person

Masanobu Ando

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1975-05-19

Place of Birth

Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Masanobu Ando

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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Masanobu Ando, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Also Known For

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Battle Royale

Dec 16, 2000

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Rohan at the Louvre

May 26, 2023

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Adrenaline Drive

Feb 18, 1999

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Kids Return

Jul 27, 1996

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My Brother, The Android And Me

Jan 07, 2022

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Sukiyaki Western Django

Sep 15, 2007

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Monday

Apr 29, 2000

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Nightmare Detective

Jan 13, 2007

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Drive

Aug 24, 2002

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Black Kiss

Oct 01, 2004

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Space Travelers

Apr 08, 2000

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Railroad Man

Jun 05, 1999

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Strawberry Shortcakes

Sep 23, 2006

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63

Smuggler

Oct 22, 2011

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The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman

Mar 17, 2011

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Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius

Mar 17, 2001

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SHORT FILMS

Mar 08, 2003

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The Setting Sun

Nov 04, 2022

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Aegis

Jul 30, 2005

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Making of 'Battle Royale'

Dec 01, 2000

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Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE

Jan 13, 2001

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Petal Dance

Apr 19, 2013

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Forever Enthralled

Dec 05, 2008

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Synesthesia

Mar 01, 2005

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The Yin Yang Master Zero

Apr 19, 2024

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65

Thousand and One Nights

Oct 06, 2022

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

Sep 09, 2011

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Sakuran

Dec 07, 2006

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Red Shadow

Aug 11, 2001

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

Sep 30, 2011

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Karaoke Terror

Nov 08, 2003

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Green Mind, Metal Bats

Aug 26, 2006

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Jul 10, 2004

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Tokyo 10+01

Aug 03, 2002

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70

Crickets

Nov 23, 2006

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Innocent World

Oct 03, 1998

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63

No No Sleep

Apr 21, 2015

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66

City Hunter

Apr 24, 2024

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80

Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale

May 10, 2012

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Stay Mum

Jun 07, 2024

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Gonin Saga

Sep 26, 2015

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Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation

Mar 05, 2016

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Sadako vs. Kayako

Jun 18, 2016

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60

Kokoro

Mar 30, 2016

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Sakura,

Jan 01, 2021

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An Emblem Dedicated To You

Jan 03, 2017

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66

Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final

Oct 22, 2016

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67

Code Blue: The Movie

Jul 27, 2018

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44

Still Life of Memories

Jul 21, 2018

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61

Day and Night

Jan 26, 2019

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70

Lenses on Her Heart

Sep 15, 2018

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98

School Ghost Story: Curse Special

Mar 28, 2000

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68

Making-of Kids Return

Dec 31, 1996

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Self-Bondage: All Tied Up with My Own Rope

Feb 02, 2013

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A Flower Aflame

Aug 06, 2016

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65

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A

Feb 11, 2006

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THE FABLE: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill

Feb 05, 2021

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51

Rex: A Dinosaur's Story

Jul 03, 1993

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Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning

Jun 04, 2021

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ZOKKI

Apr 02, 2021

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100

When the Saints Go Marching In

Jan 09, 1998

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77

The Ideal Man

Apr 08, 2021

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80

Blue Days

Jul 03, 1998

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Tomodachi no Koibito

Apr 10, 1997

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75

Code Blue

Jul 03, 2008

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72

Gossip

Jan 06, 2022

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Fishbowl Wives

Feb 14, 2022

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75

My Second Aoharu

Oct 17, 2023

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NA

それを愛とまちがえるから

Feb 09, 2019

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70

Pandora's Fruit

Apr 23, 2022

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58

Voice

Jul 13, 2019

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NA

シリーズ・横溝正史短編集

Nov 24, 2016

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60

Koi no sanriku ressha kon de iko!

Feb 27, 2016

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72

The Ship of Theseus

Jan 19, 2020

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67

Love and Fortune

Sep 14, 2018

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55

Destiny

Apr 09, 2024

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67

Keigo Higashino Mysteries

Jul 05, 2012

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Cheers to Miki Clinic

Jan 12, 2019

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73

Tokyo Houchi Shokudou

Sep 16, 2021

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68

House of the Owl

Apr 24, 2024

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Black Scandal

Oct 04, 2018

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DIVER -Special Investigation Unit-

Sep 22, 2020

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Your Turn To Kill

Apr 14, 2019

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The Sun Does Not Move

May 24, 2020