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.

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Shogun's Samurai (1978)	Yagyu Tajima		6.5
2	The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)	Oishi Kuranosuke		5
3	Incident at Blood Pass (1970)	Heima Ibuki	-	-
4	Samurai Banners (1969)	Shingen Takeda		5
5	Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor (1969)	Fujita Arima		6
6	Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn (1966)	Samanosuke / Tange Sazen		5
7	Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro (1965)	Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo	-	-
8	Revenge (1964)	Shinpachi Ezaki		6
9	Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai (1963)	Jirozaemon / Iikura / Sajiemon / Kyutaro / Shuzo / Shingo / Osamu / Susumu		4
10	In Search of Mother (1962)	Banba no Chutaro		5
11	The Conspirator (1961)	-		4