Osugi, Ren 1951- (Ren Ohsugi, Ren Oosugi)

PERSONAL

Original name, Takashi Osugi; born September 27, 1951, in Tokushima, Japan.

Career:

Actor.

Awards, Honors:

Nikkan Sports Film Award, best supporting actor, 1998, Award of the Japanese Academy nomination, best supporting actor, 1999, both for Hana-bi; Hochi Film Award, best supporting actor, 1998, Blue Ribbon Award, best supporting actor, Mainichi Film Concours, 1999, all for Inu hashiru and Hana-bi; Kinema Junpo Award, best supporting actor, 1999, for Inu hashiru; Yokohama Film Festival Prize, best supporting actor, 1999, for Kyua, Hana-bi, Ganbatte ikimasshoi, Orokamono: Kizu darake no tenshi, and Inu hashiru.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Ol hentai shikijo, 1980.

Gaki teikoku (also known as Empire of Kids), Art Theatre Guild, 1981.

Weekend Shuffle, 1982.

Seigyaku!—Onna o abaku, 1982.

Mamiya Shukichi, Hentai kazoku: Aniki no yomesan (also known as Abnormal Family and Spring Bride), Shintoho, 1983.

Makio Mitani, Kyokon densetsu: utsukushii nazo (also known as Beautiful Mystery), 1983.

Bokura no kisetsu, 1983.

Goodbye Boy, 1984.

Shukichi, Scanty doll: nugitate no kaori, 1984.

Chikan to sukart, 1984.

General manger of a hotel, Aiyokuno hibi Ekusutasi, 1984.

Sensei, watashi no karada ni hi o tsukenaide, 1984.

Journalist, Kuroi shitagi no onna, 1985.

Chikatetsu renzoku rape: aijin-gari (also known as Subway Serial Rape: Lover Hunting), 1988.

Passenger on a flight, Fanshi dansu (also known as Fancy Dance), 1989.

Trainer at gym, Gattubi—Bokura wa kono natsu nekutai wo suru, 1990.

Girl's father, Byoin e iko, 1990.

Owner of a live house, 1990 botan-doro, 1990.

Magazine editor, Sawako no koi (also known as Love of Sawako), 1990.

Haro harinezumi (also known as Hello Porcupine), 1991.

Asatte dansu, 1991.

Satsujin ga ippai, 1991.

Kurahara, Muno no hito (also known as Nowhere Man), 1991.

Hashi no nai Kawa (also known as The River with No Bridge), 1992.

Kurume, Jigoku no keibin (also known as The Guard from the Underground), 1992.

Gokudo kisha (also known as The Wicked Reporter), 1993.

Katagiri, Sonatine (also known as Sonachine), Miramax, 1993.

(As Ren Oosugi) Bodigaado Kiba (also known as Bodyguard Kiba), 1993.

(As Ren Oosugi) Oretachi wa tenshi ja nai, 1993.

(As Ren Osugi) XX: utsukushiki kyoki, 1993.

Kyouju Luger P08, 1994.

Third head yakuza, Minna yatteruka (also known as Getting Any?), Video Search of Miami, 1994.

Katagiri, Makusu no yama (also known as Marks), 1995.

(As Ren Oosugi) Debt collector, Nozokiya (also known as Voyeurs, Inc.), 1995.

Kike wadatsumi no koe Last Friends, 1995.

Yakuza boss, Shinjuku kuroshakai: Chaina mafia senso (also known as Shinjuku Triad Society and Shinjuku Underworld: Chinese Mafia War), 1995.

Hiroshi, Maboroshi no hikari (also known as Maborosi and Illusion), Cine Qua Non Films, 1995.

Tagari, XX: utsukushiki emono (also known as Beautiful Prey and XX: Beautiful Prey), 1996.

Taxi passenger, Kidzu ritan (also known as Kids Return), EDKO Film, 1996.

Dangan ranna (also known as Dangan Runner, D.A.N. G.A.N. Runner, and Non-Stop), Shooting Gallery, 1996.

Sugiura, Shall we dansu? (also known as Shall We Dance? and Dansu wo shimasho ka?), 1996.

Otenki-oneesan (also known as A Weatherwoman and Weather Girl), 1996.

Suzuki, Katte ni shiyagare!! Gyakuten keikaku (also known as Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Nouveau Riche), 1996.

(As Ren Oosugi) Ootani/the cinematographer, Joyu-rei (also known as Don't Look Up and Ghost Actress), 1996.

Nakame, Full Metal gokudo (also known as Full Metal Yazuka), 1997.

Horibe, Hana-bi (also known as Fireworks), Milestone, 1997.

Joe, Posutoman burusu (also known as Postman Blues), EDKO Film, 1997.

Kusakabe, Kuro no tenshi Vol. 1 (also known as The Black Angel), Shochiku Films, 1997.

Fukushu the Revenge Kienai Kizuato (also known as The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears), 1997.

Gozonji! Fundoshi zukin, 1997.

Fujiwara, Kyua (also known as Cure), 1997.

Bus driver, Tokyo Eyes, First Distributors, 1998.

Tatsuo Masui, Orokamono: Kizu darake no tenshi (also known as The Goofball and Orokamono), 1998.

Principal of Iyo Higashi High School, Ganbatte ikimasshoi (also known as Give It All), Toei, 1998.

Nakajima, Rakka suru yugata (also known as Falling into the Evening), 1998.

Boat dweller, Mizu no naka no hachigatsu (also known as Fishes in August), 1998.

Kumo no kitomi, 1998.

Onna keiji Riko megami (Venus) no eien, 1998.

Gokundo no onna-tachi: Kejime, 1998.

Love Letter, 1998.

Hideyoshi, Inu hashiru (also known as Dog Race), 1998.

Murota, Ningen gokaku (also known as License to Live), 1998.

Makkun Nakazaki, Avec mon mari, Muto Kiichi Office, 1999.

Satoshi Nakasone, Karisuma (also known as Charisma), Nikkatsu Corporation, 1999.

Hiroyuki Kajikawa, Himitsu (also known as Secret), Toho Company, 1999.

Monday, Cine Qua Non Films, 1999.

Nishida, Yuzo, Kimi no tame ni dekiru koto, Nikkatsu Corporation, 1999.

Saimin, 1999.

Yasutaka Hiura, Sayori's father, Shikoku, 1999.

Nihon kuroshakai (also known as Japan Underworld and Ley Lines), 1999.

O-juken (also known as The Exam), 1999.

Akihiko Tomobe, Tenshi ni misuterareta yoru, 1999.

Shibata, Odishon (also known as Audition and Oodishon), 1999.

(As Ren Oosugi) Yan, Dead or Alive: Hanzaisha (also known as D.O.A. and Dead or Alive), 1999.

Yuichiro Jonouchi, Kamen gakuen (also known as Persona), 2000.

Yoshiaki Yamauchi, "One Snowy Night," Yo nimo kimyo na monogatari—Eiga no tokubetsuhen (also known as Tales of the Unusual), 2000.

Murai Yoshio, the colleague, Monday, 2000.

Colonel, Hakkyousuru kuchibiru (also known as Crazy Lips), 2000.

Tsuneda, Supesutoraberazu (also known as Space Travelers), 2000.

Sanmon yakusha (also known as By Player), 2000.

Harada, Brother, Sony Pictures Classics, 2000.

Hyoryu gai (also known as The City of Lost Souls, The City of the Last Souls, The Hazard City, and The City of Strangers), 2000.

Kurosaki, Futai no kisetsu (also known as I Am an S+M Writer), 2000.

Toshio Saito, Uzumaki (also known as Spiral and Vortex), 2000.

Nihon kuroshakai (also known as Ley Lines), 2000.

Party 7, 2000.

(As Ren Ohsugi) Mizuki's stepfather, Dead or Alive 2: Tobosha (also known as Dead or Alive2: Birds and Dead or Alive 2: Runaway), 2000.

(As Ren Oosugi) Naka-no-Ooe-no-Oji, Kikuchi-jo monogatari—sakimori-tachi no uta (also known as Kumamoto monogatari), 2001.

Telebi-kyoku Hensei-Buchou no Kuroiwa, Stereo Future, Tohokushinsha Film Corp., 2001.

Naruse, Rush!, 2001.

Urabe, Tsuribaka nisshi 12: Shijo saidai no kyuka (also known as Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project), Shockiku Kinema Kenkyu-jo, 2001.

Taxi driver, Go, Toei Inc., 2001.

Goro Moriyama, Kewaishi, 2001.

Tarumi, Shogo (movie director), Hikari no ame (also known as Rain of Light), Cine Qua Non Films, 2001.

Shigeo Misaki, Long Love Letter: Hyoryu kyoshitsu, 2002.

Muraoka, Travail (also known as A Woman's Work), Amuse Pictures, 2002.

Nagata Tsutomu, Utusutsu, Nikkatsu, 2002.

Nishi Goro, Drive, 2002.

Haruna's manager, Dolls, Palm Pictures, 2002.

Keimusho no naka (also known as Doing Time), 2002.

Toyotarou Kouda, Tasogare Seibei (also known as The Twilight Samurai), Shochiku Kinema Kenkyu-jo, 2002.

Norio Ando, 13 kaidan (also known as Thirteen Steps), Pony Canyon Enterprises, 2003.

Kuriko's father, Fune o oritara kanojo no shima (also known as Getting Off the Boat at Hear Island), 2003.

Director, Renai shashin (also known as College of Our Lives, Love Collage, and Renai shashin: Collage of Our Life), 2003.

Kadowaki, Revolver—Aoi haru, 2003.

Tracing Jake (animated), 2004.

Kuroda, vice principle, Zebraman, Toei Company, 2004.

C, L'Amant, 2004.

Akai tsuki, 2004.

Seikichi Hirooka, Kono yo no sotoe—Club Shinchugun (also known as Out of This World), Shochiku Company, 2004.

Hirai, Eiko, 2004.

Mura no shashinshuu (also known as Photo Album of the Village), 2004.

Ki no umi, 2004.

Junichi Fukawa, Lady Joker, Toei Company, 2004.

Shop owner, "Tokyo," About Love, Movie-Eye Entertainment, 2005.

Kazuo Yonekura, Life on the Longboard, 2005.

Middle-aged man in train, Densha otoko (also known as Train Man), Viz Pictures, 2005.

Takeshi's manager/taxi driver, Takeshis, Office Kitano, 2005.

(As Ren Oosugi) Rofuto (also known as Loft), Phantom Film, 2005.

Arata, Shisso, Kadokawa, 2005.

Voice of Agashi, Gin-iro no kami no Agito (animated), Shochiku Kinema Kenkyu-jo, 2006.

Kunimoto, Yoki na gyangu ga chikyu o mawasu (also known as A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth), 2006.

Kuroda, Baruto no gakuen, Toei Company, 2006.

Shen you qing ren (also known as Tripping), 2006.

Akumu tantei (also known as Nightmare Detective), Weinstein Company, 2006.

Yamazaki, Ekusute (also known as Exte and Exte: Hair Extensions), Toei Company, 2007.

Unfair: The Movie, Toho Company, 2007.

Also appeared as Hero, Saraba tomoyo (also known as Goodbye Friend).

Television Appearances; Series:

Susumu Yamazaki, Shinsengumi keppuhroku, 1998.

Akira Ohashi, Manatsu no Merry Christmas, 2000.

Kobayashi, Furenzu (also known as Friends), 2000.

Sayonara, Ozu-sensei, 2001.

Minamoto no Yuki-ie, Yoshitsune, 2005.

Yukio Shinomura, Ganbatte ikimasshoi, 2005.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

(As Ren Oosugi) Tooru Sasayama, Tajuu jinkaku tantei saiko—Amamiya Kazuhiko no kikan (also known as MPD—Psycho (Multiple Personality Detective): The Complete Miniseries, MPD Psycho, MPD Psycho II, MPD Psycho III, and Multiple Personality Detective Psycho—Kazuhiko Amamiya Returns), 2000.

Yoshirou Koyanagi, Boku to kanojo to kanojo no ikiru michi, 2004.

Atsushi Yokowatari, Proof of the Man, Fuji, 2004.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Katte ni shiyagare!! Ogon keikaku (also known as Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Loot), 1996.

Suzuki, Katte ni shiyagare! Eiyu-keikaku (also known as Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Hero), 1996.

Restaurant customer, Korei (also known as Seance and Seance (Ko-Rei)), 2000.

(As Ren Oosugi) Heizo, Sabu, 2002.

(As Ren Oosugi) Paato-taimu tantei (also known as Onna to ai misuterii 94 and Part-Time Detective), 2002.

(As Ren Oosugi) Kazuo Yamada, Paato-taimu tantei 2 (also known as Onn to ai to misuterii 146 and Part-time Detective 2), 2004.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Teruyuji Kuroi, "Waka-gashira/Tesuto ni moeru!," My Boss, My Hero (also known as Mai bosu, Mai hiro), 2006.

Teruyuji Kuroi, "Waka-gashira/Gakkyu incho ni naru!," My Boss, My Hero (also known as Mai bosu, Mai hiro), 2006.

Teruyuji Kuroi, "Waka-gashira/Kokosei ni naru!," My Boss, My Hero (also known as Mai bosu, Mai hiro), 2006.

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic:

Ren Osugi Website,http://www.renogsui.com, April 24, 2007.