Ren Osugi
Actor · Since 1993
Ren Osugi is the sort of actor with a filmography that reaches back further than most viewers remember. Among the rest of the work, 'Shin Godzilla' stands out. 46 years of work add up to around 238 titles. In cinemas, 'Audition' is the work that stuck — Shibata, specifically.
Ren Osugi
Actor · Since 1993
192 Movies · 46 Series
Ren Osugi is the sort of actor with a filmography that reaches back further than most viewers remember. Among the rest of the work, 'Shin Godzilla' stands out. 46 years of work add up to around 238 titles. In cinemas, 'Audition' is the work that stuck — Shibata, specifically.
Movies
Plays Seiji Ookouchi : Prime minister
Shin Godzilla
2016
Plays Fujiwara
Cure
1997
Plays Shibata
Audition
2000
Plays Toyotaro Koda
The Twilight Samurai
2002
Plays Harada
Brother
2000
Plays Hino
Loft
2006
Plays Big Tree
XX: Beautiful Weapon
1993
Plays Horibe
Fireworks
1997
Plays Doctor
Party 7
2000
Plays Taxi Passenger
Kids Return
1996
Plays Mitsumasa Kido (Voice)
Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary
2014
Plays Kunikazu Yokoyama
Bayside Shakedown
1998
Plays Nomura
Outrage Coda
2017
Plays Sugiura
Shall We Dance?
1996
Plays Agashi (voice)
Origin: Spirits of the Past
2006
Plays Maezono
The Tiger
2015
Plays Katagiri
Sonatine
1993
Plays Prosecutor Yoshikawa
Box: The Hakamada Case
2010
Plays Yan
Dead or Alive
1999
Plays Man at Opera Recital
Door II: Tokyo Diary
1991
Plays Middle-aged man in train
Train Man
2005
Plays Haruna's Manager
Dolls
2002
Plays Taxi Driver
GO
2001
Plays Kozo Yamamoto
Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1990
Plays Hiroshi
Maborosi
1995
Plays Satoshi Nakasone
Charisma
1999
Plays Takeshi's Manager / Taxi Driver
Takeshis'
2005
Plays Sennokai Takayama
The Lightning Tree
2010
Plays Head Yakuza 3
Getting Any?
1995
Plays Colonel
Crazy Lips
2000
Plays Takahashi
Doing Time
2002
Plays Toshio Saito
Uzumaki
2000
Plays Yoda
Eyes of the Spider
1998
Plays Detective Sekiya
Nightmare Detective
2007
Plays Ambassador Hell
Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
2009
Plays Gunji Yamazaki
Exte: Hair Extensions
2007
Plays Astronomer Yamamoto
Glory to the Filmmaker!
2007
Plays Burning Man
Parasite Eve
1997
Plays Bar Owner
Back Street Girls: Gokudoruzu
2019
Plays Heizo
Sabu
2002
Plays Hiroyuki Kajikawa
Secret
1999
Plays Yoshiaki Yamauchi (segment "One Snowy Night")
Tales of the Unusual
2000
Plays Principal
Give It All
1998
Plays Murai Yoshio
Monday
2000
Plays Tagari
XX: Beautiful Prey
1996
Plays Shunsuke Nozawa
Subway Serial Rape: Uniform Hunting
1987
Plays Ambassador Hell / Garagaranda
Kamen Rider #1
2016
Plays Tomisuke Kuramochi
Achilles and the Tortoise
2008
Plays Cop #1
Smuggler
2011
Plays Kozo Yamamoto
Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1991
TV Shows
Plays Genbee Iida
My Husband is a Cartoonist
2010
Plays Asakura Keigo
Dondo Hare
2007
Plays Minamoto no Yuki-ie
Yoshitsune
2005
Plays Zenjiro Nakata
Emergency Interrogation Room
2014
Plays Touji Kinugasa
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
2002
Plays Shidou
GARO
2005
Plays Kozo Hanasaki
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out
2014
Plays Himself
Byplayers ~ What If 6 Supporting Actors Had a Houseshare
2017
Plays Shizuo Takabayashi
The Negotiator
2008
Plays Yoshiro Koyanagi
The Way We Live
2004
Plays Hitman Joe
Trouble Man
2010
Plays 小林 省一
フレンズ
2000
Plays Taro Yamate
Hungry!
2012
Plays Akimoto Takayuki
The Way I Live
2003
Plays Kei Kuroda
White Lab
2014
Plays Keiichi Iseya
The Sun Never Sets
2000
Plays Katsuragi Hitoshi
Triangle
2009
Plays Misaki Shigeo
Long Love Letter
2002
Plays Yasuhiro Sonozaki
Care Worker Gang
2009
Plays Toru Kagami
CSI: Crime Scene Talks
2011
Plays Tadashi Tsurumi
Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō
2010
Plays Yusuke Hiramatsu
女子アナ。
2001
Plays Morioka Tetsuo
Hokaben
2008
Plays Kuniji Mikami
Joker: Unforgiven Investigator
2010
Plays Kanta Kurou
Rent-a-Rescue
2016
Plays Mamoru Sanpei
War of Lies
2017
Plays Gozo Senba（仙波 剛三）
Night School Teacher, SAKURA
2014
Plays Shinichi
The Wallflower
2010
Plays Kondo Takumi
Being Born.
2011
Plays Ibuki Soichi
IS: Not a Boy and Not a Girl
2011
Latest Trailers
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Mo-Ruerani
Mikio Kobayashi
2021
Back Street Girls: Gokudoruzu
Bar Owner
2019
The Chaplain
Saeki
2018
Neck Bowed in the Rain
Hanzo Yabutsuka
2018
Foreboding
Nishizaki
2017
Outrage Coda
Nomura
2017
Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light
Inaba Hirotarou · 8 episodes
2017–
冬芽の人
오쿠하타 케이스케 · 1 episode
2017–
Goodbye Elegy
Miyama Akira
2017
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Ren Osugi still alive?
Ren Osugi passed away on February 21, 2018 at age 66.
What are the most famous roles of Ren Osugi?
Ren Osugi is best known for roles in Audition, Shin Godzilla, Cure.
How many movies has Ren Osugi been in?
Over a 38-year career (since 1980), Ren Osugi has appeared in 192 movies and 45 TV shows.
What was Ren Osugi's first movie?
The career of Ren Osugi began with Bondage Sacrifice (1980).
What is Ren Osugi's most recent movie or series?
Ren Osugi's most recent release is Mo-Ruerani, which premiered on February 6, 2021.
What TV shows has Ren Osugi appeared in?
On television, Ren Osugi has appeared in My Boss, My Hero, GARO, Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light, AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo.
Ren Osugi
1951-09-27 · Komatsushima, Tokushima, Japan
Ren Osugi, born Takashi Osugi, was a Japanese actor. For his work on Cure, Hana-bi, and other films, Osugi received the Best Supporting Actor award at the 1999 Yokohama Film Festival. He often worked alongside Takeshi Kitano and Susumu Terajima.