Mansai Nomura

Mansai Nomura Born April 5, 1966 Tokyo, Japan Occupation Actor Notable role(s) Abe no Seimei, Godzilla First work Ran (1985) Notable work The Yin-Yang Master (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 the 2001 and 2003 fantasy films The Yin-Yang Master and The Yin-Yang Master II. Nomura portrayed Godzilla through motion capture in Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi's 2016 Godzilla film Shin Godzilla, having previously worked with Higuchi on his 2012 film The Floating Castle.

Selected filmography

• The Yin-Yang Master (2001) as Abe no Seimei
• The Yin-Yang Master II (2003) as Abe no Seimei
• Shin Godzilla (2016) as Godzilla [motion capture]

Gallery

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  Nomura portraying Godzilla through motion capture

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