Masanobu Andō

Masanobu Andō
Native name 安藤 政信
Born (1975-05-19) May 19, 1975
Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Occupation Actor, Director
Known for Battle Royale
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)

Masanobu Andō (安藤 政信, Andō Masanobu, born May 19, 1975) is a Japanese actor.

Andō has appeared in films such as Takeshi Kitano's Kids Return (1996), Kinji Fukasaku's Battle Royale (2000), Takashi Miike's Sukiyaki Western Django (2007), and Chen Kaige's Forever Enthralled (2008).[1] He also appears in Tsai Ming-liang's award-winning film No No Sleep (2015), in a series of statically filmed urban scenes without dialogue.

Career

Andō's career took off after starring in Takeshi Kitano's Kids Return, which is one of Kitano's most successful films in Japan, with his role as Shinji, a highschool student who gave up school and continued into Boxing with his best friend.[2] He is most famous in the West for his psychopath-killer role of Kazuo Kiriyama in Battle Royale, a 2000 blockbuster dystopia film, which managed to be one of the most famous blood and gore films of the decade.

Andō co-starred in Takashi Miike's Big Bang Love, Juvenile A with Ryuhei Matsuda.[3] He played a supporting role in Shinya Tsukamoto's Nightmare Detective.[4]

Andō also appeared in Katsuhito Ishii's Smuggler.[5] He has taken part in the Toronto Film Festival.

Filmography

Film

Television

  • My Friend's Lover (1997)
  • When the Saints Go Marching In (1998)
  • Blue Days (1998)
  • Seinen wa Kouya o Mezasu (1999)
  • Gakko no Kaidan: Haru no Noroi Special (2000)
  • Higashino Keigo Mysteries (2012)

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Sato, Kuriko (March 27, 2009). "Midnight Eye interview: Masanobu Ando". Midnight Eye.
  2. ↑ Wood, David (October 23, 2000). "BBC – Films – review – Kids Return". BBC.
  3. ↑ Matthijs, Niels (January 25, 2012). "Review: 46-OKUNEN NO KOI (Personal Favorites #25)". Twitch Film.
  4. ↑ Schilling, Mark (January 12, 2007). "'Akuma Tantei' – The Japan Times". The Japan Times.
  5. ↑ Harvey, Dennis (September 20, 2011). "Smuggler – Variety". Variety.
  6. ↑ "Hochi Film Award: Past Winners List". The Hochi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Golden Arrow Awards Winners List" (PDF). Japan Magazine Association (in Japanese). p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 18, 2017. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Nikkan Sports Film Award: Past Winners". Nikkan Sports News (in Japanese). Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Japanese Movie Critics Awards Past Winners". Japanese Movie Critics Awards (in Japanese). Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Kinema Junpo Best Ten". Kinema Junpo (in Japanese). Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Rotten Tomatoes.com: Masanobu Ando". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
  12. ↑ "20th Japan Academy Prize". Japan Academy Film Prize Association (in Japanese). Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Mainichi Film Concours: History". The Mainichi Newspapers (in Japanese). Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Tokyo Sports Film Award: Past Winners list". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  15. ↑ "18th Yokohama Film Festival". Yokohama Film Festival (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
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