Kinnosuke Nakamura
Actor
Biography
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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.
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.
Filmography
Shogun's Samurai
as Yagyu Tajima 1978
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
as Jirozaemon / Iikura / Sajiemon / Kyutaro / Shuzo / Shingo / Osamu / Susumu 1963
Incident at Blood Pass
as Heima Ibuki 1970
The Fall of Ako Castle
as Oishi Kuranosuke 1978
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
as Fujita Arima 1969
Samurai Banners
as Shingen Takeda 1969
Revenge
as Shinpachi Ezaki 1964
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
as Samanosuke / Tange Sazen 1966
Death of a Tea Master
as Urakusai Oda 1989
The Ambitious
as Ryoma Sakamoto 1970
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo 1962
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo 1965
Miyamoto Musashi: 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
as Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo) 1961
Portrait of Hell
as Lord Hosokawa 1969