Nakamura Kankurō VI


Nakamura Kankurō VI is a Japanese kabuki and film and television actor. Born Masayuki Namino, he is a tachiyaku actor like his father Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII and his younger brother Nakamura Shichinosuke II.

Names and lineage

Kankurō is a member of the acting guild Nakamura-ya. His family has performed kabuki going back to Onoe Kikugorō III and Ichimura Uzaemon XI, who performed in the early 19th century.

Life and career

Kankurō also works in television and film. In 2004, he played Tōdō Heisuke in the NHK Taiga drama Shinsengumi!. He starred in the 2001 Japanese film Turn and the 2009 film Zen, in which he played the monk Dōgen.

Filmography

Films

Television