Masanobu Andō

Masanobu Ando took a newcomer award in 1996 for Takeshi Kitano's Kids Return, about as good a start as a Japanese actor can get. Then he did something I find fascinating: he steered away from the safe domestic star route. His Shogo Kawada in Battle Royale is still unnervingly quiet, and the directors who kept calling were the difficult ones, Takashi Miike, Chen Kaige, and Tsai Ming-liang, whose No No Sleep gives him almost nothing to say and works anyway. That tells you he can hold a frame without dialogue. These days he directs as well. Past fifty, born in Kawasaki in 1975, and still refusing to settle.

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Name (English)

Masanobu Andō

Name (Japanese)

安藤政信

Reading

あんどう まさのぶ

Born

May 19, 1975 (age 51)

Origin

Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Height

175 cm

Occupation

film director / film actor / actor / director / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rabbit

Blood type

O

Agency

ホリプロ（2022 - ）

Active years

1996 -

Awards & achievements

• 1996 Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Newcomer

Spouse

既婚（2014 - ）

Works summary

Appearances

108 (1995–2026)

By year

1995: 1, 1996: 7, 1997: 1, 1998: 6, 1999: 3, 2000: 4, 2001: 4, 2002: 1, 2003: 1, 2004: 1, 2005: 1, 2006: 5, 2007: 4, 2009: 1, 2011: 3, 2012: 2, 2013: 3, 2015: 3, 2016: 8, 2017: 5, 2018: 7, 2019: 4, 2020: 4, 2021: 7, 2022: 8, 2023: 2, 2024: 5, 2025: 1, 2026: 3

Debut work

好きやねん

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttp://www.stardust.co.jp/talent/32.html
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kalaguru77ma/
• Xhttps://x.com/rimbaud1020
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masanobu%20Ando
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%89%E8%97%A4%E6%94%BF%E4%BF%A1
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q373959

Tags

• Kanagawa Prefecture
• film director
• film actor
• actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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