is a Japanese actor, film director, and singer. He was born August 12, 1958 in Okawa,

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. He made his directorial debut with '' Rockers'' (ロッカーズ or ''Rokkazu''), a 2003 film based on his years as vocalist for the punk rock band

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(ザ・ロッカーズ). He was nominated best actor for a

Japanese Academy Award The , often called the Japan Academy Prize, the Japan Academy Awards, and the Japanese Academy Awards, is a series of awards given annually since 1978 by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association (日本アカデミー賞協会, ''Nippon Akademii- ...

three times, once in 1988 and twice in 1989. He won the award for Best Actor at the 12th

Hochi Film Awards The are film-specific prizes awarded by the ''Hochi Shimbun , previously known as , is a Japanese-language daily sports newspaper. In 2002, it had a circulation of a million copies a day. It is an affiliate newspaper of ''Yomiuri Shimbun''. ...

for ''

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''.

Filmography

Films

Dramas

TV movies

As director and writer

References

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* 1958 births Living people Japanese male actors Japanese racehorse owners and breeders People from Ōkawa, Fukuoka Actors from Fukuoka Prefecture Musicians from Fukuoka Prefecture {{Japan-actor-stub