Ren Osugi — Actor (281)

Movie

Sonatine (1993)
ソナチネ WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 8.2 202 ratings
other title: 奏鸣曲 / ソナチネ …
Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war, supposedly as mediators between two warring clans. He finds that the dispute between the clans is insignificant and whilst wondering why he was sent to Okinawa at all, his group is attacked in an ambush. The survivors flee and make a decision to lay low at the beach while they await further instructions.

Movie

Getting Any? (1994)
みんな~やってるか! WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 6.9 119 ratings
北野武 actor: 北野武 / 邓肯 …
other title: 性爱狂想曲 / みんな~やってるか! …
While pursuing his dream of having car sex, a goofy middle-aged man makes all the wrong moves and ends up enrolling in a number of crazy escapades.

Movie

Kids Return (1996)
キッズ・リターン WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 8.4 542 ratings
other title: 키즈 리턴 / キッズ・リターン …
Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.

Movie

Glory to the Filmmaker! (2007)
監督・ばんざい! WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 6.8 56 ratings
other title: 导演万岁! / 監督・ばんざい! …
Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project.

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Seance (2000)
降霊 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 7.1 28 ratings
other title: 降灵 / 降霊 …
A psychic housewife and her husband accidentally find a kidnapped girl. But instead of informing the police, they hatch a scheme to get famous by working with the police as a psychic consultant to "find" the girl. And then, things start to go terribly wrong.

Movie

License to Live (1998)
ニンゲン合格
★ 7.3 12 ratings
other title: 生存执照 / ニンゲン合格 …
Yutaka was fourteen years old when he was run over by a car and fell into a coma. Now, ten years later, he wakes up and realizes that his family is not intact anymore: father, mother and sister live at different places. Yutaka decides to re-open the pony farm that his family once ran.

Movie

Eyes of the Spider (1998)
蜘蛛の瞳 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 6.2 6 ratings
黑泽清 actor: 哀川翔 / Duncan …
other title: 蜘蛛之瞳 / 蜘蛛の瞳 …
After killing the man he believes murdered his daughter, a white-collar worker returns to his mundane life, until he's approached by a man offering a mysterious job opportunity.

TV

Byplayers ~ What If 6 Supporting Actors Had a Houseshare Season 1 (2017)
バイプレイヤーズ~もしも6人の名脇役がシェアハウスで暮らしたら~ Season 1 part of TV Series: Byplayers ~ What If 6 Supporting Actors Had a Houseshare TMDB Douban
★ 8.0 161 ratings
远藤宪一、大杉涟、寺岛进、田口智朗、松重丰和光石研是我们时常能在各种剧集里看到的金牌配角,他们用各自炉火纯青的演技塑造了一个又一个活灵活现的角色。国际著名导演张艺谋决定翻拍大名鼎鼎的《七武士》,邀请了六人加盟,并且请来了役所广司饰演主角。 按照导演的要求,在电影开拍之前,六人必须在同一间别墅里同居三个月,以培养彼此之间的感情和默契,怀着对前辈的憧憬和对电影的期待,六位年逾五十的大叔们开始了他们的同栖生活。迥异的个性和截然不同的生活习惯让六人之间屡屡爆发矛盾,而十年前一段不太愉快的回忆伴随着六人的重逢亦渐渐浮出水面。

Movie

Postman Blues (1997)
ポストマン・ブルース WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 8.1 61 ratings
other title: 盗信情缘 / ポストマン・ブルース …
Sawaki is a postman who's not quite thrilled about his boring way of life. But his life is about to change when he delivers mail to his old schoolmate Noguchi, who's now a member of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia, and just finished cutting his little finger off.

Movie

Ley Lines (1999)
日本黒社会 LEY LINES
★ 7.0 6 ratings
other title: 日本黑社会 / 日本黒社会 LEY LINES …
The story follows a trio of Japanese youths of Chinese descent who escape their semi-rural upbringing and relocate to Shinjuku, Tokyo, where they befriend a troubled Shanghai prostitute and fall foul of a local crime syndicate. Like many of Miike's works, the film examines the underbelly of respectable Japanese society and the problems of assimilation faced by non-ethnically Japanese people in Japan.

Movie

蟹工船 (2009)
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★ 6.4 17 ratings
在军国主义甚嚣尘上之时,一艘名为“博光丸”的渔船载着数十名蟹工颠簸在堪察加半岛海域的惊涛骇浪之中。这艘船由专事蟹肉罐头制作的食品公司所有,并以帝国的名义进行疯狂的捕捞和生产。蟹工们出身各有不同,但无一例外都来自穷苦人家。为了那点可怜的工钱,他们每天要进行高强度的劳作,还要随时忍受魔鬼工头浅川(西岛秀俊 饰)的责罚与打骂。蟹工们求生不能,求死不得,绝望与颓废的情绪在“博光丸”内肆意蔓延。偶然机会,蟹工新庄(松田龍平 饰)和塩田(新井浩文 饰)登上一艘俄国人的船,他们为船上自由快乐的气氛所感染。回到“博光丸”后,新庄鼓舞大家奋起反抗资本家的压榨…… 本片根据日本共产党作家小林多喜二的同名中篇小说改编。

Movie

A New Love in Tokyo (1994)
愛の新世界 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 8.2 53 ratings
other title: 사랑의 신세계 / 愛の新世界 …
A look at the lives of two prostitutes in Tokyo: Rei, who works as an S&M dominatrix, and Ayumi, in the more straightforward profession of call girl. In addition to their working life, the film also looks at their private lives. Rei is acting in an amateur theatre company along with the receptionist from Ayumi's escort service, while Ayumi is living with her student-boyfriend as he struggles to finally get accepted to college.

Movie

My SO Has Got Depression (2011)
ツレがうつになりまして。
★ 7.8 392 ratings
other title: 丈夫得了抑郁症 / ツレがうつになりまして。 …
Mikio is a married man and works hard for the company where he is employed. Then one day Mikio is diagnosed with depression. Mikio's wife is Haruko. They have been married for 5 years. Haruko draws comics for work, but they do not sell well. She mainly relied on Mikio for support. Meanwhile, Haruko did not notice any changes in her husband. She begins to blame herself for not noticing any signs. Mikio's depression derived from his work. His company has been pressing him to quit the company. After Mikio quits his job his condition improves, but the dynamics of their relationship changes.