Kinnosuke Nakamura
Known for ActingBorn 1932-11-20 — died 1997-03-10Tokyo, Japan
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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.
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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.
Known for
The Shogun Assassins
1979 · as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Goyokin
1969 · as Samon Fujimaki
Shogun's Samurai
1978 · as Yagyu Tajima
Samurai Banners
1969 · as Shingen Takeda
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978 · as Oishi Kuranosuke
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963 · as Jirozaemon / Iikura / Sajiemon / Kyutaro / Shuzo / Shingo / Osamu / Susumu
Incident at Blood Pass
1970 · as Heima Ibuki
Death of a Tea Master
1989 · as Urakusai Oda
The Seven Vows, Part 2
1957
Gate of Youth 2
1982 · as Eiji Niki
The Magoichi Saga
1969 · as Saika Magoichi
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965 · as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1969 · as Fujita Arima
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964 · as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo
Three Yakuza
1965
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963 · as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo
The Sword Knows
1958
The Fugitive Samurai
1984 · as Itto Ogami