is a Japanese film and

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who won the award for best supporting actor at the 21st

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for '' Minazuki'', ''Kyohansha'' and ''Kanzen-naru shiiku'' as well as the CUT ABOVE Award for Excellence in Film at JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film in New York in 2014.

Selected filmography

Film

*''Yuki no Concerto'' (1991) * (1996) as Kubo *''Tenzen Shoujo Man'' (天然少女　萬) (1996) * (1997) as Sada * (1997) as Hideyuki Sakata *''Mukokuseki no otoko: Chi no shûkaku'' (1997) *''Romantikku mania'' (1997) as Ujiie * (1997) *''Joker'' (1998) as Hisao * (1998) as Sada * (1999) as Tsuda * (1999) as Yasuharu Nishikawa * (1999) as Yoji * (1999) as Ryuichi * (1999) as Akira * (1999) * (2000) as Noboru Hirokawa *''Himawari'' (2000) as Shinji Sasahara *''Swing Man'' (2000) as Kazuki Kitaoka *''Kishiwada Shōnen Gurentai: Yakyudan'' (2000) *''Rendan'' (2001) as Ohsawa *''Man-hole'' (2001) as Shin'ichi Yoshioka *''

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'' (2001) as Kakizaki Kiyotaka *''Chinpira'' (2001) *''Bastoni: The Stick Handlers'' (2002) *''Onna kunishuu ikki'' (2002) *''

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'' (2002) (segment "The Messenger - Requiem for the Dead") *''Yurusarezaru mono'' (2003) * (2003) as Kanbê Inoue * (2003) as Tamori *''Kanzen-naru shiiku: Onna rihatsushi no koi'' (2003) as Kenji *'' Kill Bill: Volume 1'' (2003) as Boss Koji / Crazy 88 * (2003) * (2003) *''Kyô no dekigoto'' (2003) as Surfer *'' Kill Bill: Volume 2'' (2004) as Boss Koji / Crazy 88 *''Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Gekijōban'' (2004) (segment "Omoi!") * (2004) as Yoshio Motoyama * (2004) as The Controller of Planet X *''Atarashii kaze - Wakaki hi no Yoda Benzo'' (2004) as Benzo Yoda * (2005) as Kanbê Inoue * (2005) as Shichibe Iinuma *''Nureta akai ito'' (2005) as Shigeru *''Maze'' (2006) *''So-Run Movie'' (2006) * (2006) * (2006) as Masahiko Sawai * (2006) as Chojuro Kaneko * (2007) as

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* (2007) as Doctor *''Kaze no sotogawa'' (2007) *''Dôsôkai'' (2008) *''Jirochô sangokushi'' (2008) * (2008) as Shunpei Kusanagi * (2009) as Chi Edajima *''Eo-ddeon bang-moon'' (2009) *''Kirâ vâjin rôdo'' (2009) as Michio Keizan *''Acacia'' (2009) * (2010) * (2011) as Sunil *'' Speed Angels'' (極速天使) (2011) as Asano / Onidaka * (2012) as Ceionius *'' Bakugyaku Familia'' (2012) as Yuji natsume *''Nihon no higeki'' (2012) * (2012) as Akinori Natsume * (2013) as Shinji *''Jongeun Chingoodeul'' (2013) as Tatsuya * (2013) as Shunpei Kusanagi * (2013) as Shunichi Sawa *'' SPEC: Close'' (2013, part 1, 2) *''The Trick Movie: The Last Stage'' (2014) *'' Killers'' (2014) as Nomura *''

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'' (2014) as Ryuichi * (2014) as Madarame Kyutaro *''

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'' (2014) as Ceionius *'' Man From Reno'' (2014) as Akira *'' Parasyte: Part 1'' (2014) as Takeshi Hirokawa *'' Parasyte: Part 2'' (2015) as Takeshi Hirokawa *''Neko zamurai: Minami no shima e iku'' (2015) as Kyutaro Madarame *''AIBOU: The Movie IV'' (2017) *''

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'' (2017) as Sabato Kuroi *'' The Scythian Lamb'' (2017) as Katsushi sugiyama *''

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'' (2017) as Shibata *''

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'' (2018) as Ryunosuke Shundo *'' Last Winter, We Parted'' (2018) as Yoshiki Kobayashi *'' Pretty Cure Super Stars!'' (2018) as Usobakka (voice) *''Million Dollar Man'' (2018) as Momose *'' The Battle: Roar to Victory'' (2019) as Yasukawa Jiro *'' Rurouni Kenshin: The Final'' (2021) as Tatsumi *'' Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning'' (2021) as Tatsumi *''

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'' (2021) as Takeshi Ōyama *''The Supporting Actors: The Movie'' (2021) as himself *'' The Great Yokai War: Guardians'' (2021) as

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*''Silent Parade'' (2022) as Shunpei Kusanagi *''Hell Dogs'' (2022) as Tsutomu Toki *'' Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead'' (2023) as Gonzo Kosugi

TV dramas

* ( NTV, 1998, Main Cast) * (NTV, 1999, Supporting Role) * (NTV, 2000, Supporting Role) * (NTV, 2000) as Grey Won * (

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, 2000) as Shōta Honma * (

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, 2001, Taira no Yoritsuna) * (Fuji TV, 2001, TV Movie) as Shōgo Okino * Episode 11 (Fuji TV, 2002) as Shinzaburō * (Fuji TV, 2003) as Joji Manabe * (NTV, 2003) as Kōsuke Kanda * (Fuji TV, 2003) as

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* (Fuji TV, 2006) as Gunji Kirishima * ( TBS, 2006) as Seiya * (Fuji TV, 2006) as Maesono * (TBS, 2006) as Takeshi Nakagomi * (NTV, 2006) as Hatano * (NTV, 2007) as Reiji Yona * (Fuji TV, 2007) as Shunpei Kusanagi *'' Team Medical Dragon 2'' (Fuji TV, 2007) as Gunji Kirishima *''

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'' (NHK, 2009) as

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*'' Yokai Ningen Bem'' (NTV, 2011), Akinori Natsume * (Fuji TV, 2013) as Shunpei Kusanagi *''

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'' (Fuji TV, 2014) as Osamu Katō *'' Kindaichi Case Files SP 2 - Gate of Jail Private School Murder Case'' (NTV, 2014) as Takayuki Ujie * (BS, 2015) as Yasuhiko Kuwahara *'' Yamegoku: Yakuza Yamete Itadakimasu'' (TBS, 2015) as Kakeru Mikajima * ( Wowow, 2017) *''

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'' "Tatami" (HBO, 2018) *'' Ōoku the Final'' (Fuji TV, 2019) as Tokugawa Muneharu *''

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'' (NHK, 2019–20) *''The Return'' (Jidaigeki Senmon Channel, 2020) *''North Light'' (NHK, 2020) *''Heaven and Hell: Soul Exchange'' (TBS, 2021), Mitsuo Kawahara *''Okehazama'' (Fuji TV, 2021),

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*''The Forbidden Magic'' (Fuji TV, 2022) as Shunpei Kusanagi

Dubbing

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References

External links

Kazuki Kitamura official web site
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kitamura, Kazuki 1969 births Living people Japanese male film actors Japanese male television actors Male actors from Osaka 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors