Ken Nishida

Ken Nishida
Born	June 24, 1945(1945-06-24)
Occupation	Actor

Ken Nishida (西田 健, Nishida Ken^?, born June 24, 1945^[1]) is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is noted for his roles in Return of Ultraman,^[2] Eyeful Daisakusen, Uchuu Keiji Gavan, Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger, G-Men '75, and Shin Kyoto Meikyū Annai. His guest roles have included multiple episodes of Key Hunter, Mito Kōmon, Taiyō ni Hoero!, Zenigata Heiji, and Abarenbō Shōgun. He is also a regular guest star in the two-hour prime-time special drama format, with 35 appearances on the Tuesday Kayō Suspense Gekijō and 25 on the Saturday Doyō Wide Gekijō. A veteran jidaigeki actor, Nishida portrayed the recurring villain Mugensai who masterminded the plot to assassinate the shogun in the series Shogun Iemitsu Shinobi Tabi Part II. He appeared as Asano Daigaku, younger brother of the daimyo whose forced seppuku triggered the events of the Forty-seven ronin, in The Fall of Ako Castle. A modern role was in the 1986 Kei Kumai film adaptation Umi to Doku of the Shusaku Endo novel of the same name (translated as The Sea and Poison). Three films in the Gokudō no Onna-tachi series of gangster films are also to his credit. In anime, Ken provided the Japanese voice of Kazundo Gouda in Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG.

References

1. ^ Ken Nishida - Biography at IMDB (Retrieved on May 31, 2009)
2. ^ 西田健 at JMDB (Retrieved on May 31, 2009)

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Name	Nishida, Ken
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Date of birth	June 24, 1945
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