Kinnosuke Nakamura
Born: 1932-11-20 in Tokyo, Japan
Died: 1997-03-10
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1994
- Hana no Ran as Yamana Sōzen
1989
- Death of a Tea Master as Urakusai Oda
1987
- Tabaruzaka as Katsu Kaishû
1985
- The Last True Yakuza as Kadota
1984
- The Fugitive Samurai as Itto Ogami
- A Tale of Two Truncheons
- Lone Wolf and Cub as Ogami Ittō
- 子連れ狼
1982
- Gate of Youth 2 as Eiji Niki
- 柳生新陰流
1981
- Baian the Assassin as Baian Fujieda
- The Man of Five Rings as Miyamoto Musashi
1980
- Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai as Matsudaira Katamori (Lord of Aizu)
1979
- The Shogun Assassins as Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Nichiren
1978
- Shogun's Samurai as Yagyu Tajima
- The Fall of Ako Castle as Oishi Kuranosuke
- 破れ新九郎
1977
1975
- The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles as Tadashiro Hiramatsu
1974
1973
- Lone Wolf and Cub as Ittô Ogami
- 子連れ狼 (萬屋錦之介版)
1971
- Haru no Sakamichi as Yagyū Munenori
- Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death as Musashi Miyamoto
- Challenge at Dawn
1970
- The Ambitious as Ryoma Sakamoto
- Will to Conquer
- Incident at Blood Pass as Heima Ibuki
1969
- Portrait of Hell as Lord Hosokawa
- Samurai Banners as Shingen Takeda
- Goyokin as Samon Fujimaki
- Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor as Fujita Arima
- The Magoichi Saga as Saika Magoichi
1968
- The Day the Sun Rose as Shinkichi
1966
- Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
- Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn as Samanosuke / Tange Sazen
- Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza as Kutsukake Tokijiro
1965
- Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo
- Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
- The Flower and the Dragon
- Three Yakuza
- Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu as 織田信長
1964
- The Sharks
- Revenge as Shinpachi Ezaki
- Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo
- The Domain
1963
- Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo
- Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai as Jirozaemon / Iikura / Sajiemon / Kyutaro / Shuzo / Shingo / Osamu / Susumu
- Yakuza of Seki as Yataro of Seki
- A Fishmonger's Tour
- Tokaido Fullhouse
- Sasuke and His Comedians as Sasuke
1962
- A Carpenter and Children
- Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo
- In Search of Mother as Banba no Chutaro
- Lady Sen and Hideyori as Toyotomi Hideyori
- Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
- Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
- A Revengeful Raid
1961
- The Ako Retainers as Wakisaka Awajinomori
- Miyamoto Musashi as Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)
- The Shogun and the Fishmonger
- Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
- An Edo Magistrate as Chu/Tadasuke
- The Conspirator
- Works of the Fish Man
1960
1959
- The Forbidden Castle
- Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka as Chubei Kameya
- Hawk of the North as Date Masamune
- A Spectacular Showdown as Sunosaki no Masakichi
- Diary of a Wandering Lord
- Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda as Oda Nobunaga
- Souls in the Moonlight III as Utsugi Hyoma
- Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun
- House of Spider Webs
- Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men
1958
- Souls in the Moonlight II as Utsugi Hyoma
- Roughneck From Asama as Itaro of Asama
- Wind, Woman and Road as Ginji
- The Abandoned Swords
- Ghost Story on Passage
- Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2 as Genji Kurô
- A Chivalrous Spirit as Onikichi
- Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
- Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger
- Noble Tasuke
- Bull's Eye of Love as Genta / Young Lord Genjiro
- The Sword Knows
- The Traveling Ruffian
1957
- Shimizu Port of Chivalry as Mori no Ishimatsu
- Lofty Ambitions
- Tales of Young Genji Kuro as Genji Kurô
- Ghost Ship Part 2 as Jiromaru
- Lord Mito
- Souls in the Moonlight as Hyoma Utsugi
- Travel Romances
- Rebellion as Chikara
- Ghost Ship Part 1 as Jiromaru
- Sedge Hat
- The Seven Vows, Part 3
- The Seven Vows, Part 2
1956
- Goblin of Rashomon
- The Swamp
- Avenging Father as Soga Goro Tokimune
- The Seven Vows as Goro
1955
- A Gang of Five as Benten Kozo
- Minamoto Yoshitsune as Minamoto Yoshitsune
- Spring Voyage
- Young Ruddy Warrior: Nobunaga Oda as Oda Nobunaga