Kabuki veteran actor Nakamura Kanzaburo (real name Namino Noriaki) passed away at the age of 57 on 5 Dec at 2.33am due to acute respiratory distress syndrome at a Tokyo hospital. Nakamura had announced in June this year that he was suffering from esophageal cancer and had a successful surgery in July. However, with the continued usage of anti-cancer medicine which caused his immunity level to go down, this led to pneumonia and then respiratory failure.
In the statement released by his wife Namino Yoshie and his sons Nakamura Kankuro and Shichinosuke, they mentioned that the late Kanzaburo had looked forward to returning to the kabuki stage in April next year but it was a pity that it was not meant to be. They also thanked everyone who had supported Kanzaburo throughout his lifetime.
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