Masanobu Ando
Acting
Born: May 19, 1975 (age 51) · Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Highest Rated
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
Battle Royale
2000
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
2021
Sukiyaki Western Django
2007
Kids Return
1996
City Hunter
2024
Sadako vs. Kayako
2016
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag
2011
The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill
2021
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge
2011
Nightmare Detective
2007
Sakuran
2006
Monday
2000
Photos (6)
Movies (59)
Battle Royale
Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6)
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
Shinsaku Takasugi
City Hunter
Hideyuki Makimura
Kids Return
Shinji
Sadako vs. Kayako
Keizō Tokiwa
Sukiyaki Western Django
Yoichi
Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final
Hajime Gakuto
Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
1993
A Flower Aflame
Yasunori Ochi
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation
Yasui
Sakuran
Seiji
69
Adama
Railroad Man
Toshiyuki Yoshioka
Code Blue: The Movie
Hiroki Shinkai
Forever Enthralled
Ryuichi Tanaka
ZOKKI
2021
Adrenaline Drive
Satoru Suzuki
Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius
Kenichi Satomi
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge
Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
Nightmare Detective
Detective Wakamiya
The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill
Suzuki
Karaoke Terror
Sugioka
Drive
Kodama Makato
Strawberry Shortcakes
Kikuchi
Smuggler
Spine
Still Life of Memories
Haruma
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag
Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
Black Kiss
Tatsuo Sorayama
The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman
The Mute
The Yin Yang Master Zero
Sadafumi Heguri
Monday
Mitsuo Kondo
Green Mind, Metal Bats
Ishioka
Rohan at the Louvre
Ryunosuke Tatsumi
Gonin Saga
Seiji Shikine
Red Shadow
Akakage
SHORT FILMS
2003
No No Sleep
Japanese Man
Day and Night
Kenichi Kitamura
Lenses on Her Heart
Yuji Kiba
Space Travelers
Makoto Fujimoto
Aegis
Don-chol
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
Shiro Kazuki
Synesthesia
Takashi Nohara
School Ghost Story: Curse Special
Satô
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
Self-Bondage: All Tied Up with My Own Rope
Shuji Yamura
Thousand and One Nights
Yoji Tamura
The Setting Sun
Jiro Uehara
Kokoro
Jiro
My Brother, The Android And Me
2022
Crickets
Taichi
Tokyo 10+01
Fake
Stay Mum
Yasuo Inukai
Petal Dance
Naoto
TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」
2019
Innocent World
Takuya
An Emblem Dedicated To You
Kamimura Ren
Sakura
2021
Beautiful 2015
2015
TV Shows (26)
Code Blue
Shinkai Hiroki · 10 eps
Your Turn to Kill
Go Sano · 20 eps
シリーズ・横溝正史短編集
Haruki Kagawa · 1 eps
The Ship of Theseus
Mikio Kimura · 10 eps
Fishbowl Wives
Takuya Hiraga · 8 eps
Pandora's Fruit
Caen Karl · 16 eps
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
1 eps
Keigo Higashino Mysteries
11 eps
Love and Fortune
Tsuchiya Jo · 12 eps
Destiny
Okuda Takashi · 9 eps
House of the Owl
Ichiro Ogami · 10 eps
Voice
Kyosuke Kuon · 10 eps
The Sun Does Not Move
Osamu Sakurai · 6 eps
The Royal Family
Hiroshi Hironaka · 10 eps
Tokyo Houchi Shokudo
Kotaro Higashi · 8 eps
Cheers to Miki Clinic
Miki Shouichirou · 10 eps
Gossip
Masaki Niwa · 11 eps
My Second Aoharu
Hinata Shogo · 10 eps
DIVER -Special Investigation Unit-
Naoya Date（伊達 直哉） · 5 eps
The Ideal Man
Mitsuyasu · 8 eps
When the Saints Go Marching In
Takahara Ren · 11 eps
Friend's Lover
12 eps
Black Scandal
10 eps
Blue Days
Shuri Sawaki · 11 eps
Koi no sanriku ressha kon de iko!
Osako Tatsuya · 3 eps
それを愛とまちがえるから
5 eps
