Yutaka Matsushige
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is a Japanese
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival
Yokohama Film Festival
The is a noticed yearly awards ceremony held in Japan. The festival was started as a small affair by fans and film critics, and first held on February 3, 1980. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year, and various awards are given to personnel...

 for Dear Doctor
Dear Doctor (film)
is a 2009 Japanese film directed by Miwa Nishikawa. It won the award for Best Film at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival. It was nominated for Best Film at the 33rd Japan Academy Prize.-Cast:* Tsurube Shôfukutei as Dr...

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Selected filmography

Year Film Role
1995 A Last Note
A Last Note
is a 1995 Japanese film directed by Kaneto Shindō. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.-Synopsis:A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home...

Daigoro
1998 Ring
Ring (film)
is a 1998 Japanese horror film by Hideo Nakata, adapted from the novel Ring by Kōji Suzuki, which in turn draws on the Japanese folk tale Banchō Sarayashiki. The film stars Nanako Matsushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Rikiya Ōtaka as members of a divorced family...

Yoshino
Rasen
Rasen
Rasen is a sequel to the movie Ring. It is directed by Jōji Iida, and, as with the first movie, is based on the novel Spiral by Kōji Suzuki....

1999 Charisma
Charisma (film)
is a 1999 film directed by Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa. The film is about a dispute between a number of people about a unique but possibly toxic tree growing in an un-named forest....

Nekoshima
Godzilla 2000
Godzilla 2000
is a 1999 Japanese science fiction kaiju film directed by Takao Okawara and written by Hiroshi Kashiwabara and Wataru Mimura. It was the twenty-third film released in the Godzilla series. It is the only film to feature Orga. The film was released on December 11, 1999...

2000 Eureka
Eureka (2000 film)
Eureka is a 2000 Japanese film directed and written by Shinji Aoyama. It stars Kōji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, and Masaru Miyazaki.-Synopsis:...

Matsuoka
2001 Minna no Ie
Minna no Ie
is a 2001 comedy film written and directed by Japanese director Koki Mitani. The film is about an affluent couple who decide to build a new house, and the clash between traditional Japanese and modern western styles between the people they hire to build it.Cast members include Naoki Tanaka , Akiko...

Tall man
Red Shadow Kamijou Takatora
2002 Doing Time
Doing Time (2002 film)
is a 2002 film directed by Korean-Japanese film director Yoichi Sai. Based on Kazuichi Hanawa's manga, it follows the day-to-day routine of a middle-aged inmate at a low security Japanese prison....

Tall man
2003 Last Life in the Universe
Last Life in the Universe
Last Life in the Universe is a 2003 Thai film directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang. The film is notable for being trilingual; the two main characters flit from Thai to Japanese to English as their vocabulary requires...

Yukio
Dragon Head
Dragon Head
is a post-apocalyptic disaster manga by Minetaro Mochizuki. It was published by Kodansha in Young Magazine from 1995 and 2000 and collected in ten tankōbon volumes. It is licensed in English by Tokyopop, with Volume 10 released 2008-04-01...

2004 One Missed Call Ichiro Fujieda
Blood and Bones
Blood and Bones
Blood and Bones is a Japanese film, directed by Yoichi Sai and starring Takeshi Kitano. It is based on the semi-autobiographical novel Chi to hone by Zainichi Korean author Yan Sogiru ....

Nobuyoshi Ko
Lady Joker
Lady Joker
Lady Joker is a 2004 film by Japanese director Hideyuki Hirayama, starring Tetsuya Watari, Satoshi Tokushige, Kouji Sakkawa, Jun Kunimura, Ren Osugi, Mitsuru Fukoshi, Haruhiko Kato, Miho Kanno, Ittoku Kishibe, and Kyozo Nagatsuka....

Nishimura
2005 Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
is a 2005 feature film by Japanese writer/director Satoshi Miki.-Synopsis:Suzume Katagura is an ordinary housewife whose spouse is sent overseas on business. He keeps regular contact by phone, but is more concerned with the welfare of his pet turtle, Taro. She dreams of being able to escape from...

Ramen Chef
Shinobi: Heart Under Blade Hattori Hanzō
Hattori Hanzo
, also known as , was a famous samurai and ninja master of the Sengoku era, credited with saving the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu and then helping him to become the ruler of united Japan. Today, he is often a subject of modern popular culture.-Biography:...

2006 Rough
Rough (manga)
is a romantic comedy swimming manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was published by Shogakukan in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1987 to 1989, and collected in 12 tankōbon volumes. The series was adapted into a live action film in 2006, released in Japan by Toho....

Ami's father
Sun Scarred
Sun Scarred
-Plot:Katayama is on the way home to his wife and little daughter when he stumbles on a gang of punks beating up an innocent man. Katamaya decides to help the stranger and surprisingly wins the fight. This turns out to be a bad decision as his daughter is kidnapped and murdered by the leader of...

Katsuya Ozaki
2007 Like a Dragon
Like a Dragon
Like a Dragon or Yakuza: Like a Dragon known in Japan as is a 2007 Japanese crime drama-comedy film directed by Takashi Miike. It is based upon Toshihiro Nagoshi's 2005 video game Yakuza released on PlayStation 2...

Makoto Date
The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia Mashima
Sukiyaki Western Django Toshio
Adrift in Tokyo Tomobe
Crows Zero
Crows ZERO
is a film based on the manga Crows by Hiroshi Takahashi. The film was directed by Takashi Miike, written by Shogo Muto and stars Shun Oguri and Takayuki Yamada...

Ushiyama
2008 Tokyo!
K-20: Legend of the Mask
K-20: Legend of the Mask
at film festivals, The Fiend with Twenty Faces on home video in the United States and The Legend of the Black Mask in the United Kingdom) is a 2008 Japanese action feature film written and directed by Shimako Satō and based on a novel by Sō Kitamura and its sequel. The film released worldwide on...

2009 Crows Zero 2
Crows Zero 2
is a sequel to Crows Zero, a loose adaptation of Hiroshi Takahashi's best-selling manga, Crows.The film was written by Shogo Muto and directed by Takashi Miike, featuring Shun Oguri and Takayuki Yamada who, among some actors originally appeared in Crows Zero, returned to revive their roles as Genji...

Ushiyama
Dear Doctor
Dear Doctor (film)
is a 2009 Japanese film directed by Miwa Nishikawa. It won the award for Best Film at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival. It was nominated for Best Film at the 33rd Japan Academy Prize.-Cast:* Tsurube Shôfukutei as Dr...

2010 Hanamizuki
Hanamizuki
is a 2010 Japanese romance drama film inspired by the lyrics of a love song of the same name by Yō Hitoto. The film is directed by Nobuhiro Doi, and its script was written by Noriko Yoshida. The film spans the ten-year period from 1996 to 2006, and it stars Yui Aragaki as Sae, a high school student...

2011 Tantei wa Bar ni Iru
Tantei wa Bar ni Iru
is a 2011 Japanese film directed by Hajime Hashimoto and based on a novel by Naomi Azuma.-Cast:* Yo Oizumi* Ryuhei Matsuda as Takada* Koyuki as Saori* Toshiyuki Nishida as Toshio kirishima* Tomorowo Taguchi as Matsuo* Yutaka Matsushige* Masanobu Takashima...


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