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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.
As actor
Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit
The Yagyu Code 4: A Duel of Conviction
The Yagyu Code: Secret Scrolls
Death of a Tea Master
The Last True Yakuza
The Fugitive Samurai
Lone Wolf and Cub
Gate of Youth 2
Baian the Assassin
Sword of Destiny
Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
Nichiren
The Shogun Assassins
Shogun's Samurai
The Fall of Ako Castle
Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death
Challenge at Dawn
Incident at Blood Pass
The Ambitious
Will to Conquer
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Samurai Banners
Portrait of Hell
The Magoichi Saga
Goyokin
The Day the Sun Rose
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza
Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro