Shidō Nakamura
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Shidō Nakamura is a Japanese actor and kabuki performer known internationally for his roles in films such as "Letters from Iwo Jima" and "Fearless."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shidō Nakamura canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5960554 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shidō Nakamura Context triple: [Letters from Iwo Jima, castMember, Shidō Nakamura]
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A.
Shiro Nakamura
Shiro Nakamura is a renowned Japanese automobile designer best known for his influential work at Nissan, where he shaped the brand’s modern performance and production car lineup.
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B.
Taro Okamoto
Taro Okamoto was a pioneering Japanese avant-garde artist known for his bold abstract works and iconic public sculptures that helped shape postwar Japanese art.
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C.
William Kenzo Nakamura
William Kenzo Nakamura was a Japanese American U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient who served in World War II.
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D.
Tetsu Katayama
Tetsu Katayama was a Japanese socialist politician who served as Japan’s first postwar prime minister and the first from a socialist party.
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E.
Muraji Shimomura
Muraji Shimomura was a Japanese architect known for his role in designing major governmental structures, most notably contributing to the creation of Japan’s National Diet Building.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shidō Nakamura Target entity description: Shidō Nakamura is a Japanese actor and kabuki performer known internationally for his roles in films such as "Letters from Iwo Jima" and "Fearless."
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A.
Shiro Nakamura
Shiro Nakamura is a renowned Japanese automobile designer best known for his influential work at Nissan, where he shaped the brand’s modern performance and production car lineup.
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B.
Taro Okamoto
Taro Okamoto was a pioneering Japanese avant-garde artist known for his bold abstract works and iconic public sculptures that helped shape postwar Japanese art.
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C.
William Kenzo Nakamura
William Kenzo Nakamura was a Japanese American U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient who served in World War II.
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D.
Tetsu Katayama
Tetsu Katayama was a Japanese socialist politician who served as Japan’s first postwar prime minister and the first from a socialist party.
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E.
Muraji Shimomura
Muraji Shimomura was a Japanese architect known for his role in designing major governmental structures, most notably contributing to the creation of Japan’s National Diet Building.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese celebrity
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ kabuki actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Japanese ⓘ |
| familyName | Ogawa ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Mikihiro ⓘ |
| hasGenreSpecialization |
action film
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historical drama ⓘ period drama ⓘ |
| hasInternationalRecognition | true ⓘ |
| industry |
Japanese film industry
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Japanese television industry ⓘ kabuki theatre ⓘ
linked to:
kabuki theater
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| knownFor |
combining kabuki performance with film acting
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international film roles ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Japanese ⓘ |
| name | Shidō Nakamura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 中村獅童 ⓘ |
| notableRole |
appearance in Death Note live-action films
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appearance in Fearless ⓘ appearance in Letters from Iwo Jima ⓘ appearance in Ping Pong ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Death Note
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linked to:
Death Note franchise
Fearless ⓘ Ichi the Killer ⓘ Letters from Iwo Jima ⓘ Ping Pong ⓘ Red Cliff ⓘ The Last Samurai ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ kabuki performer ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| performingArt |
kabuki
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linked to:
kabuki theater
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| regionOfActivity |
East Asia
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Japan ⓘ international film market ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shidō Nakamura Description of subject: Shidō Nakamura is a Japanese actor and kabuki performer known internationally for his roles in films such as "Letters from Iwo Jima" and "Fearless."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.