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Tadao Nakamaru | |
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中丸忠雄 | |
| Born | March 31, 1933 |
| Died | 23 April 2009 (aged 76) |
| Occupation(s) | Actor Voice actor |
| Years active | 1955–2006 |
| Spouse | |
Tadao Nakamaru (中丸忠雄, Nakamaru Tadao, March 31, 1933 - April 23, 2009) is a Japanese television and film actor from Adachi, Tokyo. He is known to appeared more than 100 movies while only acted in television shows like Key Hunter, G-Men '75, Daitetsujin 17 and Choudenshi Bioman. Nakamaru's best known films would be Desperado Outpost, The Secret of the Telegian and Japan's Longest Day.[1] He married journalist and television interviewer Kaoru Nakamaru in 1969 and remained as couple until Nakamaru passed away in 2009 from aneurysmal dilatation at the age of 76.
Career
Nakamaru dropped out of Tokyo National University to pursue film acting, and joined Toho in 1955 as part of the New Face program. One of his earliest on screen appearances was as an ill-fated policeman in Godzilla Raids Again (1955). He appeared frequently in films by Kihachi Okamoto starting with Desperado Outpost in 1959. One of his first prominent roles was as the (admittedly bland) title villain in Jun Fukuda’s The Secret of the Telegian (1960). He is best known to genre fans as the head of Interpol Chief Tagawa in Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975). He’s probably better known to American audiences as the gang leader going after the egg salad recipe in What’s Up, Tiger Lily? (1966, from Senkichi Taniguchi’s spy comedy International Secret Police: Key of Keys).[2][3][4]
He was also a voice actor for various foreign films like Rock Hudson (The Undefeated & Hornets' Nest), Jim Brown (100 Rifles) and Gian Maria Volonté (Lucky Luciano) during the late 1960s.
References
- ^ "Tadao Nakamaru". www.tcm.com. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ^ "Tadao Nakamaru - The Godzilla Cineaste". www.godzillacineaste.net. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ^ "DVD Talk". www.dvdtalk.com. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ^ Galbraith, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6004-9.
External links
Category:Japanese actors Category:Japanese male voice actors Category:People from Tokyo Category:1933 births Category:2009 deaths Category:Deaths from aneurysm