Masanobu Ando
Acting
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
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tvThe Royal Family
2025
Hiroshi Hironaka
movieStay Mum
2024
Yasuo Inukai
movieCity Hunter
2024
Hideyuki Makimura
tvHouse of the Owl
2024
Ichiro Ogami
movieThe Yin Yang Master Zero
2024
Sadafumi Heguri
tvDestiny
2024
Okuda Takashi
tvMy Second Aoharu
2023
Hinata Shogo
movieRohan at the Louvre
2023
Ryunosuke Tatsumi
movieThe Setting Sun
2022
Jiro Uehara
movieThousand and One Nights
2022
Yoji Tamura
tvPandora's Fruit
2022
Caen Karl
tvFishbowl Wives
2022
Takuya Hiraga [Sakura's husband]
tvGossip
2022
Masaki Niwa
tvTokyo Houchi Shokudou
2021
Kotaro Higashi
movieRurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
2021
Shinsaku Takasugi
tvThe Ideal Man
2021
Mitsuyasu
tvDIVER -Special Investigation Unit-
2020
Naoya Date（伊達 直哉）
tvThe Sun Does Not Move
2020
Osamu Sakurai
tvThe Ship of Theseus
2020
Mikio Kimura
tvVoice
2019
Kyosuke Kuon
tvYour Turn to Kill
2019
Go Sano
movieDay and Night
2019
Kenichi Kitamura
tvCheers to Miki Clinic
2019
Miki Shouichirou
movieLenses on Her Heart
2018
Yuji Kiba
tvLove and Fortune
2018
Tsuchiya Jo
movieCode Blue: The Movie
2018
Hiroki Shinkai
movieAn Emblem Dedicated To You
2017
Kamimura Ren
tvシリーズ・横溝正史短編集
2016
Haruki Kagawa
movieUshijima the Loan Shark The Final
2016
Hajime Gakuto
movieA Flower Aflame
2016
Yasunori Ochi
movieSadako vs. Kayako
2016
Keizō Tokiwa
movieKokoro
2016
Jiro
tvKoi no sanriku ressha kon de iko!
2016
Osako Tatsuya
movieGonin Saga
2015
Seiji Shikine
movieNo No Sleep
2015
Japanese Man
moviePetal Dance
2013
Naoto
movieWarriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
2012
Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
movieSmuggler
2011
Spine
movieWarriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge
2011
Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
movieWarriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag
2011
Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
movieForever Enthralled
2008
Ryuichi Tanaka
tvCode Blue
2008
Shinkai Hiroki
movieNightmare Detective
2007
Detective Wakamiya
movieSakuran
2006
Seiji
movieCrickets
2006
Taichi
movieBig Bang Love, Juvenile A
2006
Shiro Kazuki
movieAegis
2005
Don-chol
movieSynesthesia
2005
Takashi Nohara
movieBlack Kiss
2004
Tatsuo Sorayama
movie69
2004
Adama
movieKaraoke Terror
2003
Sugioka
movieDrive
2002
Kodama Makato
movieRed Shadow
2001
Akakage
movieTransparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius
2001
Kenichi Satomi
movieBattle Royale
2000
Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6)
movieMonday
2000
Mitsuo Kondo
movieSpace Travelers
2000
Makoto Fujimoto
movieRailroad Man
1999
Toshiyuki Yoshioka
movieAdrenaline Drive
1999
Satoru Suzuki
movieInnocent World
1998
Takuya
tvBlue Days
1998
Shuri Sawaki
tvWhen the Saints Go Marching In
1998
Takahara Ren
movieKids Return
1996
Shinji
Directing2
movieSakura
2021
Director
movieSHORT FILMS
2003
Director