Masanobu Ando Explained

Masanobu Ando
Native Name:安藤 政信
Birth Date:19 May 1975
Birth Place:Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Nationality:Japanese
Years Active:1994–present
Known For:Kids Return, Battle Royale
Occupation:Actor, Director
Children:2

is a Japanese actor.

Ando has appeared in films such as Takeshi Kitano's Kids Return (1996), Kinji Fukasaku's Battle Royale (2000), Takashi Miike's Sukiyaki Western Django (2007), and Chen Kaige's Forever Enthralled (2008).[1] He also appears in Tsai Ming-liang's award-winning film No No Sleep (2015), in a series of statically filmed urban scenes without dialogue.

Career

When Masanobu Ando completed school his direction towards a specific career path was not immediately concrete. In 1994 he was approached by a talent scout on the street and was offered an acting role, which began a new journey for Ando and his acting career.[2] Ando's career took off after starring in his first film, Takeshi Kitano's Kids Return (1996), which became one of Kitano's most successful films in Japan. He played the role of Shinji, a high school student who gave up school to pursue boxing with his best friend.[3] Ando became a popular young actor in Japan during the late 1990s, but his career slowed down in the 2000s, when he took fewer roles and was only in one or two films per year.[4] He is most famous in the West for his psychopath-killer role of Kazuo Kiriyama in Kinji Fukusaku's Battle Royale (2000), a blockbuster dystopia film, which managed to be one of the most famous blood and gore films of the decade.

In 1998 he visited Russia to film for a Japanese show, Seinen wa Kouya wo Mezasu, where he travelled from Vladivostok to Khabarovsk along the Trans-Siberian Railway. Ando co-starred in Takashi Miike's Big Bang Love, Juvenile A with Ryuhei Matsuda.[5] He played a supporting role in Shinya Tsukamoto's Nightmare Detective.[6] Ando also appeared in Katsuhito Ishii's Smuggler.[7] He has taken part in the Toronto Film Festival.

Around 2016, the twentieth anniversary of his entry into the film industry, Ando made a comeback and starred in several films, including , Gonin Saga, and Sadako vs. Kayako.

Personal life

Ando is married and has two children.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Midnight Eye interview: Masanobu Ando. Midnight Eye. Kuriko. Sato. March 27, 2009.
  2. https://kimonoimag.ru/actor-photographer-masanobu-ando ВТОРОЕ РОЖДЕНИЕ МАСАНОБУ АНДО
  3. Web site: BBC – Films – review – Kids Return. BBC. David. Wood. October 23, 2000.
  4. https://www.bunkalabo.com/the-rebirth-of-masanobu-ando/ The Rebirth of Masanobu Ando
  5. Web site: Review: 46-OKUNEN NO KOI (Personal Favorites #25). Twitch Film. Niels. Matthijs. January 25, 2012. October 9, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063001/http://twitchfilm.com/2012/01/review-46-okunen-no-koi-personal-favorites-25.html. March 4, 2016. dead.
  6. Web site: 'Akuma Tantei' – The Japan Times. The Japan Times. Mark. Schilling. Mark Schilling. January 12, 2007.
  7. Web site: Smuggler – Variety. Variety. Dennis. Harvey. September 20, 2011.
  8. Web site: デイアンドナイト. February 7, 2024. eiga.com.
  9. Web site: 岡田准一「ザ・ファブル」続編、21年公開決定！ 堤真一、平手友梨奈、安藤政信が参戦. August 19, 2020. eiga.com.
  10. Web site: 吉岡里帆、鈴木福、満島真之介ら映画『ゾッキ』に豪華キャスト18名. October 21, 2020. Cinematoday.
  11. Web site: 「るろうに剣心」に桂役で高橋一生、沖田役で村上虹郎、高杉役で安藤政信が出演. March 2, 2021. Natalie.
  12. Web site: 太宰治「斜陽」映画化で宮本茉由が映画初主演！安藤政信は太宰モデルの作家役. June 19, 2021. Cinematoday.
  13. Web site: 豊川悦司＆安藤政信が義兄弟、阪本順治監督が"究極の孤独"描く問題作『弟とアンドロイドと僕』公開. September 27, 2021. Cinema Cafe.
  14. Web site: 千夜、一夜. July 15, 2022. eiga.com.
  15. Web site: 岸辺露伴 ルーヴルへ行く. February 1, 2023. eiga.com.
  16. Web site: 陰陽師0. December 7, 2023. eiga.com.
  17. Web site: かくしごと. February 7, 2024. eiga.com.
  18. Web site: 鈴木亮平主演のNetflix「シティーハンター」槇村秀幸役は安藤政信、木村文乃も登場. February 24, 2024. Natalie.
  19. Web site: テセウスの船の出演者・キャスト一覧. 17 August 2024. The Television.
  20. Web site: 岩田剛典がドラマ「金魚妻」で篠原涼子と不倫愛、安藤政信や長谷川京子ら11名解禁. October 21, 2021. Natalie.
  21. Web site: 「フクロウと呼ばれた男」の新キャストに萬田久子、安藤政信、長谷川京子ら. April 6, 2024. Natalie.
  22. Web site: Hochi Film Award: Past Winners List . . Japanese . November 25, 2017 .
  23. Web site: Golden Arrow Awards Winners List . Japan Magazine Association . Japanese . November 25, 2017 . 5 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170818045022/http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/doc/golden_list2008.pdf . August 18, 2017 . dead .
  24. Web site: Nikkan Sports Film Award: Past Winners . . Japanese . November 25, 2017 .
  25. Web site: Japanese Movie Critics Awards Past Winners . Japanese Movie Critics Awards . Japanese . November 25, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150702010801/http://jmc-award.com/award/1900.html . July 2, 2015 . dead .
  26. Web site: Kinema Junpo Best Ten . Kinema Junpo . Japanese . November 25, 2017 .
  27. Web site: Rotten Tomatoes.com: Masanobu Ando. Rotten Tomatoes. January 30, 2010.
  28. Web site: 20th Japan Academy Prize . Japan Academy Film Prize Association . Japanese . November 25, 2017 .
  29. Web site: Mainichi Film Concours: History . . Japanese . November 25, 2017 .
  30. Web site: Tokyo Sports Film Award: Past Winners list . . Japanese . November 25, 2017 .
  31. Web site: 18th Yokohama Film Festival . Yokohama Film Festival . Japanese . November 25, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110714182034/http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/18-1996/18_1996_shou.html . July 14, 2011 . dead .

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