Masanobu Ando
Encyclopedia
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 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
.
TV Series
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
.
For his second film, in 1996, he won the Film Academy of Japan's Best New Actor Award, starring in Takeshi Kitano
Takeshi Kitano
is a Japanese filmmaker, comedian, singer, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter, and one-time video game designer who has received critical acclaim, both in his native Japan and abroad, for his highly idiosyncratic cinematic work. The famed Japanese film critic...
's Kids Return
Kids Return
All compositions by Joe Hisaishi.#"Meet Again" 5:02#"Graduation" 1:07#"Angel Doll" 2:21#"Alone" 1:15#"As a Rival" 1:29#"Promise... for Us" 5:08#"Next Round" 1:28#"Destiny" 3:31#"I Don't Care" 2:18#"High Spirits" 2:03#"Defeat" 2:29#"Break Down" 3:46...
.
Andō has extensive experience in both Japanese television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
and film and has played a large variety of different roles: mentally challenged (Innocent World), bank robber (Space Travelers, Drive), doctor
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
(Transparent), ninja
Ninja
A or was a covert agent or mercenary of feudal Japan specializing in unorthodox arts of war. The functions of the ninja included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, and assassination, as well as open combat in certain situations...
and samurai
Samurai
is the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau...
(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
Battle Royale (film)
is a 2000 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku based on the novel of the same name. It was written by Kenta Fukasaku and stars Takeshi Kitano. The film aroused international controversy.A sequel, Battle Royale II: Requiem, followed...
(2000). He also played an art forger in the low-budget Battle Royale parody Tokyo 10+01
Tokyo 10+01
TOKYO 10+01, also informally known as Tokyo Eleven, is a Japanese film directed by Higuchinsky that was released in 2003. To date it has not been officially released outside of Japan, although it has been unofficially subtitled in English and German and released on DVD with Region 0 coding.TOKYO...
(2003).
As well as acting
Acting
Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play....
, Andō has been in Japanese ad campaigns for the popular Japanese snack
Snack
A snack is a small portion of food eaten between meals. The food might be snack food—items like potato chips or baby carrots—but could also simply be a smaller amount of any food item.-Snacks and health:...
food, Pocky
Pocky
is a Japanese snack food produced by the Ezaki Glico Company of Japan.-History:Pocky was first sold in 1966, and consists of a biscuit stick coated with chocolate. It was named after the Japanese onomatopoetic word for the sound Pocky makes when bitten, pokkin . The original was followed by...
, Toyota, and for DoCoMo
DoCoMo
DoCoMo is a trademark of the NTT DoCoMo corporation of Japan, used in its home market and in India in partnership with Tata Teleservices. It is an acronym of the phrase "Do communications over the mobile network."See also the following mobile phone operators:...
mobile phones.
In 2003, he directed his first film, Adagietto. Sehr langsam, starring Japanese actress, Kumiko Aso. The short is included in Hiroyuki Nakano
Hiroyuki Nakano
is a Japanese film director.-Filmography:# Tajomaru # Return # Slow Is Beautiful # Stereo Future # Red Shadow # Pop Group Killers # Samurai Fiction...
'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
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
and shopping
Shopping
Shopping is the examining of goods or services from retailers with the intent to purchase at that time. Shopping is an activity of selection and/or purchase. In some contexts it is considered a leisure activity as well as an economic one....
.
Filmography
Movies- SmugglerSmuggler (manga)is a Japanese manga series by Shohei Manabe. It was adapted into a live action film in 2011....
(2011) - Seediq BaleSeediq BaleSeediq Bale is the fourth studio album by the Taiwanese black metal band ChthoniC, and the first to receive full promotion and release outside of Asia...
(2011) - Dao jian xiao (aka The Butcher, the Chef and the SwordsmanThe Butcher, the Chef and the SwordsmanThe Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman is a 2010 action comedy film directed by Wuershan. The film is a connection of three inter-twining stories....
, 2010) - Méi Lánfāng (aka Forever Enthralled, 2008)
- Sukiyaki Western: DjangoSukiyaki Western: Djangois a 2007 Japanese film by Takashi Miike. The title of this English language western refers to the Japanese dish, sukiyaki, as well as Sergio Corbucci's spaghetti western film, Django...
(2007) - SakuranSakuran, is a manga series created by Moyoco Anno. The manga is about a girl, Kiyoha who becomes a tayu or oiran courtesan.- Plot :...
(2007) - Akumu tantei (aka Nightmare DetectiveNightmare Detectiveis a 2007 Japanese horror film directed by Shinya Tsukamoto and released by Movie-Eye Entertainment Inc, starring Ryuhei Matsuda and hitomi. Masanobu Ando and Ren Osugi play supporting roles, and Tsukamoto himself plays the unnamed villain. The film is shot entirely within Adachi, Tokyo.Nightmare...
, 2007) - Strawberry ShortcakesStrawberry ShortcakesStrawberry Shortcakes is a Japanese film by director Hitoshi Yazaki. The film, based on the Japanese manga of the same name by Kiriko Nananan, concerns the life of four girls, as they deal with their own insecurities while living in the metropolis of Tokyo...
(2006) - Kôrogi (aka Crickets, 2006)
- Seishun kinzoku batto (aka Green Mind, Metal Bats, 2006)
- 46-okunen no koi (aka Big Bang Love, Juvenile ABig Bang Love, Juvenile ABig Bang Love, Juvenile A is a 2006 film directed by Takashi Miike.-Plot:An unknown future. A boy confesses to the murder of another in an all-boy juvenile detention facility. The story follows two detectives trying to uncover the case...
, 2006) - Synesthesia (aka Gimme Heaven, 2005)
- Bôkoku no îgisu (aka Aimless Aegis, 2004)
- Black Kiss (aka Synchronicity, 2004, theatrical release in 2006)
- Sixtynine (aka 6969 (film)69 is a 2004 film adaptation of Ryu Murakami's novel 69.-Cast:*Satoshi Tsumabuki as Kenichi Yazaki*Masanobu Ando as Tadashi "Adama" Yamada*Yuta Kanai as Manabu Iwase*Asami Mizukawa as Mie Nagayama* as Kazuko "Lady Jane" Matsui...
, 2004) - Short Films (2003)
- Sonic Four: Peace Vibe (2003)
- Shôwa kayô daizenshû (aka Karaoke Terror, 2003)
- TOKYO 10+01Tokyo 10+01TOKYO 10+01, also informally known as Tokyo Eleven, is a Japanese film directed by Higuchinsky that was released in 2003. To date it has not been officially released outside of Japan, although it has been unofficially subtitled in English and German and released on DVD with Region 0 coding.TOKYO...
(aka Tokyo ElevenTokyo 10+01TOKYO 10+01, also informally known as Tokyo Eleven, is a Japanese film directed by Higuchinsky that was released in 2003. To date it has not been officially released outside of Japan, although it has been unofficially subtitled in English and German and released on DVD with Region 0 coding.TOKYO...
, 2002) - Drive (2002)
- Satorare (aka Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius, 2001)
- Akakage (aka Red ShadowRed Shadowis a fictional Japanese superhero featured in several manga, tokusatsu, anime and live movies and TV shows since his first appearance in the 1967 TV series, Red Shadow, The Masked Ninja, produced by Toei Company Ltd..- Character :...
, 2001) - Battle RoyaleBattle Royale (film)is a 2000 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku based on the novel of the same name. It was written by Kenta Fukasaku and stars Takeshi Kitano. The film aroused international controversy.A sequel, Battle Royale II: Requiem, followed...
(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 ReturnKids ReturnAll compositions by Joe Hisaishi.#"Meet Again" 5:02#"Graduation" 1:07#"Angel Doll" 2:21#"Alone" 1:15#"As a Rival" 1:29#"Promise... for Us" 5:08#"Next Round" 1:28#"Destiny" 3:31#"I Don't Care" 2:18#"High Spirits" 2:03#"Defeat" 2:29#"Break Down" 3:46...
(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)