Tetsu Nakamura

, known professionally as , was a Japanese-Canadian actor and baritone. He was active in feature films from the 1940s to the 1980s.

Early years Nakamura was born in Vancouver to Japanese parents. His father was a British Columbia lumber executive and a semi-pro baseball player with the Vancouver Asahi, which Nakamura himself later joined in 1926, though his promising career was cut short due to a shoulder injury. He studied at Britannia Secondary School before enrolling at a music academy to become a baritone singer. His nickname as a child was "Sally". Writing about Tokyo File 212 in his book Korean War Filmography, Robert J. Lentz opined that "Nakamura [was] smooth and oily as the villain Oyama, who at heart [was] as much a capitalist as a Communist".

His other prominent roles include Dr. Robert Suzuki in George Breakston's science-fiction horror film The Manster (1962), Japanese Ambassador in the international co-production Red Sun (1971), Dr. Kawamoto in the B-movie The Last Dinosaur (1977) and other roles in Oriental Evil (1951), Futari no hitomi (1952), The H-Man (1958), Mothra (1961), The Lost World of Sinbad (1963) and Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi (1965).

He was also supervised the translation and dubbing of English-language films, and featured in the Japanese dubs of the Walt Disney Animated films Pinocchio (1940), Cinderella (1950), Lady and the Tramp (1955), and Sleeping Beauty (1959).

He appeared on television well into the 1980s. In addition to acting, Nakamura also performed as a jazz vocalist until around the mid-1970s, and hosted an English-language program on NHK.

Personal life With his wife Sachi, Nakamura was the father of mangaka Yū Terashima (born 1949). In 2020, Terashima published a Japanese-language biography of his father.

Death Nakamura died of heart failure on August 3, 1992 in Kiyose of heart failure, at the age of 82.

Partial filmography

Ano hata o ute (1944) Kôfuku eno shôtai (1947) Koun no isu (1948) Tokyo File 212 (1951) - Mr. Oyama Oriental Evil (1951) - Noritomu Moriaji Geisha Girl (1952) - Tetsu Nakano Futari no hitomi (1952) Senkan Yamato (1953) Madame Butterfly (1954) - Yamadori Tokyo da you okkasan (1957) The Mysterians (1957) - Dr. Koda The H-Man (1958) - Mr. Chin, gangster Yaju shisubeshi (1959) The Manster (1959) - Dr. Robert Suzuki Wakai koibitotachi (1959) - Customer at Bar B Kaoyaku to bakudan musume (1959) Samurai to oneechan (1960) - Daisaku Tsubaki Storm Over the Pacific (1960) Gasu ningen dai 1 gô (1960) - Journalist The Big Wave (1961) - Toru's Father Honkon no yoru (1961) Mothra (1961) - Nelson's Henchman Attack Squadron! (1963) Gojuman-nin no isan (1963) - Asian man Interpol Códe 8 (1963) - Binh Hoa The Lost World of Sinbad (1963) - Chief Archer Atragon (1963) - Warship Captain Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Tora no kiba (1964) - Okada Hi no ataru isu (1965) Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi (1965) - Sritai Kureji no daiboken (1965) Nippon ichi no gorigan otoko (1966) Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Zettai zetsu (1967) - Head of ZZZ Hong Kong Branch Office Latitude Zero (1969) - Dr. Okada Space Amoeba (1970) - Chieftain Ombo Red Sun (1971) - Japanese Ambassador Tidal Wave (1973) - Philippines Ambassador to United Nations Marco (1973) - Sea Captain Karei-naru ichizoku (1974) - Shirakawa Mastermind (1976) - Mr. Hiruta The Last Dinosaur (1977) - Dr. Kawamoto (final film role)