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Nobuo Kawai

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Nobuo Kawai
Born(1932-04-18)18 April 1932
Died24 June 2006(2006-06-24) (aged 74)
OccupationActor
Years active1959–2003

Nobuo Kawai (川合伸旺, Kawai Nobuo, 18 April 1932 – 24 June 2006) was a Japanese actor. He is most famous for playing villains and appeared in many jidaigeki and detective television dramas as a guest.[1][2][3] He was a member of Yukio Mishima's Roman Gekijo Theatre Company.[4]

He died of cerebral infarction at the age of 74.[1]

Biography

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Kawai voice type is baritone as a voice actor, he has been active since the early days of ateleco, dubbing James Dean and Marlon Brando in western movies, and playing orthodox roles that are the opposite of the villain image shown in period dramas. In particular, Paul Newman's dubbing was almost exclusively done by him because of his "similar mood". He was also in charge of dubbing Toshiro Mifune in the western film Red Sun, when Mifune himself asked him to "do it by all".

Personality

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In private, he was a very friendly and calm person, not to be seen in Edo period dramas (children who were going to walk in the street shouted "He's a bad officer!" Even if he was called out, he never looked disgusting, and he answered by waving with a smile.) Kawai himself said, "Even if the children didn't know my name, they just looked at my face and said, 'He's a bad officer in a Edo period drama!'" I'm very happy as an actor."[citation needed]

Filmography

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Films

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Television drama

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Dubbing

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References

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  1. ^ a b "「悪代官」好演、74歳川合伸旺さん死去". ZAKZAK. 26 June 2006. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  2. ^ 日本タレント名鑑'82 VIPタイムズ社、1981 P.63
  3. ^ "川合伸旺とは". kotobank. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  4. ^ "内田勝正 たまらなく洋風な和物". ピアニュース. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  5. ^ "スティング". The Cinema. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  6. ^ "タワーリング・インフェルノ". 吹替の力. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
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