Kanze Hideo

  • Name: Kanze Hideo
  • Native name: 観世栄夫
  • Also Known as: かんぜ ひでお, 後藤栄夫, ごとう ひでお, Gotou Hideo, Goto Hideo
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: August 3, 1927
  • Died: June 8, 2007
Kanze Hideo was a Japanese actor and director, who specialized in the Noh form of musical drama.

He was the second son of Kanze Tetsunojo VII, a descendant of Kanami and Zeami, who founded the Noh movement in the 14th century. Trained alongside his brothers by his father and grandfather, Kanze made his Noh stage debut at the age of three. After World War II ended, Kanze attended the Tokyo Music School, although he dropped out before completing his studies. With his family running one of Japan's five main Noh schools, Kanze was controversially adopted by another school, the Kita group, for 11 years.

His activities caused an uproar in the Noh community, and he quit the movement, acting in conventional drama and films. With the help of his older brother, Kanze Hisao, also an actor, Hideo resumed his career in Noh in 1979.

On May 2, 2007, Kanze was involved in a serious car accident when his car crashed into the median strip on the Chuo Expressway in Tokyo. An elderly female passenger, believed to be a colleague, suffered serious head injuries and died in hospital.

Kanze died just over a month after the accident from intestinal cancer, aged 79.

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Narrator
Year Title Type Rating
1979 Budo: The Art of Killing
Movie
0.0
Drama
Year Title # Role Rating
1978 Dinosaur Corps Koseidon
Japanese Drama, 1978, 52 eps
[Director of Space-Time Management Bureau] (Support Role)
52
[Director of Space-Time Management Bureau]
Support Role
2.0
1969 Ten to Chi to
Japanese Drama, 1969, 52 eps
Cho Kashiko (Support Role)
52
Cho Kashiko
Support Role
8.0
1967 San Shimai
Japanese Drama, 1967, 52 eps
Yoshinosuke Saigo (Support Role)
52
Yoshinosuke Saigo
Support Role
6.0
1966 Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Japanese Drama, 1966, 52 eps
Kawabe Taro (Support Role)
52
Kawabe Taro
Support Role
6.0
Movie
Year Title Role Rating
1999 Owls' Castle
Japanese Movie, 1999,
Shite no Hideyoshi (Support Role)
Shite no Hideyoshi
Support Role
0.0
1999 Will to Live
Japanese Movie, 1999,
[Director] (Support Role)
[Director]
Support Role
6.5
1995 A Last Note
Japanese Movie, 1995,
Ushiguni Fujihachiro (Support Role)
Ushiguni Fujihachiro
Support Role
6.3
1989 Rikyu
Japanese Movie, 1989,
[Rikyu's brother-in-law] (Support Role)
[Rikyu's brother-in-law]
Support Role
6.9
1981 Edo Porn
Japanese Movie, 1981,
Karino (Support Role)
Karino
Support Role
6.3
1979 The Strangling
Japanese Movie, 1979,
[Judge] (Bit part)
[Judge]
Bit part
3.0
1979 Nichiren
Japanese Movie, 1979,
(Support Role)
Support Role
8.0
1975 Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
Japanese Movie, 1975,
[Chief councilor] (Bit part)
[Chief councilor]
Bit part
6.8
1974 It Was a Faint Dream
Japanese Movie, 1974,
(Support Role)
Support Role
7.6
1974 The Key
Japanese Movie, 1974,
Ikuko's Husband (Main Role)
Ikuko's Husband
Main Role
6.3
1972 The Iron Crown
Japanese Movie, 1972,
Man (Main Role)
Man
Main Role
6.2
1971 Shura
Japanese Movie, 1971,
Takubei (Support Role)
Takubei
Support Role
7.4
1970 Evil Spirits of Japan
Japanese Movie, 1970,
Goto (Main Role)
Goto
Main Role
8.0
1966 Violence at Noon
Japanese Movie, 1966,
Inagaki (Support Role)
Inagaki
Support Role
6.5
1964 Woman in the Dunes
Japanese Movie, 1964,
(Unknown)
Unknown
7.7
1962 Human
Japanese Movie, 1962,
Konpira-san (Main Role)
Konpira-san
Main Role
7.3
1962 Pitfall
Japanese Movie, 1962,
[Policeman] (Support Role)
[Policeman]
Support Role
7.2
Special
Year Title # Role Rating
1984 Showa Nijuunnen Hachigatsu Juugo Hi
Japanese Special, 1984, 1 eps
(Main Role)
1
Main Role
0.0
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  • Native name: 観世栄夫
  • Also Known as: かんぜ ひでお, 後藤栄夫, ごとう ひでお, Gotou Hideo, Goto Hideo
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: August 3, 1927
  • Died: June 8, 2007

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