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