Kinnosuke Nakamura

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Yorozuya Kinnosuke 萬屋錦之介 was a Japanese kabuki actor Born Kinichi Ogawa 小川 錦一 Ogawa Kinichi 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 Companys 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