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