Masanobu Ando is a Japanese actor and director. Born on May 19, 1975 in the Japanese city of Kawasaki, where the future actor spent his childhood. As a child, the boy loved sports and played baseball. However, in the future he saw himself only as an actor.
The debut of the young actor took place in 1993 in the film “Rex: The Story of a Dinosaur”, but the role went unnoticed and did not bring the guy popularity.
In 1996, the aspiring actor was noticed by the famous Japanese director Takeshi Ketano
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Masanobu Ando is a Japanese actor and director. Born on May 19, 1975 in the Japanese city of Kawasaki, where the future actor spent his childhood. As a child, the boy loved sports and played baseball. However, in the future he saw himself only as an actor.
The debut of the young actor took place in 1993 in the film “Rex: The Story of a Dinosaur”, but the role went unnoticed and did not bring the guy popularity.
In 1996, the aspiring actor was noticed by the famous Japanese director Takeshi Ketano and invited the guy to one of the leading roles in the film.
The guys are coming back. . The picture was a huge success all over the world and brought the actor huge popularity.
For this role, the young actor was awarded many prestigious awards, including “Best Debut” and “Best Actor”, as well as the film received several awards from the Japanese Film Academy. The role made Masanobu one of the most popular actors in Japan.
After the success of the film "Guys Return" on the young actor showered offers, and the guy got a lot of diverse roles. Among them were such as the role of a bank robber in the film “Driving”, mentally retarded in “The Harmless World”, a psychopathic student in the film “Bloody Karaoke” and the role of a corpse in the film.
"Monday" .
However, fans of Masanobu is known primarily for the role of Kiriyama Kazuo in the famous film directed by Fukasaku Kinji “Battle Royale”. The film was released in 2000.
In addition to filming in movies and dramas, Ando participates in commercials of such famous brands as Dokomo, Toyota and Pocky.
In 2003, Ando made his debut as a director. The first work was a short film “Adagietto” with the famous Japanese actress Aso Kumiko in the title role. The film “Adajietto” was included in the collection “Short Films” directed by Nakano Hiroyuki.
In recent years, the talented actor starred in the film Director Tsukamoto Shinya
"Nightmare detective" And in the action movie Smuggler, in which the guy played the killer.
Currently, the actor continues to star in several dramas.