#actor ren osugi

[facesofcinema]

Uzumaki (2000)

#2000s #actor ren osugi #dir higuchinsky #dp gen kobayashi #cat fantasy #cat horror #japanese #olive #smile #submission #brown eyes #lazy eye #wide angle lens #shadow #vfx #teeth #uzumaki #uzumaki 2000 #spiral #spiral 2000

[byneddiedingo]

Takeshi Kitano in Fireworks (Takeshi Kitano, 1997) Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi, Susumu Terajima, Tetsu Watanabe, Hakuryu, Yasuei Yakushiji, Taro Itsumi, Ken'ichi Yajima, Makoto Ashikawa, Yuko Daike. Screenplay: Takeshi Kitano. Cinematography: Hideo Yamamoto. Art direction: Norihiro Isoda. Film editing: Takeshi Kitano, Yoshinori Ohta. Music: Joe Hisaishi. Perhaps a film about a rogue cop like Fireworks is not the most appropriate thing to be watching in these days of protest against police brutality. It certainly doesn't skimp on bloody violence and a disregard for rule by law as its protagonist, Nishi (Takeshi Kitano, who also wrote, directed, edited, and painted the pictures featured in the film), kills and robs his way toward vengeance for the wrongs done to him and his fellow policemen. As an actor, Kitano channels such taciturn vessels of wrath as Charles Bronson and Clint Eastwood in his "Dirty Harry" phase. But it's so often also such a beautifully photographed and sensitively crafted film that I can't help feeling that it transcends its baser moments and motives. Nishi has got himself deep in debt to a yakuza loan shark to pay the medical bills for his wife, who has terminal leukemia. Moreover, their young daughter has recently died, and he has left the police force after one of his colleagues was killed and two others seriously wounded in a shootout. He finds an unscrupulous junkyard owner who sells him an old taxicab and a police car rooftop light bar, paints the cab to look like a cop car, puts on a police uniform, and robs a bank -- eluding the cops called to the scene of the robbery with this disguise. He pays off the yakuza and takes his wife away on a vacation. But he is tracked down by both the yakuza, who claim he still owes them interest on the money he borrowed, and two of his fellow officers. He guns down the yakuza, but when the two policemen arrive, he and his wife are on a secluded beach. Nishi loads two bullets into his revolver, and as the film ends we hear two shots. We're left to decide whether the shots were fired at the cops as they close in or if Nishi has killed his wife and himself, but the film has tilted us so far in the direction of believing him to be an honorable man driven to the limits by painful experience that only the latter conclusion makes thematic and emotional sense. Integrated with Nishi's story is that of Horibe, his fellow officer who was wounded in the shootout and is now confined to a wheelchair. His wife has left him, and Horibe tries to fill his days by painting pictures, some of which blend flowers and animals and some of pointillist-style scenes. The last picture we see Horibe painting is of snow falling in darkness and the word "suicide" inscribed on it. But once again, Kitano, who actually painted the pictures, gives us no clear resolution: Does the word refer to Horibe's intention or to Nishi's? The ambiguities of Fireworks sit oddly with the more conventionally staged movie violence of the film, but it's clearly the work of a gifted filmmaker.

#Fireworks #Takeshi Kitano

[bleuskais]

I just wanna watch a jdrama about prolific character actors in their 50s and these mf-ing muppets won't leave me alone

Started watching Byplayers, a mockumentary about 6 character actors who are famous for playing villains and stone cold killers (you'd have seen at least one of their faces if you watch like 10 jdrama lol) & winner of The 92nd The Television Drama Academy Awards for "Gap Moe of Famous Actors", and I found out they did a collaboration with Osomatsu san

and ososan changed their website on April Fool's 2017 with the tagline "[Osomatsu-san] 30 years later, and it's live action!"

was not expecting them to do this collaboration but the actors' (fictional?) characterization fit the matsuno brothers' surprisingly well

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Osugi Ren = Osomatsu

Leader. The one who started it all. In other words, he's the one who got them into all sorts of trouble.

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Terajima Susumu = Karamatsu

The coolest. Sunglasses all the time. Someone Karamatsu definitely aim to be. Surprisingly good with kids. (spoilers but he mainly appeared in S1 and 1 ep of S3 so the exclusivematsu element is extra meta lmfao)

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Matsushige Yutaka = Choromatsu

The serious one. Behind the scenes mastermind. Does all the housework and tries to get them all to do things properly.

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Endo Kenichi = Ichimatsu

He's got the scariest face but he's actually the most delicate and sensitive of the bunch. Overthinks about what others says.

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Taguchi Tomorowo = Jyushimatsu

The weird one. No one can follow his logic. Hard to know what he's thinking or why he did what he did. Gets very into character for roles.

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Mitsuishi Ken = Todomatsu

The nice guy. Always presents his Buddha-like personality to others but is actually very cunning. Wants the best for himself.

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So you see, I'm basically just writing about the osobros aren't I?

Also, I know this is old news but I only got into ososan right before the movie came out so don't @ me

#byplayers #jdrama #osomatsu san #all the meta #¤

[fayelafaye]

More... Shin... Godzilla... verse...

The people of Shin Godzilla reflect a stand-out cast of characters played by veteran actors like Ren Osugi, Kimiko Yo, Tetsu Watanabe, Jun Kunimura, and many many others.

When they are crammed into conference room after conference room to discuss and rediscuss the issues surrounding the newly risen form of Godzilla; you learn their positions and, mostly, the parts of their personalities that have gotten them here.

Which is their ability to stand aside, to save face, to act as expected-- and to expect what could be expected. It is so human. Those who choose to say what they truly think rather than stay neutral are immediately cast as attention-seeking and frivolous.

People bring up how Shin Godzilla is a criticism of the Japanese government's handling of Fukushima, when the moments where they are speaking about the American government are made loud, clear, and canon.

While Japan hesitates, everything that America does *only makes the situation worse than before*.

There are moments where people are gathering at Shrines and talking about how they cannot imagine witnessing "a third bomb falling on Japan". And the US government itself is proven to be untrustworthy, so much so that a normally reserved character blurts it out without being told to.

And during all this, the US government is foisting itself on Japan as an even bigger threat than Shin Godzilla. And we know that, by design, no plan of America's will ever stop Shin Godzilla because Shin Godzilla will adapt every time.

It is only when Japan gets what they researched would work and asked for from France, whom characters thank in the film, and an allegiance of other nations that they are able to even STOP Godzilla for a moment.

#True Godzilla #Godzilla #Shin Godzilla

[tomoe6]

In Memoriam of Veteran Actor Osugi Ren - 2/21/2018

Character Veteran Actor, Osugi Ren passed away today of sudden heart failure, he was filming “Players” earlier today until he complained of pain.  His co-stars and fellow veteran actors were with him until his last moments.  Osugi-san is well known for playing tough bad guys and was featured in over 200 of Director Kitano Takashi’s films.

In tribute, here is blast from the past, Arashi Shiyagare - 8/11/12 where the Aniki Guest was Osugi-san.  You can tell by the shocked look on Arashi-san’s faces at how respected Osugi-san was.  

Osugi-san presents “Bad Dude Arashis’“

RIP Osugi-san T_T

#Arashi #osugi ren #sakurai sho #ohno satoshi #ninomiya kazunari #matsumoto jun #aiba masaki

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If anyone remembers the FFXIV Dad of Light show on Netflix, the actor for the dad - Ren Osugi - died of sudden heart failure yesterday

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Audition will be released on Blu-ray on February 12 via Arrow Video. Matthew Griffin designed the new cover art, with the original artwork on the reverse side.

The infamous 1999 Japanese horror film has been restored in 2K from original vault elements and features the original 5.1 Dolby Surround Audio in Japanese with English subtitles. 

Based on Ryu Murakami's 1997 novel of the same name, Audition is directed by Takashi Miike (Ichi the Killer, 13 Assassins) and written by Daisuke Tengan (13 Assassins). Ryo Ishibashi and Eihi Shiina star.

Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Audio commentary by director Takashi Miike and screenwriter Daisuke Tengan

Audio commentary by Takashi Miike biographer Tom Mes examining the film and its source novel (new)

Introduction by director Takashi Miike

Interview with director Takashi Miike (new)

Interviews with actors Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Renji Ishibashi and Ren Osugi

Damaged Romance: An appreciation by Japanese cinema historian Tony Rayns

Trailers

Booklet featuring new writing on the film by Anton Bitel (first pressing only)

Recent widower Shigeharu Aoyama is advised by his son to find a new wife, so he seeks the advice of a colleague having been out of the dating scene for many years. They take advantage of their position in a film company by staging an audition to find the perfect woman. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu becomes enchanted by Asami, a quiet, 24-year-old woman, who is immediately responsive to his charms. But soon things take a very dark and twisted turn as we find that Asami isn’t what she seems to be…

#audition #takashi miike #ryo ishibashi #eihi shiina #arrow video #japan #japanese horror #japanese film #ryu murakami #dvd #gift #matt griffin

[namjhyun]

Kenichi Endo, Ren Osugi, Tomorowo Taguchi, Susumu Terajima, Yutaka Matsushige and Ken Mitsuishi all receive offers to take part in a big budget drama series with a famous lead actor and world famous director. To study their roles and relationships, the director asks the six supporting actors to live together for 3 months at a share house. The actors begin their temporary living arrangement. An incident from 10 years ago though causes the actors to hold resentment.

#byplayers #jdrama #kenichi kento #osugi ren #taguchi tomorowo #terajima susumu #matsushige yutaka #OMG #must watch

[mrmichaelchadler]

Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: February 21, 2019

4 NEW TO NETFLIX

"The 40-Year-Old Virgin" "Little Women" "We the Animals" "Zodiac"

8 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD

"Audition"

There's a moment in Takashi Miike's masterful "Audition" that is forever burned in my mind. I remember it so vividly for two reasons. One, what it reveals is so stunningly terrifying that it's a jump scare that honestly earns its jump. Two, it's a beautiful example of Miike's visual ability, framing Asami in the center and what will then steal our focus in the background. "Audition" is one of Miike's best films, a movie that almost seems ahead of its time now in its dissection of the way in which a widower underestimates a young woman that he meets. Arrow, who have two in this week's column, opening and closing it, have restored Miike's great film and included a new commentary by Miike biographer Tom Mes, and a brand-new interview with film's hardest-working director. 

Buy it here 

Special Features Brand new 2K restoration of original vault elements Original 5.1 Dolby Surround Audio Optional English subtitles Audio commentary with director Takashi Miike and screenwriter Daisuke Tengan Brand new commentary by Miike biographer Tom Mes examining the film and its source novel Introduction by Miike Ties that Bind – A brand new interview with Takashi Miike Interviews with stars Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Renji Ishibashi and Ren Osugi Damaged Romance: An appreciation by Japanese cinema historian Tony Rayns Trailers Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matthew Griffin

"Berlin Alexanderplatz" (Criterion)

Rainer Werner Fassbinder made more films than he had years on this Earth. One can only imagine what he would have produced if he hadn't died so young, especially when one considers the breadth of genres and cinematic styles in the films he did produce. Fassbinder is an interesting filmmaker in that he's still relatively unknown to a lot of young movie lovers, especially in comparison to other German New Wave masters like Werner Herzog and Wim Wenders, but he's absolutely beloved by those who do know his work. His monumental achievement, the 15-hour mini-series based on the world-famous 1929 novel of the same name, has now been given the Criterion Blu-ray treatment. It may not get the same attention as their Ingmar Bergman set, but this is an essential release, the most ambitious work by one of film's most ambitious filmmakers.

Buy it here 

Special Features High-definition digital restoration by the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation and Bavaria Media, supervised and approved by director of photography Xaver Schwarzenberger, with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack Two documentaries by Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation president Juliane Lorenz: one from 2007 featuring interviews with the cast and crew, the other from 2006 on the restoration Hans-Dieter Hartl’s 1980 documentary Notes on the Making of “Berlin Alexanderplatz” Phil Jutzi’s 1931 feature-length film of Alfred Döblin’s novel, from a screenplay cowritten by Döblin himself Interview from 2007 with Peter Jelavich, author of “Berlin Alexanderplatz”: Radio, Film, and the Death of Weimar Culture PLUS: A book featuring an essay by filmmaker Tom Tykwer, reflections on the novel by Fassbinder and author Thomas Steinfeld, and an interview with Schwarzenberger

"Bohemian Rhapsody"

What more is there to say about the massively successful and critically controversial film that was kind of directed by Bryan Singer and will almost certainly win Rami Malek an Oscar on Sunday? The divide between critics and audiences on this one has been fascinating to watch. Most critics agree this is superficial, paint-by-numbers filmmaking. Most fans of Queen don't seem to care. For them, their love of the music transcends any sort of filmmaking flaws. It's fascinating to consider how this movie works that way. It can revise history and superficially consider Freddie Mercury, but it gets at what people like about Queen: The Music. My concern is that the massive success of "Bohemian Rhapsody" will almost certainly lead to more music movies like it: films that know that as long as they present an artist's greatest hits, then viewers won't care if they don't learn a single thing about the actual artist. 

Buy it here 

Special Features The Complete Live Aid Movie Performance Not Seen in Theaters Rami Malek: Becoming Freddie The Look and Sound of Queen Recreating Live Aid

"Death in Venice" (Criterion)

Luchino Visconti's most personal film is the fourth of the Italian filmmaker's inducted into the Criterion collection (after "Senso," "Le notti bianche," and "The Leopard"). When classic films are released by Criterion, it can be interesting to go back and look at a young Roger Ebert's writing about the film being released. In 1971, Ebert, then in his late twenties, was disappointed in "Death in Venice," and I have to say my response to the film now on Criterion is somewhat similar. Ebert's disappointment comes from how he felt Visconti altered the source material, a Thomas Mann novel that Ebert clearly loved. He argued that Visconti lost the "philosophical content" of the film, buried in "heavy-handed flashbacks." Interestingly, he still admires Visconti's work enough to give it 2.5 stars. 

Buy it here 

Special Features New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel, a 2008 documentary about the director, featur­ing Visconti; actors Burt Lancaster, Silvana Mangano, and Marcello Mastroianni; filmmakers Francesco Rosi and Franco Zeffirelli; and others Alla ricerca di Tadzio, a 1970 short film by Visconti about his efforts to cast the role of Tadzio New program featuring literature and cinema scholar Stefano Albertini Interview from 2006 with costume designer Piero Tosi Excerpt from a 1990 program about the music in Visconti’s films, featuring Bogarde and actor Marisa Berenson Interview with Visconti from 1971 Visconti’s Venice, a short 1970 behind-the-scenes documentary featuring Visconti and Bogarde Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Dennis Lim

"La Verite" (Criterion)

I absolutely adore Henri-Georges Clouzot's "Diabolique" and "The Wages of Fear," and so I was eager to watch a courtroom thriller from the masterful filmmaker for the first time. And starring Brigitte Bardot? Sign me up. The truth is that "La Verite" is minor for both Clouzot and Bardot, a sometimes-fascinating but often dramatically flat story of a woman named Dominique who has basically been misunderstood by everyone around her. Dominique is gorgeous, and Clouzot certainly knew how to use Bardot's sexuality, but most people in her life refuse to look below the beauty and judge her morally for just being herself. Despite my issues with some of the pacing of the film, it's undeniably well-constructed and an interesting chapter in Bardot's career, especially with the controversy surrounding its release when Bardot attempted suicide. 

Buy it here

Special Features New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray Le scandale Clouzot, a sixty-minute documentary from 2017 on director Henri-Georges Clouzot Interview from 1960 with Clouzot Interview with actor Brigitte Bardot from the 1982 documentary Brigitte Bardot telle qu’elle New English subtitle translation PLUS: An essay by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau

"Overlord"

Gritty and gory, "Overlord" may be the most video game-esque movie of 2018, a title that reminded this gamer of the "Resident Evil" and "Wolfenstein" franchises. So why isn't it more fun? I moderately enjoyed "Overlord" enough to include it in this week's column, especially if you need a break from Oscar bait and Criterion titles, but I'd be lying if I didn't wish it was a little more goofy. I wanted more early Peter Jackson or Sam Raimi, filmmakers who leaned into the ridiculousness of their concepts and elevated their films with ingenuity and wit. Those elements are lacking in "Overlord," a film that takes itself too seriously for a movie about Nazi zombies. Having said that, the best thing about "Overlord" may be how much I expect and hope that Wyatt Russell and Jovan Adepo are going to be stars. I also have to say that the sound mix on this Blu-ray is INSANE. All of the effects are turned up to 11, leading to the first movie in recent memory that my wife had to ask me to turn down. Of course, movies about Nazi zombies should be loud. 

Buy it here 

Special Features The Horrors of War - Featurettes Creation Death Above Death on the Ground Death Below Death No More Brothers in Arms

"A Star is Born"

Remember when it looked like "A Star is Born" was going to race through awards season like a wildfire? It didn't quite happen although one has to wonder if that's not a good thing for the movie's legacy. Bradley Cooper's very entertaining directorial debut still has legions of loyal fans who don't care if it ever won any awards. To be as cheesy as this movie can be, it won their hearts. The most disappointing thing is actually that this is such a lackluster Blu-ray in terms of special features, including some extended musical numbers and music videos, but not much else. Maybe there will be a special edition after it wins Best Picture. Yes, it's still possible. 

Buy it here 

Special Features Jam Sessions and Rarities "Baby What You Want Me To Do" "Midnight Special" "Is That Alright" The Road to Stardom: Making A Star is Born Music Videos "Shallow" "Always Remember Us This Way" "Look What I Found" "I'll Never Love Again" Optional English SDH, French, and Spanish subtitles for the main feature

"Waterworld"

God bless Arrow. God bless any company willing to devote so much time and effort to really provide something special to their customers, which is exactly what Arrow does with special editions like this insane, 3-disc package for a movie that time has generally forgotten. I'm old enough to remember when "Waterworld" was going to be the next big thing, the new franchise to end all franchises. It cost a fortune, starred an Oscar-winning household name, and featured a brave new vision. And then it came out. But this isn't about the actual movie "Waterworld" as much as this phenomenal release, which includes the theatrical cut, a 40-minute longer cut that aired on TV, and then an even-longer "Ulysses" cut which basically blends the first two so you get the longer version without the TV edits. And all of them look incredible, remastered in HD that makes the blue water pop. Not enough? There's also a feature-length documentary about the movie. God bless Arrow.

Buy it here 

Special Features Three cuts of the film newly restored from original film elements by Arrow Films Original 5.1 DTSHD Master Audio and 2.0 stereo audio options Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Six collector’s postcards Double-sided fold-out poster Limited edition 60-page perfect bound book featuring new writing on the film by David J. Moore and Daniel Griffith, and archival articles Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Paul Shipper Maelstrom: The Odyssey of Waterworld, an all-new, feature-length making-of documentary including extensive cast and crew interviews and behind the scenes footage Dances With Waves, an original archival featurette capturing the film’s production Global Warnings, film critic Glenn Kenny explores the subgenre of ecologically themed end-of-the-world films Production and promotional stills gallery Visual effects stills gallery Original trailers and TV spots

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[kaiamar]

Osugi Ren has died of sudden heart failure at the age of 66. He was a supporting actor in multiple movies and tv series for decades. This is heartbreaking. I expected to see him for decades more. Sayonara, Ren-san.

#osugi ren

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Fallece el actor japonés Ren Osugi, un habitual en las películas de Kitano

Tokio, 22 feb (EFE).- El actor japonés Ren Osugi, un habitual en las películas del director Takeshi Kitano, murió el miércoles de un ataque al corazón, a los 66 años, según anunció su agencia de representación, Zacco, en un comunicado. Osugi, un conocido actor de reparto nipón que actuó en aplaudidos títulos como "Sonatine" (1993) o "Hana bi" ("Fireworks", 1997), ambas de Kitano, o "Shin Godzilla" (2016), "falleció repentinamente" de madrugada, explicó la agencia. El actor se quejó el martes de que no se encontraba bien tras filmar unas escenas para una serie de televisión del canal TV Tokyo, según explicó la cadena, que adelantó la noticia del fallecimiento. Nacido el 27 de septiembre de 1951 en Komatsushima, una ciudad situada de la isla de Shikoku (oeste de Japón), Osugi, cuyo nombre real era Takashi Osugi, se unió a una compañía teatral en 1974 e hizo su debut cinematográfico en la década de los 80. Habitual en la parrilla televisiva nipona, Osugi participó además en 85 series y su capacidad camaleónica para interpretar desde a miembros de la "yakuza" (mafia japonesa) hasta a un padre de familia le valieron elogios de profesionales como el director Takashi Miike, junto al que también trabajó en filmes como "Audition" (1999). Entre otros trabajos en los que apareció el actor secundario también están "Cure" (1997), de Kiyoshi Kurosawa, o "Inu hashiru" (1998), donde trabajó a las órdenes del director Yoichi Sai. EFE

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Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light Star Ren Osugi Has Died Veteran actor Ren Osugi has passed away from sudden heart failure. Osugi starred in last year’s…