Masanobu Ando

Masanobu Ando

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: Acting
Birthday: 1975-05-19
Place of Birth: Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Also Known As: Masanobu Andô, Andō Masanobu, Masanobu Andō, Andô Masanobu, Masanobu Andou, Andou Masanobu, 安藤 政信

Movies List of Masanobu Ando

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Battle Royale

2000 Movie
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Rohan at the Louvre

2023 Movie
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Adrenaline Drive

1999 Movie
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Kids Return

1996 Movie
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Monday

2000 Movie
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Nightmare Detective

2007 Movie
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Drive

2002 Movie
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Black Kiss

2004 Movie
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Space Travelers

2000 Movie
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Railroad Man

1999 Movie
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Strawberry Shortcakes

2006 Movie
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Smuggler

2011 Movie
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SHORT FILMS

2003 Movie
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The Setting Sun

2022 Movie
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Aegis

2005 Movie
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Petal Dance

2013 Movie
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Forever Enthralled

2008 Movie
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Synesthesia

2005 Movie
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Sakuran

2006 Movie
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Red Shadow

2001 Movie
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Innocent World

1998 Movie
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Tokyo 10+01

2002 Movie
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Crickets

2006 Movie
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69

2004 Movie
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Karaoke Terror

2003 Movie
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No No Sleep

2015 Movie
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City Hunter

2024 Movie
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Stay Mum

2024 Movie
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Gonin Saga

2015 Movie
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Sadako vs. Kayako

2016 Movie
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Kokoro

2016 Movie
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Sakura,

2021 Movie
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Code Blue: The Movie

2018 Movie
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Day and Night

2019 Movie
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Lenses on Her Heart

2018 Movie
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Making-of Kids Return

1996 Movie
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A Flower Aflame

2016 Movie
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ZOKKI

2021 Movie