Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
5/19/1975
Place of Birth
Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Also Known As
Masanobu AndôAndō MasanobuMasanobu Andō
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 ro...
Known For
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
as Shinsaku Takasugi
Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
Unknown Role
Red Shadow
as Akakage
City Hunter
as Hideyuki Makimura
Battle Royale
as Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6)
Railroad Man
as Toshiyuki Yoshioka
Sakuran
as Seiji
THE FABLE: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill
as Suzuki
The Yin Yang Master Zero
as Sadafumi Heguri
Kids Return
as Shinji
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge
as Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag
as Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
Smuggler
as Spine
Day and Night
as Kenichi Kitamura
ZOKKI
Unknown Role
Code Blue: The Movie
as Hiroki Shinkai
Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final
as Hajime Gakuto
Gonin Saga
as Seiji Shikine
Strawberry Shortcakes
as Kikuchi
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation
as Yasui