Hideo Kanze (観世 栄夫, Kanze Hideo, August 3, 1927 – June 8, 2007) was a Japanese actor and director, who specialized in the Noh form of musical drama.
He was the second son of Kanze Tetsunojō VII, a descendant of Kan'ami and Zeami, who founded the Noh movement in the 14th century. Trained alongside his brothers by his father and grandfather, Kanze made his Noh stage debut at the age of three. After World War II ended, Kanze attended the Tokyo Music School, although he dropped out before completing his studies. With his family running one of Japan's five main Noh schools, Kanze was controversially adopted by another school, the Kita group, for 11 years.
His activities caused an uproar in the Noh community, and he quit the movement, acting in conventional drama and films. With the help of his older brother, Hisao Kanze, also an actor, Hideo resumed his career in Noh in 1979.
On May 2, 2007, Kanze was involved in a serious car accident when his car crashed into the median strip on the Chūō Expressway in Tokyo. An elderly female passenger, believed to be a colleague, suffered serious head injuries and died in hospital.
Kanze died just over a month after the accident from intestinal cancer, aged 79.
1999
as Director of a hospital
1995
1995
as Fujihachiro Ushiguni
1989
as Rikyu's Brother-in-Law
1984
1981
as Karino
1979
1977
as Tokura
1975
as Dainagon
1975
1974
1972
as Man
1972
as Shimezu
1971
as Takubei
1970
as Gotô
1970
1969
as Narrator (voice)
1968
as Gonbee
1968
as Mikado
1967
1967
1967
1967
as Yoshinosuke Saigo
1966
as The Master
1966
as Male Patient
1966
as Inagaki, husband of the raped woman
1962
1962
as Policeman
1961
as Nô player