edo one after another. One of the...
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Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Em...
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Magic Boy
Magically gifted boy Sasuke lives in peace, deep in the forest with his animal pals and Oyu, his eld...
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Dororo
Hyakkimaru, a warrior on a quest to reclaim 48 of his body parts which were each taken by a demon, i...
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Curse of the Seven flutes
Genshiro is a famous Kenkaya of Edo. He turns up in incidents to get interfering fees but gets invol...
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Whiteout
A group of terrorists has taken hold of the largest dam in Japan. They also capture the workers as h...
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Pleasures of the Flesh
After committing murder, businessman Atsushi is blackmailed into keeping a suitcase of embezzled mon...
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Zatoichi in Desperation
After accidentally causing the death of an old lady, Zatoichi tries to do right by buying the lady’s...
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Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
A demonic reincarnation of a Japanese general from the 10th century appears in the early 20th centur...
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Demons
Tells the story of the samurai Gengobe, who seeks revenge after falling prey to the schemes of a gei...
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Kagero-za
A 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who may be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife....
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Ghost Story on Passage
A ghost interrupts the journey of two young noblemen who are disguised as merchants....
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Times of Joy and Sorrow
The story of the trials and tribulations of a lighthouse keeper and his wife....
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A Woman Called En
Set at the end of the feudal period. A woman spends most of her early life in prison, incarcerated b...
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晴姿稚児の剣法
Underneath Himeji Castle, Miyamoto Bensuke was determined to inherit the will of his late father, Sh...
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振袖釼法
In Marugame Domain of Shikoku, a low-ranking foot soldier named Tagami Genbachi was envied for marry...
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若き日の千葉周作
Chiba Sōsaku, whose childhood name was Otome, was raised by his father Yukiuemon, the successor of t...
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元祿美少年記
On February 4th of the 16th year of the Genroku era, Yatō Uemon no Shichi reminisces while waiting h...
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Namida no hanamichi
Nakamura Yukinojō, Edo's most popular actor, discovered that his parent's enemy, Ohara Genba, had ch...
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のんき侍大暴れ
In the mid-Tokugawa period, a conflict arose over the "Seiryū Himon," a secret document left by the ...
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黒姫秘帳 前篇 奪われた鬼面、後篇 不知火の美女
In the Kyōhō era under the Tokugawa shogunate, a conspiracy to usurp the household unfolded at Shins...
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The Traveling Ruffian
Adventures of Mori no Ishimatsu, a famous member of Jirocho gang. Ishimatsu is strong in righteousne...
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Sad Vacation
Kenji, abandoned by his mother, scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs including driving bar ...
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The Serialist
Ippei Akabane (Takaya Kamikawa) is an unpopular novelist. He barely makes ends meet writing serials ...
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Shinran: Path to Purity
In the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one school...
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Misuzu
Tells the life story of Teru Kaneko, who was born and raised in a small coastal town. While working ...
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Snow Prince
10-year-old Sota lives with his grandfather and a dog named Chibi in a small snowy village. They liv...
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Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
JSDF pilot Akane has a fateful encounter when a new Godzilla emerges in Tateyama. As a countermeasur...
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Lupin the Thief: Enigma of the 813
Anime film based on the novel "813" by Maurice Leblanc....
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The River with No Bridge
A widow and her two sons, Seitaro and Koji, live in the small town of Komori, where Buraku people ar...
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CM Time
An advertising agency receives a request from one of their clients, a beverage company. The advertis...
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Shinran, Part II
Continuation of the biographical film about the monk Shinran, based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa. ...
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Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５
Shimizu Jirocho, the president, manages two businesses: Izumo Kanko-sha and the group inn "Daikokuya...
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Closed Note
Kae Horii moves into her new flat in an undisclosed area of Kyoto. While unpacking her belongings, s...
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Kid Magician Sasuke
In this exciting story, Sasuke Sarutobi, known as the bravest child in the world, fulfills the will ...
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Bull's Eye of Love
Young Lord Genjiro, who abandoned his castle to live as a commoner in Edo, returns home to restore p...
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実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還
Army Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda (Nakamura Shido) has been fighting guerrilla warfare in the jungl...
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An Ocean to Cross
Set in Japan's Tenpyou era (729-749 CE), four young monks are sent to China to study Buddhism and br...
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Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual pow...
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Roadside Stone
The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, co...
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A Carpenter and Children
A carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an aff...
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Devotion to Railway
A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasak...
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The Ambitious
The story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa shog...
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Raised in a Palace
Set in the pleasure district of Kyoto, Tamiko (Yoshiko Mita, in her first lead role) is a young girl...
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Kukai
The life and times of Kûkai, a Japanese monk who studies Esoteric Buddhism in the far reaches of Ind...
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House of Spider Webs
Based on the original story by Seishi Yokomizo, House of Spider Webs is a gorgeous historical drama ...
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Silence
In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their men...
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The Rose on His Arm
Ignoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world of de...
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Tatara Samurai
In 16th century Japan, a young man has to choose between becoming a master steel maker like his fath...
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Runway to Hell
When Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the samura...
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The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied hi...
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The Day the Sun Rose
Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which rava...
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The Ambitious Youth
As descendent of famed fishmonger Isshin Tasuke, young feisty Ishii Tasuke uses his talent to flouri...
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Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) was a major daimyo during the Warring State period of Japanese history. He ...
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Nichiren
An epic drama about Nichiren's life. Nichiren was a Buddhist monk who lived for 60 years during the ...
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The Magoichi Saga
Lord Oda Nobunaga gains control of nearly all of Japan and tries to enlist the aid of Magoichi and h...
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Fate
Wagura Yusaku unwillingly broke up with his first love in high school and became a policeman after y...
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The Lady in a Black Dress
A woman named Fujiki Asuka arrives as an acquaintance of a sister in law for a day under the bar mas...
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The Ako Retainers
Toei’s 10th anniversary film, featuring an all-star cast from the golden movie era of the 1960s. A f...
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Koto—The Lake of Tears
A touching story following young shamisen string maker, Saku. Beautiful Saku moves to Lake Yogo, kno...
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Unwieldy Brothers
Taisuke is kind-hearted but overall lacks ambition. Taizo is smarter, but given to fits of emotion a...
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Stepbrothers
In a military family, an illegitimate son is brutalized by his brothers. A patriarchal, feudalistic ...
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The Shogun and the Fishmonger
Fishmonger Tasuke and Shogun Iemitsu swap their identities in pretence for the protection of Iemitsu...
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Tale of Army Brutality
Director Jun'ya Satô's debut film focuses on the inhuman training of recruits, the brutal drill syst...
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I Go to Tokyo
A young man working as a cameraman in Tokyo is visited for three days by his parents from the countr...
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Diary of a Wandering Lord
Two thrill seeking young lords sneak out of their castles and travel under the disguise of townsmen....
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Desperate Pursuit
In the desert of Egypt, Kurata, the CEO of the Japanese corporation Tokokaihatsu, is killed by a sni...
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Love Letter
Yuko is in love with an old poet who happens to be also a married man. She waits patiently for him a...
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With All Our Might
Tamiko (Ayumi Ito) lives happily with her husband Hideaki (Sho Aoyagi) and step-daughter Kotoyo (Haz...
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Man of a Stormy Era
The early years of the Showa period were turbulent times for Japan. The country suffered financial c...
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Samurai Banners
Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters th...
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Bonds
Tetsuro Haga is a troubled gangster, living under the assumed identity Ise for ten years, to escape ...
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And Then
Daisuke is supposed to be out looking for a respectable job and equally respectable wife. He is 30 y...
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Bride of Peacock Castle
Princess Kazu, the daughter of Shogun Ienari, is sent to marry Matsudaira Nobunao, master of Peacock...
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Traffic Jam
A hard working salaryman takes off five days from his busy job and sets off with his wife and two ch...
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A White Ship
Shizuka (Mami Nakamura) is a young school teacher. She moves to a small village by the sea, near her...
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Road of Chivalry
While on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising and...
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The Great Road
The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways ...
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Samurai Vagabonds
On New Year's Day 1716, Munenaga of Owari and Yoshinao of Kii were both named as candidates for the ...
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Taira no Kiyomori
The tale of Taira Kiyomori who started as a young inexperienced warrior who led the Heike into the b...
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Lord Mito: All Star Version
In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the ...
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Baian the Assassin
This is an ensemble period drama adapted from Shotaro Ikenami's popular novel, featuring the famous ...
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Music Box
A former yakuza returns to gangster life after an old enemy threatens his son....
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Faces
Juzo Kimura is a wandering Ronin with a past. 15 years later, after winding up in Edo, he becomes a ...
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Fearless Opposition
This action film depicts the conflict between two brothers, one a detective and the other a yakuza....
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Samurai Resurrection
Shiro Amasuka, dead leader of the Shimbara Revolt is resurrected from hell with the desire of overth...
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Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
Zenroku Nichigami, a charismatic con artist, is tasked with collecting a debt from the elusive Shish...
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Evil Spirit Princess Sakurako
A beautiful girl, haunted by the evil spirit of a woman who was burned at the stake 17 years ago, be...
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Station to Heaven
From a true incident that happened in 1960's Japan. This drama is contemporary in setting but mediev...
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The Fir Tree Remains
The Fir Tree Remains | Yamamoto explores the life of Koi Harada, a man wrongfully branded a “traitor...
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