FrameThrower · Actors · Ganjirō Nakamura II
Ganjirō Nakamura II
2 films · 115 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1957–1959
Born 17 February 1902 · Osaka, Japan · died 13 April 1983
Nakamura Ganjirō II was a Japanese kabuki and film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1941 and 1980, directed by notable filmmakers such as Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Akira Kurosawa, and Mikio Naruse.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 115 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1957–1959
- Person of Cultural Merit1980
- Medal with Purple Ribbon1968
- Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor1959
How their films are shot
Measured across 115 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Ganjirō takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 53% of their frames are day, 47% natural — the look of the work Ganjirō takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 115 frames from Ganjirō Nakamura II's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.