is a Japanese

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and

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Career

Rijū started making 8mm films in high school, and his ''Kyōkun I'' earned a spot at the 1980 Pia Film Festival. In 1981, he made his acting debut with a starring role in the TBS drama ''Fubo no gosan''. The same year, he participated in the production of

Kihachi Okamoto was a Japanese film director who worked in several different genres. Career Born in Yonago, Okamoto attended Meiji University, but was drafted into the Air Force 1943 and entered World War II, an experience that had a profound effect on his late ...

's ''At This Late Date, the Charleston,'' not only starring, but also co-authoring the script and serving as assistant director. As an actor, he has appeared in films directed by

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Yoichi Sai was a Japanese film director. He was the president of the Directors Guild of Japan. Life and career Sai was born on 6 July 1949 in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. His mother was Japanese and his father was Zainichi Korean. Sai won the Best Screenpl ...

, Kaizo Hayashi, and Shinji Aoyama; as well as TV dramas such as '' Kinpachi-sensei'' and ''

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''. As a director, his film '' Elephant Song'' won the

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Award at the 1995

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. His next work ''

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'' (1995) earned him the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award. His 2001 film '' Chloe'' was selected for the competition at the

''.

Filmography

As actor

Television

* ''Fubo no gosan'' (1981) * ''

Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, which ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was one of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fellow ...

'' (1983), Toyotomi Hideyori * '' Kinpachi-sensei'' (2001–02) * '' Fūrin Kazan'' (2007), Narita Nagayasu * ''

Drifting Net Cafe is a Japanese seinen manga by Shūzō Oshimi that was serialized in the manga magazine, ''Manga Action''. ''Drifting Net Cafe'' is a science fiction mystery involving a group of patrons trapped in an internet café, which has become a strange ...

'' (2009) * '' Ryōmaden'' (2010),

Maki Yasuomi was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, who served as a retainer of the Arima clan of Kurume Domain, Kurume in northern Kyūshū. He was also a Shinto priest of the Kurume Suitengū, Suitengū shrine in Kurume. Maki, also known by his cour ...

* ''

Ariadne no Dangan is a TV series broadcast in Japan by Fuji TV. It is the sequel to ''Team Batista no Eiko'' and ''General Rouge no Gaisen''. Cast * Atsushi Itō as Kōhei Taguchi * Tōru Nakamura as Keisuke Shiratori * Katsunori Takahashi as Yoshimasa Ikaruga ...

'' (2011) * '' Ataru'' (2012) * ''

'' (2013) * ''A Warmed Up Love'' (2020), Seiichirō Tsuzuki * ''The Supporting Actors 3'' (2021), himself * ''Hiru'' (2022) * ''Gannibal'' (2022)

Film

* ''At This Late Date, the Charleston'' (1981) * '' KT'' (2002) * ''The Edge of Sin'' (2015) * ''

Ice Cream and the Sound of Raindrops is a 2017 Japanese drama film directed by Daigo Matsui. The film featured as part of the Tokyo International Film Festival, and the Jeonju International Film Festival. Plot The story centres on a director, who is pushing the cast of actors in ...

'' (2017) * '' Last Winter, We Parted'' (2018) * ''Family Bond'' (2020) * '' True Mothers'' (2020), Hamano * ''The Sound of Grass'' (2021) * ''Haw'' (2022)

As director

* ''Elephant Son]'' (1994) * ''Berlin'' (1995) * ''Chloe'' (2001)

References

External links

* * 1962 births Living people Japanese film directors Japanese male television actors Male actors from Yokohama Japanese male film actors 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors {{Japan-film-director-stub