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Yorozuya Kinnosuke(è¬å±‹éŒ¦ä¹‹ä»‹,Yorozuya Kinnosuke?) (November 20, 1932–March 10, 1997) was a Japanesekabukiactor. Born Kin'ichi Ogawa[1], son of kabuki actor Nakamura TokizÅ III, he entered kabuki and became the first in the kabuki tradition to take the name Nakamura Kinnosuke. He took on his guild name (yagÅ) 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 KÅmon 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 four characters in a single film. In various productions of ChÅ«shingura, he also portrayed Oyamada ShÅzaemon (1956), Asano Naganori (1959), Wakisaka Awaji no Kami (1961), and ÅŒishi Yoshio (1978). Other appearances include Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1957, 1958, 1962), Tokugawa Iemitsu (1958), Oda Nobunaga (1965), Takeda Shingen (1969), Sakamoto RyÅma (1970), YagyÅ« Munenori (1978), Matsudaira Katamori (1980), and Oda YÅ«rakusai (1989).Kinnosuke portrayed YagyÅ« Munenori once again, this time on television as the star of the year-long 1971 NHKTaiga dramaHaru no Sakamichi. His final appearance as Munenori was in YagyÅ« Shinkage-ryÅ« in a 1982 production. From 1973 to 1976, he played Ogami IttÅ, the Lone Wolf in the NTV series Kozure ÅŒkami based on the manga Lone Wolf and Cub. A late-career role was Yamana SÅzen in the Taiga drama Hana no Ran.Kinnosuke's younger brother Nakamura Katsuo and nephew Nakamura ShidÅ II are currently active in kabuki, television, and kabuki. >> By WikiPedia
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