Masanobu Ando
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Masanobu Ando (安藤 政信, Andō Masanobu, born May 19, 1975 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actor and director. For his second film, in 1996, he won the Film Academy of Japan's Best New Actor Award, starring in Takeshi Kitano's Kids Return. Ando has extensive experience in both Japanese television drama and film and has played a large variety of different roles: mentally challenged (Innocent World), bank robber (Space Travelers, Drive), doctor (Transparent), ninja and samurai (Red Shadow), even a corpse (Monday). Out of all of Ando's characters, he is best known for his role as Kazuo Kiriyama, the heartless, psychopathic killer in the controversial film, Battle Royale (2000). He also played an art forger in the low-budget Battle Royale parody Tokyo 10+01 (2003). As well as acting, Ando has been in Japanese ad campaigns for the popular Japanese snack food, Pocky, Toyota, and for DoCoMo mobile phones. In 2003, he directed his first film, Adagietto. Sehr langsam, starring Japanese actress, Kumiko Aso. The short is included in Hiroyuki Nakano's Peacedelic compilation called Short Films. In it, he also stars in the short, 県道スター (loosely translated to "Prefectural road star"). In his spare time, he enjoys photography and shopping Description above from the Wikipedia article Masanobu Ando, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
Credits
Battle Royale (2000)
as Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6)
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021)
as Shinsaku Takasugi
City Hunter (2024)
as Hideyuki Makimura
Sadako vs. Kayako (2016)
as Keizō Tokiwa
Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
as Yoichi
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge (2011)
as Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
A Flower Aflame (2016)
as Yasunori Ochi
Railroad Man (1999)
as Toshiyuki Yoshioka
Sakuran (2006)
as Seiji
69 (2004)
as Adama
Rohan at the Louvre (2023)
as Ryunosuke Tatsumi
Red Shadow (2001)
as Akakage
Kids Return (1996)
as Shinji
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag (2011)
as Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
Still Life of Memories (2018)
as Haruma
Code Blue: The Movie (2018)
as Hiroki Shinkai
No No Sleep (2015)
as Japanese Man
Forever Enthralled (2008)
as Ryuichi Tanaka
Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius (2001)
as Kenichi Satomi
Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final (2016)
as Hajime Gakuto
Space Travelers (2000)
as Makoto Fujimoto
Kokoro (2016)
as Jiro
Smuggler (2011)
as Spine
The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill (2021)
as Suzuki
Drive (2002)
as Kodama Makato
Black Kiss (2004)
as Tatsuo Sorayama
The Yin Yang Master Zero (2024)
as Sadafumi Heguri
SHORT FILMS (2003)
Actor
Karaoke Terror (2003)
as Sugioka
Aegis (2005)
as Don-chol
Strawberry Shortcakes (2006)
as Kikuchi
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation (2016)
as Yasui
The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman (2011)
as The Mute
Rex: A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
Actor
Gonin Saga (2015)
as Seiji Shikine
Monday (2000)
as Mitsuo Kondo
Stay Mum (2024)
as Yasuo Inukai
Adrenaline Drive (1999)
as Satoru Suzuki
An Emblem Dedicated To You (2017)
as Kamimura Ren
Tokyo 10+01 (2002)
as Fake
Day and Night (2019)
as Kenichi Kitamura
ZOKKI (2021)
Actor
Nightmare Detective (2007)
as Detective Wakamiya
Petal Dance (2013)
as Naoto
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (2006)
as Shiro Kazuki
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (2012)
as Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
Self-Bondage: All Tied Up with My Own Rope (2013)
as Shuji Yamura
Thousand and One Nights (2022)
as Yoji Tamura
Sakura (2021)
Actor
School Ghost Story: Curse Special (2000)
as Satô
My Brother, The Android And Me (2022)
Actor
Innocent World (1998)
as Takuya
Synesthesia (2005)
as Takashi Nohara
Beautiful 2015 (2015)
Actor
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE (2001)
as Self
Lenses on Her Heart (2018)
as Yuji Kiba
Crickets (2006)
as Taichi
Making-of Kids Return (1996)
as Himself
Making of 'Battle Royale' (2000)
as Self
The Setting Sun (2022)
as Jiro Uehara
TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」 (2019)
Actor
Green Mind, Metal Bats (2006)
as Ishioka