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name: "Jinpachi Nezu"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jinpachi-nezu"
fi1m_id: "jinpachi-nezu"
imdb_id: "nm0628704"
tmdb_id: 70133
wikidata_id: "Q6202728"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 December 1947"
died: "29 December 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:25:31.745166+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."
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# Jinpachi Nezu

## Identity

Jinpachi Nezu

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jinpachi-nezu
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jinpachi-nezu
- **IMDb ID:** nm0628704
- **TMDB ID:** 70133
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6202728
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinpachi_Nezu, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6202728, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628704/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70133

Actor. Born 1 December 1947 in Tsuru, Yamanashi, Japan. Died 29 December 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 December 1947, Tsuru, Yamanashi, Japan
- **Died:** 29 December 2016
- **Also known as:** 根津透
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinpachi_Nezu, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6202728, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628704/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70133

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Ran*](https://film.one/film/ran.md) (92)

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## Biography

Jinpachi Nezu (also credited as 根津透) was a Japanese actor. He was born Tōru Nezu on 1 December 1947 in Tsuru, Yamanashi, Japan, and died on 29 December 2016 in Tokyo.

He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1974 and 2010. His roles include Sohachiro Tsuchiya in *Kagemusha* (1980) and Jiro Masatora Ichimonji in *Ran* (1985), both directed by Akira Kurosawa. He also voiced the Boy in *Angel's Egg* (1985) and Yukihito Tsuge in *Patlabor 2: The Movie* (1993). He starred as Yukio Yamazawa in *Farewell to the Land* (1982), which was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival.

Nezu retired from acting after a car accident and subsequent health problems but returned to reprise the role of Kaname Hizu in *Gonin Saga* (2015) at the request of director Takashi Ishii. The film was his last. He died of pneumonia.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ran* (1985), Fi1m 92, as Jiro Masatora Ichimonji — [page](https://film.one/film/ran.md)

## Complete filmography (83)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Gonin Saga* (2015), as Kaname Hizu
- *Control - Hanzai Shinri Sousa* (2011), series, Actor
- *Japan Ghost Stories 3* (2007), Actor
- *Runin: Banished* (2004), Actor
- *Dragon Head* (2003), as Matsuo
- *Kadokawa Mystery & Horror Tales Vol. 3* (2003), Actor
- *The Man in White Part 2: Requiem for the Lion* (2003), as Shiraishi
- *The Man in White* (2003), as Shiraishi
- *Kumamoto Stories* (2002), as Frontier guard
- *Extramarital Love* (2002), series, Actor
- *Honmamon* (2001), series, as Ichiro Yamanaka (Konoha's father)
- *Red Shadow* (2001), as Gensai Negoro
- *極悪　人間魚雷ブルース* (2001), Actor
- *Aiken Rosinante no Sainan ~ Mukai Ryuuta no Doubutsu Nikki* (2001), series, Actor
- *Ekiden* (2000), Actor
- *School Day of the Dead* (2000), as Shozo Yuki
- *Senrigan* (2000), Actor
- *School Ghost Story: Curse Special* (2000), Actor
- *The Hanging Balloons* (2000), Actor
- *Owls' Castle* (1999), as Hattori Hanzo
- *Jubaku: Spellbound* (1999), as Kohei Nakayama
- *Dead Beat* (1999), Actor
- *Debt King Part VI: Legendary Speculator in Naniwa* (1999), Actor
- *Miracle of Love* (1999), series, as Tsukamoto Masaharu
- *Border - Criminal Psychology Investigation File* (1999), series, Actor
- *Tadon and Chikuwa* (1998), Actor
- *Black Angel* (1998), as Goro Nogi
- *Love Letter* (1998), Actor
- *Immoral Affairs* (1997), Actor
- *The Most Important Person* (1997), series, Actor
- *Happy-Go-Lucky* (1997), as Man in TV Drama
- *The Terrorist’s Parasol* (1996), Actor
- *Days of Youth* (1996), series, as Aizawa Goro
- *La Sombra del Verano - Ilusion in Andalusia* (1996), Actor
- *Shadow Warrior of Nobunaga Oda* (1996), Actor
- *Snow falls on a southern island* (1995), Actor
- *Gonin* (1995), as Kaname Hizu
- *Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case* (1995), Actor
- *Goodbye Japan* (1995), Actor
- *Ruby Fruit* (1995), as Mikuo Kaga
- *Gotoshi Co. Ltd. III* (1994), Actor
- *Alone in the Night* (1994), as Namekata Kozo
- *Angel Guts: Red Flash* (1994), as Muraki
- *Nobody* (1994), as Detective Karaki
- *Gotoshi Co. Ltd. II* (1994), Actor
- *A Night in Nude* (1993), as Kozo Yukikata
- *Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi* (1993), series, Actor
- *Patlabor 2: The Movie* (1993), as Yukihito Tsuge (voice)
- *Goto shi kabushiki gaisha* (1993), Actor
- *Somebody Loves Her* (1992), series, Actor
- *Rule of Revenge ROGUE COP* (1992), Actor
- *Ghost Story: Flower House* (1991), Actor
- *Orchids Under the Moon* (1991), as Tetsuro Muraki
- *Discontinuous Bombing Incident* (1991), as Superintendent Ikebe
- *Young Lady* (1991), Actor
- *Battleship Yamato* (1990), as Colonel Shigenori Kami
- *Tasmania Story* (1990), Actor
- *鳴門秘帖* (1990), series, Actor
- *Raffles Hotel* (1989), as Toshimichi Kariya
- *Four Days of Snow and Blood* (1989), as Tsukasa Kono
- *Gate of Flesh* (1988), as Yoshio Hakamada
- *Tabaruzaka* (1987), series, as Nakahara Naô
- *The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma* (1987), Actor
- *This Story of Love* (1987), Actor
- *Tokyo Bordello* (1987), as Shinsuke Furushima
- *Angel's Egg* (1985), as Man (Voice)
- *Ran* (1985), as Jiro Masatora Ichimonji — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/ran.md)
- *Bobby's Girl* (1985), as Mr. Kida (voice)
- *It's All Right, My Friend* (1983), as Doctor
- *Lullaby of Death* (1982), as Sudo
- *Kidnapping Blues* (1982), as Drunken Guest
- *Farewell to the Land* (1982), as Yukio Yamazawa
- *Station* (1981), as Goro Yoshimatsu
- *Precious Moments* (1981), series, Actor
- *Powerless King* (1981), Actor
- *The Woman Next Door* (1981), as Kazuo Asada
- *Kagemusha* (1980), as Sohachiro Tsuchiya
- *Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity* (1979), as Toshio Aiba
- *Ōgon no Hibi* (1978), series, as Ishikawa Goemon
- *Fuyu no Undokai* (1977), series, Actor
- *The Sea of Genkai* (1976), as Yakuzu
- *The Roads Men Travel* (1976), series, as Ryusaku
- *Wet Dice* (1974), as Jun

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 1983: Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (nominated), for *Farewell to the Land*
- Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year 1976: Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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