Jinpachi Nezu
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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Filmography
Gonin Saga
2015
as Kaname Hizu
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Japan Ghost Stories 3
2007
Runin: Banished
2004
Dragon Head
2003
as Matsuo
Kadokawa Mystery & Horror Tales Vol. 3
2003
The Man in White Part 2: Requiem for the Lion
2003
as Shiraishi
The Man in White
2003
as Shiraishi
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran'
2002
as Self
Kumamoto Stories
2002
as Frontier guard
Red Shadow
2001
as Gensai Negoro
極悪 人間魚雷ブルース
2001
Ekiden
2000
School Day of the Dead
2000
as Shozo Yuki
Senrigan
2000
School Ghost Story: Curse Special
2000
The Hanging Balloons
2000
Owls' Castle
1999
as Hattori Hanzo
Jubaku: Spellbound
1999
as Kohei Nakayama
Dead Beat
1999
Debt King Part VI: Legendary Speculator in Naniwa
1999
Tadon and Chikuwa
1998
Black Angel
1998
as Goro Nogi
Love Letter
1998