Masanobu Ando (安藤 政信, Andō Masanobu, born May 19, 1975 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actor and director.
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
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Filmography (Movies)
Stay Mum
Character:Yasuo Inukai
Release Date:07/06/2024
City Hunter
Character:Hideyuki Makimura
Release Date:24/04/2024
The Yin Yang Master Zero
Character:Sadafumi Heguri
Release Date:19/04/2024
Rohan at the Louvre
Character:Ryunosuke Tatsumi
Release Date:26/05/2023
The Setting Sun
Character:Jiro Uehara
Release Date:04/11/2022
Thousand and One Nights
Character:Yoji Tamura
Release Date:06/10/2022
My Brother, The Android And Me
Character:
Release Date:07/01/2022
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
Character:Shinsaku Takasugi
Release Date:04/06/2021
ZOKKI
Character:
Release Date:02/04/2021
THE FABLE: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill
Character:Suzuki
Release Date:05/02/2021
Sakura,
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2021
TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」
Character:
Release Date:08/11/2019
Day and Night
Character:Kenichi Kitamura
Release Date:26/01/2019
Lenses on Her Heart
Character:Yuji Kiba
Release Date:15/09/2018
Code Blue: The Movie
Character:Hiroki Shinkai
Release Date:27/07/2018
Still Life of Memories
Character:Haruma
Release Date:21/07/2018
An Emblem Dedicated To You
Character:Kamimura Ren
Release Date:03/01/2017
Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final
Character:Hajime Gakuto
Release Date:22/10/2016
A Flower Aflame
Character:Yasunori Ochi
Release Date:06/08/2016
Sadako vs. Kayako
Character:Keizō Tokiwa
Release Date:18/06/2016
Kokoro
Character:Jiro
Release Date:30/03/2016
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation
Character:Yasui
Release Date:05/03/2016
Gonin Saga
Character:Seiji Shikine
Release Date:26/09/2015
No No Sleep
Character:Japanese Man
Release Date:21/04/2015
Beautiful 2015
Character:
Release Date:25/03/2015
Petal Dance
Character:Naoto
Release Date:19/04/2013
Self-Bondage: All Tied Up with My Own Rope
Character:Shuji Yamura
Release Date:02/02/2013
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Character:Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
Release Date:10/05/2012
Smuggler
Character:Spine
Release Date:22/10/2011
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge
Character:Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
Release Date:30/09/2011
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag
Character:Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
Release Date:09/09/2011
The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman
Character:The Mute
Release Date:17/03/2011
Forever Enthralled
Character:Ryuichi Tanaka
Release Date:05/12/2008
Sukiyaki Western Django
Character:Yoichi
Release Date:15/09/2007
Nightmare Detective
Character:Detective Wakamiya
Release Date:13/01/2007
Sakuran
Character:Seiji
Release Date:07/12/2006
Crickets
Character:Taichi
Release Date:23/11/2006
Strawberry Shortcakes
Character:Kikuchi
Release Date:23/09/2006
Green Mind, Metal Bats
Character:Ishioka
Release Date:26/08/2006
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
Character:Shiro Kazuki
Release Date:11/02/2006
Aegis
Character:Don-chol
Release Date:30/07/2005
Synesthesia
Character:Takashi Nohara
Release Date:01/03/2005
Black Kiss
Character:Tatsuo Sorayama
Release Date:01/10/2004
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Character:Adama
Release Date:10/07/2004
Karaoke Terror
Character:Sugioka
Release Date:08/11/2003
SHORT FILMS
Character:
Release Date:08/03/2003
Drive
Character:Kodama Makato
Release Date:24/08/2002
Tokyo 10+01
Character:Fake
Release Date:03/08/2002
Red Shadow
Character:Akakage
Release Date:11/08/2001
Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius
Character:Kenichi Satomi
Release Date:17/03/2001
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
Character:Self
Release Date:13/01/2001
Battle Royale
Character:Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6)
Release Date:16/12/2000
Making of 'Battle Royale'
Character:Self
Release Date:01/12/2000
Monday
Character:Mitsuo Kondo
Release Date:29/04/2000
Space Travelers
Character:Makoto Fujimoto
Release Date:08/04/2000
School Ghost Story: Curse Special
Character:Satô
Release Date:28/03/2000
Railroad Man
Character:Toshiyuki Yoshioka
Release Date:05/06/1999
Adrenaline Drive
Character:Satoru Suzuki
Release Date:18/02/1999
Innocent World
Character:Takuya
Release Date:03/10/1998
Making-of Kids Return
Character:Himself
Release Date:31/12/1996
Kids Return
Character:Shinji
Release Date:27/07/1996
Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
Character:
Release Date:03/07/1993
Television Appearances
The Royal Family
Character:Hiroshi Hironaka
House of the Owl
Character:Ichiro Ogami
Destiny
Character:Okuda Takashi
My Second Aoharu
Character:Hinata Shogo
Pandora's Fruit
Character:Caen Karl
Fishbowl Wives
Character:Takuya Hiraga
Gossip
Character:Masaki Niwa
Tokyo Houchi Shokudou
Character:Kotaro Higashi
The Ideal Man
Character:Mitsuyasu
DIVER -Special Investigation Unit-
Character:Naoya Date（伊達 直哉）
The Sun Does Not Move
Character:Osamu Sakurai
The Ship of Theseus
Character:Mikio Kimura
Voice
Character:Kyosuke Kuon
Your Turn To Kill
Character:Go Sano
それを愛とまちがえるから
Character:
Cheers to Miki Clinic
Character:Miki Shouichirou
Black Scandal
Character:
Love and Fortune
Character:Tsuchiya Jo
シリーズ・横溝正史短編集
Character:Haruki Kagawa
Koi no sanriku ressha kon de iko!
Character:Osako Tatsuya
Keigo Higashino Mysteries
Character:
Code Blue
Character:Hiroki Shinkai
Blue Days
Character:Shuri Sawaki
When the Saints Go Marching In
Character:Takahara Ren
Tomodachi no Koibito
Character:
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