5 December 1904 – 6 September 1990 was a Japanese film actor.
Career
Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, Nakano attended Hōsei University, but left before graduating.
When he was playing for the
Nikkatsu amateur baseball team, he was scouted as an actor and made his debut in 1925 in
Daichi wa hohoemu.
While becoming one of Japan's main romantic leads, Nakano moved from Nikkatsu to
Teikoku Kinema to Shinkō Kinema to
Daiichi Eiga and other studios, and starred in films directed by such masters as
Kenji Mizoguchi,
Tomu Uchida, Daisuke Itō, and
Tomotaka Tasaka, among others. In 1941, he formed his own production company, Nakano Eiji Productions, and directed the film
Shōgun.
After World War II, he ceased appearing in movies until the 1970s, when he appeared in films such as
Kaneto Shindo's documentary on Kenji Mizoguchi,
.
Selected filmography
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Daichi wa hohoemu (1925)
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Orizuru Osen (1935)
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Shōgun (1941) (director)
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(1975)
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