
Kinnosuke Nakamura
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 20, 1932
- Died
- March 10, 1997 (aged 64)
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Yorozuya Kinnosuke (萬屋錦之介) was a Japanese kabuki actor. Born Kin'ichi Ogawa (小川 錦一 Ogawa Kin'ichi), son of kabuki actor Nakamura Tokizō III, he entered kabuki and became the first in the kabuki tradition to take the name Nakamura Kinnosuke. He took on his guild name (yagō) Yorozuya as his surname in 1971. In addition to his kabuki activity, Kinnosuke had an extensive film career. A specialist in jidaigeki, Kinnosuke appeared in more than 140 films. These include a 1957 Mito Kōmon and a 1961 appearance as the title character in the Toei Company's Miyamoto Musashi series (a role he reprised in 1962, 1963, 1964, and 1965, and again in 1971). A versatile actor, he has played as many as seven characters in a single film.
Known For

Goyokin

Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

The Fall of Ako Castle

Samurai Banners

Incident at Blood Pass

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

Revenge

Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn

Death of a Tea Master

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
Photos
Filmography

Hana no Ran
TV · as Yamana Sōzen · 37 eps
The Four Beast Guardians 5 - Scarecrow Hanbei's Lawless Journey
Movie · as Yorozuya Kinnosuke(as Yorozuya Kinnosuke)
Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit
Movie

The Yagyu Code 4: A Duel of Conviction
Movie · as Yagyu Munenori

The Yagyu Code: Secret Scrolls
Movie · as Tajima-no-Kami Yagyu & Fugetsusai Yamada

Death of a Tea Master
Movie · as Urakusai Oda

Tabaruzaka
TV · as Katsu Kaishû · 2 eps

The Last True Yakuza
Movie · as Kadota

The Fugitive Samurai
Movie · as Itto Ogami

Lone Wolf and Cub
Movie · as Ogami Ittō
子連れ狼
TV · 1 ep

A Tale of Two Truncheons
TV · 13 eps

Gate of Youth 2
Movie · as Eiji Niki

Blades of the Yagyu
TV · 13 eps

Ryoma Goes His Way
TV · 13 eps

Baian the Assassin
Movie · as Baian Fujieda

Sword of Destiny
Movie

Japanese Criminal Records: Kanazawa Chapter
Movie

The Man of Five Rings
TV · as Miyamoto Musashi · 1 ep

Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
Movie · as Matsudaira Katamori (Lord of Aizu)

Nichiren
Movie

The Shogun Assassins
Movie · as Tokugawa Ieyasu

Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy
Movie · as Yagyu Tajima

The Fall of Ako Castle
Movie · as Oishi Kuranosuke

Japanese Criminal Records: Secret Magistrate
Movie

Yabure Shinkurō
TV · as Shinkuro · 25 eps

The Wild Bugyo
TV · 39 eps

The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles
TV · as Tadashiro Hiramatsu · 26 eps

Swordsman With the Torn Umbrella
TV · as 叶 刀舟 · 131 eps

子連れ狼2
TV · 1 ep

Lone Wolf and Cub
TV · as Ittô Ogami · 78 eps

子連れ狼 (萬屋錦之介版)
TV · 1 ep

Wandering Wolf: Ryu the Branded Cross
TV · 26 eps

Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death
Movie · as Musashi Miyamoto

Challenge at Dawn
Movie

Haru no Sakamichi
TV · as Yagyū Munenori · 52 eps

Incident at Blood Pass
Movie · as Heima Ibuki

The Ambitious
Movie · as Ryoma Sakamoto

Will to Conquer
Movie · as Yatarō Iwasaki

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Movie · as Fujita Arima

Samurai Banners
Movie · as Shingen Takeda

Portrait of Hell
Movie · as Lord Hosokawa

The Magoichi Saga
Movie · as Saika Magoichi

Goyokin
Movie · as Samon Fujimaki
The Day the Sun Rose
Movie · as Shinkichi

Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Movie · as Samanosuke / Tange Sazen

Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
Movie · as Kutsukake Tokijiro

Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
Movie

Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Movie · as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo

Three Yakuza
Movie

Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
Movie · as 織田信長

Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
Movie

The Flower and the Dragon
Movie

Revenge
Movie · as Shinpachi Ezaki

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Movie · as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo

The Domain
Movie

The Sharks
Movie

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Movie · as Jirozaemon / Iikura / Sajiemon / Kyutaro / Shuzo / Shingo / Osamu / Susumu

Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
Movie · as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo

Sasuke and His Comedians
Movie · as Sasuke

A Fishmonger's Tour
Movie

Tokaido Fullhouse
Movie

Yakuza of Seki
Movie · as Yataro of Seki

Lady Sen and Hideyori
Movie · as Toyotomi Hideyori

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Movie · as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo

In Search of Mother
Movie · as Banba no Chutaro

A Carpenter and Children
Movie

A Revengeful Raid
Movie

Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
Movie

Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
Movie

Miyamoto Musashi
Movie · as Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)

The Conspirator
Movie

Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
Movie

The Ako Retainers
Movie · as Wakisaka Awajinomori

An Edo Magistrate
Movie · as Chu/Tadasuke

The Shogun and the Fishmonger
Movie

Works of the Fish Man
Movie

Shinran
Movie

Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
Movie

Shinran, Part II
Movie

Yakuza of Ina
Movie · as Yataro

Unwieldy Brothers
Movie

Scarier than the Devil
Movie

Road of Chivalry
Movie

Samurai Vagabonds
Movie

Lord Mito: All Star Version
Movie

Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun
Movie

House of Spider Webs
Movie

A Spectacular Showdown
Movie · as Sunosaki no Masakichi

Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Movie · as Chubei Kameya

Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
Movie · as Oda Nobunaga

Souls in the Moonlight III
Movie · as Utsugi Hyoma

Diary of a Wandering Lord
Movie

Hawk of the North
Movie · as Date Masamune

Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men
Movie

The Forbidden Castle
Movie

Yaji and Kita's Ghost Story Journey
Movie

The Traveling Ruffian
Movie

Wind, Woman and Road
Movie · as Ginji

The Abandoned Swords
Movie

Noble Tasuke
Movie

A Chivalrous Spirit
Movie · as Onikichi

Bull's Eye of Love
Movie · as Genta / Young Lord Genjiro

Roughneck From Asama
Movie · as Itaro of Asama

Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2
Movie · as Genji Kurô

Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger
Movie
The Sword Knows
Movie

Souls in the Moonlight II
Movie · as Utsugi Hyoma

Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
Movie

Lofty Ambitions
Movie

Ghost Ship Part 1
Movie · as Jiromaru

Ghost Ship Part 2
Movie · as Jiromaru

Lord Mito
Movie

Shimizu Port of Chivalry
Movie · as Mori no Ishimatsu

Tales of Young Genji Kuro
Movie · as Genji Kurô

The Seven Vows, Part 2
Movie

The Seven Vows, Part 3
Movie

Rebellion
Movie · as Chikara

Souls in the Moonlight
Movie · as Hyoma Utsugi

Travel Romances
Movie

Sedge Hat
Movie

Goblin of Rashomon
Movie

The Swamp
Movie

The Seven Vows
Movie · as Goro

Avenging Father
Movie · as Soga Goro Tokimune

Minamoto Yoshitsune
Movie · as Minamoto Yoshitsune

Young Ruddy Warrior: Nobunaga Oda
Movie · as Oda Nobunaga
Spring Voyage
Movie

A Gang of Five
Movie · as Benten Kozo

Sorcerer's Orb: Part 3
Movie

Sorcerer's Orb: Part 1
Movie

Sorcerer's Orb: Part 2
Movie

Sorcerer's Orb: Part 4
Movie

The Crimson Peacock
Movie

Clan Revival
Movie · as Kikumaru

Fall of the Shogun's Militia
Movie · as Okita Soji

Sorcerer's Orb: Part 5
Movie

Sorcerer’s Orb
TV · 1 ep

