Kinnosuke Nakamura
Known For
Acting
Born
1932-11-20 in Tokyo, Japan
Died
1997-03-10
Biography
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.
Most Known For
Lone Wolf and Cub
as Ittô Ogami
Swordsman With the Torn Umbrella
as 叶 刀舟
Hana no Ran
as Yamana Sōzen
Haru no Sakamichi
as Yagyū Munenori
The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles
as Tadashiro Hiramatsu
Wandering Wolf: Ryu the Branded Cross
子連れ狼
The Shogun Assassins
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Goyokin
as Samon Fujimaki
Shogun's Samurai
as Yagyu Tajima
The Fall of Ako Castle
as Oishi Kuranosuke
A Tale of Two Truncheons
Death of a Tea Master
as Urakusai Oda
Revenge
as Shinpachi Ezaki
The Ambitious
as Ryoma Sakamoto
Samurai Banners
as Shingen Takeda
Tabaruzaka
as Katsu Kaishû
The Man of Five Rings
as Miyamoto Musashi
Portrait of Hell
as Lord Hosokawa
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
as Jirozaemon / Iikura / Sajiemon / Kyutaro / Shuzo / Shingo / Osamu / Susumu