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Ren Osugi
Born
September 27, 1951
Died: February 21, 2018
Lived 66 years
Place of Birth
Komatsushima, Tokushima, Japan
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Career Highlights
346
Movies
68
TV Shows
Also Known As
Ren Ohsugi
大杉孝
Ren Ôsugi
Ren Oosugi
佐伯恭司
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Ren Osugi
Acting
Biography
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.
Movies
346
TV Shows
68
0
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special
Cast
2025
0
Mo-Ruerani
as
Mikio Kobayashi
2021
5.5
Back Street Girls: Gokudols
as
Bar Owner
2019
0
For Love's Sake
Cast
2018
0
The Chaplain
as
Saeki
2018
0
Neck Bowed in the Rain
as
Hanzo Yabutsuka
2018
0
Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
Cast
2018
5.7
Foreboding
as
Nishizaki
2017
0
確証～警視庁捜査三課
Cast
2017
6.8
Outrage Coda
as
Nomura
2017
0
Goodbye Elegy
as
Miyama Akira
2017
0
War of Lie
Cast
2017
5.0
Will You Marry My Wife?
as
Ichiro Kojo
2016
7.1
Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 3
Cast
2016
7.2
Shin Godzilla
as
Seiji Ookouchi : Prime minister
2016
7.0
Murder Credit - Final Destination Series
as
Toshifumi Igarashi
2016
4.5
Bitter Honey
as
Old Writer
2016
7.7
Kamen Rider #1
as
Ambassador Hell / Garagaranda
2016
6.5
The Woman Who Took the Local Paper
as
Honma Seijiro
2016
6.0
Kaze no Tayori
Cast
2016
7.7
The Tiger
as
Government Official Maezono
2015
0
Specialist 4
as
Kiichiro Takakura
2015
0
Kagura Me
as
Kyoujiro Kikuchi
2015
6.2
The Land of Rain Trees
as
Yutaka Sakisaka
2015
0
The Interrogator Special
Cast
2015
6.4
Chasuke's Journey
as
Junichi Taneda
2015
0
Meikyu Sousa
as
Shigeki Makabe
2015
0
Specialist 3
as
Kiichiro Takakura
2015
5.0
Samulife
Cast
2015
0
25
Cast
2014
2.0
A Drop of the Grapevine
as
Ao's Father
2014
6.8
The Vancouver Asahi
as
Zenkichi Ebata
2014
8.0
Hana's Miso Soup
as
Kazuomi Hasegawa
2014
6.6
Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary
as
Mitsumasa Kido (Voice)
2014
7.5
Devoted Cookbook
Cast
2014
6.0
Delivery of Death
as
Torahei Tateyama
2014
9.0
Blossoms Bloom
Cast
2014
7.0
Specialist 2
as
Kiichiro Takakura
2014
6.5
What I Long For
as
Bugmen (voice)
2013
6.2
The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji
as
Masayoshi Ako
2013
8.0
SPEC: Zero
Cast
2013
7.0
Crying 100 Times - Every Raindrop Falls
Cast
2013
6.0
Blindly in Love
as
Nahoko's father
2013
4.5
Yakuza Ladies Neo
Cast
2013
5.9
Dawn of a Filmmaker: The Keisuke Kinoshita Story
as
Shiro Kido
2013
6.0
Specialist
as
Kiichiro Takakura
2013
5.3
Monster
Cast
2013
6.7
Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion
as
Tadashi Matsudaira
2013
6.0
Yellow Elephant
as
Sotetsu (voice)
2013
7.2
GTO: New Year's Special
Cast
2013
0
Villain
Cast
2012
8.0
Devoted Cookbook
Cast
2012
7.0
It's a Beautiful Life - Irodori
as
Hariki
2012
5.9
Bayside Shakedown the Final: The New Hope
as
Kunikazu Yokoyama
2012
6.0
Akko's Secret
as
Ex-president of cosmetics co.
2012
0
Japan Lies: The Photojournalism of Kikujiro Fukushima, Age 90
as
Narrator (voice)
2012
7.0
The Way: Man of the White Porcelain
Cast
2012
0
Wordholic Prisoner
Cast
2012
0
FLY！～平凡なキセキ～
Cast
2012
0
Lessons
Cast
2011
6.4
Smuggler
as
Cop #1
2011
7.2
My SO Has Got Depression
as
Yasuo Kurita
2011
0
Castle of Sand
as
Kurozaki
2011
7.0
Majutsu wa Sasayaku
Cast
2011
0.8
Yoshiko & Yuriko
Cast
2011
5.0
Saigo no Kizuna
Cast
2011
0
Gene Waltz
as
Takashi Araki
2011
5.0
Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3
Cast
2011
6.4
1778 Stories of Me and My Wife
as
Setsuko's doctor
2011
0
Saraba Itoshi no Daitoryo
Cast
2010
5.4
Postcard
as
Kichigoro Izumiya
2010
6.4
The Lightning Tree
as
Sennokai Takayama
2010
6.0
Fireworks from the Heart
as
Kuniakira Sudo
2010
8.0
Perfect Blue
Cast
2010
8.0
Box: The Hakamada Case
as
Prosecutor Yoshikawa
2010
4.5
MIRACLE GIRLS: Neva-da Stop Dreaming
Cast
2010
3.5
Running on Empty
Cast
2010
6.7
The Unbroken
as
Wako
2009
6.3
Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
as
Ambassador Hell
2009
6.2
Kanikôsen
Cast
2009
8.0
USB
Cast
2009
5.4
Rookies the Movie: Graduation
as
Akihiro Fujimura
2009
6.8
April Bride
as
Toshiro Akasu
2009
4.0
Baton
as
Dr. Newton (voice)
2009
0
What the War Meant
as
Teichi Suzuki
2008
6.0
GS Wonderland
as
Kenichi Kamata
2008
6.0
The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming
as
Nisaburo Suzuki
2008
6.0
Where The Legend Lives
Cast
2008
7.3
School Days with a Pig
as
Vice Principal Nishina
2008
0
Arigato, Okan
Cast
2008
6.0
Teacher and Three Children
Cast
2008
7.0
Achilles and the Tortoise
as
Tomisuke Kuramochi
2008
10.0
Flying Rabbits
Cast
2008
0
R246 STORY
Cast
2008
7.5
Nekonade
as
Taro Onizuka
2008
7.0
Vacation
as
Tatsuro Mishima
2008
7.0
The Taste of Fish
Cast
2008
0
Chichi kara no tegami
Cast
2007
0
Fuckin' Runaway
Cast
2007
0
Ikiru
Cast
2007
6.4
Glory to the Filmmaker!
as
Astronomer Yamamoto
2007
0
テレサ・テン物語～私の家は山の向こう
as
王应龙
2007
0
Tokyo Rhapsody
Cast
2007
9.0
Hatsuko's World
as
Hatsuko's Father
2007
5.8
UNFAIR: the movie
as
Assistant Director Irie
2007
5.9
Exte: Hair Extensions
as
Gunji Yamazaki
2007
6.0
Dear Friends
as
Rina's Father
2007
6.0
Nightmare Detective
as
Detective Sekiya
2007
5.5
Loft
as
Hino
2006
0
Matsumoto Seicho Special: Blue Dab
as
田倉義三
2006
5.6
A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth
as
Kunimoto
2006
7.0
Requiem from the Darkness: Hinoenma
Cast
2006
0
Onihei Crime Files Special: Bandits
as
Jingoro Amikiri
2006
6.9
Origin: Spirits of the Past
as
Agashi (voice)
2006
0
Tripping
as
Shaodea's father
2006
5.6
Dead Run
as
Arata
2005
0
Time Slip
Cast
2005
0
Life on the Longboard
Cast
2005
6.1
Takeshis'
as
Takeshi's Manager / Taxi Driver
2005
6.3
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
as
横山 邦
2005
0
Wish Upon a Star
as
Shinya Yamazaki
2005
6.1
Train Man
as
Middle-aged man in train
2005
5.8
About Love
as
Shop owner (segment "Tokyo")
2005
7.0
Requiem from the Darkness: Kowai
Cast
2005
7.5
Lady Joker
as
Junichi Nunokawa
2004
6.4
Jam Films S
Cast
2004
0
Making of Zebraman
Cast
2004
7.0
The Village Album
Cast
2004
0
Eiko
as
Hirai
2004
0
Part-Time Detective 2
as
Kazuo Yamada
2004
7.0
Tracing Jake
Cast
2004
6.0
Red Moon
Cast
2004
4.8
L'amant
as
C
2004
6.3
Zebraman
as
Kuniharu Kuroda
2004
0
10 Years - A Wife's Betrayal
as
Kazuki Urushibara
2004
0
Tales of the Bizarre: 2003 Fall Special
Cast
2003
0
Revolver — Blue Spring
as
Kadowaki
2003
0
Cop Festival: New Beginning
Cast
2003
5.8
Collage of Our Lives
as
Director
2003
0
Tales of the Bizarre: 2003 Spring Special
Cast
2003
7.0
Her Island, My Island
Cast
2003
6.1
Thirteen Steps
as
Norio Ando
2003
6.8
Blessing Bell
as
Loudspeaker Person in Prison (voice)
2002
0
Part-Time Detective
as
Kazuo Yamada
2002
7.8
The Twilight Samurai
as
Toyotaro Koda
2002
7.6
Dolls
as
Haruna's Manager
2002
6.6
Drive
as
Nishi Goro
2002
4.0
Kumamoto Stories
as
Naka-no-Ooe-no-Ôji
2002
0
MPD-PSYCHO/FAKE
Cast
2002
0
Utsutsu
as
Nagata Tsutomu
2002
5.5
Doing Time
as
Takahashi
2002
6.5
Sabu
as
Heizo
2002
0
Tales of the Bizarre: 2002 Spring Special
Cast
2002
6.8
Travail
as
Muraoka
2002
7.0
Kewaishi
Cast
2002
5.2
Rain of Light
Cast
2001
5.5
Last Scene
Cast
2001
7.4
GO
as
Taxi Driver
2001
0
Prime Minister's Office Lady
Cast
2001
7.3
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
Cast
2001
0
Rush!
Cast
2001
7.6
Stereo Future
Cast
2001
7.1
Brother
as
Harada
2000
6.9
Asako in Ruby Shoes
as
Aya's Father
2000
6.8
Dead or Alive 2: Birds
as
Mizuki's Stepfather
2000
7.0
Chinpira
Cast
2000
6.6
Tales of the Unusual
as
Yoshiaki Yamauchi (segment "One Snowy Night")
2000
6.5
Party 7
as
Doctor
2000
6.1
The City of Lost Souls
as
Okijima Gang Leader
2000
4.5
I Am an S+M Writer
as
Kurosaki
2000
7.0
Séance
as
Restaurant Customer
2000
6.0
Persona
as
Yuichiro Jonouchi
2000
6.9
Monday
as
Murai Yoshio
2000
5.9
Space Travelers
as
Shinichi Tsuneda
2000
7.1
Audition
as
Shibata
2000
5.9
Crazy Lips
as
Colonel
2000
5.9
Uzumaki
as
Toshio Saito
2000
0
Yakuza Blood Wind Record Unreliable Crest
Cast
2000
0
The Exposer - Insurance Investigation
Cast
2000
6.3
Dead or Alive
as
Yan
1999
6.6
Charisma
as
Satoshi Nakasone
1999
0
Sunday's Dream
Cast
1999
6.8
Secret
as
Hiroyuki Kajikawa
1999
0
The Night the Angel Turned Away
as
Akihiko Tomobe
1999
0
The Exam
as
Yoshimoto
1999
6.3
Hypnosis
as
Etsushi Muta
1999
6.3
Ley Lines
as
Vietnamese Motorbike Smuggler
1999
0
Avec mon Mari
as
Nakazaki
1999
5.2
Shikoku
as
Yasutaka Hiura (Sayori's father)
1999
6.1
License to Live
as
Murota
1999
0
New Gokudo Legend: Three Dragons
Cast
1999
5.0
Falling into the Evening
as
Nakajima
1998
6.5
Bayside Shakedown
as
Kunikazu Yokoyama
1998
6.7
Give It All
as
Principal
1998
0
Dog Race
as
Hideyoshi (as Ren Ôsugi)
1998
6.7
Tokyo Eyes
as
Bus driver
1998
6.5
Unlucky Monkey
as
Tachibana
1998
0
The Goofball
Cast
1998
6.3
Black Angel
as
Kusakabe
1998
0
Love Letter
Cast
1998
6.7
Eyes of the Spider
as
Yoda
1998
0
Chimpira Life
Cast
1998
6.0
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
Cast
1998
0
Fishes in August
Cast
1998
7.5
Cure
as
Fujiwara
1997
10.0
Jingi 13: Hell's Tomb Mark
Cast
1997
5.8
Full Metal Yakuza
as
Nakame
1997
7.7
Fireworks
as
Horibe
1997
6.0
Tokyo Mafia: Yakuza Blood
as
Vagrant
1997
0
Assault Rakugaki Fools
Cast
1997
7.3
Postman Blues
as
Joe
1997
6.0
Maji! 6: Raging Fire
Cast
1997
0
Demon Fighter Kocho
Cast
1997
7.2
The Revenge: A Visit from Fate
as
Police Chief
1997
5.5
Parasite Eve
as
Burning Man
1997
0
The Terrorist’s Parasol
Cast
1996
6.9
Dangan Runner
as
Kurogi
1996
0
チンピラ仁義 新・極楽とんぼ
Cast
1996
8.0
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! VI: The Hero
as
Suzuki
1996
7.0
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! V: The Nouveau Riche
as
Suzuki
1996
2.9
Weather Woman
as
Yoichi Hamamoto
1996
6.9
Kids Return
as
Taxi Passenger
1996
7.2
Scan Doll
Cast
1996
0
Heisei Zankeiden: Battered Slash!
Cast
1996
5.7
XX: Beautiful Prey
as
Tagari
1996
0
Known As! Pissken
Cast
1996
5.2
Door III
Cast
1996
7.0
Tokyo Mafia 2: Wrath of the Yakuza
as
Iwagami
1996
6.3
Don't Look Up
as
Ootani
1996
0
La Sombra del Verano - Ilusion in Andalusia
Cast
1996
5.0
Boys, Be Ambitious
Cast
1996
6.0
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! IV: The Gamble
as
Suzuki
1996
8.0
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! III: The Loot
as
Sakai Suzuki
1996
7.4
Shall We Dance?
as
Sugiura
1996
7.4
Maborosi
as
Hiroshi
1995
6.3
Shinjuku Triad Society
as
Yakuza Boss
1995
6.7
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! II: The Escape
as
Suzuki
1995
0
Will You Die in the Chinpira Dream Chara!
Cast
1995
7.0
Tokyo Mafia: Yakuza Wars
as
Iwagami
1995
5.0
Last Friends
Cast
1995
5.0
MARKS
as
Yoshikatsu Katagiri
1995
8.0
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! I: The Heist
as
Suzuki
1995
4.6
Lady Poison: Beasts of the Underground
as
Sogabe
1995
0
The King of Minami: Sham Marriage
Cast
1995
0
Bounty Dog WANTED!
Cast
1995
5.7
Getting Any?
as
Head Yakuza 3
1995
0
Kirikomi
Cast
1995
6.0
Men of Rage
Cast
1994
5.6
A New Love in Tokyo
Cast
1994
6.2
Yakuza Taxi
as
Manager
1994
0
The Nearest Place to the Sky
Cast
1994
0
Can you collect it? Complete
Cast
1994
0
It's More Radical!
Cast
1994
0
Wangan Midnight 4
Cast
1994
0
Kyouju Luger P08
Cast
1994
8.9
XX: Beautiful Weapon
Cast
1993
6.0
Wandering Brain
Cast
1993
0
Eleven Without Honor or Humanity
Cast
1993
0
High School Teacher
Cast
1993
0
We're No Angels
Cast
1993
0
Can you collect it? 2
Cast
1993
0
The Wicked Reporter
Cast
1993
5.3
Bodyguard Kiba
Cast
1993
7.5
Sonatine
as
Katagiri
1993
0
Kuma-chan
Cast
1993
3.3
The Hit-and-Run Family
Cast
1992
0
続・こちら凡人組
Cast
1992
0
Violent Island: Dirty Money Hijack
Cast
1992
5.9
The Guard from Underground
as
Kurume
1992
0
Completed Like a Beast
Cast
1992
6.0
The River with No Bridge
Cast
1992
0
Great Prophecy: The Revival of the Giant God
as
Shunsuke Kurokawa
1992
6.5
Passion
Cast
1992
0
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 1
Cast
1992
6.0
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown
Cast
1992
0
事件屋稼業
Cast
1992
6.5
Wangan Midnight
Cast
1992
0
This is Bonjingumi
Cast
1992
0
Goddamn!!
Cast
1991
5.2
Nowhere Man
as
Kurahara
1991
0
Dance till Tomorrow
Cast
1991
6.0
Door II: Tokyo Diary
Cast
1991
0
Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet
as
Kozo Yamamoto
1991
0
Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star!
Cast
1990
1.0
Love of Sawako
as
Magazine editor
1990
0
1990 botan-dôrô
Cast
1990
0
Playmate Murder Case Let Me Go to Heaven
Cast
1990
0
Catastrophe
Cast
1990
7.0
Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
as
Kozo Yamamoto
1990
6.0
Let's Go to the Hospital
as
Girl's father
1990
0
Gappie, Wear a Tie this Summer
Cast
1990
6.8
Fancy Dance
Cast
1989
4.7
Subway Serial Rape: Lover Hunting
Cast
1988
2.0
Subway Serial Rape: Uniform Hunting
as
Shunsuke Nozawa
1987
3.3
Farewell, Friend
as
Kyoji Saeki
1986
4.1
Subway Serial Rape
as
Nozawa Shunsuke
1985
1.0
Groper Train: One Shot on the Train
as
Kogi Yamauchi
1985
1.0
Pink Physical Examination
Cast
1985
0
Kuroi Shitagi no Onna
as
Munehisa Ito
1985
2.0
Bijo SM Technique
Cast
1985
2.0
Gekisatsu Game! Bôjoku
Cast
1984
2.0
SM Tattoo Production
as
Mako
1984
3.3
Teacher, Don't Turn Me On!
as
Hojo, Tsubomi's father
1984
2.8
Hitozuma ryôjoku
Cast
1984
2.0
Sexual Beast Sacrifice
Cast
1984
4.6
Abnormal Family
as
Shukichi / Father
1984
0
Days of Lust: Ecstasy
as
General manager of a hotel
1984
0
Chikan to sukāto
Cast
1984
2.0
Kahanshin Shôkôgun
as
Shigeru Mimura
1984
0
Sukyanti dōru: nugitate no kaori
as
Shûkichi Yajima
1984
2.0
Humiliation! Mother and Daughter Destruction
Cast
1984
3.7
Goodbye Boy
as
Shigeo Momozawa, the dance instructor
1984
3.4
Beauty Rope Cosmetology
Cast
1983
2.0
Our Season
as
Joji Goda
1983
2.0
Newlywed's Midday Assault
as
Shunsuke Nozawa
1983
4.8
The Serial Rape Murderer
as
Katsuzô
1983
4.3
Beautiful Mystery
as
Makio Mitani
1983
2.0
Attacked Apartment Wife
Cast
1983
2.0
Shojo bôkô: Sakareta niku
Cast
1983
1.7
Snake Hole
Cast
1983
2.0
Toruko Document: ogon no kuchibiru
Cast
1983
1.0
Harlem Valentines Day: Blood Is Sex
as
Doctor
1982
1.7
Wolf: Running Is Sex
as
Mother-Complex Man
1982
5.2
Tattoo
as
Drunk at the ferry terminal
1982
2.0
Groper Train: Continue
Cast
1982
6.2
Porno document: Toruko tokkyû bin
Cast
1982
2.0
Document porno: Shufu baishun o oe!
Cast
1982
0
The Rape
as
Tetsuo
1982
2.0
Tying the Newlywed Wife
Cast
1981
2.0
Document porno: Chikan jôshûsha
Cast
1981
2.0
Female Teacher: Chain and Bondage
Cast
1981
5.0
Empire of Kids
Cast
1981
2.0
Document porn: Zetsugi ni naku
Cast
1981
2.0
Kahanshin report: Atsuku kanjiru
Cast
1981
0
Scarlet Prostitute: Stabbing
Cast
1981
1.0
Semi-dokyumento: Tokkun Meiki Dukuri
Cast
1981
2.0
Seifuku baishun: Shôgeki no technique
Cast
1981
0
Married Woman, Office Lady, School Girl - Take Aim and Attack
Cast
1980
4.2
Girl Mistress
as
Takita, the bartender
1980
2.0
Brutal! Rape Case
Cast
1980
2.0
Onna: Tarashikomi
Cast
1980
3.7
Apartment Wife Tied Up
as
Kazuo
1980
2.0
Hitozuma gōmon
Cast
1980
2.0
Woman of the Rumor: Hold Me Until Morning
Cast
1980
2.0
Bondage Sacrifice
Cast
1980
0
君の望む死に方
Cast
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