Yorozuya Kinnosuke

Yorozuya Kinnosuke (萬屋錦之介) (November 20, 1932 – March 10, 1997) 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.

Spouse(s): 

1. Ineko Arima (1961-1965)

2. Keiko Awaji (1966-1987)

3. Nishiki Kō (1990-1997)

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'sMiyamoto 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. In various productions of Chūshingura, he also portrayed Oyamada Shōzaemon (1956), Asano Naganori (1959), Wakisaka Awaji no Kami (1961), andŌishi Yoshio (1978). Other appearances include Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1957, 1958, 1962), Tokugawa Iemitsu (1958), Oda Nobunaga (1965), Takeda Shingen(1969), Sakamoto Ryōma (1970), Yagyū Munenori (1978), Matsudaira Katamori(1980), and Oda Yūrakusai (1989).

Kinnosuke portrayed Yagyū Munenori once again, this time on television as the star of the year-long 1971 NHK Taiga drama Haru no Sakamichi. His final appearance as Munenori was in Yagyū Shinkage-ryū in a 1982 production. From 1973 to 1976, he played Ogami Ittō, the Lone Wolf in the NTV series Kozure Ōkami based on the manga Lone Wolf and Cub. A late-career role was Yamana Sōzen in the Taiga drama Hana no Ran.

Kinnosuke's younger brother Nakamura Katsuo** and nephew Nakamura Shidō II are currently active in kabuki, television, and film.

Filmography

• Sen no Rikyu (1989) Urakusai Oda
• Kozure Ôkami: namida ito (1986) Ogami Itto
• Saigo no bakuto (1985) Himself
• Kozure Ôkami: osanago no me (1985) Ogami Itto
• Tori ni tsubasa kemono ni kiba (1984) Ogami Itto
• Fugitive Samurai (1984) Ogami Itto
• Kita kara minami nishi kara higashi (1983) Ogami Itto
• Seishun no mon: Jiritsu hen (1982) Eiji Niki
• Shikake-nin Baian (1981) Baian Fujieda
• Tokugawa ichizoku no houkai (1980) Matsudaira Katamori (Lord of Aizu)
• Sanada Yukimura no bouryaku (1979)
• Ako-Jo danzetsu (1978) Kuranosuke Ohishi
• Ogin-sama (1978)
• Yagyû ichizoku no inbô (1978) Yagyu Tajima
• Shinken shobu (1971) Musashi Miyamoto
• Tenkan no abarembo (1970) Yataro Iwasaki
• Machibuse (1970) Heima Ibuki
• Bakumatsu (1970) Ryoma Sakamoto
• Shokon ichidai tenka no abarenbo (1970)
• Shinsengumi (1969) Fujita Arima
• Jigokuhen (1969) Lord Hosokawa
• Shirikurae Magoichi (1969) Magoichi Saika
• Goyokin (1969) Samon Fujimaki
• Samurai Banners (1969) Takeda Shingen
• Gion matsuri (1968) Shinkichi
• Tange Sazen: Hien iaigiri (1966) Samanosuke/Tange Sazen
• Kutsukake Tokijiro - yukyo ippiki (1966)
• Miyamoto Musashi: Ganryū-jima no kettō (1965) Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)
• Tokugawa Ieyasu (film) (1965)
• Matatabi san ning yakuza (1965)
• Hana to ryu (1965)
• Samé (film) (1964) Same
• Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijoji no ketto (1964) Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)
• Shark (1964 film) (1964)
• Miyamoto Musashi: Nitoryu kaigen (1963) Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)
• Bushidō zankoku monogatari (1963) Jirozaemon/Iikura/Sajiemon/Kyutaro/Shuzo/Shingo/Osamu/Susumu
• Otoko ippiki dochuki (1963)
• Brave Records of the Sanada Clan (1963) as Sasuke
• Seki no yatappe (1963)
• Fuji dōzan-koku monogatari (1963)
• Miyamoto Musashi: Hannyazaka no ketto (1962) Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)
• Chiisakobe (1962) Shigetsugu
• Mabuta no haha (1962) Banba no Chutaro
• Genji Kurō sassōki: Hiken ageha no chō (1962)
• Sen-hime to Hideyori (1962) Toyotomi Hideyori
• Jirochō to kotengu: nagurikomi kōshūji (1962)
• Hangyakuji (1961) Tokugawa Nobuyasu
• Miyamoto Musashi (1961 film) (1961) as Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)
• Akō Rōshi (赤穂浪士 Akō Rōshi) (1961) as Wakisaka
• Iyemitsu to Hikoza to isshin yasuke (1961)
• Eddoko bugyo tenka o kiru otoko (1961)
• Eddoko hanseiki (1961)
• Zoku shinran (1960)
• Shinran (film) (1960) as Shinran
• Yatarō gasa (1960 film) (1960)
• Tonosama - Yaji kita (1960)
• Mori no Ishimatsu (1960)
• Naniwa no koi no monogatari (1959) Chubei Kameya
• Daibosatsu tōge - Kanketsu-hen (1959)
• Torimono dochu (1959)
• Binan-jo (1959)
• Isshin Tasuke - Tenka no ichidaiji (1958) Isshin Tasuke/Tokugawa Iemitsu
• Daibosatsu tōge - Dai ni bu (1958)
• Kaze to onna to tabigarasu (1958) Ginji
• Ninkyo Tokaido (1958) Onikichi
• Obuzo tengu (1958)
• Shimizu Minato no meibutso otoko: Enshūmori no Ishimatsu (1958)
• Asama no abarenbo (1958)
• Daibosatsu tōge (1957) Uzuki Hyoma
• Yurei-sen (1957)
• Beni kujaku (1955)
• Shinshokoku monogatari, benikujaku dai-ippen: Nachi no kotengu (1954)
• Mangetsu tanuki-bayashi (1954) Mametaro/Gen'nosuke
• Doku-ganryu Masamune (1942) Lord of Date
• Jishi maru ippei (????)
• Minamoto Yoshitsune (????)

Television

• Kanpanî (1996) Himself
• Sorekara no Musashi (1981) TV series ... Miyamoto Musashi
• Haru no sakamichi (1971)
• Lone Wolf and Cub (1973-1976) TV series ... Ittô Ogami
• Hiya-meshi to Osanto-chan (1965) Daishiro Shibayama (episode1)/Santa (episode 2)/Jyukichi (episode 3)

Producer

• Sorekara no Musashi (1981) TV series
• Bakumatsu (1970) (associate producer)

Awards and nominations

• In 1958 he won for Best Actor in Isshin Tasuke - Tenka no ichidaiji by the Asia-Pacific Film Festival.
• In 1959 he won the Most Popular Award by the Blue Ribbon Awards.
• In 1964 he won for Best Actor in Bushidô zankoku monogatari by the Blue Ribbon Awards.
• In 1979 he was Nominated for the Award of the Japanese Academy for Best Actor in Yagyû ichizoku no inbô.
• In 1990 he was Nominated for the Award of the Japanese Academy for Best Supporting Actor in Sen no Rikyu.
• In 1996 he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Awards of the Japanese Academy.
• In 1998 he was awarded a Special Award by the Awards of the Japanese Academy for his career.
• In 1998 he was awarded a Special Award by the Mainichi Film Concours for his career.

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* Ineko Arima (有馬稲子, Arima Ineko) is a Japanese film actress born on 3 April 1932 in Osaka. She is known for her work with director Yasujirō Ozu

**

Katsuo Nakamura, Actor

Born - April 23, 1938 (age 75)

Tokyo City, Japan Occupation 

Selected filmography

• Black River (1957)
• Tokyo Twilight (1957)
• Equinox Flower (1958)
• The Human Condition (1959) (first film only)