Tamao Nakamura

Tamao Nakamura (中村 玉緒, Nakamura Tamao) (born July 12, 1939 in Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese actress.^[1][2] Her father is kabuki actor Nakamura Ganjirō II.^[1][2]

Tamao Nakamura
中村 玉緒
Born	(1939-07-12) July 12, 1939 (age 85) Kyoto, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1953–present
Agent	Nagara Production
Spouse	Shintaro Katsu ​ ​ (m. 1961; died 1997)​
Parent	Nakamura Ganjirō II
Relatives	Nakamura Kanjaku III (great-grandfather) Nakamura Ganjirō I (grandfather) Sakata Tōjūrō IV (older brother) Nakamura Ganjirō IV (nephew) Nakamura Senjaku III (nephew) Nakamura Kazutarō (great-nephew) Nakamura Toranosuke (great-nephew)

She was scouted by director Teruo Ogiyama and made her film debut with Kageko to Yukie when she was a junior high school student.^[2] After graduating junior high school, she signed her contract with Daiei film company in 1954.^[2] She married actor Shintaro Katsu in 1962.^[2][1]

Filmography

Film

• Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord (1954)
• Three Stripes in the Sun (1955)
• Flowery Brothers (1956)
• Sisters of the Gion (1956)
• Zangiku monogatari (1956)
• An Osaka Story (1957)
• Onibi Kago (1957)
• The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958)
• Nuregami kenpō (1958)
• Enjō (1958)
• The Demon of Mount Oe (1960)^[3]
• Scar Yosaburo (1960)
• Satan's Sword (1960)^[4]
• Satan's Sword II (1960)^[4]
• The Human Condition (1961)
• Ten Dark Women (1961)
• Satan's Sword III (1961)^[4]
• Enter Kyōshirō Nemuri the Swordman (1963) as Chisa
• Taking The Castle (1965)
• The Man Without a Map (1968)
• The River with No Bridge (1992)
• The Inugami (2006)
• Ninja Kids!!! (2011), Shina Yamamoto
• Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura (2017), Kin
• The One I Long to See (2023)^[5]
• The Rightman (2025)^[6]

Television

• Shin Heike Monogatari (1972), Taira no Tokiko^[7]
• Hissatsu Shikakenin (1972)
• Hissatsu Shiokiya Kagyō (1975)
• Abarenbō Shōgun repeating role as mother of title character
• Beppin san (2016), Tokuko Bandō^[8]