Kinnosuke Nakamura

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Kinnosuke Yorozuya (萬屋錦之介, Yorozuya Kinnosuke^?) (November 20, 1932–March 10, 1997) was a Japanese actor. Born Kin'ichi Ogawa, son of kabuki actor Kichizō Nakamura III, he entered kabuki and took the name Kinnosuke Nakamura. He took his final surname, Yorozuya, in 1971.

A specialist in jidaigeki, Kinnosuke appeared in more than 140 films. These include a 1957 Mito Komon and a 1961 appearance as the title character in the Toei Miyamoto Musashi (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 Chūshingura, he also portrayed Oyamada Shōzaemon (1956), Asano Naganori (1959), Wakisaka Awaji no Kami (1961), and Oishi Yoshio (1978). Other appearances include Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1957, 1958, 1962), Tokugawa Iemitsu (1958), Oda Nobunaga (1965), Takeda Shingen (1969), Sakamoto Ryōma (1970), Yagyū Munenori (1978), Matsudaira Katamori (1980), and Oda Yūrakusai (1989).

Kinnosuke portrayed Yagyū Munenori once again, this time on television as the star of the year-long 1971 NHK Taiga drama Haru no Sakamichi. His final appearance as Munenori was in Yagyū Shinkage-ryū in a 1982 production. From 1973 to 1976, he played Ogami Itto, 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.