Masatoshi Nagase

Masatoshi Nagase (永瀬 正敏, Nagase Masatoshi, born July 15, 1966) is a Japanese actor and singer.^[1] He is best known in the West for his roles in Friðrik Þór Friðriksson's Cold Fever and Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train.^[2]

Masatoshi Nagase
Nagase at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival, 2017.
Born	(1966-07-15) July 15, 1966 (age 58) Miyakonojō, Miyazaki, Japan
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer
Years active	1983–present
Spouse	Kyōko Koizumi ​ ​ (m. 1995; div. 2004)​

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."^[3]

Career

Nagase co-starred in Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train (1989) with Youki Kudoh.^[4] He has starred in films such as Sion Sono's Suicide Club (2001),^[5] Shinji Aoyama's Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name (2002),^[6] and Yoji Yamada's The Hidden Blade (2004).^[7]

Filmography

Film

• P.P. Rider (1983)
• Miyuki (1983), Masato Wakamatsu
• Mystery Train (1989)
• Bakayarou! 3: Hen na Yatsura (1990)
• My Sons (1991)
• Autumn Moon (1992)
• Tora-San Makes Excuses
• Original Sin (1992)
• The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1993)
• Outobai Shoujo (1994)
• The Stairway to the Distant Past (1994)
• Powder Road (1994)
• Cold Fever (1995)
• Flirt (1995)
• Berlin (1995)
• Trap (1996)
• Gakko II (1996)
• Niji o Tsukamu Otoko (1996)
• Ullie (1996)
• Abduction (1997)
• Beautiful Sunday (1998)
• Three Businessmen (1998)
• Gojoe (2000)
• Party 7 (2000)
• A Closing Day (2000)
• Electric Dragon 80.000 V (2001)
• Chloe (2001)
• Luxurious Bone (2001)
• Pistol Opera (2001)
• Stereo Future (2001)
• Suicide Club (2002)
• Getting Wild with Our Monkey (2002)
• Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name (2002)
• The Sea Is Watching (2002)
• Dead End Run (2003)
• The Loved Gun (2004)
• The Hidden Blade (2004)
• Gina K (2005)
• Ubume no Natsu (2005)
• The Blossoming of Kamiya Etsuko (2006)
• Sakuran (2006)
• Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers! (2007)
• Dreaming Awake (2008)^[8]
• R246 Story (2008)
• Gelatin Silver, Love (2009)
• Kaasan, Mom's Life (2011)
• Smuggler (2011)
• The Sea Is Watching (2012)
• A Road Stained Crimson (2012)
• A Woman and War (2013)
• Kano (2014) – Hyōtarō Kondō
• Sweet Bean (2015)
• Black Widow Business (2016) – Honda
• Jūjika (2016) – Shunsuke's father
• Happiness (2016) – Kanzaki
• 64: Part I (2016)
• 64: Part II (2016)
• Paterson (2016)
• Radiance (2017)
• The Blue Hearts (2017)
• Red Snow (2018)
• Vision (2018)
• Butterfly Sleep (2018)
• Punk Samurai Slash Down (2018)
• Talking the Pictures (2019)
• We Are Little Zombies (2019)
• Love's Twisting Path (2019)
• Hotel New Moon (2019)
• They Say Nothing Stays the Same (2019)
• The First Supper (2019)
• Fancy (2020)
• Sakura (2020) – Akio Hasegawa
• Just the Two of Us (2020)
• Under the Stars (2020)
• Living in the Sky (2020)^[9]
• Bolt (2020)
• Tracing Her Shadow (2020)
• Malu (2020)
• A Day with No Name (2021)
• A Madder Red (2021) – Nakamura^[10]
• Hotel Iris (2021)^[11]
• Noise (2022)^[12]
• Just Remembering (2022) – Jun^[13]
• A Hundred Flowers (2022)^[14]
• The Three Sisters of Tenmasou Inn (2022) – Kiyoshi Ogawa^[15]
• Brats, Be Ambitious! (2023) – Makio^[16]
• Mountain Woman (2023)^[17]
• Goldfish (2023) – Ichi^[18]
• Jigen Daisuke (2023) – Takeshi Kawashima^[19]
• Family (2023)^[20]
• Last Shadow at First Light (2023)^[21]
• Daisuke Jigen (2023)
• The Box Man (2024)^[22]
• Adabana (2024)^[23]
• Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses: The Movie (2025)^[24]
• National Treasure (2025) – Gongorō Tachibana^[25]
• I Live in Fear (2025)^[26]

Television

• Abunai Deka (1987)
• Waru (1992)
• The Private Detective Mike (2002) – Mike Hama
• Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses (2021)^[27]

Awards

• 1992: Elan d'or Awards - Newcomer of the Year^[28]
• 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!)^[29]
• 2010: Japanese Film Critics Awards - Best Actor (Mainichi Kaasan)^[30]
• 2016: 37th Yokohama Film Festival - Best Actor (An)^[31]
• 2022: Nippon Connection - Nippon Honor Award^[32]

References

1. Shintani, Rie (21 September 2011). "Interview with Masatoshi Nagase". Oricon Style (in Japanese).
2. French, Philip (3 May 2009). "Film review: Funuke: Show Some Love, You Losers!". The Guardian.
3. Brown, Todd (29 December 2008). "Masatoshi Nagase Stars In GELATIN SILVER, LOVE". Twitch Film. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
4. Lanthier, Joseph Jon (June 14, 2010). "Mystery Train - DVD Review". Slant Magazine.
5. Mes, Tom (22 April 2002). "Midnight Eye review: Suicide Club". Midnight Eye.
6. Brown, Todd (13 July 2005). "Mike Yokohama: A Forest With No Name Review". Twitch Film. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
7. Schager, Nick (September 16, 2005). "The Hidden Blade - Film Review". Slant Magazine.
8. "夢のまにまに". eiga.com. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
9. "青山真治7年ぶりの長編映画で多部未華子が主演、岸井ゆきのや岩田剛典ら共演". Natalie. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
10. "石井裕也×尾野真千子「茜色に焼かれる」公開、生きにくい時代に翻弄される母子描く". Crank-in!. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
11. "ホテル・アイリス". eiga.com. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
12. "藤原竜也×松山ケンイチW主演『ノイズ』 追加キャストに黒木華、永瀬正敏". Crank-in!. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
13. "ちょっと思い出しただけ". eiga.com. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
14. "「百花」長澤まさみが菅田将暉と夫婦に、永瀬正敏らの出演も解禁". Natalie. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
15. "天間荘の三姉妹". eiga.com. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
16. "雑魚どもよ、大志を抱け！". eiga.com. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
17. "山女". eiga.com. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
18. "GOLDFISH". eiga.com. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
19. "次元大介". eiga.com. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
20. "土田世紀の未完の絶筆作品『かぞく』吉沢亮・永瀬正敏・小栗旬・阿部進之介の共演で実写映画化". Oricon. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
21. "Review: Last Shadow at First Light". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
22. "永瀬正敏「20数年の思いこめて」安部公房さん原作映画「箱男」主演 共演は浅野忠信、佐藤浩市". Nikkan Sports. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
23. "徒花 ADABANA". eiga.com. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
24. "THE オリバーな犬、(Gosh!!)このヤロウ MOVIE". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
25. "国宝". eiga.com. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
26. "いきもののきろく". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 December 2024.
27. "オダギリジョー脚本・演出のドラマ「オリバーな犬」NHKで放送、主演は池松壮亮". Natalie. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
28. "エランドール賞歴代受賞者一覧". All Nippon Producers Association. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
29. 第29回ヨコハマ映画祭 2007年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
30. 日本映画批評家大賞 (in Japanese). Japan Film Critics Awards. Archived from the original on 2013-02-25. Retrieved 2015-12-05.
31. 「海街diary」が5冠、「お盆の弟」が4冠 (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports News. Archived from the original on 2015-12-06. Retrieved 2015-12-05.
32. "Award Winners". Nippon Connection. Retrieved September 27, 2023.

External links

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