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
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Filmography
all 86
Movies 61
TV Shows 25
self 3
Director 2

Stay Mum (2024)

House of the Owl (2024)

City Hunter (2024)

The Yin Yang Master Zero (2024)

Destiny (2024)

My Second Aoharu (2023)

Rohan at the Louvre (2023)

The Setting Sun (2022)

Thousand and One Nights (2022)

Pandora's Fruit (2022)

Fishbowl Wives (2022)

Gossip (2022)

Tokyo Houchi Shokudou (2021)

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021)

The Ideal Man (2021)

Sakura, (2021)

DIVER -Special Investigation Unit- (2020)

The Sun Does Not Move (2020)

Theseus no fune (2020)

The Ship of Theseus (2020)

Voice (2019)

Your Turn To Kill (2019)

Day and Night (2019)

Cheers to Miki Clinic (2019)

Lenses on Her Heart (2018)

Love and Fortune (2018)

Code Blue: The Movie (2018)

An Emblem Dedicated To You (2017)

シリーズ・横溝正史短編集 (2016)

Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final (2016)

A Flower Aflame (2016)

Sadako vs. Kayako (2016)

Kokoro (2016)

Koi no sanriku ressha kon de iko! (2016)

Gonin Saga (2015)

No No Sleep (2015)

Petal Dance (2013)

Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (2012)

Smuggler (2011)

Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge (2011)

Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag (2011)

Forever Enthralled (2008)

Code Blue (2008)

Nightmare Detective (2007)

Sakuran (2006)

Crickets (2006)

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (2006)

Aegis (2005)

Synesthesia (2005)

Black Kiss (2004)

69 (2004)

Karaoke Terror (2003)

SHORT FILMS (2003)

Drive (2002)

Red Shadow (2001)

Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius (2001)

Battle Royale (2000)

Monday (2000)

Space Travelers (2000)

Railroad Man (1999)

Adrenaline Drive (1999)

Innocent World (1998)

Blue Days (1998)

When the Saints Go Marching In (1998)

Kids Return (1996)
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Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1975-05-19 (50 years old)
Birth Place
Kawasaki, Japan
Height
175-centimeter
Citizenships
Japan
Also Known As
Masanobu Andô, Andō Masanobu, Masanobu Andō, Andô Masanobu, Masanobu Andou, Andou Masanobu, 安藤 政信
Awards
Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Newcomer
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