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Kinnosuke Nakamura

Acting Born Nov 20, 1932 Tokyo, Japan 24 credits

Biography

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Yorozuya Kinnosuke (萬屋錦之介) was a Japanese kabuki actor. Born Kin'ichi Ogawa (小川 錦一 Ogawa Kin'ichi), son of kabuki actor Nakamura Tokizō III, he entered kabuki and became the first in the kabuki tradition to take the name Nakamura Kinnosuke. He took on his guild name (yagō) Yorozuya as his surname in 1971.

In addition to his kabuki activity, Kinnosuke had an extensive film career. A specialist in jidaigeki, Kinnosuke appeared in more than 140 films. These include a 1957 Mito Kōmon and a 1961 appearance as the title character in the Toei Company's Miyamoto Musashi series (a role he reprised in 1962, 1963, 1964, and 1965, and again in 1971). A versatile actor, he has played as many as seven characters in a single film.

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Known for

Film

The Shogun Assassins

as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Film

The Fall of Ako Castle

as Oishi Kuranosuke

Full filmography

  • Lone Wolf and Cub (1973) as Ittô Ogami
  • Haru no Sakamichi (1971) as Yagyū Munenori
  • Hana no Ran (1994) as Yamana Sōzen
  • Swordsman With the Torn Umbrella (1974) as 叶 刀舟
  • A Tale of Two Truncheons (1984)
  • Shogun's Samurai (1978) as Yagyu Tajima
  • Wandering Wolf: Ryu the Branded Cross (1972)
  • Goyokin (1969) as Samon Fujimaki
  • The Shogun Assassins (1979) as Tokugawa Ieyasu
  • The Man of Five Rings (1981) as Miyamoto Musashi
  • The Fall of Ako Castle (1978) as Oishi Kuranosuke
  • The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles (1975) as Tadashiro Hiramatsu
  • Death of a Tea Master (1989) as Urakusai Oda
  • Samurai Banners (1969) as Shingen Takeda
  • Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai (1963) as Jirozaemon / Iikura / Sajiemon / Kyutaro / Shuzo / Shingo / Osamu / Susumu
  • 子連れ狼 (1984)
  • Gate of Youth 2 (1982) as Eiji Niki
  • Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor (1969) as Fujita Arima
  • Miyamoto Musashi (1961) as Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)
  • The Sharks (1964)
  • The Fugitive Samurai (1984) as Itto Ogami
  • Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style (1963) as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo
  • Portrait of Hell (1969) as Lord Hosokawa
  • Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda (1959) as Oda Nobunaga