THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
Nakamura Kanzaburo in "Kamiyui Shinza" (Shinza the barber) at Tokyo's Kabukiza in 2005 (Provided by Shochiku Co.)
Nakamura Kanzaburo in 2010 (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Nakamura Kanzaburo responds to cheers during his tour in Konpira Kabuki in Kotohira, Kagawa Prefecture, in 2010. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Nakamura Kanzaburo, one of the leading lights of the Kabuki stage, died Dec. 5 at a Tokyo hospital. He was 57.