Kinnosuke Nakamura
ActingAlso Known As
中村錦之助, Kin'ichi Ogawa, Kinnosuke Yorozuya
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.
Movies
(117 total)
Goyokin
as Samon Fujimaki
Shogun's Samurai
as Yagyu Tajima
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
as Jirozaemon / Iikura / Sajiemon / Kyutaro / Shuzo / Shingo / Osamu / Susumu
Incident at Blood Pass
as Heima Ibuki
Samurai Banners
as Shingen Takeda
The Fall of Ako Castle
as Oishi Kuranosuke
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
as Fujita Arima
Revenge
as Shinpachi Ezaki
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
as Samanosuke / Tange Sazen
Death of a Tea Master
as Urakusai Oda
The Ambitious
as Ryoma Sakamoto
Portrait of Hell
as Lord Hosokawa
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo
Miyamoto Musashi
as Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)
The Shogun Assassins
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death
as Musashi Miyamoto
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
as Chubei Kameya
TV Shows
(15 total)
Lone Wolf and Cub
as Ittô Ogami
Haru no Sakamichi
as Yagyū Munenori
The Man of Five Rings
as Miyamoto Musashi
The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles
as Tadashiro Hiramatsu
Hana no Ran
as Yamana Sōzen
Tabaruzaka
as Katsu Kaishû