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Masanobu Ando‌

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Birthday

calendar1975-05-19

Popularity

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Masanobu Ando

Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Masanobu Ando

Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1975-05-19

Popularity

star4.1

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

Movie Credits

Battle Royale

Battle Royale‌
star7.3
calendar 2000

Rohan at the Louvre

Rohan at the Louvre‌
star7.0
calendar 2023

Adrenaline Drive

Adrenaline Drive‌
star6.9
calendar 1999

Kids Return

Kids Return‌
star6.9
calendar 1996

My Brother, The Android And Me

My Brother, The Android And Me‌
star0.0
calendar 2022

Sukiyaki Western Django

Sukiyaki Western Django‌
star6.2
calendar 2007

Monday

Monday‌
star6.9
calendar 2000

Nightmare Detective

Nightmare Detective‌
star5.9
calendar 2007

Drive

Drive‌
star6.5
calendar 2002

Black Kiss

Black Kiss‌
star5.4
calendar 2004

Space Travelers

Space Travelers‌
star5.9
calendar 2000

Railroad Man

Railroad Man‌
star7.0
calendar 1999

Strawberry Shortcakes

Strawberry Shortcakes‌
star5.8
calendar 2006

Smuggler

Smuggler‌
star6.4
calendar 2011

The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman

The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman‌
star5.4
calendar 2011

Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius

Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius‌
star6.5
calendar 2001

SHORT FILMS

SHORT FILMS‌
star0.0
calendar 2003

The Setting Sun

The Setting Sun‌
star6.0
calendar 2022

Aegis

Aegis‌
star4.2
calendar 2005

Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE

Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE‌
star0.0
calendar 2001

Making of 'Battle Royale'

Making of 'Battle Royale'‌
star0.0
calendar 2000

Petal Dance

Petal Dance‌
star6.3
calendar 2013

Forever Enthralled

Forever Enthralled‌
star6.2
calendar 2008

Synesthesia

Synesthesia‌
star3.7
calendar 2005

The Yin Yang Master Zero

The Yin Yang Master Zero‌
star5.3
calendar 2024

Thousand and One Nights

Thousand and One Nights‌
star6.5
calendar 2022

Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag

Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag‌
star7.3
calendar 2011

Sakuran

Sakuran‌
star6.5
calendar 2006

Red Shadow

Red Shadow‌
star4.8
calendar 2001

Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge

Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge‌
star8.1
calendar 2011

Innocent World

Innocent World‌
star0.0
calendar 1998

Tokyo 10+01

Tokyo 10+01‌
star5.5
calendar 2002

Green Mind, Metal Bats

Green Mind, Metal Bats‌
star6.6
calendar 2006

Crickets

Crickets‌
star7.0
calendar 2006

69

69‌
star6.2
calendar 2004

Karaoke Terror

Karaoke Terror‌
star6.0
calendar 2003

No No Sleep

No No Sleep‌
star6.2
calendar 2015

City Hunter

City Hunter‌
star6.5
calendar 2024

Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale

Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale‌
star0.0
calendar 2012

Stay Mum

Stay Mum‌
star4.0
calendar 2024

Gonin Saga

Gonin Saga‌
star5.1
calendar 2015

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation‌
star6.0
calendar 2016

Sadako vs. Kayako

Sadako vs. Kayako‌
star5.6
calendar 2016

Kokoro

Kokoro‌
star6.0
calendar 2016

Sakura,

Sakura,‌
star0.0
calendar 2021

An Emblem Dedicated To You

An Emblem Dedicated To You‌
star3.0
calendar 2017

Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final

Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final‌
star6.6
calendar 2016

Code Blue: The Movie

Code Blue: The Movie‌
star6.7
calendar 2018

Still Life of Memories

Still Life of Memories‌
star4.2
calendar 2018

Day and Night

Day and Night‌
star5.6
calendar 2019

Lenses on Her Heart

Lenses on Her Heart‌
star0.0
calendar 2018

School Ghost Story: Curse Special

School Ghost Story: Curse Special‌
star9.8
calendar 2000

Making-of Kids Return

Making-of Kids Return‌
star6.0
calendar 1996

Self-Bondage: All Tied Up with My Own Rope

Self-Bondage: All Tied Up with My Own Rope‌
star1.0
calendar 2013

A Flower Aflame

A Flower Aflame‌
star6.0
calendar 2016

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A‌
star6.5
calendar 2006

THE FABLE: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill

THE FABLE: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill‌
star7.0
calendar 2021

Rex: A Dinosaur's Story

Rex: A Dinosaur's Story‌
star5.0
calendar 1993

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning‌
star7.7
calendar 2021

ZOKKI

ZOKKI‌
star7.3
calendar 2021

Tv Credits

When the Saints Go Marching In

When the Saints Go Marching In‌
star10.0
calendar 1998

The Ideal Man

The Ideal Man‌
star7.7
calendar 2021

Blue Days

Blue Days‌
star8.0
calendar 1998

Tomodachi no Koibito

Tomodachi no Koibito‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

Code Blue

Code Blue‌
star7.5
calendar 2008

Gossip

Gossip‌
star7.2
calendar 2022

Fishbowl Wives

Fishbowl Wives‌
star6.3
calendar 2022

My Second Aoharu

My Second Aoharu‌
star7.0
calendar 2023

それを愛とまちがえるから

それを愛とまちがえるから‌
star0.0
calendar 2019

Pandora's Fruit

Pandora's Fruit‌
star7.0
calendar 2022

Voice

Voice‌
star5.8
calendar 2019

シリーズ・横溝正史短編集

シリーズ・横溝正史短編集‌
star0.0
calendar 2016

Koi no sanriku ressha kon de iko!

Koi no sanriku ressha kon de iko!‌
star6.0
calendar 2016

The Ship of Theseus

The Ship of Theseus‌
star7.2
calendar 2020

Love and Fortune

Love and Fortune‌
star6.7
calendar 2018

Destiny

Destiny‌
star5.8
calendar 2024

Keigo Higashino Mysteries

Keigo Higashino Mysteries‌
star6.7
calendar 2012

Cheers to Miki Clinic

Cheers to Miki Clinic‌
star0.0
calendar 2019

Tokyo Houchi Shokudou

Tokyo Houchi Shokudou‌
star7.3
calendar 2021

House of the Owl

House of the Owl‌
star6.8
calendar 2024

Black Scandal

Black Scandal‌
star0.0
calendar 2018

DIVER -Special Investigation Unit-

DIVER -Special Investigation Unit-‌
star5.0
calendar 2020

Your Turn To Kill

Your Turn To Kill‌
star7.4
calendar 2019

The Sun Does Not Move

The Sun Does Not Move‌
star7.9
calendar 2020