Yorozuya Kinnosuke
Yorozuya Kinnosuke (November 20, 1932 – March 10, 1997) was a Japanese kabuki actor. Born Kin'ichi Ogawa, 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.
Also recorded as Kinnosuke Yorozuya · Nakamura Kinnosuke · Kinnosuke Nakamura · Kin'ichi Ogawa
Yorozuya Kinnosuke

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- Name
- Kinnosuke Yorozuya
- Birth Name
- Kin'ichi Ogawa (小川 錦一)
- Born
- 20 November 1932
- Birthplace
- Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- 10 March 1997
- Place of death
- Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Spouse
- Ineko Arima (1961–1965) Keiko Awaji (1966–1987) Nishiki Kō (1990–1997)
- Occupation
- Kabuki actor
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Fields
- Jidaigeki
- Honours
- Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor · Golden Arrow Award
- Languages
- Japanese
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Yorozuya Kinnosuke (November 20, 1932 – March 10, 1997) was a Japanese kabuki actor. Born Kin'ichi Ogawa, 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.
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Biography
Biography
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.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Kinnosuke Yorozuya • Native Name — 萬屋錦之介 • Birth Name — Kin'ichi Ogawa (小川 錦一) • Born — 20 November 1932 • Birthplace — Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan • Died — 10 March 1997 • Place of death — Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan • Spouse — Ineko Arima (1961–1965) Keiko Awaji (1966–1987) Nishiki Kō (1990–1997) • Other Names — Nakamura Kinnosuke • Father — Nakamura Tokizō III • Relatives — Nakamura Karoku I (great-grandfather) Nakamura Karoku III (grandfather) Nakamura Tokizō IV (older brother) Nakamura Shidō I (older brother) Nakamura Kashō II (older brother) Nakamura Karoku V (nephew) Nakamura Matagorō III (nephew) Nakamura Tokizō V (nephew) Nakamura Kinnosuke II (nephew) Nakamura Shidō II (nephew) • Occupation — Kabuki actor
Personal life
Personal life
He was first married to Arima Ineko between 1961 and 1965. During his marriage with Ineko he had a relationship with Kieko Awaji and, following his divorce from Ineko they were married in 1966, thus becoming stepfather to her sons from her first marriage. They had two sons together -- Akhiro and Yosuke -- before they divorced, after his affair with Nishiki Kō was exposed in 1990; he then married Kō. His third son, Ogawa Akihiro, died in a motorcycle accident in 1990. Despite quitting kabuki, he urged his nephew, Nakamura Shido II, in his career as a kabuki actor in 1989, where he found success as a mainstream entertainer. He was good friends with Shintaro Katsu.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1965 — Hiya-meshi to Osanto-chan — Daishiro Shibayama / Santa / Jūkichi — Episodes 1–3 • 1971 — Haru no Sakamichi — Yagyū Munenori • 1973–1976 — Lone Wolf and Cub — Ittō Ogami • 1975 — Nagasaki Hangachōu — Hiramatsu Chūshirō • 1978 — The Yagyu Conspiracy — Tokugawa Yoshinao • 1979 — Akō Rōshi — Ōishi Kuranosuke Yoshio / Yoshitaka • 1981 — Sorekara no Musashi — Miyamoto Musashi • 1982 — Yagyū Shinkage-ryū — Yagyū Munenori • 1986 — Musashibō Benkei — Fujiwara no Hidehira • 1987 — Tabaruzaka — Katsu Kaishū • 1990–1992 — Yagyū Bugei-chō — Yagyū Munenori • 1994 — Hana no Ran — Yamana Sōzen • 1996 — Kanpanî — Himself
Producer
Producer
• Sorekara no Musashi (1981) TV series • Bakumatsu (1970) (associate producer)
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Kinnosuke Yorozuya, Nakamura Kinnosuke, Kinnosuke Nakamura and Kin'ichi Ogawa. His recorded language was Japanese. He was the child of Nakamura Tokizō III. He married Keiko Awaji and Ineko Arima.
Identity
Identity
Yorozuya Kinnosuke is recorded as having received Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor and Golden Arrow Award.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1997
Yorozuya Kinnosuke died in 1997 at Kashiwa.
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Birth place
Kashiwa.
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Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1954 — Shinshokoku monogatari — Part 1 & 2 • Satomi Hakken-den — Part 1–5 • Mangetsu tanuki-bayashi — Mametaro / Gen'nosuke • Shinshokoku monogatari, benikujaku dai-ippen • Shinsengumi Oni Taicho • 1955 — Seizoroi Kenka Wakashu — Benten Kozo Kikunosuke • Shinshokoku monogatari benikujaku — Part 2–4 • Sezuroi kenkawa kashu • Shinshokoku monogatari benikujaku kanketsu-hen • Seishun kôro: Umi no wakôdo — Eiichirô Yamazato • Beni kujaku • Minamoto Yoshitsune • 1956 — Akô rôshi - Ten no maki; Chi no maki — Shôzaemon Oyamada • Kaidan Chidori ga fuchi — Minosuke • 1957 — Shinshokoku monogatari — Part 1–3 • Daibosatsu tōge — Uzuki Hyoma • Mito kômon • Yurei-sen — Jirômaru — Part 1 & 2 • Ninkyō Shimizu-minato — Mori no Ishimatsu • 1957–1958 — Genji Kurô Sassôki — Genji Kurô — Part 1 & 2 • 1958 — Edo no meibutsuotoko — Isshin Tasuke — Part 1 • Kaze to onna to tabigarasu — Ginji • Daibosatsu tōge - Dai ni bu • Onmitsu Shichishoki • Isshin Tasuke - Tenka no ichidaiji — Isshin Tasuke / Tokugawa Iemitsu • Shimizu Minato no meibutso otoko: Enshūmori no Ishimatsu • Obuzo tengu • Ninkyo Tokaido — Onikichi • 1959 — Ken wa shitte ita • Asama no abarenbo • Doku-ganryu Masamune — Date Masamune • Binan-jo • Daibosatsu tōge - Kanketsu-hen • Fuunji Oda Nobunaga • Tenka no fuku-shogun • Doto no taiketsu • 1960 — Naniwa no koi no monogatari — Chubei Kameya • Isshin Tasuke • Torimono dochu • Abarenbo kyodai • Shinran — Shinran • Tôei All Star Eiga: Mito Kômon • Zoku shinran • Mori no Ishimatsu • Tokai no kaoyaku — Jirocho • 1961 — Yatarō gasa — Yataro • Tonosama — Yaji kita • Iyemitsu to Hikoza to isshin yasuke • Eddoko bugyo tenka o kiru otoko • Akō Rōshi — Wakisaka • 1962 — Miyamoto Musashi — Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo) • Hangyakuji — Tokugawa Nobuyasu • Eddoko hanseiki • Wakaki ni ho Jirocho: Tokaido no tsumujikaze • Mabuta no haha — Banba no Chutaro • Chiisakobe — Shigetsugu • Miyamoto Musashi: Hannyazaka no ketto — Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo) • 1963 — Sen-hime to Hideyori — Toyotomi Hideyori • Jirochō to kotengu: nagurikomi kōshūji • Genji Kurō sassōki: Hiken ageha no chō • Otoko ippiki dochuki • 1964 — Bushido, Samurai Saga — Jirozaemon / Iikura / Sajiemon / Kyutaro / Shuzo / Shingo / Osamu / Susumu • Miyamoto Musashi: Nitoryu kaigen — Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo) • Seki no yatappe • Fuji dōzan-koku monogatari • Brave Records of the Sanada Clan — Sasuke • Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijoji no ketto — Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo) • Samé — Same • 1965 — Nihon kyôkaku-den — Seiji • Revenge — Shinpachi Ezaki • Shark • Tokugawa Ieyasu — Oda Nobunaga • Hiya-meshi to Osan to Chan — Daishiro Shibayama / Santa / Jyukichi — Anthologies film (episodes 1–3) • Matatabi san ning yakuza — Kaze-no-Kyutaro • 1966 — Miyamoto Musashi: Ganryū-jima no kettō — Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo) • Hana to ryu • Kutsukake Tokijiro — yukyo ippiki • 1967 — Tange Sazen: Hien iaigiri — Samanosuke / Tange Sazen • Hana To Ryu: Do Kâiwan No Kêtto • 1968 — Gion Matsuri — Shinkichi • 1969 — Samurai Banners — Takeda Shingen • Goyokin — Samon Fujimaki • Shirikurae Magoichi — Magoichi Saika • Portrait of Hell — Lord Horikawa • 1970 — Shinsengumi — Fujita Arima • Bakumatsu — Ryoma Sakamoto • Machibuse — Heima Ibuki • Tenka no Abarembō — Yataro Iwasaki • 1971 — Shokon ichidai tenka no abarenbo • Shinken shobu — Musashi Miyamoto • 1972 — Akatsuki no chôsen • 1978 — Shogun's Samurai — Yagyū Munenori • Ogin-sama • The Fall of Ako Castle — Kuranosuke Ohishi • 1979 — Nichiren — Nichiren • Sanada Yukimura no Bōryaku — Tokugawa Ieyasu • Renegade ninjas • 1980 — Tokugawa ichizoku no houkai — Matsudaira Katamori — Lord of Aizu • 1981 — Shikake-nin Baian — Baian Fujieda • 1982 — Seishun no mon: Jiritsu hen — Eiji Niki • 1983 — Kita kara minami nishi kara higashi — Ittô Ogami • 1984 — Tori ni tsubasa kemono ni kiba — Ittô Ogami • The Fugitive Samurai — Ittô Ogami — English compilation film of 1972 TV series • 1985 — Saigo no Bakuto — Harunobu Kiyoshima • Kozure Ôkami: osanago no me — Ittô Ogami • 1989 — Death of a Tea Master — Urakusai Oda • TBA — Minamoto Yoshitsune • Jishi maru ippei
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.
Notes from the source article
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Notes from the source article
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- 1.While the stage names of all kabuki actors have retained traditional order (Surname-Givenname) on Wikipedia, birth names of those born after the Meiji Restoration are in Western order (Givenname-Surname).
- 2.John Berra. Directory of world cinema. Intellect. 11, Japan 2. 158–160. 2012. 978-1-84150-598-5.
- 3.淡路さん「錦之介さんをまだ愛していた」 - 芸能ニュース. nikkansports.com.
- 4.「あれは失敗でした。今でも許せません」 有馬稲子、不倫についての告白も. Bushuin. 13 July 2018.
- 5.Revenge 仇討. animeigocom.
- 6.祇園祭. Movie Walker.
- 7.仕掛人梅安. Movie Walker.
- 8.青春の門 自立篇(1982). Movie Walker.
- 9.最後の博徒. Movie Walker.
- 10.田原坂. Haiyaku Jiten.
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