Born into a large and renowned
Kabuki acting family from the
Kansai region (more precisely
Osaka and
Kyoto), his father was Toshio Hayashi, a well-known kabuki actor and film actor (known for starring in films in the jidaigeki genre) and his mother was Reiko Kitami, a film actress with an extensive list of roles in cinema and in different genres. He is also the great-grandson of Nakamura Ganjirō I and the great-great-grandson of Nakamura Kanjaku III, two of the most important Kabuki actors of the
Meiji era. Due to this family relationship, he is related to some of the most important Kabuki actors of the
Showa and
Heisei eras, such as
Nakamura Ganjirō II,
Sakata Tōjūrō IV, Nakamura Ganjirō IV, and Nakamura Senjaku III. ==Selected filmography==