is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 7th

Hochi Film Award The are film-specific prizes awarded by the '' Hochi Shimbun''. Categories *Best Picture *Best International Picture *Best Animated Picture (since 2017) *Best Actor *Best Actress *Best Supporting Actor *Best Supporting Actress *Best New Artist ...

and the award for best supporting actor at the 4th

Yokohama Film Festival The is an annual awards ceremony held in Yokohama, Japan. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year and various awards are given to personnel. The first festival, held on February 3, 1980, was a small affair by fans and film critics. In 1994, ...

for ''

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''.

Filmography

Film

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'' (1982), Yasu * '' The Gate of Youth: Part 2'' (1982), Masakazu Kawachi *'' Theater of Life'' (1983) *'' Time and Tide'' (1984) *'' Shanghai Rhapsody'' (1984) *''

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 Nak ...

'' (1986) *'' Rex: A Dinosaur's Story'' (1993) *'' Love & Pop'' (1998) *'' First Love'' (2000) *'' The Man In White'' (2003) *'' The Ode to Joy'' (2006) *'' Southbound'' (2007) *''

The Lone Scalpel is a 2010 Japanese medical drama film directed by Izuru Narushima. The film was nominated for Best Picture at the 34th Japan Academy Prize. Cast * Shinichi Tsutsumi as Dr. Toma * Yui Natsukawa as Ryoko Nakamura * Hisashi Yoshizawa * Noriko ...

'' (2010) *''

Rebirth Rebirth may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Film * ''Rebirth'' (2011 film), a 2011 Japanese drama film * ''Rebirth'' (2016 film), a 2016 American thriller film * ''Rebirth'', a 2011 documentary film produced by Project Rebirth * '' ...

'' (2011) *'' The Woodsman and the Rain'' (2011) *'' Angel Home'' (2013) *'' The Mourner'' (2015) *''Gukoroku: Traces of Sin'' (2017) *''And Then There Was Light'' (2017) *'' Memoirs of a Murderer'' (2017) *''We Are'' (2018) *''5 Million Dollar Life'' (2019) *'' Listen to the Universe'' (2019) *''

Fukushima 50 Fukushima 50 is a pseudonym given by English-language media to a group of employees at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011, a related Fuku ...

'' (2020) *'' The Asadas'' (2020) *''Dreaming of the Meridian Arc'' (2022) *'' Call Me Chihiro'' (2023), Bitō *''The Women in the Lakes'' (2024) *''Traveling Alone'' (2025) *''

Under Ninja is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kengo Hanazawa. It has been serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Young Magazine'' since July 2018. An anime television series adaptation by Tezuka Productions aired from October to December ...

'' (2025), Principal *''Showtime 7'' (2025)

Television

*''Bakumatsu Seishun Graffiti: Fukuzawa Yukichi'' (1985) -

John Manjirō John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Ep ...

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Dokuganryū Masamune is a 1987 Japanese historical television series. It is the 25th NHK ''taiga'' drama. The broadcast received an average viewer rating of 39.7 percent in the Kanto area with the highest viewing rating of 47.8%. The drama was adapted from the novel ...

'' (1987) - Suzuki Motonobu *'' Journey Under the Midnight Sun'' (2006) *''

Barefoot Gen is a Japanese historical manga series by Keiji Nakazawa, loosely based on Nakazawa's experiences as a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. The series begins in 1945 in and around Hiroshima, Japan, where six-year-old Gen Nakaok ...

'' (2007) *'' SP'' (2007–2008) *''

Last Friends is a Japanese television drama which aired on Fuji TV at 10:00 pm every Thursday from April 10, 2008, until June 17, 2008. It stars Masami Nagasawa, Juri Ueno, Eita, Asami Mizukawa and Ryo Nishikido of japanese idol group Kanjani Eight. Th ...

'' (2008) *'' Mori no Asagao'' (2010) *''

Hana Moyu is a 2015 Japanese historical drama television series, the 54th NHK ''taiga'' drama. The series stars Mao Inoue as Sugi Fumi, a sister of Meiji Restoration scholar Yoshida Shōin. It premiered on January 4, 2015, and ended on December 13, 2015 ...

'' (2015) - Dr. Yamane Bunki *''Shingari'' (2015) *'' Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories'' (2016) *''Kenji Miyazawa's Table'' (2017) - Masajirō Miyazawa *''

Segodon is a 2018 Japanese historical drama television series and the 57th NHK taiga drama. It stars Ryohei Suzuki as Saigō Takamori, who has been dubbed ''the last true samurai''. Plot The drama follows the life of historical figure Saigō Takamori. ...

'' (2018) - Ōkubo Jiemon *'' Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju'' (2018) - Yūrakutei Yakumo VII *'' Yell'' (2020) - Kinsuke Uchikoshi *''

Reach Beyond the Blue Sky is a Jidaigeki, Japanese historical drama television series starring Ryo Yoshizawa as Shibusawa Eiichi, a Japanese industrialist widely known today as the "father of Japanese capitalism". The series is the 60th NHK taiga drama, premiered on Febru ...

'' (2021) - Kawaji Toshiakira *''

The Tiger and Her Wings is a Japanese television drama series and the 110th ''Asadora'' series, following ''Boogie Woogie (Japanese TV series), Boogie Woogie''. The drama is modeled after one of Japan's first female lawyers, Yoshiko Mibuchi, but it is produced as fictio ...

'' (2024) - Tomohiko Hoshi

Japanese dub

*'' Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman'' (2024) - Ken

References

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* 1953 births Japanese male film actors Japanese male television actors Living people Male actors from Aichi Prefecture 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors {{Japan-screen-actor-stub