9.8
9.8
School Ghost Story: Curse Special
2000
as Satô
Masanobu Ando
Also known as: Andō Masanobu, Masanobu Ando, Ando Masanobu...
Acting
Born:May 19, 1975(age 51)
Birthplace:Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Nationality:Japan
Height:5'9" (175 cm)
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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
Filmography (61 movies)
8.0
8.0
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge
2011
as Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
7.9
7.9
Rohan at the Louvre
2023
as Ryunosuke Tatsumi
7.7
7.7
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
2012
as Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
7.7
7.7
Stay Mum
2024
as Yasuo Inukai
7.7
7.7
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
2021
as Shinsaku Takasugi
7.3
7.3
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag
2011
as Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
7.3
7.3
Battle Royale
2000
as Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6)
7.3
7.3
ZOKKI
2021
7.1
7.1
Adrenaline Drive
1999
as Satoru Suzuki
7.0
7.0
Railroad Man
1999
as Toshiyuki Yoshioka
7.0
7.0
Lenses on Her Heart
2018
as Yuji Kiba
7.0
7.0
Crickets
2006
as Taichi
6.9
6.9
THE FABLE: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill
2021
as Suzuki
6.9
6.9
Monday
2000
as Mitsuo Kondo
6.9
6.9
Kids Return
1996
as Shinji
6.8
6.8
Making-of Kids Return
1996
as Himself
6.7
6.7
Code Blue: The Movie
2018
as Hiroki Shinkai
6.6
6.6
Drive
2002
as Kodama Makato
6.6
6.6
Green Mind, Metal Bats
2006
as Ishioka
6.6
6.6
Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final
2016
as Hajime Gakuto
6.6
6.6
City Hunter
2024
as Hideyuki Makimura
6.5
6.5
Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius
2001
as Kenichi Satomi
6.5
6.5
Sakuran
2006
as Seiji
6.4
6.4
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
2006
as Shiro Kazuki
6.4
6.4
Smuggler
2011
as Spine
6.3
6.3
Forever Enthralled
2008
as Ryuichi Tanaka
6.3
6.3
Petal Dance
2013
as Naoto
6.2
6.2
69
2004
as Adama
6.2
6.2
Day and Night
2019
as Kenichi Kitamura
6.2
6.2
Sukiyaki Western Django
2007
as Yoichi
6.0
6.0
Nightmare Detective
2007
as Detective Wakamiya
6.0
6.0
The Setting Sun
2022
as Jiro Uehara
6.0
6.0
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation
2016
as Yasui
5.9
5.9
No No Sleep
2015
as Japanese Man
5.9
5.9
Space Travelers
2000
as Makoto Fujimoto
5.8
5.8
A Flower Aflame
2016
as Yasunori Ochi
5.7
5.7
Kokoro
2016
as Jiro
5.7
5.7
Thousand and One Nights
2022
as Yoji Tamura
5.6
5.6
Strawberry Shortcakes
2006
as Kikuchi
5.6
5.6
Sadako vs. Kayako
2016
as Keizō Tokiwa
5.6
5.6
Karaoke Terror
2003
as Sugioka
5.5
5.5
Tokyo 10+01
2002
as Fake
5.4
5.4
The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman
2011
as The Mute
5.4
5.4
The Yin Yang Master Zero
2024
as Sadafumi Heguri
5.2
5.2
Black Kiss
2004
as Tatsuo Sorayama
5.1
5.1
Gonin Saga
2015
as Seiji Shikine
5.1
5.1
Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
1993
4.8
4.8
Red Shadow
2001
as Akakage
4.2
4.2
Aegis
2005
as Don-chol
4.1
4.1
Still Life of Memories
2018
as Haruma
3.7
3.7
Synesthesia
2005
as Takashi Nohara
3.0
3.0
An Emblem Dedicated To You
2017
as Kamimura Ren
1.0
1.0
Self-Bondage: All Tied Up with My Own Rope
2013
as Shuji Yamura
SHORT FILMS
2003
Director
My Brother, The Android And Me
2022
Sakura,
2021
Director
Innocent World
1998
as Takuya
Making of 'Battle Royale'
2000
as Self
Beautiful 2015
2015
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
2001
as Self
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