is a Japanese actor. He was born on May 7, 1976, in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

, Japan. Because of his father's business, he spent his early life in Singapore (1983–86) and New York (1986–89), and thus learned to speak English fluently. After returning to Japan, he started to learn acting. He joined the theatrical company "Wakakusa" at the age of 14, and left the company at the age of 16. His first screen role was "April Story (Shigatsu monogatari)" directed by movie director

Shunji Iwai is a Japanese film director, video artist, writer and documentary maker. Life and career Iwai was born in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. He attended Yokohama National University, graduating in 1987. In 1988 he started out in the Japanese entertainment ...

in 1998. After graduation from Gakushuin University, he again decided to learn acting. He entered the acting school "En",and graduated in 2001. In 2007 he met Japanese movie director, Koji Wakamatsu. He did five movies with Wakamatsu, including "United Red Army". In this movie, he played Tsuneo Mori, the leader of the United Red Army. The movie won the C.I.C.A.E Prize (the International Confederation of Art House Cinemas) and NETPAC Prize (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) in the 58th Berlin International Film Festival. He practices

Iaijutsu is a combative quick-draw sword technique. This art of drawing the Japanese sword, katana, is one of the Japanese '' koryū'' martial art disciplines in the education of the classical warrior ( bushi). Warner, Gordon and Draeger, Donn F. 2007 ...

. Iaijutsu is an ancient Japanese martial art, and a quick-draw sword technique. He has been training in Iaijutsu from master Tetsuzan Kuroda for about 16 years.

Filmography

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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 ...

'', directed by

(1998) *''The Choice of Hercules'', directed by

Masato Harada is a Japanese film director, film critic, and sometimes an actor; he is best known to foreign audiences as Omura in ''The Last Samurai'' and as Mr Mita in ''Fearless''. In both his acting roles he portrayed the villain who wants Japan to westerni ...

(2002) *''

United Red Army The was a militant organization, that operated in Japan between July 1971 and March 1972. The URA was formed as the result of a merger that began on 13 July 1971 between two extremist groups, the Marxist-Leninist-Maoist , led in 1971 by Tsuneo ...

'', directed by

Kōji Wakamatsu was a Japanese film director who directed such ''pinku eiga'' films as and . He also produced Nagisa Ōshima's controversial film ''In the Realm of the Senses'' (1976). He has been called "the most important director to emerge in the pink film ...

(2008) *''

Caterpillar Caterpillars ( ) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths). As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the larvae of sawflies (suborder Sym ...

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(2008) *'' 11:25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate'', directed by

(2012) *''Petrel Hotel Blue'', directed by

(2012) *''The Millennial Rapture'', directed by

(2012) *'' Yurusarezaru Mono'', directed by Lee Sang-il (2013) *''

Twisted Justice is a 2016 Japanese crime comedy-drama film directed by Kazuya Shiraishi and written by Junya Ikegami. It was released in Japan by Toei and Nikkatsu on June 25, 2016. Plot Cast * Gō Ayano as Yoichi Moroboshi * *Yukio Ueno *Haruna Yabuki * * * ...

'', directed by

Kazuya Shiraishi is a Japanese filmmaker. Works Film TV series References External links * Japanese film directors Japanese television directors Living people 1974 births People from Hokkaido People from Asahikawa {{Japan-film-director-st ...

(2016) *''

A Bride for Rip Van Winkle is a 2016 Japanese drama film written and directed by Shunji Iwai, based on his novel of the same name. Synopsis Nanami is an apathetic, part-time junior high school teacher, whose only solace comes from connecting with others on "Planet", a ...

'', directed by

(2016) *''That Disappearance'', directed by Hiro Kano (2022)

References

External links

Go Jibiki's official website
* Japanese male film actors Male actors from Tokyo 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors 1976 births Living people {{Japan-film-actor-stub