--- name: "Nakamura Ganjirō II" canonical: "https://film.one/person/ganjiro-nakamura-ii" fi1m_id: "ganjiro-nakamura-ii" imdb_id: "nm0620131" tmdb_id: 1378968 wikidata_id: "Q3095179" roles: ["Actor"] born: "17 February 1902" died: "13 April 1983" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-25T08:59:18.079983+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Nakamura Ganjirō II ## Identity Nakamura Ganjirō II - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ganjiro-nakamura-ii - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** ganjiro-nakamura-ii - **IMDb ID:** nm0620131 - **TMDB ID:** 1378968 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3095179 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakamura_Ganjir%C5%8D_II, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3095179, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0620131/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1378968 Actor. Born 17 February 1902 in Osaka, Japan. Died 13 April 1983. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 17 February 1902, Osaka, Japan - **Died:** 13 April 1983 - **Also known as:** Ganjirō Nakamura II, 中村雁治郎, 中村鴈治郎, 中村鴈治郎（2代目） - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakamura_Ganjir%C5%8D_II, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3095179, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0620131/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1378968 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Floating Weeds*](https://film.one/film/floating-weeds.md) (84) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Nakamura Ganjirō II (born Hayashi Yoshio) was a Japanese kabuki and film actor. Born in Osaka on 17 February 1902, he was the son of kabuki actor Nakamura Ganjirō I and began performing in 1906. He took the name Nakamura Ganjirō II in 1947 and was designated a Living National Treasure for his contributions to kabuki. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1941 and 1980, working with directors including Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Akira Kurosawa and Mikio Naruse. Notable screen roles include Komajuro Arashi in *Floating Weeds* (1959), Rokubei in *The Lower Depths* (1957), Goda in *When a Woman Ascends the Stairs* (1960), Kohayagawa Manbei in *The End of Summer* (1961) and Sansai Dobe in *An Actor's Revenge* (1963). He died on 13 April 1983. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Floating Weeds* (1959), Fi1m 84, as Komajuro Arashi — [page](https://film.one/film/floating-weeds.md) ## Complete filmography (75) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Rape* (1982), as Akiyama - *Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai* (1980), Actor - *Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Shinigami* (1979), Actor - *Hissatsu Shigotonin* (1979), series, as Motojime Shikazō - *Akumyo: Notorious Dragon* (1974), Actor - *Koto—The Lake of Tears* (1966), as Samezaemon - *The River Yokobori* (1966), as Rihei - *The Pornographers* (1966), as Shiratori - *The Story of a Blind Woman* (1965), Actor - *Kwaidan* (1965), as Publisher (segment "In a Cup of Tea") - *Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege* (1964), as Ieyasu Tokugawa - *The Prodigal Son* (1964), as His Father - *Hot Spring Doctress* (1964), as Tahei - *We Are Salarymen* (1963), as Seizo Komuro (Eiichiro’s Father) - *Bamboo Doll of Echizen* (1963), as Boatman - *Dobuike* (1963), as Chūbē - *Sentimental Mobsters* (1963), Actor - *The Third Will* (1963), as Uichi - *Onsen Geisha* (1963), as Kesazō - *An Actor's Revenge* (1963), as Sansai Dobe - *The Great Wall* (1962), as Hsu Fu - *The Fencing Master* (1962), as Danpei Ichikawa - *Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven* (1962), Actor - *170 Leagues to Edo* (1962), as Sukezaemon Tsukagoshi - *Yoru no keisha* (1962), Actor - *Ghost Story: Crying in the Night Lantern* (1962), Actor - *Love Under the Crucifix* (1962), as Sen Rikyu - *Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo* (1962), Actor - *The Broken Commandment* (1962), as Buddha priest - *The Temple of Wild Geese* (1962), as Nangaku Kishimoto - *Wakai yatsura no kaidan* (1961), Actor - *Bad Reputation Returns* (1961), as Boss of Matsushima - *Buddha* (1961), as Ashoka - *The End of Summer* (1961), as Kohayagawa Manbei - *Iro no Michi Oshiemasu: Yume San'ya* (1961), Actor - *Triangle Moods* (1961), as Tsurukichi - *A Lustful Man* (1961), Actor - *Tenka ayatsuri-gumi* (1961), Actor - *The Ginza Three Boys* (1961), Actor - *Lord Tadanao* (1960), as Tokugawa Ieyasu - *What Price Love?* (1960), as Shozaburo Shirokoya - *Yoru wa usotsuki* (1960), Actor - *Ghost Story: Depth of Kasane* (1960), Actor - *A Woman’s Uphill Slope* (1960), as Kiyoi - *The Demon of Mount Oe* (1960), Actor - *Bonchi* (1960), Actor - *When a Woman Ascends the Stairs* (1960), as Goda - *A Woman's Testament* (1960), Actor - *The Two Musashis* (1960), Actor - *Enchanted Princess* (1959), as Tanuemon - *Floating Weeds* (1959), as Komajuro Arashi — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/floating-weeds.md) - *The Three Treasures* (1959), as Emperor Keikō - *Actor Shark* (1959), Actor - *The Telephone Rings in the Evening* (1959), Actor - *Odd Obsession* (1959), as Kenji Kenmochi - *Gambler and the Princess* (1959), as Tan'an Ogisu - *Travels of Lord Mito* (1958), as Mitsukuni 'Kômon' Mito - *The Gay Masquerade* (1958), Actor - *Ambush at Iga Pass* (1958), Actor - *Musume no boken* (1958), Actor - *Conflagration* (1958), as Tayama Dosen - *Summer Clouds* (1958), as Wasuke - *The Shop Curtain* (1958), Actor - *Ôsaka no onna* (1958), as Hanmaru Suzunoya - *The Loyal 47 Ronin* (1958), as Gorobei Kakimi - *Shogun's Holiday* (1958), Actor - *Princess Tsuki* (1958), Actor - *The Oil-Hell Murder* (1957), Actor - *The Lower Depths* (1957), as Rokubei, Osugi's Husband - *Last Days of the Samurai* (1957), as Denemon Horiuchi - *Floating Vessel* (1957), as Emperor - *An Osaka Story* (1957), as Nihei - *New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune* (1956), Actor - *Revenge of Jorurizaka 1: Attack at Onibushi Pass* (1955), Actor - *現代インチキ物語　ど狸*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Nakamura Ganjirō II](https://film.one/media/person/3876996/gallery-73629c7d0f45.jpg) Nakamura Ganjirō II — 大映 (Daiei Film Co. Ltd.), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Nakamura_Ganjiro_II_Studio_Still_from_Osaka_no_onna_1958_Scan10016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Nakamura Ganjirō II](https://film.one/media/person/3876996/gallery-a784aa55da8a.jpg) Nakamura Ganjirō II — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 3 won - Person of Cultural Merit 1980: Person of Cultural Merit (won) - Medal with Purple Ribbon 1968: Medal with Purple Ribbon (won) - Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor 1959: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/ganjiro-nakamura-ii