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Ren Osugi

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Ren Osugi

Born September 27, 1951 in Komatsushima, Tokushima, JapanDied February 21, 2018378 films

Ren Osugi, born Takashi Osugi, was a Japanese actor. For his work on Cure, Hana-bi, and other films, Osugi received the Best Supporting Actor award at the 1999 Yokohama Film Festival. He often worked alongside Takeshi Kitano and Susumu Terajima.

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Fireworks posterFirst watchFireworks19977.7as HoribeBeleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world gone wrong. With those close to him suffering their own tribulations, Nishi's methods…View film

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Filmography

378 films as actor
  1. 2025Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special
  2. 2021Mo-RueraniMikio Kobayashi
  3. 2019Back Street Girls: GokudoruzuBar Owner
  4. 2018For Love's Sake
  5. 2018The ChaplainSaeki
  6. 2018Neck Bowed in the RainHanzo Yabutsuka
  7. 2018Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
  8. 2017ForebodingNishizaki
  9. 2017確証～警視庁捜査三課
  10. 2017Outrage CodaNomura
  11. 2017Goodbye ElegyMiyama Akira
  12. 2017War of Lie
  13. 2016Will You Marry My Wife?Ichiro Kojo
  14. 2016Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 3
  15. 2016Shin GodzillaSeiji Ookouchi : Prime minister
  16. 2016Murder Credit - Final Destination SeriesToshifumi Igarashi
  17. 2016Bitter HoneyOld Writer
  18. 2016Kamen Rider #1Ambassador Hell / Garagaranda
  19. 2016The Woman Who Took the Local PaperHonma Seijiro
  20. 2016Kaze no Tayori
  21. 2015The TigerMaezono
  22. 2015Specialist 4Kiichiro Takakura
  23. 2015Kagura MeKyoujiro Kikuchi
  24. 2015The Land of Rain TreesYutaka Sakisaka
  25. 2015The Interrogator Special
  26. 2015Chasuke's JourneyJunichi Taneda
  27. 2015Meikyu SousaShigeki Makabe
  28. 2015Specialist 3Kiichiro Takakura
  29. 2015Samulife
  30. 201425
  31. 2014A Drop of the GrapevineAo's Father
  32. 2014The Vancouver AsahiZenkichi Ebata
  33. 2014Hana's Miso SoupKazuomi Hasegawa
  34. 2014Saint Seiya: Legend of SanctuaryMitsumasa Kido (Voice)
  35. 2014Devoted Cookbook
  36. 2014Delivery of DeathTorahei Tateyama
  37. 2014Blossoms Bloom
  38. 2014Specialist 2Kiichiro Takakura
  39. 2013What I Long ForBugmen (voice)
  40. 2013The Mole Song: Undercover Agent ReijiMasayoshi Ako
  41. 2013SPEC: ZeroDiablo
  42. 2013Crying 100 Times - Every Raindrop Falls
  43. 2013Blindly in LoveNahoko's father
  44. 2013Yakuza Ladies Neo
  45. 2013Dawn of a Filmmaker: The Keisuke Kinoshita StoryShiro Kido
  46. 2013SpecialistKiichiro Takakura
  47. 2013Monster
  48. 2013Love or Duty: Samurai RebellionTadashi Matsudaira
  49. 2013Yellow ElephantSotetsu (voice)
  50. 2013GTO: New Year's Special
  51. 2012Villain
  52. 2012Devoted Cookbook
  53. 2012It's a Beautiful Life - IrodoriHariki
  54. 2012Bayside Shakedown THE FINAL: The New HopeKunikazu Yokoyama
  55. 2012Akko's SecretEx-president of cosmetics co.
  56. 2012The Way: Man of the White PorcelainNohira
  57. 2012Wordholic Prisoner
  58. 2012明日に架ける愛
  59. 2012FLY！～平凡なキセキ～
  60. 2011Lessons
  61. 2011SmugglerCop #1
  62. 2011My SO Has Got DepressionYasuo Kurita
  63. 2011Majutsu wa Sasayaku
  64. 2011Yoshiko & Yuriko
  65. 2011Saigo no Kizuna
  66. 2011Gene WaltzTakashi Araki
  67. 2011Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
  68. 20111778 Stories of Me and My WifeSetsuko's doctor
  69. 2010Saraba Itoshi no Daitoryo
  70. 2010PostcardKichigoro Izumiya
  71. 2010The Lightning TreeSennokai Takayama
  72. 2010Fireworks from the HeartKuniakira Sudo
  73. 2010Perfect Blue
  74. 2010Box: The Hakamada CaseProsecutor Yoshikawa
  75. 2010MIRACLE GIRLS: Neva-da Stop Dreaming
  76. 2010Running on Empty
  77. 2009The UnbrokenWako
  78. 2009Oh, My Buddha!Doctor
  79. 2009Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-ShockerAmbassador Hell
  80. 2009Kanikôsen
  81. 2009USB
  82. 2009Rookies the Movie: GraduationAkihiro Fujimura
  83. 2009April BrideToshiro Akasu
  84. 2009Always Smiling Above the SeaShujin
  85. 2009BatonDr. Newton (voice)
  86. 2008What the War MeantTeichi Suzuki
  87. 2008GS WonderlandKenichi Kamata
  88. 2008The Cherry Orchard: BlossomingNisaburo Suzuki
  89. 2008Where The Legend Lives
  90. 2008School Days with a PigVice Principal Nishina
  91. 2008Arigato, Okan
  92. 2008Teacher and Three Children
  93. 2008Achilles and the TortoiseTomisuke Kuramochi
  94. 2008Flying Rabbits
  95. 2008R246 STORY
  96. 2008NekonadeTaro Onizuka
  97. 2008VacationTatsuro Mishima
  98. 2008The Taste of Fish
  99. 2008君の望む死に方
  100. 2007Chichi kara no tegami
  101. 2007Fuckin' Runaway
  102. 2007Ikiru
  103. 2007Glory to the Filmmaker!Astronomer Yamamoto
  104. 2007テレサ・テン物語～私の家は山の向こう王应龙
  105. 2007Tokyo Rhapsody
  106. 2007Hatsuko's WorldHatsuko's Father
  107. 2007UNFAIR: the movieAssistant Director Irie
  108. 2007Exte: Hair ExtensionsGunji Yamazaki
  109. 2007Dear FriendsRina's Father
  110. 2007Nightmare DetectiveDetective Sekiya
  111. 2006LoftHino
  112. 2006Matsumoto Seicho Special: Blue DabYoshizo Takura
  113. 2006A Cheerful Gang Turns the EarthKunimoto
  114. 2006Requiem from the Darkness: Hinoenma
  115. 2006Onihei Crime Files Special: BanditsJingoro Amikiri
  116. 2006Origin: Spirits of the PastAgashi (voice)
  117. 2006TrippingShaodea's father
  118. 2005Dead RunArata
  119. 2005Time Slip
  120. 2005Life on the Longboard