Jinpachi Nezu

Jinpachi Nezu

1947-12-01 – 2016-12-29 (age 69) Tsuru, Yamanashi, Japan
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Biography

Jinpachi Nezu (根津 甚八, Nezu Jinpachi; 1 December 1947 – 29 December 2016) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1974 and 2010. He starred in the 1982 film Farewell to the Land, which was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival.

He died on 29 December 2016 in Tokyo of pneumonia. He had retired from acting after getting into a car accident and experiencing subsequent health problems, though he came out of retirement to reprise the character of Hizu in Gonin Saga at director Takashi Ishii's request. The film would be his last.

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Ran
Ran

1985

as Jiro Masatora Ichimonji

Kagemusha
Kagemusha

1980

as Sohachiro Tsuchiya

Angel's Egg
Angel's Egg

1985

as Man (Voice)

Powerless King
Patlabor 2: The Movie
Patlabor 2: The Movie

1993

as Yukihito Tsuge (voice)

Alone in the Night
Alone in the Night

1994

as Namekata Kozo

Tokyo Bordello
Tokyo Bordello

1987

as Shinsuke Furushima

Angel Guts: Red Flash
Red Shadow
Red Shadow

2001

as Gensai Negoro

A Night in Nude
A Night in Nude

1993

as Kozo Yukikata

Four Days of Snow and Blood
Four Days of Snow and Blood

1989

as Tsukasa Kono

Gate of Flesh
Gate of Flesh

1988

as Yoshio Hakamada

Gonin
Gonin

1995

as Kaname Hizu

Station
Station

1981

as Goro Yoshimatsu

Black Angel
Black Angel

1998

as Goro Nogi

Battleship Yamato
Battleship Yamato

1990

as Colonel Shigenori Kami

Gonin Saga
Gonin Saga

2015

as Kaname Hizu

Happy-Go-Lucky
Happy-Go-Lucky

1997

as Man in TV Drama

Dead Beat
School Day of the Dead
School Day of the Dead

2000

as Shozo Yuki