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Masanobu Ando
Actor · Director
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1975Born, Kawasaki
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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…
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Battle RoyaleKazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6)
Rurouni Kenshin: The BeginningShinsaku Takasugi
Sukiyaki Western DjangoYoichi
City HunterHideyuki Makimura
Sadako vs. KayakoKeizō Tokiwa2025The Royal FamilyHiroshi Hironaka · 10 episodesShow
2024Stay MumYasuo InukaiMovie
2024City HunterHideyuki MakimuraMovie
2024House of the OwlIchiro Ogami · 10 episodesShow
2024The Yin Yang Master ZeroSadafumi HeguriMovie
2024DestinyOkuda Takashi · 9 episodesShow
2023My Second AoharuHinata Shogo · 10 episodesShow
2023Rohan at the LouvreRyunosuke TatsumiMovie
2022The Setting SunJiro UeharaMovie
2022Thousand and One NightsYoji TamuraMovie
2022Pandora's FruitCaen Karl · 16 episodesShow
2022Fishbowl WivesTakuya Hiraga · 8 episodesShow
2022My Brother, The Android And MeMovie
2022GossipMasaki Niwa · 11 episodesShow
2021Tokyo Houchi ShokudoKotaro Higashi · 8 episodesShow
2021Rurouni Kenshin: The BeginningShinsaku TakasugiMovie
2021The Ideal ManMitsuyasu · 8 episodesShow
2021ZOKKIMovie
2021The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't KillSuzukiMovie
2021SakuraDirectorMovie
2020DIVER -Special Investigation Unit-Naoya Date（伊達 直哉） · 5 episodesShow
2020The Sun Does Not MoveOsamu Sakurai · 6 episodesShow
2020The Ship of TheseusMikio Kimura · 10 episodesShow
2019TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」Movie
2019VoiceKyosuke Kuon · 10 episodesShow
2019Your Turn to KillGo Sano · 20 episodesShow
2019それを愛とまちがえるから5 episodesShow
2019Day and NightKenichi KitamuraMovie
2019Cheers to Miki ClinicMiki Shouichirou · 10 episodesShow
2018Black Scandal10 episodesShow
2018Lenses on Her HeartYuji KibaMovie
2018Love and FortuneTsuchiya Jo · 12 episodesShow
2018Code Blue: The MovieHiroki ShinkaiMovie
2018Still Life of MemoriesHarumaMovie
2017An Emblem Dedicated To YouKamimura RenMovie
2016シリーズ・横溝正史短編集Haruki Kagawa · 1 episodeShow
2016Ushijima the Loan Shark The FinalHajime GakutoMovie
2016A Flower AflameYasunori OchiMovie
2016Sadako vs. KayakoKeizō TokiwaMovie
2016KokoroJiroMovie
2016Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: GraduationYasuiMovie
2016Koi no sanriku ressha kon de iko!Osako Tatsuya · 3 episodesShow
2015Gonin SagaSeiji ShikineMovie
2015No No SleepJapanese ManMovie
2015Beautiful 2015Movie
2015The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk1 episodeShow
2013Petal DanceNaotoMovie
2013Self-Bondage: All Tied Up with My Own RopeShuji YamuraMovie
2012Keigo Higashino Mysteries11 episodesShow
2012Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq BaleGenji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clanMovie
2011SmugglerSpineMovie
2011Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow BridgeGenji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clanMovie
2011Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun FlagGenji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clanMovie
2011The Butcher, the Chef, and the SwordsmanThe MuteMovie
2008Forever EnthralledRyuichi TanakaMovie
2008Code BlueShinkai Hiroki · 10 episodesShow
2007Sukiyaki Western DjangoYoichiMovie
2007Nightmare DetectiveDetective WakamiyaMovie
2006SakuranSeijiMovie
2006CricketsTaichiMovie
2006Strawberry ShortcakesKikuchiMovie
2006Green Mind, Metal BatsIshiokaMovie
2006Big Bang Love, Juvenile AShiro KazukiMovie
2005AegisDon-cholMovie
2005SynesthesiaTakashi NoharaMovie
2004Black KissTatsuo SorayamaMovie
200469AdamaMovie
2003Karaoke TerrorSugiokaMovie
2003SHORT FILMSDirectorMovie
2002DriveKodama MakatoMovie
2002Tokyo 10+01FakeMovie
2001Red ShadowAkakageMovie
2001Transparent: Tribute to a Sad GeniusKenichi SatomiMovie
2000Battle RoyaleKazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6)Movie
2000MondayMitsuo KondoMovie
2000Space TravelersMakoto FujimotoMovie
2000School Ghost Story: Curse SpecialSatôMovie
1999Railroad ManToshiyuki YoshiokaMovie
1999Adrenaline DriveSatoru SuzukiMovie
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