Cast & creator
Masanobu Ando
Best known for Code Blue, The Ship of Theseus, Fishbowl Wives
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. Ando 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 Ando'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, Ando 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Masanobu Ando, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Also known as: Masanobu Andô, Andō Masanobu, Masanobu Andō, Andô Masanobu, Masanobu Andou
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1993–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (91)
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Code Blue
Shinkai Hiroki
2008
The Ship of Theseus
Mikio Kimura
2020
Fishbowl Wives
Takuya Hiraga
2022
Battle Royale
Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6)
2000
Love and Fortune
Tsuchiya Jo
2018
Your Turn to Kill
Go Sano
2019
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
Shinsaku Takasugi
2021
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
2015
Keigo Higashino Mysteries
2012
Pandora's Fruit
Caen Karl
2022
House of the Owl
Ichiro Ogami
2024
Destiny
Okuda Takashi
2024
City Hunter
Hideyuki Makimura
2024
Voice
Kyosuke Kuon
2019
Sadako vs. Kayako
Keizō Tokiwa
2016
The Sun Does Not Move
Osamu Sakurai
2020
シリーズ・横溝正史短編集
Haruki Kagawa
2016
The Royal Family
Hiroshi Hironaka
2025
Kids Return
Shinji
1996
Sukiyaki Western Django
Yoichi
2007
真田十勇士 SHADOWS OF THE TEN NINJA
Sanada Yukimura
2026
My Second Aoharu
Hinata Shogo
2023
Blue Days
Shuri Sawaki
1998
Tokyo Houchi Shokudo
Kotaro Higashi
2021
DIVER -Special Investigation Unit-
Naoya Date（伊達 直哉）
2020
When the Saints Go Marching In
Takahara Ren
1998
Gossip
Masaki Niwa
2022
Cheers to Miki Clinic
Miki Shouichirou
2019
Code Blue: The Movie
Hiroki Shinkai
2018
Sakuran
Seiji
2006
The Ideal Man
Mitsuyasu
2021
Friend's Lover
1997
Black Scandal
2018
Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius
Kenichi Satomi
2001
Railroad Man
Toshiyuki Yoshioka
1999
Koi no sanriku ressha kon de iko!
Osako Tatsuya
2016
Still Life of Memories
Haruma
2018
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Adama
2004
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge
Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
2011
Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final
Hajime Gakuto
2016
The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill
Suzuki
2021
A Flower Aflame
Yasunori Ochi
2016
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation
Yasui
2016
Red Shadow
Akakage
2001
それを愛とまちがえるから
2019
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag
Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
2011
Nightmare Detective
Detective Wakamiya
2007
The Yin Yang Master Zero
Sadafumi Heguri
2024
Self-Bondage: All Tied Up with My Own Rope
Shuji Yamura
2013
Rohan at the Louvre
Ryunosuke Tatsumi
2023
Drive
Kodama Makato
2002
Monday
Mitsuo Kondo
2000
Smuggler
Spine
2011
Aegis
Don-chol
2005
Petal Dance
Naoto
2013
ZOKKI
2021
The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman
The Mute
2011
Space Travelers
Makoto Fujimoto
2000
Adrenaline Drive
Satoru Suzuki
1999
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
Shiro Kazuki
2006
SHORT FILMS
2003SHORT FILMS
Director
2003
Karaoke Terror
Sugioka
2003
An Emblem Dedicated To You
Kamimura Ren
2017
No No Sleep
Japanese Man
2015
Day and Night
Kenichi Kitamura
2019
Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
1993
Black Kiss
Tatsuo Sorayama
2004
Forever Enthralled
Ryuichi Tanaka
2008
Strawberry Shortcakes
Kikuchi
2006
The Setting Sun
Jiro Uehara
2022
Gonin Saga
Seiji Shikine
2015
TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」
2019
Synesthesia
Takashi Nohara
2005
Making-of Kids Return
Himself
1996
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
Self
2001
Kokoro
Jiro
2016
Stay Mum
Yasuo Inukai
2024
Thousand and One Nights
Yoji Tamura
2022
School Ghost Story: Curse Special
Satô
2000
Tokyo 10+01
Fake
2002
Crickets
Taichi
2006
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
2012
Green Mind, Metal Bats
Ishioka
2006
Beautiful 2015
2015
Making of 'Battle Royale'
Self
2000
Lenses on Her Heart
Yuji Kiba
2018
My Brother, The Android And Me
2022
Innocent World
Takuya
1998
Sakura
2021Sakura
Director
2021