Actor
Kinnosuke Nakamura
November 20, 1932 · Tokyo, Japan
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.
Often works with
Toshirō Mifune
7 titles together
Shogun's Samurai, The Fall of Ako Castle, Samurai Banners
Isao Kimura
7 titles together
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai, Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn, Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Satomi Oka
6 titles together
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai, Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro, Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Kusuo Abe
6 titles together
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai, Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro, Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Wakaba Irie
6 titles together
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn, Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro, Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Tetsuro Tamba
5 titles together
Goyokin, Shogun's Samurai, Revenge
Full filmography · 132
The Yagyu Code 4: A Duel of Conviction
as Yagyu Munenori
1991Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit
cast
1991
The Yagyu Code: Secret Scrolls
as Tajima-no-Kami Yagyu & Fugetsusai Yamada
1990
Death of a Tea Master
as Urakusai Oda
1989
The Last True Yakuza
as Kadota
1985
Lone Wolf and Cub
as Ogami Ittō
1984
The Fugitive Samurai
as Itto Ogami
1984
Gate of Youth 2
as Eiji Niki
1982
Sword of Destiny
cast
1981
Baian the Assassin
as Baian Fujieda
1981
Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
as Matsudaira Katamori (Lord of Aizu)
1980
The Shogun Assassins
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
1979