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Kinnosuke Nakamura
Actor, Producer
Died March 10, 1997 (64 years)
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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.
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
Filmography
| 1989 | Death of a Tea Master · as Urakusai Oda |
| 1985 | The Last True Yakuza · as Kadota |
| 1984 | Fugitive Samurai · as Itto Ogami |
| 1982 | The Gate of Youth Part 2 · as Eiji Niki |
| 1981 | Shikake-nin Baian · as Baian Fujieda |
| 1979 | The Shogun Assassins · as Tokugawa Ieyasu |
| 1979 | Renegade ninjas · as Cast |
| 1978 | Swords Of Vengeance · as Oishi Kuranosuke |
| 1978 | The Yagyu Conspiracy (TV Series) · as Yoshinao Tokugawa |
| 1978 | Love and Faith · as Cast |
| 1978 | Yagyu Clan Conspiracy · as Yagyu Tajima |
| 1974 | Swordsman With the Torn Umbrella (TV Series) · as 叶 刀舟 |
| 1973 | Lone Wolf and Cub (TV Series) · as Ittô Ogami |
| 1971 | Miyamoto Musashi VI · as Musashi Miyamoto |
| 1970 | Incident at Blood Pass · as Heima Ibuki |
| 1970 | The Ambitious · as Ryoma Sakamoto |
| 1969 | Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor · as Fujita Arima |
| 1969 | Portrait of Hell · as Lord Hosokawa |
| 1969 | Shirikurae Magoichi · as Saika Magoichi |
| 1969 | The Steel Edge of Revenge · as Samon Fujimaki |
| 1969 | Samurai Banners · as Shingen Takeda |
| 1966 | The Secret of the Urn · as Samanosuke / Tange Sazen |
| 1966 | Kutsukake Tokijiro: The Lonely Yakuza · as Kutsukake Tokijiro |
| 1965 | Miyamoto Musashi V: Duel at Ganryu Island · as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo |
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| 1964 | Revenge · as Shinpachi Ezaki |
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| 1964 | Miyamoto Musashi IV: Duel at Ichijyo-ji Temple · as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo |
| 1963 | Sanada fûunroku · as Sasuke |
| 1963 | Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of the Nito-ryu Style · as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo |
| 1963 | Bushido · as Jirozaemon / Iikura / Sajiemon / Kyutaro / Shuzo / Shingo / Osamu / Susumu |
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| 1962 | Miyamoto Musashi II: Duel at Hannya Hill · as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo |
| 1962 | Lady Sen and Hideyori · as Toyotomi Hideyori |
| 1962 | In Search of Mother · as Banba No Chutaro |
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| 1961 | Miyamoto Musashi · as Miyamoto Musashi (takezo) |
| 1961 | Ronin of Ako · as Wakisaka Awajinomori |
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| 1959 | Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka · as Chubei Kameya |
| 1959 | The River of Fury · as Sunosaki No Masakichi |
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| 1959 | Fuunji Oda Nobunaga · as Oda Nobunaga |
| 1959 | Hawk of the North · as Date Masamune |
| 1959 | Souls in the Moonlight III · as Utsugi Hyoma |
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| 1959 | Oshidori kago · as Genta / Young Lord Genjiro |
| 1958 | The Wild Reporter · as Itaro Of Asama |
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| 1958 | Souls in the Moonlight II · as Utsugi Hyoma |
| 1958 | Oshidori kara · as Cast |
| 1958 | A Chivalrous Spirit · as Onikichi |
| 1957 | Ghost Ship Part 1 · as Jiromaru |
| 1957 | Ghost Ship Part 2 · as Jiromaru |
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| 1957 | Sword in the Moonlight · as Hyoma Utsugi |
| 1957 | Port of Honor · as Mori No Ishimatsu |
| 1956 | The Seven Vows · as Shôzaemon Oyamada |
| 1955 | Kôgan no wakamusha: Oda Nobunaga · as Cast |
| 1955 | A Gang of Five · as Benten Kozo |
| 1955 | A Gang of Five · as Benten Kozo Kikunosuke |
| 1954 | Sorcerer's Orb: Part 5 · as Cast |
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| 1954 | Sorcerer's Orb · as Cast |