Occupation Actor Name Masatoshi Nagase | Role Actor | |
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Born July 15, 1966 (age 58) ( 1966-07-15 ) Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan Spouse Kyoko Koizumi (m. 1996–2004) Books Memories of A: Masatoshi Nagase Photograph 2011-2012 Aomori Awards Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Nominations Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Movies Kano, Sweet Red Bean Paste, The Hidden Blade, Mystery Train, Smuggler Similar People Kyoko Koizumi, Umin Boya, Naomi Kawase, Tadanobu Asano, Kaizo Hayashi |
Atmospheric shooting by stephanie cornfield of actor masatoshi nagase cannes film fest 2015
Masatoshi Nagase (永瀬 正敏, Nagase Masatoshi, born July 15, 1966 in Miyazaki, Miyazaki) is a Japanese actor. He is best known in the West for his roles in Friðrik Þór Friðriksson's Cold Fever and Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train.
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- Atmospheric shooting by stephanie cornfield of actor masatoshi nagase cannes film fest 2015
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- Career
- Awards
- Filmography
- References

Nagase was described by Todd Brown of Twitch Film as "one of the great unsung heroes of Japanese film, a hugely reliable character actor with seemingly unerring taste in projects who - despite a huge body of work - remains largely unknown by name."
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Career

Nagase co-starred in Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train (1989) with Youki Kudoh. He has starred in films such as Sion Sono's Suicide Club (2001), Shinji Aoyama's Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name (2002), and Yoji Yamada's The Hidden Blade (2004).

Awards
Filmography
Actor
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The Box Man (pre-production)
2023
Jigen Daisuke as
Takeshi Kawashima
2023
Last Shadow at First Light
2023
Goldfish
2022
Three Sisters of Tenmasou as
Kiyoshi Ogawa
2022
Mountain Woman
2022
A Hundred Flowers as
Yohei Asaba
2022
Noise as
Tsutomu Hatakeyama
2021
Just Remembering as
Jun
2021
Fantasmagorie - The Ghost Show as
The coffee shop owner
2021
Oliver na Inu, (Gosh!!) Konoyarou (TV Series) as
Kenichi Mizoguchi
- Episode #1.3 (2021) - Kenichi Mizoguchi
- Episode #1.2 (2021) - Kenichi Mizoguchi
- Episode #1.1 (2021) - Kenichi Mizoguchi
2021
The Naked Director (TV Series) as
Advertising Director
- Diamond in the Rough (2021) - Advertising Director
2021
Namonaihi: A day with no name as
Tatsuya Ono
2021
Akaneiro ni yakareru as
Nakamura
2021
Hotel Iris as
Violent Man
2020
Malu
2020
Living in Your Sky as
Pet Undertaker
2020
Sakura as
Akio Hasegawa
2020
Tracing Her Shadow
2020
Hoshi no ko
2020
Fancy as
Akira
2019
Beyond the Edge (Short)
2019
The First Supper as
Hitoshi Azuma
2019
Talking the Pictures as
Shusei Yamaoka
2019
They Say Nothing Stays the Same as
Nihei
2019
Bolt as
The man (segments "Bolt" - "Life" - "Good Year")
2019
New Moon Hotel as
Takeshi Tanaka
2019
Red Snow as
Kazuki Shirakawa
2019
We Are Little Zombies as
Haruhiko Ibu
2018
Tajûrô jun'ai-ki
2018
The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine as
Narrator
2018
Punk Samurai Slash Down as
Nobuuzu Deusu
2018
Vision as
Satoshi
2017
Butterfly Sleep as
Omura
2017
Our Time Will Come as
Colonel Yamaguchi
2017
Radiance as
Masaya Nakamori
2017
The Blue Hearts
2016
Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2016: Reflections (segment "Pigeon")
2016
Hapinesu
2016
Black Widow Business as
Yoshinori Honda
2016
Henri Mitowa: Zen to hone (Documentary) as
Kazuo Kondo
2016
64: Part 2 as
Amamiya, Yoshio
2016
Paterson as
Japanese Poet
2016
64: Part I as
Amamiya, Yoshio
2016
Bitter Honey as
Fish Monger
2016
The Cross
2015
Five to Nine as
Yamanaka
2015
Sweet Bean as
Sentarô
2014
The Furthest End Awaits
2014
Mahoro ekimae kyôsôkyoku
2014
Words with Gods
2014
Drive in Gamo as
Saburo Gamo
2014
Kano as
Coach Hyotaro Kondo
2014
Moosic in Nakagawa Unga
2013
Ringo nouka no shoujo (Short) as
Tamao
2013
Kanata no ko (TV Mini Series)
2013
Miroku as
Emile
2013
The War and a Woman as
Writer
2012
A Road Stained Crimson
2011
Smuggler as
Joe
2011
Kaasan Mom's Life
2009
Zerachin shirubâ love as
Photographer
2008
Buyusenki Battle Chronicles (Video)
2008
Dreaming Awake as
Kiya - young
2008
R246 Story
2007
Funuke: Show Some Love, You Losers! as
Shinji Wago
2006
Sakuran as
Mitsunobu
2006
Kamiya Etsuko no seishun as
Second Lieutenant Nagayo
2005
Gina K
2005
Tantei Jimusho 5: 5 Number de Yobareru Tanteitachi no Monogatari as
Muriyama
2005
Tenshi as
Yoshikawa
2005
Ubume no natsu as
Tatsumi Sekiguchi
2004
The Hidden Blade as
Munezô Katagiri
2004
Rabudo gan as
Hayamada
2003
Dead End Run
2003
Worst by Chance as
Kazuo Hikita
2002
Shiritsu tantei Hama Maiku (TV Series) as
Mike Hama
- Woman and Man, Man and Woman (2002) - Mike Hama
2002
Aiki as
Bartender
2002
The Sea Is Watching as
Ryôsuke
2002
Shiritsu tantei Hama Maiku: Namae no nai mori (TV Movie) as
Mike Yokohama
2001
Suicide Club as
Detective Shibusawa
2001
Pisutoru opera as
Man dressed in black
2001
Luxurious Bone as
Aratani
2001
Getting Wild with Our Monkey as
Machida
2001
0cm4 (Short)
2001
Stereo Future as
Keisuke Katsura
2001
Kuroe as
Kotaro
2001
Electric Dragon 80.000 V as
Thunderbolt Buddha
2000
Tojiru hi as
Publisher
2000
Party 7 as
Shunichirô Miki
2000
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle as
Tetsukichi
1999
Experimental Film (Short) as
Film Director
1999
Hakuchi: The Innocent as
Party-kyaku
1998
Three Businessmen as
Blind Man
1998
Beautiful Sunday
1998
Glassy Ocean: Kujira no Chôyaku (Short) as
Narrator
1997
Yukai as
Ichiro Fuji
1996
Niji o tsukamu otoko as
Teacher
1996
Atlanta Boogie
1996
Gakkô II
1996
Yûri as
Nonomura
1996
Wana as
Maiku Hama / Mikki
1995
Berlin as
Tetsuo
1995
Flirt as
Hal's Assistant
1995
The Stairway to the Distant Past as
Mike Hama
1995
Cold Fever as
Hirata
1994
Ôtobai shôjo
1994
Heroin
1993
The Most Terrible Time in My Life as
Maiku Hama
1992
Tora-San Makes Excuses as
Ryusuke (Choko's brother)
1992
Original Sin as
Makoto Hirano
1992
Autumn Moon as
Tokio
1992
Bad Woman (TV Series) as
Takahiro Ishii
- Episode #1.5 (1992) - Takahiro Ishii
- Episode #1.4 (1992) - Takahiro Ishii
- Episode #1.3 (1992) - Takahiro Ishii
- Episode #1.2 (1992) - Takahiro Ishii
- Episode #1.1 (1992) - Takahiro Ishii
1991
Asian Beat: Powder Road
1991
Asian Beat: Sunrise in Kampung
1991
My Sons as
Tetsuo
1991
Asian Beat: I Love Nippon as
Tokio
1991
Mo no shigoto
1990
Bakayarô! 3: Henna yatsura as
Tadashi Okajima (Episode 4)
1990
Tales of the Bizarre (TV Series)(segment "Purezento")
- Purezento/Satsujinsha wa kôkai suru/Shinsetsu sugiru kazoku (1990) - (segment "Purezento")
1989
Mystery Train as
Jun (segment "Far from Yokohama")
1987
Mama wa aidoru! (TV Series) as
Kenichiro Mizusawa
- Episode #1.10 (1987) - Kenichiro Mizusawa
- Episode #1.9 (1987) - Kenichiro Mizusawa
- Episode #1.8 (1987) - Kenichiro Mizusawa
- Episode #1.7 (1987) - Kenichiro Mizusawa
- Episode #1.6 (1987) - Kenichiro Mizusawa
- Episode #1.5 (1987) - Kenichiro Mizusawa
- Episode #1.4 (1987) - Kenichiro Mizusawa
- Episode #1.3 (1987) - Kenichiro Mizusawa
- Episode #1.2 (1987) - Kenichiro Mizusawa
- Episode #1.1 (1987) - Kenichiro Mizusawa
1987
Abunai Deka (TV Series) as
Hitoshi Takamura
- Episode #1.15 (1987) - Hitoshi Takamura
1984
Machikado no Meruhen (Video)
1983
Miyuki as
Masato Wakamatsu
1983
P. P. Rider as
Jo 'Jojo' Kawasaki
Director
2004
Kawaita hana: four by four equal one
Writer
2004
Kawaita hana: four by four equal one
Editor
2004
Kawaita hana: four by four equal one
Soundtrack
1995
Cold Fever (performer: "Namida no kiss")
Thanks
2003
Lost in Translation (thanks)
Self
2021
All Kids Cry in the Same Voice: Making of Tracing Her Shadow (Documentary short) as
Self
2018
Sukita (Documentary) as
Self
2017
Días de cine (TV Series) as
Self - Interviewee
- Episode dated 16 November 2017 (2017) - Self - Interviewee
2015
Jônetsu tairiku (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Masatoshi Nagase (2017) - Self
- Naomi Kawase (2015) - Self
2011
Bokura no jidai (TV Series) as
Himelf / Self
- Arata Furuta, Kyoko Koizumi & Masatoshi Nagase: Part 2 (2011) - Himelf
- Arata Furuta, Kyoko Koizumi & Masatoshi Nagase (2011) - Self
References
Masatoshi Nagase Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA