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Masanobu Ando · Cineora

Masanobu Ando

ACTOR · FROM KAWASAKI, JAPAN

Masanobu Ando

Born 1975 · 51 years old85 credits since 19931 coming up

MelancholicQuirkyFunnyDarkFriendship

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In the pictureBattle Royale

ABOUT MASANOBU

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.

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.

Born19 May 1975

BirthplaceKawasaki, Japan

Known forActing

On Cineora44 of 83 titles

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Known for

The titles people know Masanobu from.

Battle Royale poster

Movie

2000IMDb7.5

Sukiyaki Western Django poster

Movie

Sukiyaki Western Django

2007IMDb6.1

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning poster

Movie

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning

2021IMDb7.4

Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag poster

Movie

Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag

2011IMDb7.5

Kids Return poster

Movie

1996IMDb7.4

City Hunter poster

Movie

2024IMDb6.3

Sadako vs. Kayako poster

Movie

Sadako vs. Kayako

2016IMDb5.1

Nightmare Detective poster

Movie

Nightmare Detective

2007IMDb6.0

The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill poster

Movie

The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill

2021IMDb6.8

Monday poster

Movie

2000IMDb7.3

Sakuran poster

Movie

2006IMDb6.8

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A poster

Movie

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A

2006IMDb6.7

Coming up

What Masanobu is working on next.

Shadows of the Ten Ninjaas Yukimura SanadaOut Oct 2026

Career

IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 44
Average IMDb: 6.4
Highest rated: Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow BridgeIMDb 7.6
Working since: 1993

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

85 credits

The 2020s

23 titles · IMDb 6.4 on average

Not on Cineora

The Royal Family

2025

as Hiroshi Hironaka · 10 episodes

Not on Cineora

Stay Mum

2024

as Yasuo Inukai

City Hunter poster

Movie

2024IMDb6.3

as Hideyuki Makimura

Not on Cineora

House of the Owl

2024

as Ichiro Ogami · 10 episodes

The Yin Yang Master Zero poster

Movie

The Yin Yang Master Zero

2024IMDb5.8

as Sadafumi Heguri

Not on Cineora

Destiny

2024

as Okuda Takashi · 9 episodes

Not on Cineora

My Second Aoharu

2023

as Hinata Shogo · 10 episodes

Rohan at the Louvre poster

Movie

Rohan at the Louvre

2023IMDb5.9

as Ryunosuke Tatsumi

The 2010s

29 titles · IMDb 6.2 on average

Not on Cineora

Voice

2019

as Kyosuke Kuon · 10 episodes

Your Turn to Kill poster

Series

Your Turn to Kill

2019IMDb7.1

as Go Sano · 20 episodes

Not on Cineora

それを愛とまちがえるから

2019

5 episodes

Not on Cineora

Day and Night

2019

as Kenichi Kitamura

Not on Cineora

Cheers to Miki Clinic

2019

as Miki Shouichirou · 10 episodes

Not on Cineora

Black Scandal

2018

10 episodes

Not on Cineora

Lenses on Her Heart

2018

as Yuji Kiba

Love and Fortune poster

Series

Love and Fortune

2018IMDb7.1

as Tsuchiya Jo · 12 episodes

The 2000s

23 titles · IMDb 6.7 on average

Forever Enthralled poster

Movie

Forever Enthralled

2008IMDb6.7

as Ryuichi Tanaka

Code Blue poster

Series

2008–2017IMDb7.5

as Shinkai Hiroki · 10 episodes

Sukiyaki Western Django poster

Movie

Sukiyaki Western Django

2007IMDb6.1

as Yoichi

Nightmare Detective poster

Movie

Nightmare Detective

2007IMDb6.0

as Detective Wakamiya

Sakuran poster

Movie

2006IMDb6.8

as Seiji

Not on Cineora

Crickets

2006

as Taichi

Strawberry Shortcakes poster

Movie

Strawberry Shortcakes

2006IMDb6.9

as Kikuchi

Not on Cineora

Green Mind, Metal Bats

2006

as Ishioka

The 1990s

8 titles · IMDb 6.8 on average

Railroad Man poster

Movie

1999IMDb7.1

as Toshiyuki Yoshioka

Adrenaline Drive poster

Movie

Adrenaline Drive

1999IMDb6.9

as Satoru Suzuki

Not on Cineora

Innocent World

1998

as Takuya

Not on Cineora

Blue Days

1998

as Shuri Sawaki · 11 episodes

Not on Cineora

When the Saints Go Marching In

1998

as Takahara Ren · 11 episodes

Not on Cineora

Friend's Lover

1997

12 episodes

Kids Return poster

Movie

1996IMDb7.4

as Shinji

Rex: A Dinosaur's Story poster

Movie

Rex: A Dinosaur's Story

1993IMDb6.0

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in Masanobu’s titles.

Naoto TakenakaRed Shadow, Your Turn to Kill and 1 more

Koichi SatoSukiyaki Western Django, The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill and 1 more

Yasuko MatsuyukiMonday, Drive and 1 more

Ryuhei MatsudaNightmare Detective, Big Bang Love, Juvenile A and 1 more

Jun Kunimura69, The Yin Yang Master Zero and 1 more

Ren OsugiNightmare Detective, Monday and 1 more

Fumino KimuraCity Hunter, The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill and 1 more

Shinichi TsutsumiThe Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill, Monday and 1 more

Koji EndoComposer · Sukiyaki Western Django, Sadako vs. Kayako and 1 more

Ko ShibasakiBattle Royale and Drive