Masanobu Ando

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

86

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

  • Battle Royale

    Battle Royale

  • Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning

    Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning

  • Code Blue

    Code Blue

  • City Hunter

    City Hunter

  • Your Turn To Kill

    Your Turn To Kill

  • Fishbowl Wives

    Fishbowl Wives

  • The Royal Family

    The Royal Family

  • The Yin Yang Master Zero

    The Yin Yang Master Zero

  • Kids Return

    Kids Return

  • House of the Owl

    House of the Owl

  • Still Life of Memories

    Still Life of Memories

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

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

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

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

  • The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman

    The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman

  • Sakuran

    Sakuran

  • A Flower Aflame

    A Flower Aflame

  • Rex: A Dinosaur's Story

    Rex: A Dinosaur's Story

  • Rohan at the Louvre

    Rohan at the Louvre

  • Red Shadow

    Red Shadow

  • Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final

    Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final

  • THE FABLE: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill

    THE FABLE: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill

  • Adrenaline Drive

    Adrenaline Drive

  • Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale

    Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale

  • Railroad Man

    Railroad Man

  • Smuggler

    Smuggler

  • Blue Days

    Blue Days

  • The Sun Does Not Move

    The Sun Does Not Move

  • Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation

    Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation

  • Destiny

    Destiny

  • An Emblem Dedicated To You

    An Emblem Dedicated To You

  • Forever Enthralled

    Forever Enthralled

  • Aegis

    Aegis

  • Karaoke Terror

    Karaoke Terror

  • Nightmare Detective

    Nightmare Detective

  • My Brother, The Android And Me

    My Brother, The Android And Me

  • Monday

    Monday

  • Code Blue: The Movie

    Code Blue: The Movie

  • Lenses on Her Heart

    Lenses on Her Heart

  • Keigo Higashino Mysteries

    Keigo Higashino Mysteries

  • Space Travelers

    Space Travelers

  • Petal Dance

    Petal Dance

  • Stay Mum

    Stay Mum

  • Strawberry Shortcakes

    Strawberry Shortcakes

  • Black Kiss

    Black Kiss

  • Crickets

    Crickets

  • The Setting Sun

    The Setting Sun

  • Pandora's Fruit

    Pandora's Fruit

  • Synesthesia

    Synesthesia

  • Green Mind, Metal Bats

    Green Mind, Metal Bats

  • Innocent World

    Innocent World

  • Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius

    Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius

  • Drive

    Drive

  • School Ghost Story: Curse Special

    School Ghost Story: Curse Special

  • The Ship of Theseus

    The Ship of Theseus

  • ZOKKI

    ZOKKI

  • Big Bang Love, Juvenile A

    Big Bang Love, Juvenile A

  • Gonin Saga

    Gonin Saga

  • Thousand and One Nights

    Thousand and One Nights

  • Love and Fortune

    Love and Fortune

  • Sukiyaki Western Django

    Sukiyaki Western Django

  • 69

    69

  • Voice

    Voice

  • Beautiful 2015

    Beautiful 2015

  • シリーズ・横溝正史短編集

    シリーズ・横溝正史短編集

  • Making of 'Battle Royale'

    Making of 'Battle Royale'

  • My Second Aoharu

    My Second Aoharu

  • When the Saints Go Marching In

    When the Saints Go Marching In

  • Sadako vs. Kayako

    Sadako vs. Kayako

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

    Self-Bondage: All Tied Up with My Own Rope

  • DIVER -Special Investigation Unit-

    DIVER -Special Investigation Unit-

  • Tokyo Houchi Shokudou

    Tokyo Houchi Shokudou

  • Black Scandal

    Black Scandal

  • Cheers to Miki Clinic

    Cheers to Miki Clinic

  • The Ideal Man

    The Ideal Man

  • Day and Night

    Day and Night

  • Koi no sanriku ressha kon de iko!

    Koi no sanriku ressha kon de iko!

  • Gossip

    Gossip

  • Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE

    Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE

  • Tomodachi no Koibito

    Tomodachi no Koibito

  • それを愛とまちがえるから

    それを愛とまちがえるから

  • SHORT FILMS

    SHORT FILMS

  • Making-of Kids Return

    Making-of Kids Return

  • Kokoro

    Kokoro

  • No No Sleep

    No No Sleep

  • Sakura,

    Sakura,

  • Tokyo 10+01

    Tokyo 10+01