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's '' Kids Return'' (1996),

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's '' Battle Royale'' (2000),

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'' (2008). He also appears in

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's award-winning film '' No No Sleep'' (2015), in a series of statically filmed urban scenes without dialogue.

Career

When Masanobu Ando completed school his direction towards a specific career path was not immediately concrete. In 1994 he was approached by a talent scout on the street and was offered an acting role, which began a new journey for Ando and his acting career.ВТОРОЕ РОЖДЕНИЕ МАСАНОБУ АНДО
. ''Kimono''. Published March 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2019. Ando's career took off after starring in his first film,

's '' Kids Return'' (1996), which became one of Kitano's most successful films in Japan. He played the role of Shinji, a high school student who gave up school to pursue boxing with his best friend. Ando became a popular young actor in Japan during the late 1990s, but his career slowed down in the 2000s, when he took fewer roles and was only in one or two films per year.The Rebirth of Masanobu Ando
Published 2016. He is most famous in the West for his psychopath-killer role of Kazuo Kiriyama in

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's '' Battle Royale'' (2000), a blockbuster dystopia film, which managed to be one of the most famous blood and gore films of the decade. In 1998 he visited Russia to film for a Japanese show, ''Seinen wa Kouya wo Mezasu'', where he travelled from

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along the

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. Ando co-starred in

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's ''

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''. He has taken part in the Toronto Film Festival. Around 2016, the twentieth anniversary of his entry into the film industry, Ando made a comeback and starred in several films, including '' Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation'', '' Gonin Saga'', and ''

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''.

Personal life

Ando is married and has two children.

Filmography

Film

* ''Rex: kyoryu monogatari'' (1993) * '' Kids Return'' (1996) - Shinji * ''Innocent World'' (1998) * '' Adrenaline Drive'' (1999) - Satoru Suzuki * ''

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'' (1999) - Toshiyuki Yoshioka * ''

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'' (2000) - Mitsuo Kondo, the dead man * ''

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'' (2000) - Makoto Fujimoto ("Black Cat") * '' Battle Royale'' (2000) - Kazuo Kiriyama - otoko 6-ban * ''Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius'' (2001) - Kenichi Satomi * '' Red Shadow'' (2001) - Akakage * ''Drive'' (2002) - Kodama Makato * ''Karaoke Terror'' (2003) - Sugioka * ''

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'' (2003) - Fake * ''Short Films'' (2003) * ''Sonic Four: Peace Vibe'' (2003) * '' 69'' (2004) - Tadashi "Adama" Yamada * ''Black Kiss'' (2004) - Tatsuo Sorayama * ''Synesthesia'' (2005) - Takashi Nohara * ''Aegis'' (2005) - Don-chol * '' Big Bang Love, Juvenile A'' (2006) - Shiro Kazuki * ''Green Mind, Metal Bats'' (2006) - Ishioka * ''

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'' (2006) - Taichi * ''

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'' (2006) - Kikuchi * '' Nightmare Detective'' (2006) - Detective Wakamiya * '' Sakuran'' (2006) - Seiji * '' Sukiyaki Western Django'' (2007) - Yoichi * ''

'' (2008) - Ryuichi Tanaka * '' The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2011, part 1, 2) - Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan * ''Smuggler'' (2011) - Spine * ''R-18 Bungaku-sho Vol.1: Jijojibaku no Watashi'' (2013) - Yamura * ''

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'' (2013) - Naoto * '' No No Sleep'' (2015, Short) * '' Gonin Saga'' (2015) - Seiji Shikine * ''Le coeur régulier'' (2016) - Jiro * ''

'' (2016) - Spiritual Medium Kyozo * ''Kashin'' (2016) - Yasunori Ochi * '' Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation'' (2016) - Hajime Gakuto * ''Still Life of Memories'' (2018) - Haruma * ''Lenses on Her Heart'' (2018) - Yuji Kiba * '' Code Blue the Movie'' (2018) - Hiroki Shinkai * ''Day and Night'' (2019) - Kenichi Kitamura * '' The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill'' (2021) - Suzuki * ''Zokki'' (2021) * '' Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning'' (2021) -

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* ''

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'' (2022) - Jiro Uehara * ''My Brother, The Android and Me'' (2022) * ''Thousand and One Nights'' (2022), Yōji

Television

* ''My Friend's Lover'' (1997) - Tomoya Kashiwagi * ''When the Saints Go Marching In'' (1998) - Ren Takahara * ''Blue Days'' (1998) - Juri Sawaki * ''Seinen wa Kouya o Mezasu'' (1999, TV Movie) - Jun * ''Gakko no Kaidan: Haru no Noroi Special'' (2000, TV Movie) - Satô (segment "Kyôfu shinrigaku nyûmon") * ''Higashino Keigo Mysteries'' (2012) - Bito Shigehisa / Akiyama Yuichi * ''

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'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2019) * ''

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'' (2020–21) -

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* ''Ship of Theseus'' (2020) * ''The Sun Stands Still: The Eclipse'' (2020) * ''Fishbowl Wives'' (2022) - Takuya

Awards

* 1996: Hochi Film Award – Newcomer Award ('' Kids Return'') * 1996: Golden Arrow Award – Newcomer Award (film) (''Kids Return'') * 1996:

Nikkan Sports Film Award The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by the ''Nikkan Sports''. Categories *Best Film * Best Foreign Film *Best Director * Best Actor *Best Actress * Best Supporting Actor * Best Supporting Actress * Best Newcomer *Special Award Speci ...

– Best Newcomer (''Kids Return'') * 1996:

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– Best Newcomer (''Kids Return'') * 1996: Kinema Junpo Award – Best New Actor (''Kids Return'') * 1997: Japan Academy Prize – Newcomer of the Year (''Kids Return'') * 1997: Mainichi Film Awards – New Talent Award (''Kids Return'') * 1997:

Tokyo Sports Film Award The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by the ''Tokyo Sports''. Categories There are following categories: *Best Film *Best Actor * Best Actress * Best Supporting Actor * Best Supporting Actress * Best Director * Best Newcomer * Best Foreig ...

– Best Newcomer (''Kids Return'') * 1997:

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– Best New Talent (''Kids Return'')

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ando, Masanobu 1975 births Living people People from Kawasaki, Kanagawa Japanese male television actors 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors Japanese male film actors Former Stardust Promotion artists