Nakamura Kinnosuke

Profile

 * Name: 中村錦之助
 * Name (romaji): Nakamura Kinnosuke
 * Also known as: Yorozuya Kinnosuke / 萬屋錦之介
 * Real name: 小川錦一 / Ogawa Kinichi
 * Profession: Actor
 * Birthdate: 1932-Nov-20
 * Death: 1997-Mar-10

TV Shows

 * Hana no Ran (NHK, 1994)
 * Yaburegasa Toshu Akunin-gari (TV Asahi, 1974-1977)
 * Haru no Sakamichi (NHK, 1971)

Movies

 * Mito Komon (TOEI, 1957)
 * Miyamoto Musashi (TOEI, 1961)

Trivia

 * Specialty: Kabuki, chanbara/jidaigeki films
 * While contracted at TOEI, Nakamura was the chairman of the TOEI actors' union. He also starred in over 100 TOEI movies - most of which were chanbara films.
 * Nakamura was president of Nakamura Productions.