Yorozuya Kinnosuke

Yorozuya Kinnosuke (萬屋錦之介) (November 20, 1932 – March 10, 1997) was a Japanese kabuki actor. Born Kin'ichi Ogawa (小川 錦一), 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. In various productions of Chūshingura, he also portrayed Oyamada Shōzaemon (1956), Asano Naganori (1959), Wakisaka Awaji no Kami (1961), and Ōishi Yoshio (1978). Other appearances include Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1957, 1958, 1962), Tokugawa Iemitsu (1958), Oda Nobunaga (1965), Takeda Shingen (1969), Sakamoto Ryōma (1970), Matsudaira Katamori (1980), and Oda Yūrakusai (1989).

Kinnosuke portrayed Yagyū Munenori multiple times, first on television as the star of the year-long 1971 NHK Taiga drama Haru no Sakamichi, then on the Big Screen in the 1978 film Shogun's Samurai. His next appearance as Munenori was in a 13 episode TV production entitled Yagyū Shinkage-ryū which aired in 1982. His final appearance as Munenori was in 4 of 5 Yagyu Bugeicho TV movies that aired between 1990 and 1992. From 1973 to 1976, he played Ogami Ittō, the Lone Wolf in the NTV series Kozure Ōkami based on the manga Lone Wolf and Cub. A late-career role was Yamana Sōzen in the Taiga drama Hana no Ran.

Kinnosuke's younger brother Nakamura Katsuo and nephew Nakamura Shidō II are currently active in kabuki, television, and film.

Film

 * Shinshokoku monogatari (1954, part 1, 2)
 * Satomi Hakken-den (1954, part 1-5)
 * Mangetsu tanuki-bayashi (1954) - Mametaro / Gen'nosuke
 * Shinshokoku monogatari, benikujaku dai-ippen (1954)
 * Shinsengumi Oni Taicho (1954)
 * Seizoroi Kenka Wakashu (1955) - Benten Kozo Kikunosuke
 * Shinshokoku monogatari benikujaku (1955, part 2-4)
 * Sezuroi kenkawa kashu (1955)
 * Shinshokoku monogatari benikujaku kanketsu-hen (1955)
 * Seishun kôro: Umi no wakôdo (1955) - Eiichirô Yamazato
 * Beni kujaku (1955)
 * Minamoto Yoshitsune (1955)
 * Shishi maru ippei (1955)
 * Akô rôshi - Ten no maki; Chi no maki (1956) - Shôzaemon Oyamada
 * Kaidan Chidori ga fuchi (1956) - Minosuke
 * Shinshokoku monogatari (1957, part 1-3)
 * Daibosatsu tōge (1957) - Uzuki Hyoma
 * Mito kômon (1957)
 * Yurei-sen (1957, part 1, 2) - Jirômaru
 * Ninkyō Shimizu-minato (1957) - Mori no Ishimatsu
 * Genji Kurô Sassôki (1957-1958, part 1, 2) - Genji Kurô
 * Edo no meibutsuotoko (1958, part 1) - Isshin Tasuke
 * Kaze to onna to tabigarasu (1958) - Ginji
 * Daibosatsu tōge - Dai ni bu (1958)
 * Onmitsu Shichishoki (1958)
 * Isshin Tasuke - Tenka no ichidaiji (1958) - Isshin Tasuke / Tokugawa Iemitsu
 * Shimizu Minato no meibutso otoko: Enshūmori no Ishimatsu (1958)
 * Obuzo tengu (1958)
 * Ninkyo Tokaido (1958) - Onikichi
 * Ken wa shitte ita (1958)
 * Asama no abarenbo (1958)
 * Doku-ganryu Masamune (1959) - Date Masamune
 * Binan-jo (1959)
 * Daibosatsu tōge - Kanketsu-hen (1959)
 * Fuunji Oda Nobunaga (1959)
 * Tenka no fuku-shogun (1959)
 * Doto no taiketsu (1959)
 * Naniwa no koi no monogatari (1959) - Chubei Kameya
 * Isshin Tasuke (1959)
 * Torimono dochu (1959)
 * Abarenbo kyodai (1960)
 * Shinran (1960) - Shinran
 * Tôei All Star Eiga: Mito Kômon (1960)
 * Zoku shinran (1960)
 * Mori no Ishimatsu (1960)
 * Tokai no kaoyaku (1960) - Jirocho
 * Yatarō gasa (1960) - Yataro
 * Tonosama (1960) - Yaji kita
 * Mori no Ishimatsu (1960)
 * Iyemitsu to Hikoza to isshin yasuke (1961)
 * Eddoko bugyo tenka o kiru otoko (1961)
 * Akō Rōshi (1961) - Wakisaka
 * Miyamoto Musashi (1961) - Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)
 * Hangyakuji (1961) - Tokugawa Nobuyasu
 * Eddoko hanseiki (1961)
 * Wakaki ni ho Jirocho: Tokaido no tsumujikaze (1962)
 * Mabuta no haha (1962) - Banba no Chutaro
 * Chiisakobe (1962) - Shigetsugu
 * Miyamoto Musashi: Hannyazaka no ketto (1962) - Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)
 * Sen-hime to Hideyori (1962) - Toyotomi Hideyori
 * Jirochō to kotengu: nagurikomi kōshūji (1962)
 * Genji Kurō sassōki: Hiken ageha no chō (1962)
 * Otoko ippiki dochuki (1963)
 * Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963) - Jirozaemon / Iikura / Sajiemon / Kyutaro / Shuzo / Shingo / Osamu / Susumu
 * Miyamoto Musashi: Nitoryu kaigen (1963) - Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)
 * Seki no yatappe (1963)
 * Fuji dōzan-koku monogatari (1963)
 * Brave Records of the Sanada Clan (1964) - Sasuke
 * Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijoji no ketto (1964) - Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)
 * Samé (1964) - Same
 * Nihon kyôkaku-den (1964) - Seiji
 * Revenge  (1964) - Shinpachi Ezaki
 * Shark (1964)
 * Tokugawa Ieyasu (1965) - Oda Nobunaga
 * Hiya-meshi to Osan to Chan (1965) - Daishiro Shibayama (episode1) / Santa (episode 2) / Jyukichi (episode 3)
 * Matatabi san ning yakuza (1965) - Kaze-no-Kyutaro
 * Miyamoto Musashi: Ganryū-jima no kettō (1965) - Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)
 * Hana to ryu (1965)
 * Kutsukake Tokijiro (1966) - yukyo ippiki
 * Tange Sazen: Hien iaigiri (1966) - Samanosuke / Tange Sazen
 * Hana To Ryu: Do Kâiwan No Kêtto (1966)
 * Gion Matsuri (1968) - Shinkichi
 * Samurai Banners (1969) - Takeda Shingen
 * Goyokin (1969) - Samon Fujimaki
 * Shirikurae Magoichi (1969) - Magoichi Saika
 * Portrait of Hell (1969) - Lord Horikawa
 * Shinsengumi (1969) - Fujita Arima
 * Bakumatsu (1970) - Ryoma Sakamoto
 * Machibuse (1970) - Heima Ibuki
 * Tenka no Abarembō (1970) - Yataro Iwasaki
 * Shokon ichidai tenka no abarenbo (1970)
 * Shinken shobu (1971) - Musashi Miyamoto
 * Akatsuki no chôsen (1971)
 * Shogun's Samurai (1978) - Yagyū Munenori
 * Ogin-sama (1978)
 * The Fall of Ako Castle (1978) - Kuranosuke Ohishi
 * Nichiren (1979) - Nichiren
 * Sanada Yukimura no Bōryaku (1979) - Tokugawa Ieyasu
 * Renegade ninjas (1979)
 * Tokugawa ichizoku no houkai (1980) - Matsudaira Katamori (Lord of Aizu)
 * Shikake-nin Baian (1981) - Baian Fujieda
 * Seishun no mon: Jiritsu hen (1982) - Eiji Niki
 * Kita kara minami nishi kara higashi (1983) - Ittô Ogami
 * Tori ni tsubasa kemono ni kiba (1984) - Ogami Itto
 * Fugitive Samurai (1984) - Ogami Itto
 * Saigo no Bakuto (1985) - Harunobu Kiyoshima
 * Kozure Ôkami: osanago no me (1985) - Ittô Ogami
 * Death of a Tea Master (1989) - Urakusai Oda
 * Minamoto Yoshitsune (TBA)
 * Jishi maru ippei (TBA)

Television

 * Hiya-meshi to Osanto-chan (1965) – Daishiro Shibayama (episode1)/Santa (episode 2)/Jūkichi (episode 3)
 * Haru no Sakamichi (1971) - Yagyū Munenori
 * Lone Wolf and Cub (1973-1976) – Ittō Ogami
 * Nagasaki Hangachōu (1975) - Hiramatsu Chūshirō
 * The Yagyu Conspiracy (1978) – Tokugawa Yoshinao
 * Akō Rōshi (1979) – Ōishi Kuranosuke Yoshio/Yoshitaka
 * Sorekara no Musashi (1981) – Miyamoto Musashi
 * Yagyū Shinkage-ryū (1982) - Yagyū Munenori
 * Musashibō Benkei (1986) – Fujiwara no Hidehira
 * Tabaruzaka (1987) – Katsu Kaishū
 * Yagyū Bugei-chō (1990–1992) - Yagyū Munenori
 * Hana no Ran (1994) – Yamana Sōzen
 * Kanpanî (1996) – Himself

Producer

 * Sorekara no Musashi (1981) TV series
 * Bakumatsu (1970) (associate producer)

Awards and nominations

 * In 1958 he won for Best Actor in Isshin Tasuke - Tenka no ichidaiji by the Asia-Pacific Film Festival.
 * In 1959 he won the Most Popular Award by the Blue Ribbon Awards.
 * In 1964 he won for Best Actor in Bushidô zankoku monogatari by the Blue Ribbon Awards.
 * In 1979 he was Nominated for the Award of the Japanese Academy for Best Actor in Yagyû ichizoku no inbô.
 * In 1990 he was Nominated for the Award of the Japanese Academy for Best Supporting Actor in Sen no Rikyu.
 * In 1996 he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Awards of the Japanese Academy.
 * In 1998 he was awarded a Special Award by the Awards of the Japanese Academy for his career.
 * In 1998 he was awarded a Special Award by the Mainichi Film Concours for his career.