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
Sadako vs. Kayako (2016)
as Keizō Tokiwa
Kids Return (1996)
as Shinji
City Hunter (2024)
as Hideyuki Makimura
Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius (2001)
as Kenichi Satomi
Sakuran (2006)
as Seiji
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation (2016)
as Yasui
No No Sleep (2015)
as Japanese Man
The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill (2021)
as Suzuki
Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
as Yoichi
Still Life of Memories (2018)
as Haruma
Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final (2016)
as Hajime Gakuto
Railroad Man (1999)
as Toshiyuki Yoshioka
Code Blue: The Movie (2018)
as Hiroki Shinkai
Nightmare Detective (2007)
as Detective Wakamiya
Kokoro (2016)
as Jiro
Monday (2000)
as Mitsuo Kondo
SHORT FILMS (2003)
Actor
Smuggler (2011)
as Spine
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge (2011)
as Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
69 (2004)
as Adama
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag (2011)
as Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
The Yin Yang Master Zero (2024)
as Sadafumi Heguri
Adrenaline Drive (1999)
as Satoru Suzuki
The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman (2011)
as The Mute
Tokyo 10+01 (2002)
as Fake
Forever Enthralled (2008)
as Ryuichi Tanaka
ZOKKI (2021)
Actor
Space Travelers (2000)
as Makoto Fujimoto
A Flower Aflame (2016)
as Yasunori Ochi
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (2006)
as Shiro Kazuki
Day and Night (2019)
as Kenichi Kitamura
Karaoke Terror (2003)
as Sugioka
Aegis (2005)
as Don-chol
Strawberry Shortcakes (2006)
as Kikuchi
Innocent World (1998)
as Takuya
Black Kiss (2004)
as Tatsuo Sorayama
Drive (2002)
as Kodama Makato
Crickets (2006)
as Taichi
Petal Dance (2013)
as Naoto
Self-Bondage: All Tied Up with My Own Rope (2013)
as Shuji Yamura
Synesthesia (2005)
as Takashi Nohara
Lenses on Her Heart (2018)
as Yuji Kiba
Rohan at the Louvre (2023)
as Ryunosuke Tatsumi
Rex: A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
Actor
Red Shadow (2001)
as Akakage
Stay Mum (2024)
as Yasuo Inukai
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (2012)
as Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
An Emblem Dedicated To You (2017)
as Kamimura Ren
School Ghost Story: Curse Special (2000)
as Satô
Green Mind, Metal Bats (2006)
as Ishioka
Making of 'Battle Royale' (2000)
as Self
Gonin Saga (2015)
as Seiji Shikine
TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」 (2019)
Actor
The Setting Sun (2022)
as Jiro Uehara
Beautiful 2015 (2015)
Actor
Thousand and One Nights (2022)
as Yoji Tamura
My Brother, The Android And Me (2022)
Actor
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE (2001)
as Self
Making-of Kids Return (1996)
as Himself
Sakura (2021)
Actor