Kōji Nanbara

Koji Nanbara
Born	June 7, 1927 Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Died	December 20, 2001 (aged 74) Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan
Years active	1951–2001

Koji Nanbara (南原 宏治 Nanbara Kōji, June 7, 1927 – December 20, 2001) was a Japanese actor. He was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He died of a myocardial infarction in Chōfu, Tokyo at age 74.

Selected filmography

Films

• The Human Condition (1959) – Gao
• The Bad Sleep Well (1960) – Horiuchi
• Zero Focus (1961) – Kenichi Uhara
• Abashiri Prison (1965) – Gonda
• Branded to Kill (1967) – the Number One Killer
• Eleven Samurai (1967) – Chief Retainer Tatewaki
• Samurai Banners (1969) – Aoki
• Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman (1971) – Kakuzen
• Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972) – Ōwada
• Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)
• The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf (1979) – Isokawa
• A Taxing Woman's Return (1988) – Yoneda
• Sakura no Sono (1990) – Nakamura

Television

• G-Men '75 (1977) – Kimishima
• Daitsuiseki (1978) – Genda, Okazaki

Dubbing

• Escape from Zahrain – Sharif (Yul Brynner)
• Judd, for the Defense – Clinton Judd (Carl Betz)
• Sherlock Holmes (1984) – Professor Moriarty (Eric Porter)
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (Movie theater edition) – Darth Vader
• Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Movie theater edition) – Darth Vader

External links

• Koji Nanbara at the Internet Movie Database
• Koji Nanbara at AllMovie
• Koji Nanbara at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)