Awards & Winners

Mansai Nomura

Date of Birth 05-April-1966
Place of Birth Tokyo
(Japan)
Nationality Japan
Also know as Takeshi Nomura, 野村武司, のむらたけし, 野村 萬斎 (二世), 二世野村萬斎, Nomura Mansai, Takeshi Nomura, Takeshi Nomura, Nomura Mansai II, 二世野村 萬斎, 野村 武司
Profession Actor
Nomura Mansai II, 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. His debut was at the age of three in the drama, Quiver of The Monkey. Since then he has also been cast in the dramas: in Aguri in 1977, for which he had won many awards, and in Hana no Ran in 1994. He also had a supporting role in Akira Kurosawa's last epic motion picture Ran, as the blind flute playing hermit boy, Tsurumaru. Mansai was nominated by the Japanese Academy for best actor for his performance in The Floating Castle. He is currently appearing at the Japan Society and the Guggenheim Museum Rotunda in two productions: Shakespeare's Macbeth adapted to the noh and kyogen traditions with five actors, performed in Japanese with English subtitles and Sanbaso, Divine Dance.

Awards by Mansai Nomura

Check all the awards nominated and won by Mansai Nomura.

2013


Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role The Floating Castle

2002


Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor
Honored for : Onmyoji

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Onmyoji