He made efforts to revive Kansai Kabuki, establishing the 'Shichinin no Kai' (a Kabuki study group created by seven Kamigata actors) in 1958 jointly with his younger brother, Ganjiro NAKAMURA the second, Nizaemon KATAOKA the 13th and Enjaku JITSUKAWA the third, etc., and participating in the 'Nizaemon Kabuki' subsequent thereto.
1958年（昭和33年）には弟・二代目中村鴈治郎や片岡仁左衛門(13代目)、實川延若(3代目)らとともに「七人の会」を立ち上げ、つづく「仁左衛門歌舞伎」にも参加するなど、関西歌舞伎の復興に尽力した。