Masanobu Ando
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 19, 1975 (age 51)
- Birthplace
- Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Biography
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
Photos
Filmography
Shadows of the Ten Ninja
TV · as Yukimura Sanada · 8 eps
The Royal Family
TV · as Hiroshi Hironaka · 10 eps
The Yin Yang Master Zero
Movie · as Sadafumi Heguri
City Hunter
Movie · as Hideyuki Makimura
Stay Mum
Movie · as Yasuo Inukai
Destiny
TV · as Okuda Takashi · 9 eps
House of the Owl
TV · as Ichiro Ogami · 10 eps
Rohan at the Louvre
Movie · as Ryunosuke Tatsumi
My Second Aoharu
TV · as Hinata Shogo · 10 eps
My Brother, The Android And Me
Movie
The Setting Sun
Movie · as Jiro Uehara
Thousand and One Nights
Movie · as Yoji Tamura
Gossip
TV · as Masaki Niwa · 11 eps
Fishbowl Wives
TV · as Takuya Hiraga · 8 eps
Pandora's Fruit
TV · as Caen Karl · 16 eps
Sakura
Movie
The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill
Movie · as Suzuki
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
Movie · as Shinsaku Takasugi
ZOKKI
Movie
The Ideal Man
TV · as Mitsuyasu · 8 eps
Tokyo Houchi Shokudo
TV · as Kotaro Higashi · 8 eps
The Ship of Theseus
TV · as Mikio Kimura · 10 eps
DIVER -Special Investigation Unit-
TV · as Naoya Date（伊達 直哉） · 5 eps
The Sun Does Not Move
TV · as Osamu Sakurai · 6 eps
Day and Night
Movie · as Kenichi Kitamura
TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」
Movie
それを愛とまちがえるから
TV · 5 eps
Voice
TV · as Kyosuke Kuon · 10 eps
Cheers to Miki Clinic
TV · as Miki Shouichirou · 10 eps
Your Turn to Kill
TV · as Go Sano · 20 eps
Code Blue: The Movie
Movie · as Hiroki Shinkai
Still Life of Memories
Movie · as Haruma
Lenses on Her Heart
Movie · as Yuji Kiba
Love and Fortune
TV · as Tsuchiya Jo · 12 eps
Black Scandal
TV · 10 eps
An Emblem Dedicated To You
Movie · as Kamimura Ren
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation
Movie · as Yasui
Sadako vs. Kayako
Movie · as Keizō Tokiwa
Kokoro
Movie · as Jiro
Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final
Movie · as Hajime Gakuto
A Flower Aflame
Movie · as Yasunori Ochi
シリーズ・横溝正史短編集
TV · as Haruki Kagawa · 1 ep
Koi no sanriku ressha kon de iko!
TV · as Osako Tatsuya · 3 eps
No No Sleep
Movie · as Japanese Man
Gonin Saga
Movie · as Seiji Shikine
Beautiful 2015
Movie
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
TV · 1 ep
Petal Dance
Movie · as Naoto
Self-Bondage: All Tied Up with My Own Rope
Movie · as Shuji Yamura
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Movie · as Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
Keigo Higashino Mysteries
TV · 11 eps
Smuggler
Movie · as Spine
The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman
Movie · as The Mute
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag
Movie · as Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge
Movie · as Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
Forever Enthralled
Movie · as Ryuichi Tanaka
Code Blue
TV · as Shinkai Hiroki · 10 eps
Sukiyaki Western Django
Movie · as Yoichi
Nightmare Detective
Movie · as Detective Wakamiya
Strawberry Shortcakes
Movie · as Kikuchi
Sakuran
Movie · as Seiji
Green Mind, Metal Bats
Movie · as Ishioka
Crickets
Movie · as Taichi
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
Movie · as Shiro Kazuki
Aegis
Movie · as Don-chol
Synesthesia
Movie · as Takashi Nohara
Black Kiss
Movie · as Tatsuo Sorayama
69
Movie · as Adama
SHORT FILMS
Movie
Karaoke Terror
Movie · as Sugioka
Drive
Movie · as Kodama Makato
Tokyo 10+01
Movie · as Fake
Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius
Movie · as Kenichi Satomi
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
Movie · as Self
Red Shadow
Movie · as Akakage
Battle Royale
Movie · as Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6)
Monday
Movie · as Mitsuo Kondo
Space Travelers
Movie · as Makoto Fujimoto
Making of 'Battle Royale'
Movie · as Self
School Ghost Story: Curse Special
Movie · as Satô
Adrenaline Drive
Movie · as Satoru Suzuki
Railroad Man
Movie · as Toshiyuki Yoshioka
Innocent World
Movie · as Takuya
When the Saints Go Marching In
TV · as Takahara Ren · 11 eps
Blue Days
TV · as Shuri Sawaki · 11 eps
Friend's Lover
TV · 12 eps
Kids Return
Movie · as Shinji
Making-of Kids Return
Movie · as Himself
Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
Movie