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
Credits
Ran (1985)
as Tsurumaru
Shin Godzilla (2016)
as Godzilla (motion capture)
The Wind Rises (2013)
as Giovanni Battista (voice)
Air Bound (2015)
as Noroi (voice)
Onmyoji (2001)
as Abe no Seimei
The Floating Castle (2012)
as Nagachika Narita
Onmyoji II (2003)
as Abe no Seimei
Revolver Lily (2023)
as Takita
Whistleblower (2019)
as Tamio "Hakkaku" Yasumi
What If Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa Was to Become the Prime Minister (2024)
as Ieyasu Tokugawa
The Murder of Kuroido (2018)
as Takeru Suguro
Flower and Sword (2017)
as Senko Ikenobo
What the War Meant (2008)
as Emperor Showa
Murder on the Orient Express (2015)
as Takeru Suguro
Promise of Death (2021)
as Takeru Suguro
Souten no Yume Shoin to Shinsaku Shin-seiki eno Chosen (2000)
Actor
Scanner (2016)
as Kazuhiko Sengoku
Memories of Origin: Hiroshi Sugimoto (2012)
as Self - Kyogen Actor
OKINA: Dance of Life (2020)
Actor
シャンハイムーン (2018)
as Lu Xun
おやじの背中～野村万作・萬斎・裕基 父子3代物語 (2016)
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
小さな狂言師 誕生～野村萬斎・親子三代の初舞台～ (2004)
Actor
野村万作「最後の狐に挑む」 (1993)
Actor
The Living Tradition of Nomura Kyogen: From Mansaku to Mansai to Yuki (2022)
Actor
Six Faces: Kyogen, A Life on Stage (2025)
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
六百年の「今」を舞う～狂言師・野村萬斎 (2013)
Actor
Oedipus Rex (2002)
as Oedipus
The Three Generations of the Nomura Kyogen Family (2018)
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
狂言師 野村萬斎 エイスケそしてニューヨーク (1998)
Actor