Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

June 7, 1927 (74 years old)

Died

December 20, 2001

Place of Birth

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Popular Genres

Drama Thriller Action

Career Span

1953 – 1999

Kôji Nanbara

9 nominations

98 credits

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Kōji Nanbara (June 7, 1927 – December 20, 2001) was a Japanese actor. He was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He died of a myocardial infarction in Chōfu, Tokyo at age 74.

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Personal Info

Born

Jun 7, 1927

From

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Known For

Acting

Career

1953 – 1999

Known For

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Bad Sleep Well

The Bad Sleep Well

as Public Prosecutor Horiuchi

Branded to Kill

Branded to Kill

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy

Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy

as Yanagisawa Dewa-no-kami

Eleven Samurai

as Chamberlain Tatewaki

Wandering Ginza Butterfly

Wandering Ginza Butterfly

A Taxing Woman's Return

A Taxing Woman's Return

Samurai Banners

Samurai Banners

Hermes - Winds of Love

Hermes - Winds of Love

as The God Ophelius (voice)

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman

Frequent Collaborators

Meiko Kaji

2 shared projects

in "Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance"

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Seiji Miyaguchi

2 shared projects

in "The Bad Sleep Well"

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Tōru Abe

2 shared projects

in "Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance"

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Kōji Mitsui

2 shared projects

in "The Bad Sleep Well"

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Nobuo Nakamura

2 shared projects

in "The Bad Sleep Well"

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Kyū Sazanka

2 shared projects

in "The Bad Sleep Well"

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Mikio Narita

1 shared project

in "Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable"

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Reisen Ri

1 shared project

in "Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable"

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Yayoi Watanabe

1 shared project

in "Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable"

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1 shared project

in "Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable"

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Takashi Fujiki

1 shared project

in "Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable"

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Tomoko Mayama

1 shared project

in "Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable"

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Award Recognition

0

Wins

9

Nominations

Complete Filmography

1999

Debt King Part VI: Legendary Speculator in Naniwa

1997

Hermes - Winds of Love as The God Ophelius (voice) Award

1996

1995

Villain Field as Kajiyama

Sanctuary - Part 2

1994

1990

The Cherry Orchard as Mr. Nakamura Award

1989

Bungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru Jyoso

1988

A Taxing Woman's Return as Yoneda Award

Remembrance as Enomoto

1979

Demon Pond as Priest Shikami

1975

Visitor After Dark as Arao

1974

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance as Toad Award

1973

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable as Sameshima Award

1972

Wandering Ginza Butterfly Award

The Trail of Blood

Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder

1971

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman as Kakuzen

Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow as Shiro Jinnai

Evil Spirits in the Darkness

Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 7 - The Woman's Cold Hand

1970

Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny as Shiro Jinnai

Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters

Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies! as Commander Akiyama

1969

Samurai Banners Award

Art of Assassination as Goro Kijima

1968

Tokugawa: Woman's Genealogy as Yanagisawa Dewa-no-kami

Outlaw: Goro the Assassin Award

Ohyaku: The Female Demon as Sengoku

Once and For All Pt.２

Blue in Isezaki as Doi

Where did Sharaku go?

1967

Branded to Kill as No. 1 Award

Eleven Samurai as Chamberlain Tatewaki Award

Pomegranate Time as Shingo Yamazaki

Gambler's World 2 as Sakaki

Gambler's World as Daisuki Hirokawa

The Chivalrous Life

1966

Seventeen Ninja 2: The Great Battle

Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge!

Three Generations of Yakuza

1965

Abashiri Prison as Gonzo Gonda

Bloody Shuriken

1964

Warrior of the Wind as Neko

The Third Ninja

The Call of Flesh

Homicide as Major Oba

1963

At the Side of the Bridge 4

At the Side of the Bridge 3

1962

Love Under the Crucifix as Mitsunari Ishida Award

A Flame at the Pier

Hadashi no hanayome

The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps as Captain Oshima

At the Side of the Bridge 2

At the Side of the Bridge

Gakusei geisha koi to kenka

Parakin to Kyū-chan mōshiwakenai yarō-tachi

1961

Zero Focus as Kenichi Uhara Award

Who Are You, Mr. Sorge? as Yotoku Miyagi

Door of Flowers

1960

The Bad Sleep Well as Public Prosecutor Horiuchi Award

Towering Waves as Yuuki - Yoriko's husband

Storm on the Silvery Peaks as Ichirô Kotani

Mahiru no wana as Onishi

1959

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love as Kô Award

I Want to Be a Shellfish

1958

Maria of the Ant Village

I Want to Be a Shellfish

Botchan as Botchan

その手にのるな

1957

Stepbrothers as Yoshitoshi, the third son of Kido

Danger Stalks Near as Akama

Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon

1956

The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye

The Kuroda Affair

Police Precinct Part 2 as Detective Miyagawa

Three-Headed Tower

Police Precinct

The Chop Professor

Manchurian Sunset

The Boy Detectives Club – The Devil with Twenty Faces

The Boy Detectives Club – Doctor Phantom

Police Precinct: The Left-Handed Killer as Detective Miyagawa

1955

Murder on The Last Train

Foul Play as Koizumi

1953

Ghost of Saga Mansion

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Bad Sleep Well

Branded to Kill

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

Wandering Ginza Butterfly

A Taxing Woman's Return

Career Statistics

Roles by Genre

Genre Evolution