Kinnosuke Nakamura
Acting
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.
Known for
1991The Yagyu Code 4: A Duel of Conviction
Yagyu Munenori
1990The Yagyu Code: Secret Scrolls
Tajima-no-Kami Yagyu & Fugetsusai Yamada
1989Death of a Tea Master
Urakusai Oda
1985The Last True Yakuza
Kadota
1984The Fugitive Samurai
Itto Ogami
1984Lone Wolf and Cub
Ogami Ittō
1982Gate of Youth 2
Eiji Niki
1981Baian the Assassin
Baian Fujieda
1980Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
Matsudaira Katamori (Lord of Aizu)
1979Nichiren
1979The Shogun Assassins
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1978Shogun's Samurai
Yagyu Tajima
1978The Fall of Ako Castle
Oishi Kuranosuke
1971Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death
Musashi Miyamoto
1971Challenge at Dawn
1970Incident at Blood Pass
Heima Ibuki
1970The Ambitious
Ryoma Sakamoto
1970Will to Conquer
1969Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Fujita Arima
1969Samurai Banners
Shingen Takeda
1969Portrait of Hell
Lord Hosokawa
1969The Magoichi Saga
Saika Magoichi
1969Goyokin
Samon Fujimaki
1966Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Samanosuke / Tange Sazen