Cast & creator
Jinpachi Nezu
Best known for Ran, Honmamon, Powerless King
Jinpachi Nezu (根津 甚八, Nezu Jinpachi; 1 December 1947 – 29 December 2016) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1974 and 2010. He starred in the 1982 film Farewell to the Land, which was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival. He died on 29 December 2016 in Tokyo of pneumonia. He had retired from acting after getting into a car accident and experiencing subsequent health problems, though he came out of retirement to reprise the character of Hizu in Gonin Saga at director Takashi Ishii's request. The film would be his last. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jinpachi Nezu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: 根津透
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television credits
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1974–2015 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (85)
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Ran
Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
1985
Honmamon
Ichiro Yamanaka (Konoha's father)
2001
Powerless King
1981
Ōgon no Hibi
Ishikawa Goemon
1978
Kagemusha
Sohachiro Tsuchiya
1980
Angel's Egg
Man (Voice)
1985
The Roads Men Travel
Ryusaku
1976
Control - Hanzai Shinri Sousa
2011
Patlabor 2: The Movie
Yukihito Tsuge (voice)
1993
Precious Moments
1981
Miracle of Love
Tsukamoto Masaharu
1999
Border - Criminal Psychology Investigation File
1999
Station
Goro Yoshimatsu
1981
Fuyu no Undokai
1977
Gate of Flesh
Yoshio Hakamada
1988
Somebody Loves Her
1992
Days of Youth
Aizawa Goro
1996
Black Angel
Goro Nogi
1998
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Tsukasa Kono
1989
Tokyo Bordello
Shinsuke Furushima
1987
Tabaruzaka
Nakahara Naô
1987
Aiken Rosinante no Sainan ~ Mukai Ryuuta no Doubutsu Nikki
2001
Gonin
Kaname Hizu
1995
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
1993
Red Shadow
Gensai Negoro
2001
Battleship Yamato
Colonel Shigenori Kami
1990
A Night in Nude
Kozo Yukikata
1993Japan Ghost Stories 3
2007The Most Important Person
1997
鳴門秘帖
1990
School Day of the Dead
Shozo Yuki
2000
Alone in the Night
Namekata Kozo
1994
Snow falls on a southern island
1995
Jubaku: Spellbound
Kohei Nakayama
1999
Angel Guts: Red Flash
Muraki
1994
Immoral Affairs
1997Extramarital Love
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
Self
2002
Dragon Head
Matsuo
2003
Owls' Castle
Hattori Hanzo
1999
Gonin Saga
Kaname Hizu
2015
Happy-Go-Lucky
Man in TV Drama
1997
Nobody
Detective Karaki
1994
Kidnapping Blues
Drunken Guest
1982
Farewell to the Land
Yukio Yamazawa
1982
Dead Beat
1999
The Man in White Part 2: Requiem for the Lion
Shiraishi
2003
Tasmania Story
1990
It's All Right, My Friend
Doctor
1983
Bobby's Girl
Mr. Kida (voice)
1985
Discontinuous Bombing Incident
Superintendent Ikebe
1991
Ruby Fruit
Mikuo Kaga
1995
Kumamoto Stories
Frontier guard
2002
Runin: Banished
2004
Rule of Revenge ROGUE COP
1992
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Toshio Aiba
1979
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran'
Self
2002
Raffles Hotel
Toshimichi Kariya
1989
Goto shi kabushiki gaisha
1993
Ekiden
2000
The Hanging Balloons
2000
School Ghost Story: Curse Special
2000
The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
1987
Lullaby of Death
Sudo
1982
Tadon and Chikuwa
1998
The Sea of Genkai
Yakuzu
1976
Senrigan
2000
This Story of Love
1987
The Woman Next Door
Kazuo Asada
1981
The Man in White
Shiraishi
2003
Wet Dice
Jun
1974
Love Letter
1998
Kadokawa Mystery & Horror Tales Vol. 3
2003
La Sombra del Verano - Ilusion in Andalusia
1996
Debt King Part VI: Legendary Speculator in Naniwa
1999
Shadow Warrior of Nobunaga Oda
1996
Gotoshi Co. Ltd. III
1994
極悪 人間魚雷ブルース
2001
Gotoshi Co. Ltd. II
1994Ghost Story: Flower House
1991
Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case
1995The Terrorist’s Parasol
1996
Orchids Under the Moon
Tetsuro Muraki
1991
Goodbye Japan
1995