Kinnosuke Nakamura

Kinnosuke Nakamura

1932-11-20 – 1997-03-10 (age 64) Tokyo, Japan
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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.

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Known For

The Magoichi Saga
The Magoichi Saga

1969

as Saika Magoichi

An Edo Magistrate
An Edo Magistrate

1961

as Chu/Tadasuke

Yakuza of Seki
Yakuza of Seki

1963

as Yataro of Seki

In Search of Mother
In Search of Mother

1962

as Banba no Chutaro

Tales of Young Genji Kuro
Tales of Young Genji Kuro

1957

as Genji Kurô

Sedge Hat
A Gang of Five
A Gang of Five

1955

as Benten Kozo

Will to Conquer
Goyokin
Goyokin

1969

as Samon Fujimaki

The Shogun Assassins
The Shogun Assassins

1979

as Tokugawa Ieyasu

The Yagyu Code: Secret Scrolls
The Yagyu Code: Secret Scrolls

1990

as Tajima-no-Kami Yagyu & Fugetsusai Yamada

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Shogun's Samurai
Shogun's Samurai

1978

as Yagyu Tajima

The Fall of Ako Castle
The Fall of Ako Castle

1978

as Oishi Kuranosuke

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The Day the Sun Rose

1968

as Shinkichi

Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi

1961

as Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)

Hawk of the North
Hawk of the North

1959

as Date Masamune