- Hideo Kanze
was a Japanese actor and director, who specialized in the
Noh form of musical drama.He was the second son of Tetsunojo Kanze VII, a descendent of Kan'ami and
Zeami Motokiyo , 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. AfterWorld 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 controversially was 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. [ [http://www.kansai.gr.jp/KansaiWindowHtml/News/2004-e/20040407_NEWS.HTML Noh performance of Paul Claudel's drama in verse] , "Kippo News",
April 7 ,2004 .]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 theChūō Expressway inTokyo . An elderly female passenger, believed to be a work colleague, suffered serious head injuries and died in hospital. [ [http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:aHDy1FOVSjQJ:mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/archive/news/2007/05/03/20070503p2a00m0na001000c.html+%22hideo+kanze%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=8&gl=au Veteran Noh actor Hideo Kanze crashes car, killing passenger] , "Mainichi Shimbun ",May 3 ,2007 .]Kanze died just over a month after the accident from intestinal cancer, aged 79. [ [http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/entertainment/news/20070608p2a00m0et015000c.html Noh director and actor Hideo Kanze dies at 79] , "
Mainichi Shimbun ",June 8 ,2007 .]References
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