Ryo Kase
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is a Japanese actor. He grew up in Bellevue, Washington
until he was seven. He portrayed Shimizu, one of the lower-ranked Japanese soldiers, in Clint Eastwood
's Letters from Iwo Jima
. He starred in Masayuki Suo
's film I Just Didn't Do It
.
Bellevue, Washington
Bellevue is a city in the Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, across Lake Washington from Seattle. Long known as a suburb or satellite city of Seattle, it is now categorized as an edge city or a boomburb. The population was 122,363 at the 2010 census.Downtown Bellevue is...
until he was seven. He portrayed Shimizu, one of the lower-ranked Japanese soldiers, in Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...
's Letters from Iwo Jima
Letters from Iwo Jima
is a 2006 war film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood, and starring Ken Watanabe and Kazunari Ninomiya. The film portrays the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of the Japanese soldiers and is a companion piece to Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers, which depicts the same battle from the...
. He starred in Masayuki Suo
Masayuki Suo
is a Japanese film director. He is perhaps best known for his two Japan Academy Prize-winning films, 1992's Sumo Do, Sumo Don't and 1996's Shall We Dance?.According to Suo:- Life and career :...
's film I Just Didn't Do It
I Just Didn't Do It
is a 2007 Japanese film directed by Masayuki Suo. Based on a true story, the film focuses on the story of a young man charged with groping on a train. Following the events depicted in the film, he was acquitted after a five year legal battle. It was Japan's submission to the 80th Academy Awards...
.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 2001 | Misuzu | Masasuke | |
| Hush! Hush! (2001 film) Hush! is a Japanese film directed by Ryosuke Hashiguchi, starring Seiichi Tanabe, Kazuya Takahashi and Reiko Kataoka, released in 2001.The theme song is "Hush Little Baby" from the album Hush performed by Bobby McFerrin and Yo-Yo Ma.-Cast:... |
Soba-ya Cashier | ||
| Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack is a 2001 science fiction kaiju film co-written and directed by Shūsuke Kaneko with a very catchy name. It was the twenty-fifth film to be released in the Godzilla film series. This is the eleventh film to feature Mothra, sixth to feature King Ghidorah, and third to feature Baragon. It is part of... |
Fisher | ||
| 2002 | Rock'n'Roll Mishin | Kenji Hamada | |
| 2003 | Bright Future Bright Future is a 2003 Japanese film written and directed by Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, starring Tadanobu Asano and Joe Odagiri. It was entered into the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.- Plot :... |
Fuyuki Arita | |
| When the Last Sword Is Drawn When the Last Sword Is Drawn is a 2003 Japanese movie directed by Yōjirō Takita loosely based on real historical events. When the Last Sword Is Drawn won the Best Film award at the 2004 Japanese Academy Awards, as well as the prizes for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor . It received a further eight... |
Shûhei Kondô | ||
| Kakuto | Shinji | ||
| 2004 | Cutie Honey Cutie Honey (film) is a 2004 Japanese tokusatsu film adaptation, produced by Gainax, of the 1970s manga and anime series Cutie Honey.The film stars popular Japanese model Eriko Sato as the hyperactive Honey. Directed by Hideaki Anno, the film loosely retells the classic story of Cutie Honey's battle to defend... |
Todoroki | |
| 69 69 (film) 69 is a 2004 film adaptation of Ryu Murakami's novel 69.-Cast:*Satoshi Tsumabuki as Kenichi Yazaki*Masanobu Ando as Tadashi "Adama" Yamada*Yuta Kanai as Manabu Iwase*Asami Mizukawa as Mie Nagayama* as Kazuko "Lady Jane" Matsui... |
Ryo Otaki | ||
| The Taste of Tea The Taste of Tea is the third film by Japanese writer and director Katsuhito Ishii. The film has been referred to as a "surreal" version of Ingmar Bergman's Fanny and Alexander. It was a selection of the Cannes Film Festival.-Synopsis:... |
Rokutaro Hamadayama | ||
| Nobody Knows | Mini-market Employee | ||
| Survive Style 5+ Survive Style 5+ Survive Style 5+ is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Gen Sekiguchi. It stars Tadanobu Asano, Kyōko Koizumi, Reika Hashimoto, Jai West, Sonny Chiba and Vinnie Jones.-Synopsis:... |
Actor in Fantasy Commercial | Uncredited | |
| 2005 | Pacchigi! Pacchigi! is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Kazuyuki Izutsu.-Awards:48th Blue Ribbon Awards* Won: Best Film27th Yokohama Film Festival* Won: Best Film* Won: Best Director - Kazuyuki Izutsu... |
Hideto Noguchi | |
| Female | Man | Segment "Tamamushi" | |
| About Love About Love About Love is a 2005 film.Three stories are told, respectively set in Tokyo, Taipei, and Shanghai. The first two stories are about a Japanese person and a Taiwanese person. The last one is set in Shanghai with a story about a Japanese man and a Chinese woman. Some of the characters can speak... |
Tecchan | Segment "Taipei" | |
| Scrap Heaven Scrap Heaven Scrap Heaven is a 2005 film, directed by Sang-il Lee. The movie was theatrically released to Japan in the year 2005. It was later released to the stores of North America in the year 2007.-Story:... |
Police Officer Shingo | ||
| The Passenger The Passenger (2005 film) The Passenger is a film written and directed by François Rotger. It was produced in France, Canada, and Japan; and has dialogue in French, Japanese and English.... |
Akira | ||
| Custom Made 10.30 CUSTOM MADE 10.30 is a 2005 Japanese film about an 18-year-old high school student in Hiroshima, and the film is collaborated with a concert of Tamio Okuda on October 30, 2004, at Hiroshima Municipal Stadium for the 10th anniversary of his solo performance.-Plot:... |
Probationer angel "Jeff" | ||
| Dead Run | Miyahara Yuji | ||
| Su-ki-da Su-ki-da Su-ki-da is a 2005 Japanese drama/romance film. The plot centers on two teenagers who deal with tragedy and then have to grow up. It was written and directed by Hiroshi Ishikawa and stars Hidetoshi Nishijima, Hiromi Nagasaku, Eita, and Aoi Miyazaki.-Plot:... |
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| 2006 | Funky Forest Funky Forest Funky Forest: The First Contact, also known as Naisu no mori: The First Contact or Funky Forest: The First Encounter is a 2005 Japanese movie written and directed by Katsuhito Ishii, Hajimine Ishimine and Shunichiro Miki... |
Takefumi | |
| Hana Hana (film) Hana - the Tale of a Reluctant Samurai, known in Japan as , is a 2006 Japanese black comedy by director Hirokazu Koreeda.-Story:The story takes place in the year 1702. It concerns a young samurai, Sozaemon, who has come from Matsumoto to Edo to take his revenge against his father's killer and... |
Sodekichi | ||
| Honey and Clover Honey and Clover is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Chika Umino. It is also known as and H&C. It is published by Shueisha, initially serialized from June 2000 to July 2006 in the magazines CUTiEcomic, Young YOU, and Chorus, and collected in ten bound volumes... Live action movie |
Mayama | ||
| Strawberry Shortcakes Strawberry Shortcakes Strawberry Shortcakes is a Japanese film by director Hitoshi Yazaki. The film, based on the Japanese manga of the same name by Kiriko Nananan, concerns the life of four girls, as they deal with their own insecurities while living in the metropolis of Tokyo... |
Nagai | ||
| Letters from Iwo Jima Letters from Iwo Jima is a 2006 war film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood, and starring Ken Watanabe and Kazunari Ninomiya. The film portrays the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of the Japanese soldiers and is a companion piece to Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers, which depicts the same battle from the... |
Superior Private Shimizu | ||
| 2007 | I Just Didn't Do It I Just Didn't Do It is a 2007 Japanese film directed by Masayuki Suo. Based on a true story, the film focuses on the story of a young man charged with groping on a train. Following the events depicted in the film, he was acquitted after a five year legal battle. It was Japan's submission to the 80th Academy Awards... |
Teppei Kaneko | |
| Retribution Retribution (film) is a 2006 Japanese horror film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.-Plot:Yoshioka, an experienced detective, investigates the murder of an unknown woman in a red dress. She was drowned on the Tokyo waterfront, but an autopsy reveals that her stomach is full of seawater... |
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| Glasses | Yomogi | ||
| 2008 | 10 Promises to my Dog | Susumu Hoshi | |
| Gururi no koto Gururi no koto is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Ryōsuke Hashiguchi.-Awards and nominations:33rd Hochi Film Award* Won: Best Director - Ryōsuke Hashiguchi32nd Japan Academy Prize: Best Actress -External links:*... |
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| The Sky Crawlers The Sky Crawlers is a Japanese novel series by Hiroshi Mori. First published by Chuōkōron-shinsha in June 2001 and spanning five books, it follows the journeys and tribulations of a group of young fighter pilots involved in dogfight warfare, and is set during an alternate historical period. The series is unlike... |
Yūichi Kannami | ||
| Paco and the Magical Book Paco and the Magical Book is a 2008 Japanese film written and directed by Tetsuya Nakashima, based on a Japanese play by Hirohito Goto.It was shown at the Munich sian Filmfest in 2008 and has been nominated for three awards for the 2009 Asian Film Awards... |
Kōichi | ||
| 2009 | A Pierrot Kōtaro Isaka is a Japanese author of detective fiction.- Biography :Isaka was born in Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. After graduating from the law school of Tohoku University he went on to work as a systems engineer. He wrote short stories in his free time which he submitted to literary competitions... |
Izumi Okuno | |
| 2010 | Outrage Outrage (2010 film) Outrage is a 2010 Japanese yakuza film directed by and starring Takeshi Kitano. It competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival... |
Ishihara | |
| Sketches of Kaitan City Sketches of Kaitan City is a 2010 Japanese film by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri. It was released in Japanese cinemas on 18 December 2010.-Cast List:* Mitsuki Tanimura as Honami Ikawa* Pistol Takehara as Futa Ikawa* Ryo Kase as Haruo Meguro* Masaki Miura as Hiroshi Hagiya... |
Haruo meguro | ||
| 2011 | Restless Restless (2011 film) Restless is a 2011 British-American drama film directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Jason Lew. It stars Henry Hopper and Mia Wasikowska. Shot in Portland, Oregon, United States, and produced by Bryce Dallas Howard, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer for Columbia Pictures and Imagine Entertainment, it... |
Hiroshi |