Ren Ōsugi
Cast

Ren Ōsugi

1951 – 2018
Active years (films on this site)
1993–2017
Genres
DramaCrimeComedyMysteryHorror
Schools and movements
Contemporary Asian CinemaHorror and the UncannyJapanese New Wave

Directors worked with

Takeshi Kitano6 filmsKiyoshi Kurosawa4 filmsTakashi Miike3 filmsSABU3 filmsYoji Yamada1 filmMitsuhiro Mihara1 filmKaneto Shindo1 filmSetsuro Wakamatsu1 filmShinji Higuchi1 film

Biography

Ren Osugi , born Takashi Osugi was a Japanese actor. For his work in Cure, Hana-bi and other films, Osugi was given the Best Supporting Actor award at the 1999 Yokohama Film Festival. He often worked alongside Takeshi Kitano and Susumu Terajima. In the DVD commentary to the MPD Psycho television series, director Takashi Miike said that he admired Osugi's experience to shift quickly from comic and imbecilic to authoritative and earnest. He died of heart failure at the age of 66 on February 21, 2018.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Awards and honours

National / local

21 films on this site

  1. Sonatine 1993 · Takeshi Kitano · IMDb 7.4 · Cast
  2. Getting Any? 1994 · Takeshi Kitano · IMDb 6.1 · Cast
  3. Shinjuku Triad Society 1995 · Takashi Miike · IMDb 6.6 · Cast
  4. Cure 1997 · Kiyoshi Kurosawa · IMDb 7.5 · Cast
  5. Hana-bi 1997 · Takeshi Kitano · IMDb 7.7 · Cast
  6. Postman Blues 1997 · SABU · IMDb 7.4 · Cast
  7. Audition 1999 · Takashi Miike · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
  8. Charisma 1999 · Kiyoshi Kurosawa · IMDb 6.8 · Cast
  9. Brother 2000 · Takeshi Kitano · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
  10. Monday (2000) 2000 · SABU · IMDb 7.3 · Cast
  11. Séance 2000 · Kiyoshi Kurosawa · IMDb 6.7 · Cast
  12. The City of Lost Souls 2000 · Takashi Miike · IMDb 6.3 · Cast
  13. Dolls 2002 · Takeshi Kitano · IMDb 7.5 · Cast
  14. Drive (2002) 2002 · SABU · IMDb 7.0 · Cast
  15. Twilight Samurai 2002 · Yoji Yamada · IMDb 8.0 · Cast
  16. Photo Album of the Village 2004 · Mitsuhiro Mihara · IMDb 7.2 · Cast
  17. Loft 2005 · Kiyoshi Kurosawa · IMDb 5.5 · Cast
  18. Takeshis' 2005 · Takeshi Kitano · IMDb 6.3 · Cast
  19. Postcard 2010 · Kaneto Shindo · IMDb 7.0 · Cast
  20. The Unbroken 2010 · Setsuro Wakamatsu · IMDb 6.6 · Cast
  21. Shin Godzilla 2017 · Shinji Higuchi · IMDb 6.9 · Cast