is a Japanese actor known for his performance in several movies as a child and lately the award-winning TV drama Dr. Coto's Clinic. He notably played the part of Tora-san's little nephew in the "Otoko wa Tsurai yo" film series, and he appeared in Akira Kurosawa's "Rhapsody in August" and "Madadayo". He won the Japan Academy Award Best Actor in 2006 for "Always - Sunset on Third Street".
He was married to actress Yuki Uchida from 2002 to 2005.
Filmography
Film
A Distant Cry from Spring (1980) Otoko wa Tsurai yo (1981–2019) as Mitsuo Suwa Final Take (1986) as Mitsuo Poppoya (1999) as Hideo Sugiura Juvenile (2000) as Yūsuke Sakamoto The Hidden Blade (2004) as Samon Shimada Miracle in Four Days (2005) as Keisuke Kisaragi Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005) as Ryunosuke Chagawa The Professor's Beloved Equation (2006) as Root (adult) Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007) as Ryūnosuke Chagawa Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012) The Sea Is Watching (2012) The Little House (2014) 64: Part I (2016) as Kazuki Kōda 64: Part II (2016) as Kazuki Kōda Fueled: The Man They Called Pirate (2016) as Tadashi Shinonome Reminiscence (2017) Kodomo Shokudō (2018) Fukushima 50 (2020) as Takumi Maeda The Brightest Roof in the Universe (2020) In the Wake (2021) Mirai eno Katachi (2021) The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai (2022) as Takatoshi Iwamura Riverside Mukolitta (2022) Dr. Coto's Clinic 2022 (2022) as Dr. Kensuke Gotō Winny (2023) as Toshirō Senba Godzilla Minus One (2023) as Kenji Noda
Drama
Kita no Kuni kara (1981 – 2002) as Jun Kuroita
Dr. Coto's Clinic (2003 – 2006) as Dr. Kensuke Gotō
The Policeman's Lineage (2009) as Tamio Anjō
All About My Siblings (2014) as Dr. Masaomi Shinjo
Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo Fuku (2018) as Kosuke Kindaichi
Yell (2020) as Dr. Takeshi Nagata
Anime
The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004) as Hiroki Fujisawa
Osamu Tezuka's Buddha (2011) as Gautama Buddha
Endorsements
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (1996) Suntory (1996–2007) Sharp Corporation (2004) Sundrug (2008) Yamasa (2007–2010)
References
External links and sources
Official site
Profile on Hogacentral
Japanese male actors
Japanese male child actors
1970 births
Living people
People from Saitama (city)