Ren Osugi — Actor (105)
Dog Race (1998) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
犬、走る
director: Yōichi Sai actor: Goro Kishitani / Ren Osugi
other title: 犬、走る
Ethnically Korean Japanese filmmaker Yoichi Sai directs this madcap crime comedy. Nakayama (Goro Kishitani) is a suave police detective who doesn't play by the rules. He busts a drug ring, but not before sampling a few of the wares, and he closes down an underaged prostitution ring after enjoying the company of a school girl hooker. One of duties is to shake down sniveling Korean gangster Hideyoshi (Ren Osugi) for information. In spite of their positions on opposite sides of the law, the two discover that they share a fair amount in common. A disregard for the law and the love of a comely prostitute from China named Momo-chan (Makoto Togashi). Though Hideyoshi is running an illegal alien smuggling ring with her and has lusted for her from a far for quite a while, Nakayama manages to bed her first. When she does finally appear in Hideyoshi's bed, she's unfortunately a corpse.
Violent Island: Dirty Money Hijack (1992) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
暴力列島 ダーティーマネージャック
director: Shinichi Nakada actor: Tatsuo Nadaka / Keiko Masuda
other title: 暴力列島 ダーティーマネージャック
In the scorching heat of Okinawa, former lovers meet. Now, he is a gangster on a mission, she is a window trying to protect what is hers. Together, they get caught in the crossfire.
The Goofball (1998) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
愚か者 傷だらけの天使
director: Junji Sakamoto actor: Claude Maki / Kazuma Suzuki
other title: 愚か者 傷だらけの天使
Hisashi gets fired from his temp job due to his impulsiveness. One day he meets Chikako, a housewife who constantly shoplifts at the supermarket he regularly goes. He somehow agrees to help her to look for her run-away son, Masaru. Unfortunate to Hisashi, Masaru starts following his around instead of returning home, after he was found by Hisashi. Then they end up stealing a gun from a police officer! In their course of running away, the similar two who cannot adapt to society very well start to develop a mutual friendship…
Chasuke's Journey (2015) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
天の茶助
director: SABU actor: Kenichi Matsuyama / Ito Ohno
other title: Ten no chasuke / A Jornada de Chasuke
Things are hectic in heaven. Dozens of scribes sit before a long scroll incessantly scribbling away. They are composing the biographies of earth-dwellers. What is invented by the men in heaven is lived out below. And their employer, God, is increasingly vehement in demanding avant-garde ideas. Take, for example, the beautiful Yuri, a girl who dies in a car crash. Some of the heavenly scribes find this very dull and send former gangster Chas, who has become a heavenly tea-boy, back down to earth with instructions to save Yuri no matter what. And so Chas ends up in Okinawa, gets to know the earth-dwellers, interferes in their fates, becomes celebrated as 'Mr Angel' and is hounded by brutal enemies. His falling in love with Yuri is of course a foregone conclusion. But no one could anticipate what happens next. Not even God himself
Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion (2013) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
上意討ち 拝領妻始末
director: Meiji Fujita actor: Masakazu Tamura / Yukie Nakama
other title: 上意討ち 拝領妻始末
In the Edo period of Japan, a samurai’s life belonged to his lord. On the battlefield or in the home, a loyal samurai must always obey his lord’s commands. This is the tragic story of one such loyal samurai, whose love for his family forced him to make the ultimate choice of disobeying the wishes of his lord.
Postcard (2010) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
一枚のハガキ
other title: 一枚のハガキ / Ichimai no hagaki
Toward the end of World War II, middle-aged soldier Keita is entrusted with a postcard from a comrade who is sure he will die in battle. After the war ends, Keita visits his comrade's wife Yuko and bears witness to the tragic life she has led.
Perfect Blue (2010) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
パーフェクト・ブルー
director: Ten Shimoyama actor: Rosa Kato / Aoi Nakamura
other title: パーフェクト・ブルー
A murder occurs of a promising high school baseball player. His younger brother Shinya becomes the prime suspect. Private detective Koichiro is hired by their father, Saburo Moroka. To prove Shinya's innocence, Saburo, Koichiro, and Koichiro's pet dog Masa work to uncover the real killer's identity. At the same time, there is a case at a giant drug company named Mitsutomo Pharmaceuticals. Yuki bears a grudge against the company for prior inspection methods used over newly developed drugs. Yukie then threatens the company. Company president Kouta orders Kihara to resolve the problem discreetly. The more Kihara learns of the situation, the more hesitant he becomes about how to handle the situation. Finally, these two seemingly disparate cases cross paths, and a shocking truth emerges...
Maji! 6: Raging Fire (1997) [Movie] TMDB
本気!6 烈火編
director: Shinobu Murata actor: Tamotsu Ishibashi / Ren Osugi
other title: 本気!6 烈火編
Shirogane Maji (Tamotsu Ishibashi), now the head of the Kozugumi, is summoned by Akame Shinzan, the Kozugumi's substitute lender, and is told that there is a movement to revive the Shuyukai, which had been under excommunication. The new Shuyukai is headed by former Shuyukai executive Mikogami (Ryuji Katagiri), who is the new head of the group at the behest of Hirojikai chairman Taichi Hirosaki (Ren Osugi), who bears the same cursive badge of wind as Honkaku. Hirozaki has only one goal: to eliminate Motoki, who has quickly risen to the same position as himself. Immediately, Hirozaki orders Mikogami to begin raiding the territory of the child gang.
Crazy Lips (2000) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
発狂する唇
director: Hirohisa Sasaki actor: Hitomi Miwa / Kazuma Suzuki
other title: 発狂する唇
After her brother is accused of murdering four people, his sister, desperate to prove his innocence, goes to a psychic for help. The price they ask, however, is far more than she expected, and the answers they give her are nothing she could ever have imagined. And what is the FBI doing investgating a murder in Japan?
Tripping (2006) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
神游情人
director: Chen Yi-wen actor: Chen Bolin / Rena Tanaka
other title: 神游情人
It's the story of a rebellious Japanese-Taiwanese girl (played by Rena Tanaka from “Kitaro”) who gets transported back to ancient times and embarks on an adventure with a Taoist priest and a thief. On the road, the group encounters numerous dangers, stumbling upon a conspiracy involving a powerhungry sorcerer and the corrupt court.
Neck Bowed in the Rain (2018) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
雨の首ふり坂
other title: 雨の首ふり坂
Baijaku Nakamura takes the lead in a film where he has to dodge pursuit from a hostile gang whilst also helping out a family of innocent people who run a noodle store. More importantly, this was one of Ren Osugi’s last films.
Kewaishi (2002) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
化粧師 KEWAISHI
director: Mitsutoshi Tanaka actor: Kippei Shiina / Miho Kanno
other title: 化粧師 KEWAISHI
Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of a manga by Shotaro Ishinomori was an official selection at the 5th Shanghai International Film Festival and won the award for Best Screenplay at the 14th Tokyo International Film Festival.
Men of Rage (1994) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
打鐘 男たちの激情
other title: 打鐘 男たちの激情
The second installment of a V-Cinema sports drama, directed by Kurosawa in 1994, following "打鐘" (Dakan) from 1993, which was based on Yamamoto's manga and directed by Komatsu Takashi. While there is no direct narrative connection between the two films, they share thematic similarities. The protagonist, Wataru Tachibana, a self-destructive yet genius keirin cyclist, is once again passionately portrayed by Nishimura. This time, Wataru fiercely competes against a rival known as the "Prince of Keirin," who is also the heir of a powerful conglomerate. Kurosawa directs with intense and dramatic storytelling, capturing the protagonist’s burning determination.