Masanobu Andō (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.
Andō 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 Andō'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, Andō 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 a collection released by Peacedelic 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.
Filmography
Movies
- Méi Lánfāng (aka Forever Enthralled, 2008)
- Sukiyaki Western: Django (2007)
- Sakuran (2007)
- Akumu tantei (aka Nightmare Detective, 2007)
- Strawberry Shortcakes (2006)
- Kôrogi (aka Crickets, 2006)
- Seishun kinzoku batto (aka Green Mind, Metal Bats, 2006)
- 46-okunen no koi (aka Big Bang Love, Juvenile A, 2006)
- Synesthesia (aka Gimme Heaven, 2005)
- Bôkoku no îgisu (aka Aimless Aegis, 2004)
- Black Kiss (aka Synchronicity, 2004, theatrical release in 2006)
- Sixtynine (aka 69, 2004)
- Short Films (2003)
- Sonic Four: Peace Vibe (2003)
- Shôwa kayô daizenshû (aka Karaoke Terror, 2003)
- TOKYO 10+01 (aka Tokyo Eleven, 2002)
- Drive (2002)
- Satorare (aka Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius, 2001)
- Akakage (aka Red Shadow, 2001)
- Battle Royale (2000)
- Space Travelers (2000)
- Gakkô no kaidan: Haru no noroi supesharu (2000)
- Monday (2000)
- Poppoya (aka Railroad Man, 1999)
- Adrenaline Drive (1999)
- Seinen wa kouya wo mezasu (1999)
- Innocent World (1998)
- Kids Return (1996)
- Rex: kyoryu monogatari (aka Rex: A Dinosaur's Story, 1993)
TV Series
- Seija no koushin (aka When the Saints Go Marching In, 1998)
- Ao no jidai (aka Blue Days, 1998)
- Tomodachi no koibito (aka My Friend's Lover, 1997)
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