Masanobu Ando (安藤æ"¿ä¿¡, AndÅ� Masanobu?, born May 19, 1975 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actor and director.

For his second film, in 1996, he won the Film Academy of Japan's Best New Actor Award, starring in Takeshi Kitano's Kids Return.

Ando has extensive experience in both Japanese television drama and film and has played a large variety of different roles: mentally challenged (Ao no jidai, Innocent World), bank robber (Space Travelers, Drive), doctor (Transparent), ninja and samurai (Red Shadow), even a corpse (Monday). Out of all of Ando's characters, he is best known for his role as Kazuo Kiriyama, the heartless, psychopathic killer in the controversial film, Battle Royale (2000). He also played an art forger in the low-budget Battle Royale parody Tokyo 10+01 (2003).

As well as acting, Ando has been in Japanese ad campaigns for the popular Japanese snack food, Pocky, Toyota, and for DoCoMo mobile phones.

In 2003, he directed his first film, Adagietto. Sehr langsam, starring Japanese actress, Kumiko Aso. The short is included in a collection released by Peacedelic called Short Films. In it, he also stars in the short, 県é�"スター (loosely translated to "Prefectural road star").

In his spare time, he enjoys photography and shopping.

Profile

• Name: Masanobu Ando
• Japanese Name: 安藤æ"¿ä¿¡
• Birthday: 19 May 1975
• Star Sign: Taurus
• Blood Type: O
• Height: 175cm
• Weight: 60kg
• Hobbies: Shopping, Photography

Dramas

• Tomodachi no Koibito (My Friend's Lover, 1997)
• When the Saints Come Marching In (with Noriko Sakai)

Filmography

• Mei Lanfang Bio Pic (2008)
• Sukiyaki Western: Django (2007)
• Sakuran (2007)
• Nightmare Detective (2007)
• Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (2006)
• Gimmy Heaven (2005)
• Aimless Aegis (2004)
• Black Kiss (aka Synchronicity, 2004, theatrical release in 2006)
• 69 (2004)
• Short Films (2003)
• Sonic Four Peace Vibe (2003)
• Showa kayo daizenshu (2003)
• Tokyo 10+01 (2003; Tokyo Eleven)
• Drive (2002)
• Gakkou no Kaidan Noroi special (2002)
• Satorare (2001, Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius)
• Red Shadow: Akakage (2001; Red Shadow)
• Battle Royale (2000)
• Space Travelers (2000)
• Monday (2000)
• Seinen wa kouya wo mezasu (1999; TV Series)
• Poppoya (1999; Railroad Man)
• Adrenaline Drive (1999)
• Innocent World (1998)
• Ao no jidai (1998; TV Series)
• Seija no koushin (1998; TV Series)
• Tomodachi no Koibito (My Friend's Lover, 1997; TV Series)
• Kids Return (1996)
• Rex: kyoryu monogatari (1993)

References

External links

• Masanobu Ando at the Internet Movie Database
• Masanobo Ando's talent agency, Stardust (Japanese)
• Livejournal Fan-Community