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Kinnosuke Nakamura

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Birthday: 1932-11-20 | Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1994
Hana no Ran

as    Yamana Sōzen

1989
Death of a Tea Master

as    Urakusai Oda

1984
The Fugitive Samurai

as    Itto Ogami

1981
Baian the Assassin

as    Baian Fujieda

1981
The Man of Five Rings

as    Miyamoto Musashi

1979
The Shogun Assassins

as    Tokugawa Ieyasu

1978
The Fall of Ako Castle

as    Oishi Kuranosuke

1978
Shogun's Samurai

as    Yagyu Tajima

1975
The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles

as    Tadashiro Hiramatsu

1973
Lone Wolf and Cub

as    Ittô Ogami

1971
Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death

as    Musashi Miyamoto

1971
Haru no Sakamichi

as    Yagyū Munenori

1970
Incident at Blood Pass

as    Heima Ibuki

1970
The Ambitious

as    Ryoma Sakamoto

1969
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

as    Fujita Arima

1969
Portrait of Hell

as    Lord Hosokawa

1969
Goyokin

as    Samon Fujimaki

1969
Samurai Banners

as    Shingen Takeda

1966
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza

as    Kutsukake Tokijiro

1966
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn

as    Samanosuke / Tange Sazen