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Hideo Kanze

Name in Native Language: "観世栄夫" (Japanese/JA)
Actor / Playwright | * 08/03/1927 († 79, 06/08/2007) | Tokyo Prefecture (Japan)
Hideo Kanze (観世 栄夫, Kanze Hideo, August 3, 1927 – June 8, 2007) was a Japanese actor and director, who specialized in the Noh form of musical drama. He was the second son of Kanze Tetsunojō VII, a descendant of Kan'ami and Zeami, who founded the Noh movement in the 14th century. Trained alongside his brothers by his father and grandfather, Kanze made his Noh stage debut at the age of three. After World War II ended, Kanze attended the Tokyo Music School, although he dropped out before completing his studies. With his family running one of Japan's five main Noh schools, Kanze was controversially adopted by another school, the Kita group, for 11 years. His activities caused an uproar in the Noh community, and he quit the movement, acting in conventional drama and films. With the help of his older brother, Hisao Kanze, also an actor, Hideo resumed his career in Noh in 1979. On May 2, 2007, Kanze was involved in a serious car accident when his car crashed into the median strip on the Chūō Expressway in Tokyo. An elderly female passenger, believed to be a colleague, suffered serious head injuries and died in hospital. Kanze died just over a month after the accident from intestinal cancer, aged 79. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Horror | Fantasy

Known for these Movies & Shows

Awards & Nominations for Hideo Kanze

Order of The Sacred Treasure, 4th Class
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Movies with Hideo Kanze as Actor(24)

as Director of a hospital1999 Will to Live
as Fujihachiro Ushiguni1995 A Last Note
as Rikyu's Brother-in-Law1989 Rikyu
as Karino1981 Edo Porn
as Tokura1977 The Life of Chikuzan
1974 The Key
as Shimezu1972 Summer Soldiers
as Man1972 The Iron Crown
as Takubei1971 Demons
as Mikado1968 Kuroneko
1967 Libido
as The Master1966 Lost Sex
as Male Patient1966 The Face of Another
as Inagaki, husband of the raped woman1966 Violence at Noon
as Policeman1962 Pitfall
as Nô player1961 The Weavers of Nishijin

TV Shows/Series with Hideo Kanze as Actor(1)

as Yoshinosuke Saigo1967 Three Sisters

Citizenship: Japan
Born: Wednesday, 08/03 1927 (August) in Tokyo Prefecture (Japan)
Died: Friday, 06/08 2007 (June) in Tokyo (aged: 79)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Educated at: Keio University
Employer: Kyoto University of the Arts and Design
Siblings: Hisao Kanze
Other names for Hideo Kanze (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"観世 栄夫"
"かんぜ ひでお" (Kana/Japanese)
"ごとう ひでお" (Kana/Japanese)
Hideo Kanze frequently works together with these people:
Kaneto Shindō (23x, Crew)
Taiji Tonoyama (11x, Actor)
Hikaru Hayashi (10x, Crew)
Nobuko Otowa (9x, Actress)
Toru Takemitsu (7x, Crew)
Rokkō Toura (7x, Actor)
Kei Satō (5x, Actor)
Kiyomi Kuroda (5x, Crew)
Kazuo Kuwahara (4x, Crew)
Hōsei Komatsu (4x, Actor)
Jyotaro Kanazawa (1x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:210970, Added: 07/26/2018, Last updated: 03/26/2024