Mansai Nomura

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Mansai Nomura (野村 萬斎 Nomura Mansai), born April 5, 1966 under the name Takeshi Nomura (野村 健史 Nomura Takeshi), is a well known Kyogen stage actor, and minor film actor. Nomura recently gained notoriety for his role as the eccentric Abe no Seimei in the film Onmyoji and it's sequel.

His debut was at the age of three in the drama, Quiver of The Monkey. Since then he has also been cast in the dramas: in Aguri in 1977, for which he had won many awards, and in Hanna no Ran in 1994.

He also had a supporting role in Akira Kurosawa's last epic motion picture Ran, as the blind flute playing hermit boy, Tsurumaru.

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