Seizaburô Kawazu

Seizaburô Kawazu (河津 清三郎, Kawazu Seizaburô, August 30, 1908 - February 20, 1983) is a Japanese actor. His real name is Seiichi Nakajima (中島 誠一, Nakajima Seiichi). Hiss old stage names are Seiichi Kawazu (河津 精一, Kawazu Seiichi) and Shiro Kawazu (河津 史郎, Kawazu Shiro). He made his first apperence in the Hanzuma-Tachibana-Universal Studio, and after transferring to Makino Production, became a young historical drama star after Kunitaro Sawamura, another kabuki actor.
After that, he joined Shinko Kinema and starred in many films as a signboard star of an actor, and after the Second World War, Kawazu played an active role as a supporting role of individuality. His well known films would be Yojimbo (1961), The Invisible Avenger (1954) and Rônin-gai (1957). His first wife, Keiko Takatsu, was an actress and his son, Kimio Nakajima, was an artist. 
== Career ==
Kawazu ran away from his adopted parents at age 17 to join an acting troupe in 1925. He joined up with Bantsuma-Universal, a jointly owned Japanese-American production company, and made his film debut in 1927. The next year, however, the studio was dissolved and he bounced back and forth between studios over the next decade, finally signing with PCL (Toho’s predecessor) in 1937. During this time he became a reputable actor in serious dramas, his rising star coinciding with fellow actor Minoru Takada.
He served briefly with the Japanese military; his tour only lasted 4 months. After the war he played mostly supporting roles, and became well-known for a number of seedy, gangster villain types. He’s best known as one of the two rival clan leaders in Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo (1961).
== Films ==
* All films on IMDB