Kazuo Kitamura (北村 和夫, Kitamura Kazuo; 11 March 1927 – 6 May 2007) was a Japanese actor. His son is actor Yukiya Kitamura. Kitamura met Shōhei Imamura when he was a student of Waseda University and became a close friend so often worked with Imamura. Kitamura joined Bungakuza theatre company and started his acting career in 1950. In 1953, he made his film debut with An Inlet of Muddy Water directed by Tadashi Imai.
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Filmography
Television
Taikōki (1965) as Torii Suneemon
Ten to Chi to (1969) as Murakami Yoshikiyo
Haru no Sakamichi (1971) as Shima Sakon
Akō Rōshi (1979) as Ono Kurobei
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983) as Mizuno Tadamasa
Oshin (1983) as Tabokura Daigorō
Aoi (2000) as Maeda Toshiie
Churasan (2001) as Daishin Shimada
Voice acting
Lawrence of Arabia (1978 Nippon TV edition) – Auda Abu Tayi (Anthony Quinn)
Honours
Medal with Purple Ribbon (1989)
Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (1997)
