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