
Mansai Nomura
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Nomura Mansai II (二世 野村 萬斎, Nisei Nomura Mansai, born April 5, 1966 under the name Takeshi Nomura (野村 武司, Nomura Takeshi)) is a well known Kyogen stage actor, and film actor. He played Abe no seimei in Onmyoji and Onmyoji 2, an original work by Baku Yumemakura. He received the Best Actor prize at the Blue Ribbon Awards for his work in Onmyoji.
Known for
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Shin Godzilla (2016)
as Godzilla (motion capture)

Ran (1985)
as Tsurumaru

The Wind Rises (2013)
as Giovanni Battista (voice)

Air Bound (2015)
as Noroi (voice)

What If Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa Was to Become the Prime Minister (2024)
as Ieyasu Tokugawa

Flower and Sword (2017)
as Senko Ikenobo

The Floating Castle (2012)
as Nagachika Narita

Onmyoji (2001)
as Abe no Seimei

Promise of Death (2021)
as Takeru Suguro

Whistleblower (2019)
as Tamio "Hakkaku" Yasumi

Revolver Lily (2023)
as Takita

Murder on the Orient Express (2015)
as Takeru Suguro

The Murder of Kuroido (2018)
as Takeru Suguro

Onmyoji II (2003)
as Abe no Seimei

What the War Meant (2008)
as Emperor Showa

Souten no Yume Shoin to Shinsaku Shin-seiki eno Chosen (2000)
Actor

シャンハイムーン (2018)
as Lu Xun

Scanner (2016)
as Kazuhiko Sengoku

Memories of Origin: Hiroshi Sugimoto (2012)
as Self - Kyogen Actor

オイディプス王 (2002)
as Oedipus

OKINA: Dance of Life (2020)
Actor

Kono atari no mono (2020)
Actor

狂言師 野村萬斎 初舞台から襲名まで (1995)
Actor

狂言師 野村萬斎 エイスケそしてニューヨーク (1998)
Actor

The Three Generations of the Nomura Kyogen Family (2018)
Actor

Six Faces: Kyogen, A Life on Stage (2025)
Actor

未来へ 伝統×最先端が挑む日本最古の舞 ~狂言師・野村萬斎×真鍋大度の挑戦~ (2017)
Actor

The Living Tradition of Nomura Kyogen: From Mansaku to Mansai to Yuki (2022)
Actor

小さな狂言師 誕生~野村萬斎・親子三代の初舞台~ (2004)
Actor

おやじの背中~野村万作・萬斎・裕基 父子3代物語 (2016)
Actor

野村万作「最後の狐に挑む」 (1993)
Actor
六百年の「今」を舞う~狂言師・野村萬斎 (2013)
Actor
野村萬斎×シェイクスピア~密着・50歳にして挑む新たな「マクベス」 (2016)
Actor





