is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in films such as ''

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'' and '' Tokyo Playboy Club''.

Filmography

Film

;1980s *'' Tora's Tropical Fever'' (1980) *'' Foster Daddy, Tora!'' (1980) *'' Sailor Suit and Machine Gun'' (1981) *''

Tora-san, the Expert is a 1982 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Yūko Tanaka as his love interest or "Madonna". ''Tora-san, the Expert'' is the thirtieth entry in the popular, long-running '' ...

'' (1982) *''

Okinawan Boys is a 1983 Japanese film directed by Taku Shinjō based on a novel by Mineo Higashi. Awards and nominations 26th Blue Ribbon Awards * Won: Best Actor - Ken Ogata , better known by his stage name , was a Japanese actor. Life Ogata was born in ...

'' (1983) *'' Tora-san's Island Encounter'' (1985) *''

Final Take is a 1986 Japanese drama film directed by Yoji Yamada. It was Japan's submission to the 59th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. Cast * Kiyoshi Atsumi as Kihachi * Kiichi Naka ...

'' (1986) ;1990s *'' No Worries on the Recruit Front'' (1991) *'' Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?'' (1993) *''

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'' (1995) *''Helpless'' (1996) *'' Swallowtail'' (1996) *''

The Pillow Book is a book of observations and musings recorded by Sei Shōnagon during her time as court lady to Empress Consort Teishi during the 990s and early 1000s in Heian-period Japan. The book was completed in the year 1002. The work is a collection o ...

'' (1996), The Husband *''Two Punks'' (1996) *'' The Eel'' (1997) *''

April Story ''April Story'' ( ja, 四月物語) is a Japanese film directed by Shunji Iwai starring Takako Matsu. Plot Uzuki Nireno, a shy girl from the countryside of northern Hokkaidō, leaves her family and gets on a train bound for Tokyo so she can att ...

'' (1998) *'' Tokyo Eyes'' (1998) *'' The Thin Red Line'' (1998) *''

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'' (1999) *''Shady Glove'' (1999) ;2000s *'' Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle'' (2000) *'' Whiteout'' (2000) *''

'' (2000), Komiyama *''

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'' (2000) *'' Hush!'' (2001), Shoji Kurita *''

2009 Lost Memories ''2009: Lost Memories'' ( ko, 2009 로스트메모리즈; ''2009 Loseutumemorijeu'') is a 2002 South Korean science fiction action film directed by Lee Si-myung, adapted from the 1987 novel ''Looking for an Epitaph'' by Bok Geo-il. The film takes p ...

'' (2002), Hideyo *'' Border Line'' (2002) *'' KT'' (2002) *''

Harmful Insect is a 2002 Japanese drama film directed by Akihiko Shiota and starring Aoi Miyazaki. Cast * Aoi Miyazaki as Sachiko Kita * Seiichi Tanabe as Ogata * Tetsu Sawaki as Takao * Ryo Amamiya as Tokugawa * Koji Ishikawa as Kyuzo * Yū Aoi as Natsuko * R ...

'' (2002) *'' Dead End Run'' (2003) *''Tokyo Noir'' (2004) *'' Lady Joker'' (2004) *''Out of This World'' (2004) *''

Scrap Heaven ''Scrap Heaven'' () is a 2005 film, directed by Sang-il Lee. The movie was theatrically released to Japan in the year 2005. It was later released to the stores of North America in the year 2007. Plot A pharmacist, police officer, and a toilet c ...

'' (2005) *''

Noriko's Dinner Table is a 2005 Japanese psychological horror film, and a sequel to the independent horror film '' Suicide Club'' (2002), written and directed by Sion Sono. ''Suicide Club'' concerns the mass suicide of 54 schoolgirls and how it leads the law to a sha ...

'' (2005), Tetsuzo Shimabara *''Aegis'' (2005) *''

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'' (2006) *'' Sugar and Spice'' (2006) *''The Pavillion Salamandre'' (2006), Morihiro Kagawa *''

Invisible Waves ''Invisible Waves'' ( th, คำพิพากษาของมหาสมุทร) is a 2006 crime film by Thai director Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, with screenplay by Prabda Yoon, cinematography by Christopher Doyle, and starring Tadanobu Asano – ...

'' (2006), Lizard *''Thank You'' (2006) *''

I Just Didn't Do It is a 2007 Japanese film directed by Masayuki Suo, starring Ryo Kase, Asaka Seto and Kōji Yakusho. Plot Based on a true story, the film is the story of a young man charged with groping on a train. Following the events depicted in the film, w ...

'' (2007) *'' Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad'' (2007) *''

Exte is a 2007 Japanese horror film written and directed by Sion Sono, and stars Chiaki Kuriyama, Ren Osugi, and Megumi Satō. The title is a Japanese slang shortening Romanization of the English term "extension" from "hair extension". The plot in ...

'' (2007) *''

Sad Vacation is a 2007 Japanese drama film written and directed by Shinji Aoyama, adapted from his novel. Being third and last of Aoyama's "Kitakyushu Saga", Sad Vacation brings together several characters from his previous films Helpless and Eureka and conti ...

'' (2007) *'' Nightmare Detective 2'' (2008), Takio Kagenuma *''

Tokyo! ''Tokyo!'' is a 2008 anthology film containing three segments written by three non-Japanese directors, all of which were filmed in Tokyo, Japan. Michel Gondry directed "Interior Design", Leos Carax directed "Merde", and Bong Joon-ho directed "S ...

'' (2008) ;2010s *''

Heaven's Story is a 2010 Japanese film directed by Takahisa Zeze. It was screened in the Main Programme of the Forum section at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. It has also won the Séquences Prize at the Fantasia I ...

'' (2010), Shioya *''Nude'' (2010), Enomoto *''

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'' (2010) *''

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'' (2010) *''Tokyo Oasis'' (2011) *'' Oba: The Last Samurai'' (2011) *'' Himizu'' (2011) *''A Man with Style'' (2011) *''

Rent-a-Cat is a Japanese comedy-drama film written and directed by Naoko Ogigami. It premiered at 2012 Stockholm International Film Festival and was also featured in 17th Busan International Film Festival. Cast * Mikako Ichikawa as Sayoko * Reiko Kusamura ...

'' (2012) *'' Tokyo Playboy Club'' (2012) *''

Bread of Happiness is a 2012 Japanese drama film directed by Yukiko Mishima and starring Tomoyo Harada, Yo Oizumi and Kanna Mori. ''Bread of Happiness'' was first released in cinemas located in Hokkaido on 21 January 2012, and was subsequently released in other J ...

'' (2012) *''

Outrage Beyond is a 2012 Japanese yakuza film directed by Takeshi Kitano, starring Kitano (a.k.a. "Beat Takeshi"), Toshiyuki Nishida, and Tomokazu Miura. It is a sequel to Kitano's 2010 film '' Outrage'' and is followed by the 2017 film ''Outrage Coda''. Pl ...

'' (2012) *''Dawn of a Filmmaker'' (2013) *''

The Backwater is a 2013 Japanese drama film directed by Shinji Aoyama, starring Masaki Suda. It is based on the Akutagawa Prize-winning novel by Shinya Tanaka and adapted by Haruhiko Arai. The film won the Best Director award from the Swiss critics' federation ...

'' (2013) *''

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'' (2014) *'' Three Stories of Love'' (2015) *''

The Big Bee is a 2015 Japanese thriller film directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi and based on the novel of the same name by Keigo Higashino. It was released on September 12, 2015. Cast *Yōsuke Eguchi *Masahiro Motoki *Yukie Nakama * Gō Ayano *Jun Kunimura *Akira ...

'' (2015) *''A Cappella'' (2016) *'' A Man Called Pirate'' (2016) *''Natsumi's Fipanly'' (2016) *''

Shin Godzilla is a 2016 Japanese ''kaiju'' film directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi, with a screenplay by Anno and visual effects by Higuchi. Produced by Toho Pictures and Cine Bazar and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd., it is the 31st film in the '' ...

'' (2016), the governor of Tokyo *''14 That Night'' (2016), Takashi's father *''Golden Orchestra'' (2016) *''

Outrage Coda is a 2017 Japanese yakuza film directed by Takeshi Kitano, starring Kitano (a.k.a. "Beat Takeshi"), and was released in Japan on 7 October 2017. It is a sequel to Kitano's 2012 film, ''Beyond Outrage'', and completes Kitano's ''Outrage (2010 fi ...

'' (2017), Gomi *''Side Job'' (2017) *''

Before We Vanish is a 2017 Japanese science fiction film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. It is based on a stage play by Tomohiro Maekawa's Ikiume Theatre Company and the novel adaptation written by Maekawa. It stars Masami Nagasawa, Ryuhei Matsuda, Mahiro Takasu ...

'' (2017), Suzuki *''Pumpkin and Mayonnaise'' (2017), Yasuhara *''Evil and the Mask'' (2018), Sakakibara *''My Friend A'' (2018) *'' A Forest of Wool and Steel'' (2018), Akino *''Mori, The Artist's Habitat'' (2018), Asahina *''The Chaplain'' (2018) *''

The Fable is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Katsuhisa Minami. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from November 2014 to November 2019, with its chapters collected in 22 ''tankōbo ...

'' (2019), Hamada *''Strawberry Song'' (2019) *''Mio on the Shore'' (2019) *''Ninkyō Gakuen'' (2019) *'' Listen to the Universe'' (2019) *''Black School Rules'' (2019), Toshio Inoue *''I Was a Secret Bitch'' (2019) *''And Life Goes On: The Movie'' (2019) ;2020s *''A Beloved Wife'' (2020) *''Blue, Painful, Fragile'' (2020) *''A Balance'' (2021) *''The Supporting Actors: The Movie'' (2021), himself *''Hama no Asahi to Usotsuki-domo to'' (2021) *''My Daddy'' (2021), Chu-san *''One Day, You Will Reach the Sea'' (2022) *''

BL Metamorphosis is a Japanese manga series by Kaori Tsurutani. ''BL Metamorphosis'' was serialized digitally in the monthly manga magazine ''Comic Newtype'' from November 17, 2017 to October 9, 2020. A live-action film adaptation premiered on June 17, 202 ...

'' (2022), Numata *''In Love and Deep Water'' (2023) *''Hamon'' (2023)

Television

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Oshin is a Japanese serialized morning television drama (''asadora''), which originally aired on NHK from 4 April 1983 to 31 March 1984; it is the 31st ''asadora'' overall to be produced. The 297 15-minute episodes follow the life of during the Me ...

'' (1983) *''

Ghost Soup ''Ghost Soup'' is a 1992 Japanese TV drama produced for Fuji TV as part of their part of the food-themed drama series, La Cuisine by Shunji Iwai. Plot It's Christmas Eve in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropo ...

'' (1992) *'' Gift'' (1997) *''

Bayside Shakedown is a Japanese police comedy-drama television series originally broadcast by the Fuji Television group in 1997. The series was developed by Ryoichi Kimizuka and stars Oda Yūji, Toshirō Yanagiba, Eri Fukatsu, Chosuke Ikariya, Miki Mizuno, a ...

'' (1998) *'' Yoshitsune'' (2005), Minamoto no Nakatsuna *'' Fūrin Kazan'' (2007), Yamamoto Sadahisa *''Shingari'' (2015), Katase *''Fukigen na Kajitsu'' (2016), Tetsushi Tsukui *''Cold Case'' (2016), Tōru Kaneko *'' Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories'' (2016) *''The Supporting Actors'' (2017), himself *''Frankenstein's Love'' (2017), Keijirō Inaba *''

Hiyokko is a Japanese television drama series and the 96th asadora series, following '' Beppinsan''. It was premiered on April 3, 2017, and ended on September 30, 2017. Plot Mineko Yatabe is a teenager living in a very rural area of Ibaraki Prefecture i ...

'' (2017), Gorō Fukuda *''Shimokitazawa Die Hard'' (2017), himself *''Rikuoh'' (2017), Tōru Arimura *'' Naotora: The Lady Warlord'' (2017),

Akechi Mitsuhide , first called Jūbei from his clan and later from his title, was a Japanese ''samurai'' general of the Sengoku period best known as the assassin of Oda Nobunaga. Mitsuhide was a bodyguard of Ashikaga Yoshiaki and later a successful general under ...

*'' Kiss that Kills'' (2018), Akira Dojima *''The Supporting Actors 2'' (2018), himself *''When a Tree Falls'' (2018) *''Designer Shibui Naoto no Kyūjitsu'' (2019), Naoto Shibui *''And Life Goes On'' (2019) *''

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'' (2020), Yasutaka Sekiuchi *''Our Sister's Soulmate'' (2020), Kikuo Kawakami *''The Supporting Actors 3'' (2021), himself *''Pension Metsa'' (2021) *''A Day-Off of Hana Sugisaki'' (2023)

Video games

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Lost Judgment ''Lost Judgment'' is an action-adventure video game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and published by Sega. It was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on September 24, 2021, for Amazon Luna on March 31, 2022, ...

'' (2021), Akihiro Ehara

Awards

References

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