Kaoru Nakagawa

Kaoru Nakagawa (中川薫) was a Japanese actor, artist, art director and background artist who was known for his art direction on Hong Kong films from 1953 to 1989.

He is the father of animator Keiichirō Nakagawa and grandfather of voice actress.

Biography
Nakagawa was born in Toyota, Aichi on June 28, 1921.

At the age of 7, Nakagawa started his acting career. He starred in over 800 Japanese silent films.

In 1950, Nakagawa and his family won a lottery and took a trip to Hong Kong, where he would go on to become an artist and art director 3 years later.

On November 20, 2006, Nakagawa died from cardiac arrest. His remains were cremated two days later and his ashes interred at the Higanbana Cemetery in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture.