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中村錦之助
Kin'ichi Ogawa
Kinnosuke Yorozuya
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Acting
Biography
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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…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit
The Yagyu Code 4: A Duel of Conviction
as Yagyu Munenori
The Yagyu Code: Secret Scrolls
as Tajima-no-Kami Yagyu & Fugetsusai Yamada
Death of a Tea Master
as Urakusai Oda
The Last True Yakuza
as Kadota
The Fugitive Samurai
as Itto Ogami
Lone Wolf and Cub
as Ogami Ittō
Gate of Youth 2
as Eiji Niki
Baian the Assassin
as Baian Fujieda
Sword of Destiny
TV Shows
Hana no Ran
as Yamana Sōzen · 37 ep.
Tabaruzaka
as Katsu Kaishû · 2 ep.
A Tale of Two Truncheons
13 ep.
子連れ狼
1 ep.
柳生新陰流
1 ep.
The Man of Five Rings
as Miyamoto Musashi · 1 ep.
破れ新九郎
1 ep.
破れ奉行
1 ep.
The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles
as Tadashiro Hiramatsu · 26 ep.
Swordsman With the Torn Umbrella
as 叶 刀舟 · 131 ep.