Kazuki Kitamura

Kazuki Kitamura
Kazuki Kitamura
北村一輝
	Kitamura in 2019
Born	Yasushi Kitamura (北村康); July 17, 1969 (age 54); Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1991–present
Agent	From First Production
Known for	Ley Lines; 14-sai no Haha; Yakuza: Like a Dragon; Tenchijin;
Spouse	(1993–2012; divorced)
Children	Shousei Kitamura
Website	www.from1-pro.jp/KitamuraKazuki/

Kazuki Kitamura (北村一輝, Kitamura Kazuki, born July 17, 1969 in Osaka) is a Japanese film and television actor^[2] who won the award for best supporting actor at the 21st Yokohama Film Festival for Minazuki, Kyohansha and Kanzen-naru shiiku as well as the CUT ABOVE Award for Excellence in Film at JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film in New York in 2014.^[3]^[4]

Selected filmography

Film

Yuki no Concerto (1991)
The Way to Fight (喧嘩の花道) (1996) as Kubo
Tenzen Shoujo Man (天然少女　萬) (1996)
Young Thugs: Innocent Blood (岸和田少年愚連隊　血煙り純情篇) (1997) as Sada
Onibi (鬼火) (1997) as Hideyuki Sakata
Mukokuseki no otoko: Chi no shûkaku (1997)
Romantikku mania (1997) as Ujiie
The Eel (うなぎ) (1997)
Joker (1998) as Hisao
Andromedia (アンドロメディア) (1998) as Sada
Kanzen-naru shiiku (完全なる飼育) (1999) as Tsuda
Kyohansha (共犯者) (1999) as Yasuharu Nishikawa
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film (海賊版) (1999) as Yoji
Ley Lines (日本黒社会 LEY LINES) (1999) as Ryuichi
Minazuki (皆月) (1999) as Akira
Dead or Alive (DEAD OR ALIVE 犯罪者) (1999)
Freeze Me (フリーズ・ミー) (2000) as Noboru Hirokawa
Himawari (2000) as Shinji Sasahara
Swing Man (2000) as Kazuki Kitaoka
Kishiwada Shōnen Gurentai: Yakyudan (2000)
Rendan (2001) as Ohsawa
Man-hole (2001) as Shin'ichi Yoshioka
Turn (2001) as Kakizaki Kiyotaka
Chinpira (2001)
Bastoni: The Stick Handlers (2002)
Onna kunishuu ikki (2002)
Jam Films (2002) (segment "The Messenger - Requiem for the Dead")
Yurusarezaru mono (2003)
Azumi (あずみ) (2003) as Kanbê Inoue
9 Souls (ナイン・ソウルズ) (2003) as Tamori
Kanzen-naru shiiku: Onna rihatsushi no koi (2003) as Kenji
Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) as Boss Koji / Crazy 88
Sky High (スカイハイ劇場版) (2003)
The Man In White (許されざる者) (2003)
Kyô no dekigoto (2003) as Surfer
Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004) as Boss Koji / Crazy 88
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Gekijōban (2004) (segment "Omoi!")
Blood and Bones (血と骨) (2004) as Yoshio Motoyama
Godzilla: Final Wars (ゴジラ FINAL WARS) (2004) as The Controller of Planet X
Atarashii kaze - Wakaki hi no Yoda Benzo (2004) as Benzo Yoda
Azumi 2: Death or Love (あずみ2 Death or Love) (2005) as Kanbê Inoue
Sengoku Jieitai 1549 (戦国自衛隊1549) (2005) as Shichibe Iinuma
Nureta akai ito (2005) as Shigeru
Maze (2006)
So-Run Movie (2006)
Tokyo Friends: The Movie (東京フレンズ The Movie) (2006)
Hanada Shōnen-shi (花田少年史幽霊と秘密のトンネル) (2006) as Masahiko Sawai
Oh! Oku (大奥) (2006) as Chojuro Kaneko
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (龍が如く劇場版) (2007) as Kazuma Kiryu
Maiko Haaaan!!! (舞妓Haaaan!!!) (2007) as Doctor
Kaze no sotogawa (2007)
Dôsôkai (2008)
Jirochô sangokushi (2008)
Suspect X (2008) as Shunpei Kusanagi^[5]
Donjū (鈍獣) (2009) as Chi Edajima
Eo-ddeon bang-moon (2009)
Killer VirginRoad (2009) as Michio Keizan
Acacia (2009)
Space Battleship Yamato (宇宙戦艦ヤマト) (2010)
Kaibutsu-kun (映画怪物くん) (2011)^[6] as Sunil
Speed Angels (極速天使) (2011) as Asano / Onidaka
Thermae Romae (テルマエ・ロマエ) (2012)^[7] as Ceionius
Bakugyaku Familia (2012) as Yuji natsume
Nihon no higeki (2012)
Yokai Ningen Bem (妖怪人間べム) (2012)^[8] as Akinori Natsume
Night People (ナイトピープル) (2013)^[9] as Shinji
Jongeun Chingoodeul (2013) as Tatsuya
Midsummer's Equation (真夏の方程式) (2013) as Shunpei Kusanagi
Ataru The First Love & The Last Kill (劇場版 Ataru The First Love & The Last Kill) (2013)^[10] as Shunichi Sawa
SPEC: Close (2013, part 1, 2)^[11]
The Trick Movie: The Last Stage (2014)
Killers (2014) as Nomura
The Raid 2 (2014) as Ryuichi
Nekozamurai (猫侍) (2014) as Madarame Kyutaro
Thermae Romae II (2014)^[12] as Ceionius
Man From Reno (2014) as Akira
Parasyte: Part 1 (2014)^[13] as Takeshi Hirokawa
Parasyte: Part 2 (2015)^[14] as Takeshi Hirokawa
Neko zamurai: Minami no shima e iku (2015) as Kyutaro Madarame
AIBOU: The Movie IV (2017)
Blade of the Immortal (2017) as Sabato Kuroi
The Scythian Lamb (2017) as Katsushi sugiyama
The 8-Year Engagement (2017) as Shibata
Color Me True (2018) as Ryunosuke Shundo
Last Winter, We Parted (2018) as Yoshiki Kobayashi
Pretty Cure Super Stars! (2018) as Usobakka (voice)
Million Dollar Man (2018) as Momose
The Battle: Roar to Victory (2019) as Yasukawa Jiro
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021) as Tatsumi^[15]
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021) as Tatsumi^[15]
Signal the Movie (2021) as Takeshi Ōyama
The Supporting Actors: The Movie (2021) as himself^[16]
The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021) as Watanabe no Tsuna^[17]
Silent Parade (2022) as Shunpei Kusanagi^[18]
Hell Dogs (2022) as Tsutomu Toki^[19]
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (2023) as Gonzo Kosugi^[20]
From the End of the World (2023)^[21]
Fly Me to the Saitama: From Biwa Lake with Love (2023)^[22]
Don't Lose Your Head! (2024) as Tokugawa Tsunayoshi^[23]
Let's Go Karaoke! (2024), yakuza boss^[24]
Gold Boy (2024)^[25]
The Yin Yang Master Zero (2024), Koremune no Korekuni^[26]
Muromachi Outsiders (2025), Nawa^[27]

TV dramas

Kiseki no Hito (奇跡の人) (NTV, 1998, Main Cast)
Border (ボーダー) (NTV, 1999, Supporting Role)
Cinderella wa Nemuranai (シンデレラは眠らない) (NTV, 2000, Supporting Role)
Limit: Moshimo Wagako Ga (リミットもしも,わが子が...) (NTV, 2000) as Grey Won
Kamisama no Itazura (神様のいたずら) (Fuji TV, 2000) as Shōta Honma
Hojo Tokimune (北条時宗) (NHK, 2001, Taira no Yoritsuna)
Suiyoubi no Jouji (水曜日の情事) (Fuji TV, 2001, TV Movie) as Shōgo Okino
Kaidan Hyaku Monogatari (怪談百物語) Episode 11 (Fuji TV, 2002) as Shinzaburō
Haru Ranman (春ランマン) (Fuji TV, 2003) as Joji Manabe
Tantei Kazoku (探偵家族) (NTV, 2003) as Kōsuke Kanda
Ōoku (大奥) (Fuji TV, 2003) as Tokugawa Iesada
Team Medical Dragon (医龍-Team Medical Dragon-) (Fuji TV, 2006) as Gunji Kirishima
Night King (夜王～YAOH～) (TBS, 2006) as Seiya
Densha Otoko Deluxe (電車男DX 最後の聖戦) (Fuji TV, 2006) as Maesono
Akihabara@DEEP (アキハバラ@DEEP) (TBS, 2006) as Takeshi Nakagomi
14-sai no Haha: Aisuru tame ni Umaretekita (14才の母～愛するために生まれてきた～) (NTV, 2006) as Hatano
Bambino! (バンビーノ!) (NTV, 2007) as Reiji Yona
Galileo (ガリレオ) (Fuji TV, 2007) as Shunpei Kusanagi^[28]
Team Medical Dragon 2 (Fuji TV, 2007) as Gunji Kirishima
Tenchijin (NHK, 2009) as Kagekatsu Uesugi
Yokai Ningen Bem (NTV, 2011), Akinori Natsume^[29]
Galileo 2 (ガリレオ 2) (Fuji TV, 2013) as Shunpei Kusanagi
Hirugao (Fuji TV, 2014) as Osamu Katō
Kindaichi Case Files SP 2 - Gate of Jail Private School Murder Case (NTV, 2014) as Takayuki Ujie
Hamon (破門) (BS, 2015) as Yasuhiko Kuwahara
Yamegoku: Yakuza Yamete Itadakimasu (TBS, 2015) as Kakeru Mikajima^[30]
Ishitsubute (石つぶて) (Wowow, 2017)
Signal (Fuji TV, 2018)^[31]
Folklore "Tatami" (HBO, 2018)
Ōoku the Final (Fuji TV, 2019) as Tokugawa Muneharu
Scarlet (NHK, 2019–20)
The Return (Jidaigeki Senmon Channel, 2020)
North Light (NHK, 2020)^[32]
Heaven and Hell: Soul Exchange (TBS, 2021), Mitsuo Kawahara^[33]
Okehazama (Fuji TV, 2021), Oda Nobuhide^[34]
The Forbidden Magic (Fuji TV, 2022) as Shunpei Kusanagi^[35]
Born to Be On Air! (TV Asahi, 2023) as Kanetsugu Matō^[36]

Dubbing

Aladdin, Jafar (Marwan Kenzari)^[37]

References

External links

Kazuki Kitamura official web site (in Japanese)
Kazuki Kitamura at IMDb
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