Masanobu Ando

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

87

Gender

Male

Birthday

1975-05-19 (50 years old)

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

Known For

  • Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning

    Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning

  • Rex: A Dinosaur's Story

    Rex: A Dinosaur's Story

  • Code Blue

    Code Blue

  • Red Shadow

    Red Shadow

  • Your Turn To Kill

    Your Turn To Kill

  • City Hunter

    City Hunter

  • Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE

    Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE

  • The Royal Family

    The Royal Family

  • Sadako vs. Kayako

    Sadako vs. Kayako

  • Fishbowl Wives

    Fishbowl Wives

  • Battle Royale

    Battle Royale

  • House of the Owl

    House of the Owl

  • The Yin Yang Master Zero

    The Yin Yang Master Zero

  • Gonin Saga

    Gonin Saga

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

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

  • THE FABLE: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill

    THE FABLE: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill

  • Keigo Higashino Mysteries

    Keigo Higashino Mysteries

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

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

  • Kids Return

    Kids Return

  • Railroad Man

    Railroad Man

  • Sakuran

    Sakuran

  • Love and Fortune

    Love and Fortune

  • A Flower Aflame

    A Flower Aflame

  • Still Life of Memories

    Still Life of Memories

  • Smuggler

    Smuggler

  • Day and Night

    Day and Night

  • Lenses on Her Heart

    Lenses on Her Heart

  • Forever Enthralled

    Forever Enthralled

  • Rohan at the Louvre

    Rohan at the Louvre

  • SHORT FILMS

    SHORT FILMS

  • Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final

    Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final

  • Self-Bondage: All Tied Up with My Own Rope

    Self-Bondage: All Tied Up with My Own Rope

  • Big Bang Love, Juvenile A

    Big Bang Love, Juvenile A

  • ZOKKI

    ZOKKI

  • Code Blue: The Movie

    Code Blue: The Movie

  • Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation

    Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation

  • Stay Mum

    Stay Mum

  • Voice

    Voice

  • Space Travelers

    Space Travelers

  • Petal Dance

    Petal Dance

  • The Setting Sun

    The Setting Sun

  • Synesthesia

    Synesthesia

  • Strawberry Shortcakes

    Strawberry Shortcakes

  • Destiny

    Destiny

  • 69

    69

  • Innocent World

    Innocent World

  • The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman

    The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman

  • Pandora's Fruit

    Pandora's Fruit

  • An Emblem Dedicated To You

    An Emblem Dedicated To You

  • Monday

    Monday

  • Black Kiss

    Black Kiss

  • The Sun Does Not Move

    The Sun Does Not Move

  • Adrenaline Drive

    Adrenaline Drive

  • Aegis

    Aegis

  • Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius

    Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius

  • Drive

    Drive

  • Nightmare Detective

    Nightmare Detective

  • Making of 'Battle Royale'

    Making of 'Battle Royale'

  • Crickets

    Crickets

  • Green Mind, Metal Bats

    Green Mind, Metal Bats

  • Karaoke Terror

    Karaoke Terror

  • Sukiyaki Western Django

    Sukiyaki Western Django

  • Thousand and One Nights

    Thousand and One Nights

  • School Ghost Story: Curse Special

    School Ghost Story: Curse Special

  • My Brother, The Android And Me

    My Brother, The Android And Me

  • The Ideal Man

    The Ideal Man

  • シリーズ・横溝正史短編集

    シリーズ・横溝正史短編集

  • My Second Aoharu

    My Second Aoharu

  • TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」

    TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」

  • The Ship of Theseus

    The Ship of Theseus

  • When the Saints Go Marching In

    When the Saints Go Marching In

  • DIVER -Special Investigation Unit-

    DIVER -Special Investigation Unit-

  • Cheers to Miki Clinic

    Cheers to Miki Clinic

  • Black Scandal

    Black Scandal

  • Gossip

    Gossip

  • Tokyo Houchi Shokudou

    Tokyo Houchi Shokudou

  • Kokoro

    Kokoro

  • Tomodachi no Koibito

    Tomodachi no Koibito

  • Koi no sanriku ressha kon de iko!

    Koi no sanriku ressha kon de iko!

  • Blue Days

    Blue Days

  • Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale

    Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale

  • それを愛とまちがえるから

    それを愛とまちがえるから

  • No No Sleep

    No No Sleep

  • Making-of Kids Return

    Making-of Kids Return

  • Tokyo 10+01

    Tokyo 10+01

  • Beautiful 2015

    Beautiful 2015

  • Sakura,

    Sakura,