Nobuo Kawai
Nobuo Kawai was a Japanese actor. He is most famous for playing villains and appeared in many jidaigeki and detective television dramas as a guest. He was a member of Yukio Mishima's Roman Gekijo Theatre Company.
He died of cerebral infarction at the age of 74.
Biography
Kawai voice type is baritone as a voice actor, he has been active since the early days of ateleco, dubbing James Dean and Marlon Brando in western movies, and playing orthodox roles that are the opposite of the villain image shown in period dramas. In particular, Paul Newman's dubbing was almost exclusively done by him because of his "similar mood". He was also in charge of dubbing Toshiro Mifune in the western film Red Sun, when Mifune himself asked him to "do it by all".Personality
In private, he was a very friendly and calm person, not to be seen in Edo period dramas Kawai himself said, "Even if the children didn't know my name, they just looked at my face and said, 'He's a bad officer in a Edo period drama!'" I'm very happy as an actor."Filmography
Films
Bushido, Samurai Saga The Street Fighter Sister Street Fighter – Fifth Level Fist Mito Kōmon The Battle of Port Arthur- ''The Man in White''
Television drama
- Mito Kōmon 55 appearances as a Guest
- Ronin of the Wilderness episode 12,32,65 Guest starringKogarashi Monjirō episode 8 Guest starringNemuri Kyōshirō episode 13 Guest starringHissatsu Shiokinin episode 14 Guest starring
- The Water Margin Taiyō ni Hoero! episode 38,61,220 Guest starringG-Men '75 episode 113,144,199,221,245,296,351 Guest starringHissatsu Shiokiya Kagyō episode 5 Guest starringShin Hissatsu Shiokinin episode 19,32, Guest starringThe Unfettered Shogun 28 appearances as a GuestAkō Rōshi as Fujii Mataemon