Kinnosuke Nakamura
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.
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Movie Appearances
Incident at Blood Pass
as Heima Ibuki
1970
Death of a Tea Master
as Urakusai Oda
1989
Shogun's Samurai
as Yagyu Tajima
1978
Lady Sen and Hideyori
as Toyotomi Hideyori
1962
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
as Fujita Arima
1969
Shinran
1960
Samurai Banners
as Shingen Takeda
1969
Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun
1959
The Fall of Ako Castle
as Oishi Kuranosuke
1978
Portrait of Hell
as Lord Hosokawa
1969
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
as Jirozaemon / Iikura / Sajiemon / Kyutaro / Shuzo / Shingo / Osamu / Susumu
1963
Revenge
as Shinpachi Ezaki
1964
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
as Samanosuke / Tange Sazen
1966
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo
1962
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo
1963
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo
1964
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo
1965
Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death
as Musashi Miyamoto
1971
Miyamoto Musashi
as Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)
1961
Yaji and Kita's Ghost Story Journey
1958
TV Appearances
Haru no Sakamichi
as Yagyū Munenori
1971
Lone Wolf and Cub
as Ittô Ogami
1973
破れ奉行
1977
Swordsman With the Torn Umbrella
as 叶 刀舟
1974
子連れ狼 (萬屋錦之介版)
1973
The Man of Five Rings
as Miyamoto Musashi
1981
子連れ狼２
1974
破れ新九郎
1978
Wandering Wolf: Ryu the Branded Cross
1972
子連れ狼
1984
The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles
as Tadashiro Hiramatsu
1975
Hana no Ran
as Yamana Sōzen
1994