Mansai Nomura

Biography

Nomura Mansai II (二世 野村 萬斎, Nisei Nomura Mansai, born April 5, 1966 under the name Takeshi Nomura (野村 武司, Nomura Takeshi)) 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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Wind Rises (2013) — Giovanni Battista (voice)
2. Ran (1985) — Tsurumaru
3. Shin Godzilla (2016) — Godzilla (motion capture)
4. Onmyoji (2001) — Abe no Seimei
5. The Floating Castle (2012) — Nagachika Narita
6. Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2012) — Ryutaro Hachisuka
7. Air Bound (2015) — Noroi (voice)
8. Onmyoji II (2003) — Abe no Seimei
9. Revolver Lily (2023) — Takita
10. Antihero (2024) — Datehara Taisuke
11. What Will You Do, Ieyasu? (2023) — Imagawa Yoshimoto
12. Murder on the Orient Express (2015) — Takeru Suguro
13. Whistleblower (2019) — Tamio "Hakkaku" Yasumi
14. What If Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa Was to Become the Prime Minister (2024) — Ieyasu Tokugawa
15. Promise of Death (2021) — Takeru Suguro
16. SWITCH Interview Masters (2013)
17. Flower and Sword (2017) — Senko Ikenobo
18. Souten no Yume Shoin to Shinsaku Shin-seiki eno Chosen (2000)
19. Memories of Origin: Hiroshi Sugimoto (2012) — Self - Kyogen Actor
20. Jounetsu Tairiku (1998)
21. Professional: Shigoto no ryûgi (2006)
22. Hana no Ran (1994) — Hosokawa Katsumoto
23. Stove League (2026)
24. シャンハイムーン (2018) — Lu Xun
25. 六百年の「今」を舞う～狂言師・野村萬斎 (2013)
26. 未来へ　伝統×最先端が挑む日本最古の舞　～狂言師・野村萬斎×真鍋大度の挑戦～ (2017)
27. 小さな狂言師　誕生～野村萬斎・親子三代の初舞台～ (2004)
28. 野村萬斎×シェイクスピア～密着・５０歳にして挑む新たな「マクベス」 (2016)
29. おやじの背中～野村万作・萬斎・裕基 父子3代物語 (2016)
30. The Living Tradition of Nomura Kyogen: From Mansaku to Mansai to Yuki (2022)
31. Kono atari no mono (2020)
32. The Three Generations of the Nomura Kyogen Family (2018)
33. オイディプス王 (2002) — Oedipus
34. 狂言師　野村萬斎　初舞台から襲名まで (1995)
35. 野村万作「最後の狐に挑む」 (1993)
36. 狂言師　野村萬斎　エイスケそしてニューヨーク (1998)
37. OKINA: Dance of Life (2020)
38. Scanner (2016) — Kazuhiko Sengoku
39. What the War Meant (2008) — Emperor Showa
40. The Murder of Kuroido (2018) — Takeru Suguro

Directed

1. Actors Short Films Season 3 (2023) — Director
2. Tiger Cave (2023) — Director