Kazuo Kitamura | |
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Born | Tokyo, Japan | 11 March 1927
Died | 6 May 2007 | (aged 80)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1950–2007 |
Kazuo Kitamura (北村 和夫, Kitamura Kazuo, 11 March 1927 – 6 May 2007) was a Japanese actor. His son is actor Yukiya Kitamura.[1][2][3] Kitamura met Shōhei Imamura when he was a student of Waseda University and became a close friend so often worked with Imamura.[2][4][5] Kitamura joined Bungakuza theatre company and started his acting career in 1950.[5] In 1953, he made his film debut with An Inlet of Muddy Water directed by Tadashi Imai.[6]