Mansai Nomura

Mansai Nomura Born April 5, 1966 Tokyo, Japan Notable role(s) Godzilla First work Ran (1985) Notable work Onmyoji (2001)

Mansai Nomura II (二世 野村 萬斎,   Nisei Nomura Mansai), born Takeshi Nomura (野村 武司,   Nomura Takeshi), is a well-known Japanese kyōgen stage actor and film actor. He is famous for his role as Tsurumaru in Akira Kurosawa's 1985 epic Ran and as Abe no Seimei in Onmyoji and its sequel Onmyoji II. Nomura portrayed Godzilla through motion capture in the 2016 Godzilla film, Shin Godzilla.

Filmography

• Ran (1985) as Tsurumaru
• Onmyoji (2001) as Abe no Seimei
• Onmyoji II (2003) as Abe no Seimei
• The Floating Castle (2012) as Nagachika Narita
• Shin Godzilla (2016) as Godzilla [motion capture]

Gallery

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  Nomura portraying Godzilla through motion capture

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Trivia

• Nomura appeared in the lead role in the film The Floating Castle in 2012, which was directed by Shinji Higuchi. Nomura later portrayed Godzilla in Shin Godzilla, which was also co-directed by Higuchi.