Hideo Kanze
Hideo Kanze (観世 栄夫, Kanze Hideo, August 3, 1927 – June 8, 2007) was a Japanese actor and director, who specialized in the Noh form of musical drama.
He was the second son of
His activities caused an uproar in the Noh community, and he quit the movement, acting in conventional drama and films.[1] With the help of his older brother, Hisao Kanze, 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 Chūō Expressway in Tokyo. An elderly female passenger, believed to be a colleague, suffered serious head injuries and died in hospital.[2]
Kanze died just over a month after the accident from intestinal cancer, aged 79.[3]
Filmography
References
- ^ Noh performance of Paul Claudel's drama in verse Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Kippo News, April 7, 2004.
- ^ Veteran Noh actor Hideo Kanze crashes car, killing passenger[permanent dead link], Mainichi Shimbun, May 3, 2007.
- ^ Noh director and actor Hideo Kanze dies at 79[permanent dead link], Mainichi Shimbun, June 8, 2007.
- ^ "おとし穴(1962)". Japanese Cinema Database. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
External links
- Hideo Kanze at IMDb
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