Masanobu Andō

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Masanobu Andō

Masanobu Andō ( Japanese 安藤 政 信 , Andō Masanobu ; born May 19, 1975 in Kawasaki ) is a Japanese actor and director.

Life

Andō made his breakthrough as an actor in 1996 with Kids Return , a film by Takeshi Kitano , for which he received the Japanese Academy Award in 1997 for best young actor . This was followed by a variety of different roles, such as that of a robber in Space Travelers (2000) and Drive (2002), a doctor in Transparent (2001), a ninja in Red Shadow (2001) or even a corpse in Monday (2000 ). He is best known to German fans as Kazuo Kiriyama , the heartless psychopath from Kinji Fukasaku's cult film Battle Royale (2000).

In 2003 he worked as a director for the film Adagietto. Very slowly .

Filmography

Feature films

  • 2006: Strawberry Shortcakes
  • 2006: Kôrogi (aka Crickets )
  • 2006: Seishun Kinzoku Batto (aka Green Mind, Metal Bats )
  • 2006: 46-okunen no koi (aka Big Bang Love. Juvenile A )
  • 2007: Sukiyaki Western: Django
  • 2007: Sakuran - Wild Cherry Blossom
  • 2007: Nightmare Detective (Akumu Tantei)
  • 2008: Mei Lanfang Bio Pic
  • 2010: Dao jian xiao (aka The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman )
  • Gimmy Heaven (aka Synesthesia , 2005)
  • Bôkoku no îgisu (aka Aimless Aegis , 2004)
  • Black Kiss (aka Synchronicity , 2004, theatrical release in 2006)
  • 6ixtynin9 (aka Sixtynine , aka 69 , 2004)
  • Short Films (2003)
  • Sonic Four Peace Vibe (2003)
  • Shôwa kayô daizenshû (2003)
  • TOKYO 10 + 01 (aka Tokyo Eleven , 2002)
  • Drive (2002)
  • Gakkou no Kaidan Noroi special (2002)
  • Satorare (aka Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius , 2001)
  • Akakage (aka Red Shadow , 2001)
  • Battle Royale (2000)
  • Space Travelers (2000)
  • Monday (2000)
  • Poppoya (aka Railroad Man , 1999)
  • Adrenaline Drive (1999)
  • Innocent World (1998)
  • Kids Return (1996)
  • Rex: kyoryu monogatari (1993)
  • 2011 Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale

TV Shows

  • Seinen wa kouya wo mezasu (aka When the Saints Come Marching In , 1999)
  • Seija no koushin (1998)
  • Ao no jidai (1998)
  • Tomodachi no Koibito (aka My Friend's Lover , 1997)

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personal data
SURNAME Andō, Masanobu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 安藤 政 信 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese actor and director
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Kawasaki