Seishirō Nishida Explained

Seishirō Nishida
Native Name:西田 聖志郎
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:3 May 1955
Birth Place:Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Nationality:Japanese
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:1981 -

[1] is a Japanese actor.

Biography

Nishida was born in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture. He has a family relationship Bakumatsu scholar and poet Hatta Tomonori. Nishida graduated from Kagoshima Municipal Kamoike Junior High School, from Kagoshima Prefectural Konan High School, and from Nihon University College of Art.

After graduating from university he started performing in the theater. Nishida's acting experience was from the film, Mr. Mrs. Miss Lonely. He debuted in the television drama, Kaikyō.

While acting, Nishida once debuted as a singer in 1984 with the single, "Amadare". Since he is born in Kagoshima, he gives a Kagoshima dialect in television dramas.[2]

Nishida also became a producer and created an office called Paddy House.

Filmography

TV series

YearTitleRoleNetworkNotes
1988 Tabaruzaka
1990 Tobu ga Gotoku Shinohara Kunimoto
1991 Minamoto no Yoshitsune NTV
2000 Aoi Tokugawa Sandai NHK
Atsuhime NHK
2010 Ryōmaden Ōyama Hikohachi NHK
2011 Chōchō-san: Saigo no Bushi no Musume Head clerk
2012 One no Kanata ni: Chichi to Musuko no Nikkō-ki Tsuiraku Jiko Barber

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 Tokyo Heaven
2013 Rokuga Tsudō no Sanshimai Shinpei Arima

Stage

YearTitleNotes
2008 Tengoku ni itte 3ttsu-me no Door Lead role
2009 Rokuga Tsudō no Sanshimai

Dialect

YearTitleNetworkNotes
2000 Atsuhime NHK
2004 Shinsengumi! NHK
2009 Saka no Ue no Kumo NHK

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 西田 聖志郎. ja. 2 May 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304212757/http://earthpictures.web.fc2.com/profile_nishida.html. 4 March 2016.
  2. Web site: 大河ドラマ「篤姫」の方言指導について. https://web.archive.org/web/20080211131251/http://www.373news.com/_bunka/atuhime/080131.php. dead. 11 February 2008. Tenshōin Atsuhime. ja. Minami Nihon Shimbun. 31 January 2008.