Kinnosuke Nakamura

Kinnosuke Nakamura

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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.

Acting

1994

Hana no Ran

Yamana Sōzen

1989

1985

1984

1982

1982

1981

Baian the Assassin

Baian Fujieda

1979

The Shogun Assassins

Tokugawa Ieyasu

1979

Nichiren

Unknown

1978

The Fall of Ako Castle

Oishi Kuranosuke

1978

Shogun's Samurai

Yagyu Tajima

1975

1974

1973

1971

1971

1971

Haru no Sakamichi

Yagyū Munenori

1970

1969

1969

Portrait of Hell

Lord Hosokawa

1969

Goyokin

Samon Fujimaki

1969

Samurai Banners

Shingen Takeda

1966

1966

Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza

Kutsukake Tokijiro

1965

Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro

Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo

1965

1965

1965

1964

Revenge

Shinpachi Ezaki

1964

The Domain

Unknown

1964

1963

1963

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

Jirozaemon / Iikura / Sajiemon / Kyutaro / Shuzo / Shingo / Osamu / Susumu

1963

1962

1962

Lady Sen and Hideyori

Toyotomi Hideyori

1962

1962

In Search of Mother

Banba no Chutaro

1961

1961

Miyamoto Musashi

Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)

1961

An Edo Magistrate

Chu/Tadasuke

1961

1960

1960

Shinran

Unknown

1960

1960

1960

1959

1959

A Spectacular Showdown

Sunosaki no Masakichi

1959

Hawk of the North

Date Masamune

1959

1959

1959

1958

1958

1958

1958

1958

1958

1957

1957

1957

Lord Mito

Unknown

1957

1957

Shimizu Port of Chivalry

Mori no Ishimatsu

1954

Infos

Full Name
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
11/20/1932
Date of Death
3/10/1997
Also Known As

中村錦之助

Kin'ichi Ogawa

Kinnosuke Yorozuya