Acting
Masanobu Ando
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
Shadows of the Ten Ninja
Series · 2026
The Royal Family
Series · 2025
The Yin Yang Master Zero
Film · 2024
City Hunter
Film · 2024
Stay Mum
Film · 2024
Destiny
Series · 2024
House of the Owl
Series · 2024
Rohan at the Louvre
Film · 2023
My Second Aoharu
Series · 2023
My Brother, The Android And Me
Film · 2022
The Setting Sun
Film · 2022
Thousand and One Nights
Film · 2022
Gossip
Series · 2022
Fishbowl Wives
Series · 2022
Pandora's Fruit
Series · 2022
Sakura
Film · 2021
The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill
Film · 2021
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
Film · 2021
ZOKKI
Film · 2021
The Ideal Man
Series · 2021
Tokyo Houchi Shokudo
Series · 2021
The Ship of Theseus
Series · 2020
DIVER -Special Investigation Unit-
Series · 2020
The Sun Does Not Move
Series · 2020
Day and Night
Film · 2019
TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」
Film · 2019
それを愛とまちがえるから
Series · 2019
Voice
Series · 2019
Cheers to Miki Clinic
Series · 2019
Your Turn to Kill
Series · 2019
Code Blue: The Movie
Film · 2018
Still Life of Memories
Film · 2018
Lenses on Her Heart
Film · 2018
Love and Fortune
Series · 2018
Black Scandal
Series · 2018
An Emblem Dedicated To You
Film · 2017
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation
Film · 2016
Sadako vs. Kayako
Film · 2016
Kokoro
Film · 2016
Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final
Film · 2016
A Flower Aflame
Film · 2016
シリーズ・横溝正史短編集
Series · 2016
Koi no sanriku ressha kon de iko!
Series · 2016
No No Sleep
Film · 2015
Gonin Saga
Film · 2015
Beautiful 2015
Film · 2015
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
Series · 2015
Petal Dance
Film · 2013
Self-Bondage: All Tied Up with My Own Rope
Film · 2013
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Film · 2012
Keigo Higashino Mysteries
Series · 2012
Smuggler
Film · 2011
The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman
Film · 2011
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag
Film · 2011
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge
Film · 2011
Forever Enthralled
Film · 2008
Code Blue
Series · 2008
Sukiyaki Western Django
Film · 2007
Nightmare Detective
Film · 2007
Strawberry Shortcakes
Film · 2006
Sakuran
Film · 2006
Green Mind, Metal Bats
Film · 2006
Crickets
Film · 2006
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
Film · 2006
Aegis
Film · 2005
Synesthesia
Film · 2005
Black Kiss
Film · 2004
69
Film · 2004
SHORT FILMS
Film · 2003
Karaoke Terror
Film · 2003
Drive
Film · 2002
Tokyo 10+01
Film · 2002
Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius
Film · 2001
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
Film · 2001
Red Shadow
Film · 2001
Battle Royale
Film · 2000
Monday
Film · 2000
Space Travelers
Film · 2000
Making of 'Battle Royale'
Film · 2000
School Ghost Story: Curse Special
Film · 2000
Adrenaline Drive
Film · 1999
Railroad Man
Film · 1999
Innocent World
Film · 1998
When the Saints Go Marching In
Series · 1998
Blue Days
Series · 1998
Friend's Lover
Series · 1997
Kids Return
Film · 1996
Making-of Kids Return
Film · 1996
Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
Film · 1993