Masanobu Ando

About

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,...

Known for

Code BlueSeries • 2008Your Turn to KillSeries • 2019Battle RoyaleMovie • 2000Keigo Higashino MysteriesSeries • 2012Rurouni Kenshin: The BeginningMovie • 2021Fishbowl WivesSeries • 2022シリーズ・横溝正史短編集Series • 2016City HunterMovie • 2024Sadako vs. KayakoMovie • 2016Kids ReturnMovie • 1996Sukiyaki Western DjangoMovie • 2007SakuranMovie • 2006Railroad ManMovie • 1999The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't KillMovie • 2021MondayMovie • 2000The Butcher, the Chef, and the SwordsmanMovie • 2011Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow BridgeMovie • 2011Nightmare DetectiveMovie • 2007Forever EnthralledMovie • 2008Rohan at the LouvreMovie • 2023SmugglerMovie • 2011Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun FlagMovie • 2011Big Bang Love, Juvenile AMovie • 2006Strawberry ShortcakesMovie • 2006