Masatoshi Nagase

Masatoshi Nagase (永瀬 正敏, Nagase Masatoshi, born July 15, 1966) is a Japanese actor and singer. He is best known in the West for his roles in Friðrik Þór Friðriksson's Cold Fever and Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train.

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."

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).

Filmography

Film

Television

• Abunai Deka (1987)
• Waru (1992)
• The Private Detective Mike (2002) – Mike Hama
• Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses (2021)

Awards

• 1992: Elan d'or Awards - Newcomer of the Year
• 1992: Japanese Academy Awards - Best Supporting Actor and Best Newcomer (My Sons)
• 2008: 29th Yokohama Film Festival - Best Supporting Actor (Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers!)
• 2010: Japanese Film Critics Awards - Best Actor (Mainichi Kaasan)
• 2016: 37th Yokohama Film Festival - Best Actor (An)
• 2022: Nippon Connection - Nippon Honor Award

References

External links

• Official website
• Masatoshi Nagase at IMDb
• Masatoshi Nagase at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

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