Masanari Nihei

Masanari Nihei
Born
Masanari Nihei

(1940-12-09)9 December 1940
Tokyo, Japan
Died21 August 2021(2021-08-21) (aged 80)
OccupationActor

Masanari Nihei (二瓶 正也, Nihei Masanari, 9 December 1940 – 21 August 2021) was a Japanese actor. He played Mitsuhiro Ide in Ultraman, having won the role when originally cast actor Susumu Ishikawa left the production.[1]

Death

Masanari Nihei died on 21 August 2021 due to aspiration pneumonia. His funeral was held privately by his close relatives.[2][3]

Selected filmography

Film

  • Kane-dukuri taikô-ki (1960)
  • Ankokugai no dankon (1961)
  • Nasake muyo no wana (1961)
  • As a Wife, As a Woman (1961)
  • Nakito gozansu (1961)
  • Mothra (1961) - Dam Policeman / Infant Island Islander (uncredited)
  • Witness Killed (1961)
  • Gorath (1962) - Itô - Astronaut of Ôtori
  • Dobunezumi sakusen (1962)
  • Nihon ichi no wakadaishô (1962)
  • Gekkyû dorobo (1962)
  • Sengoku yarô (1963)
  • Chintao yôsai bakugeki meirei (1963)
  • Ichi ka bachi ka (1963)
  • Ringo no hana saku machi (1963) - Takuya Igarashi
  • The Lost World of Sinbad (1963) - Rebel
  • Eburi manshi no yûga-na seikatsu (1963)
  • Kyô mo ware ôzora ni ari (1964)
  • Aa bakudan (1964) - Tatsumi
  • Nippon ichi no horafuki otoko (1964) - Construction Worker
  • Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kayaku no taru (1964) - Seinen Miyaji
  • Hana no oedo no musekinin (1964)
  • Samurai Assassin (1965) - Ronin
  • Nippon ichi no goma suri otoko (1965)
  • Taiheiyô kiseki no sakusen: Kisuka (1965)
  • Senjo ni nagareru uta (1965)
  • Kureji no daiboken (1965)
  • Ereki no Wakadaishō (1965) - Nishina / The Drummer of The Young Beats
  • Onna no naka ni iru tanin (1966)
  • Nippon ichi no gorigan otoko (1966)
  • Kureji da yo: kisôtengai (1966) - Yokota
  • Kureji daisakusen (1966)
  • The Age of Assassins (1967) - Pappy
  • Ultraman (1968) - Mitsuhiro Ide
  • Nippon ichi no danzetsu otoko (1969)
  • Kiki kaikai ore wa dareda?! (1969) - Henchman
  • Hangyaku no Melody (1970)
  • Dodesukaden (1970) - 4th Man calling out
  • Nippon ichi no warunori otoko (1970)
  • Nippon ichi no shokku otoko (1971)
  • A Man′s World (1971) - Aoki
  • Nippon sanjûshi: Osaraba Tokyo no maki (1972) - Gen-san
  • Isoge! Wakamono (1974) - Matsuo
  • Shirauo (1977)
  • Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari kôen mae hashutsujo (1977)
  • Hakunetsu Dead Heat (1977)
  • Dainamaito don don (1978) - Inukai
  • Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle (1979) - Mitsuhiro Ide
  • Ultraman (1979) - Mitsuhiro Ide
  • Disciples of Hippocrates (1980) - Reporter
  • Haithîn bugi (1982)
  • Arashi o yobu otoko (1983) - Club manager
  • Aitsu to lullaby (1983) - Takimoto
  • Fireflies in the North (1984) - Tomosaburo Kumagai
  • Usugeshô (1985)
  • Ultraman Zearth (1996) - Photographer
  • Revive! Ultraman (1996, Short) - Mitsuhiro Ide (archive footage)
  • Ultraman Zearth 2 (1997) - Photographer
  • Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact (2001)
  • Daikessen! Chô urutora 8 kyôdai (2008) - Owner of Cheep Candy Shop (final film role)

Television

References

  1. ^ Ragona, August (2007). Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters: Defending the Earth with Ultraman and Godzilla. Chronicle Books. p. 120. ISBN 9780811860789.
  2. ^ "俳優の二瓶正也さん死去 「ウルトラマン」のイデ隊員" (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  3. ^ "「ウルトラマン」イデ隊員役の二瓶正也さん誤嚥性肺炎で死去、80歳" (in Japanese). Livedoor News. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.


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