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
1991
- Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit
- The Yagyu Code 4: A Duel of Conviction as Yagyu Munenori
1990
- The Yagyu Code: Secret Scrolls as Tajima-no-Kami Yagyu & Fugetsusai Yamada
1989
- Death of a Tea Master as Urakusai Oda
1987
- Tabaruzaka as Katsu Kaishû
1985
- The Last True Yakuza as Kadota
1984
- A Tale of Two Truncheons
- 子連れ狼
- The Fugitive Samurai as Itto Ogami
- Lone Wolf and Cub as Ogami Ittō
1982
- Gate of Youth 2 as Eiji Niki
- 柳生新陰流
1981
- The Man of Five Rings as Miyamoto Musashi
- Baian the Assassin as Baian Fujieda
- Sword of Destiny
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
- Challenge at Dawn
- Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death as Musashi Miyamoto
1970
- The Ambitious as Ryoma Sakamoto
- Incident at Blood Pass as Heima Ibuki
- Will to Conquer
1969
- Samurai Banners as Shingen Takeda
- Goyokin as Samon Fujimaki
- Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor as Fujita Arima
- Portrait of Hell as Lord Hosokawa
- The Magoichi Saga as Saika Magoichi
1968
- The Day the Sun Rose as Shinkichi
1966
- Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn as Samanosuke / Tange Sazen
- Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza as Kutsukake Tokijiro
- Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
1965
- Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu as 織田信長
- Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo
- Three Yakuza
- Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
- The Flower and the Dragon
1964
- Revenge as Shinpachi Ezaki
- Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo
- The Domain
- The Sharks
1963
- Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai as Jirozaemon / Iikura / Sajiemon / Kyutaro / Shuzo / Shingo / Osamu / Susumu
- Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo
- Sasuke and His Comedians as Sasuke
- Tokaido Fullhouse
- A Fishmonger's Tour
- Yakuza of Seki as Yataro of Seki
1962
- Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo
- A Carpenter and Children
- Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
- A Revengeful Raid
- Lady Sen and Hideyori as Toyotomi Hideyori
- Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
- In Search of Mother as Banba no Chutaro
1961
- Miyamoto Musashi as Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)
- The Conspirator
- The Ako Retainers as Wakisaka Awajinomori
- The Shogun and the Fishmonger
- An Edo Magistrate as Chu/Tadasuke
- Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
- Works of the Fish Man
1960
1959
- A Spectacular Showdown as Sunosaki no Masakichi
- Diary of a Wandering Lord
- Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun
- Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men
- Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda as Oda Nobunaga
- House of Spider Webs
- The Forbidden Castle
- Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka as Chubei Kameya
- Souls in the Moonlight III as Utsugi Hyoma
- Hawk of the North as Date Masamune
1958
- A Chivalrous Spirit as Onikichi
- Souls in the Moonlight II as Utsugi Hyoma
- Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger
- Noble Tasuke
- Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
- Roughneck From Asama as Itaro of Asama
- The Abandoned Swords
- Yaji and Kita's Ghost Story Journey
- The Traveling Ruffian
- Bull's Eye of Love as Genta / Young Lord Genjiro
- Wind, Woman and Road as Ginji
- Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2 as Genji Kurô
- The Sword Knows
1957
- Shimizu Port of Chivalry as Mori no Ishimatsu
- Ghost Ship Part 1 as Jiromaru
- Souls in the Moonlight as Hyoma Utsugi
- Travel Romances
- Lord Mito
- Rebellion as Chikara
- The Seven Vows, Part 2
- The Seven Vows, Part 3
- Ghost Ship Part 2 as Jiromaru
- Lofty Ambitions
- Sedge Hat
- Tales of Young Genji Kuro as Genji Kurô
1956
- The Seven Vows as Goro
- The Swamp
- Avenging Father as Soga Goro Tokimune
- Goblin of Rashomon
1955
- Minamoto Yoshitsune as Minamoto Yoshitsune
- Young Ruddy Warrior: Nobunaga Oda as Oda Nobunaga
- Spring Voyage
- A Gang of Five as Benten Kozo