Masakazu Tamura

Masakazu Tamura (田村 正和, Tamura Masakazu^?, born 1 August 1943) is a Japanese film and theatre actor.

Profile

Masakazu Tamura was born 1 August 1943 in Kyoto, Japan to Japanese actor Tsumasaburō Bandō. His brothers Takahiro and Ryō are also actors. He was thus trained in fighting with swords and more traditional forms of Japanese theatre like Kabuki.

He made his debut in movies with the film "Eternal Woman" in 1961.

He has played the role of "Nemuri Kyoshirō" four times in made-for-TV specials.

He is most famous for his role as the polite and highly idiosyncratic police detective, Furuhata Ninzaburō, in a self-titled drama by Japanese playwright Kōki Mitani. This drama was one of the most popular in its time and one of the most popular dramas in the history of Japanese television. There are rumours that while the character was based on Matlock, the characteristics, speech patterns and easily imitable fashion sense are based on that of writer Koki Mitani's professor of philosophy, the famed scholar Yoichiro Murakami. Tamura himself afterwards mentioned that he regretted taking the role, because it ended up typecasting him. He also appeared in many staged dramas (jidaigeki).

Filmography

• Last Love (2007)
• Furuhata Ninzaburo Final (2006)
• Fufu (2004)
• Otosan (2002)
• Sayônara, Ozu-sensei (2001)
• Oyajî (2000)
• Utsukushii hito (1999)
• Nemuri Kyoshiro: The Woman Who Loved Kyoshiro (1998)
• Sôri to yobanai de(1997)
• Nemuri Kyoshiro: The Man with No Tomorrow (1996)
• Furuhata Ninzaburo(1994)
• Nemuri Kyoshiro: Conspiracy at Edo Castle (1993)
• Kozure Ôkami: Sono chîsaki te ni (1993)
• Nemuri Kyôshirô (1989)
• Katana Gesho (The Flower Sword) (1989)
• Papa wa newscaster (1987)
• Uchi no ko ni kagitte... (1984)
• Female Prisoner Scorpion (1973)
• Yakuza zessyô (1970)
• Onna-ro hizu (1970)
• Nemuri Kyoshiro manji giri (1969)
• Gendai yakuza: yotamono jingi (1969)
• Furin kazan (1969)
• Kuro bara no yakata (1969)
• Higashi shinakai (1968)
• Onna to misoshiru (1968)
• Onna no issho (1967)
• Chijin no ai (1967)
• Kiza naki oharu (1967)

External links

• Masakazu Tamura on IMDb

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Name	Tamura, Masakazu
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