Masanobu Ando
Known for: 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
Filmography
Series
Code Blue
Shinkai Hiroki
2008
Series
Fishbowl Wives
Takuya Hiraga
2022
Film
Battle Royale
Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6)
2000
Series
Your Turn to Kill
Go Sano
2019
Film
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
Shinsaku Takasugi
2021
Series
Keigo Higashino Mysteries
2012
Series
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
2015
Series
Voice
Kyosuke Kuon
2019
Film
City Hunter
Hideyuki Makimura
2024
Series
The Royal Family
Hiroshi Hironaka
2025
Series
House of the Owl
Ichiro Ogami
2024
Series
Love and Fortune
Tsuchiya Jo
2018
Series
シリーズ・横溝正史短編集
Haruki Kagawa
2016
Series
Destiny
Okuda Takashi
2024
Series
My Second Aoharu
Hinata Shogo
2023
Series
Pandora's Fruit
Caen Karl
2022
Series
When the Saints Go Marching In
Takahara Ren
1998
Film
Sadako vs. Kayako
Keizō Tokiwa
2016
Series
The Sun Does Not Move
Osamu Sakurai
2020
Film
Sukiyaki Western Django
Yoichi
2007
Series
The Ship of Theseus
Mikio Kimura
2020
Film
Kids Return
Shinji
1996
Film
Sakuran
Seiji
2006
Series
Tokyo Houchi Shokudo
Kotaro Higashi
2021
Film
Railroad Man
Toshiyuki Yoshioka
1999
Series
DIVER -Special Investigation Unit-
Naoya Date（伊達 直哉）
2020
Series
Black Scandal
2018
Film
Still Life of Memories
Haruma
2018
Series
Blue Days
Shuri Sawaki
1998
Film
A Flower Aflame
Yasunori Ochi
2016
Film
Red Shadow
Akakage
2001
Film
Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius
Kenichi Satomi
2001
Series
Koi no sanriku ressha kon de iko!
Osako Tatsuya
2016
Film
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation
Yasui
2016
Series
Cheers to Miki Clinic
Miki Shouichirou
2019
Film
The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill
Suzuki
2021
Film
69
Adama
2004
Series
Gossip
Masaki Niwa
2022
Film
Forever Enthralled
Ryuichi Tanaka
2008
Tomodachi no Koibito
1997
Film
Code Blue: The Movie
Hiroki Shinkai
2018
Film
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge
Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
2011
Film
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag
Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
2011
Film
The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman
The Mute
2011
Film
Black Kiss
Tatsuo Sorayama
2004
Film
Adrenaline Drive
Satoru Suzuki
1999
Film
Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final
Hajime Gakuto
2016
Film
Space Travelers
Makoto Fujimoto
2000
Film
The Yin Yang Master Zero
Sadafumi Heguri
2024
Film
Karaoke Terror
Sugioka
2003
Film
Aegis
Don-chol
2005
Film
Smuggler
Spine
2011
Film
No No Sleep
Japanese Man
2015
Film
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
Shiro Kazuki
2006
Film
The Setting Sun
Jiro Uehara
2022
Film
Rohan at the Louvre
Ryunosuke Tatsumi
2023
Film
Day and Night
Kenichi Kitamura
2019
Film
Monday
Mitsuo Kondo
2000
Film
Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
1993
Series
The Ideal Man
Mitsuyasu
2021
Series
それを愛とまちがえるから
2019
Film
ZOKKI
2021
Film
Kokoro
Jiro
2016
Film
Strawberry Shortcakes
Kikuchi
2006
Film
Nightmare Detective
Detective Wakamiya
2007
Film
TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」
2019
Film
Gonin Saga
Seiji Shikine
2015
Film
Drive
Kodama Makato
2002
Film
Crickets
Taichi
2006
Film
Petal Dance
Naoto
2013
Film
Self-Bondage: All Tied Up with My Own Rope
Shuji Yamura
2013
Film
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
2012
Film
Lenses on Her Heart
Yuji Kiba
2018
Film
My Brother, The Android And Me
2022
Film
Innocent World
Takuya
1998
Film
An Emblem Dedicated To You
Kamimura Ren
2017
Film
Stay Mum
Yasuo Inukai
2024
Film
SHORT FILMS
2003
Film
Synesthesia
Takashi Nohara
2005
Film
School Ghost Story: Curse Special
Satô
2000
Film
Green Mind, Metal Bats
Ishioka
2006
Film
Thousand and One Nights
Yoji Tamura
2022
Film
Tokyo 10+01
Fake
2002
Film
Sakura
2021
Film
Beautiful 2015
2015
Film
Making of 'Battle Royale'
Self
2000
Film
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
Self
2001
Film
Making-of Kids Return
Himself
1996