Kōji Nanbara
Koji Nanbara was a Japanese actor. He was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. In 1951, he signed with Daiei film company. and made his film debut with Kamikaze Tokkotai. Mostly famous later in his career for playing villains, he began acting in the 1950s under the name Shinji Nanbara. He died of a myocardial infarction in Chōfu, Tokyo at age 74.
Selected filmography
Films
- Danger Stalks Near – Akama
- The Human Condition – Gao
- The Bad Sleep Well – Horiuchi
- Zero Focus – Kenichi Uhara
- Love Under the Crucifix -
- Abashiri Prison – Gonda
- Branded to Kill – the Number One Killer
- Eleven Samurai – Chief Retainer Tatewaki
- Samurai Banners – Aoki
- Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman – Kakuzen
- Kantō Exile
- Wandering Ginza Butterfly – Ōwada
- Za Gokiburi - Shimura
- Female Convict Scorpion: Beast Stable
- Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
- The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf – Isokawa
- A Taxing Woman's Return – Yoneda
- Sakura no Sono – Nakamura
Television
- Katsu Kaishū (TV series)
- G-Men '75 – Guest, Kimishima
- Daitsuiseki – Guest’ Genda, Okazaki
- ''The Yagyu Conspiracy''