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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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves | - | HIT | |
| 1956 | Avenging Father | Soga Goro Tokimune | HIT | |
| 1981 | Baian the Assassin | Baian Fujieda | HIT | |
| 1958 | The Sword Knows | - | HIT | |
| 1963 | Yakuza of Seki | Yataro of Seki | HIT | |
| 1960 | Lord Mito: All Star Version | - | HIT | |
| 1965 | Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu | 織田信長 | HIT | |
| 1959 | Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun | - | HIT | |
| 1969 | Portrait of Hell | Lord Hosokawa | HIT | |
| 1962 | Lady Sen and Hideyori | Toyotomi Hideyori | HIT | |
| 1965 | Three Yakuza | - | HIT | |
| 1964 | Revenge | Shinpachi Ezaki | HIT | |
| 1959 | Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda | Oda Nobunaga | HIT | |
| 1957 | Shimizu Port of Chivalry | Mori no Ishimatsu | HIT | |
| 1969 | Samurai Banners | Shingen Takeda | HIT | |
| 1962 | Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights | Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo | HIT | |
| 1969 | Goyokin | Samon Fujimaki | HIT | |
| 1965 | Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro | Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo | HIT | |
| 1961 | Miyamoto Musashi | Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo) | HIT | |
| 1965 | The Flower and the Dragon | - | HIT |