Yūsuke Iseya

Yūsuke Iseya 伊勢谷 友介
Native name	伊勢谷 友介
Born	Iseya Yūsuke 29 May 1976 Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Alma mater	Tokyo University of the Arts
Occupation	Actor, Director, Artist, Businessman
Years active	1998–present
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Relatives	Kansai Yamamoto, Mirai Yamamoto
Website	REBIRTH PROJECT Co.,Ltd

Yusuke Iseya (伊勢谷 友介 Iseya Yūsuke, born 29 May 1976) is a Japanese actor, director, artist, and businessman.

Career

Aka Suave. Iseya co-starred with Arata Iura, Yui Natsukawa, and Susumu Terajima in Hirokazu Koreeda's Distance.^[1] He appeared in Takashi Miike's 13 Assassins.^[2]

He has also appeared in films such as Gakuryu Ishii's Dead End Run,^[3] Miike's Sukiyaki Western: Django,^[4] and Fernando Meirelles' Blindness.^[5]

Filmography

Films

• After Life (1999)
• Kinpatsu no Sogen (2000)
• Harmful Insect (2001)
• Distance (2001)
• Yomigaeri (2002)
• Tsuki ni Shizumu (2002)
• Dead End Run (2003)
• Kakuto (2003)
• Casshern (2004)
• What the Snow Brings (2005)
• The Passenger (2005)
• Memories of Matsuko (2006)
• Sea Without Exit (2006)
• Tekkonkinkreet (2006)
• Warau Michael (2006)
• Honey and Clover (2006)
• Sukiyaki Western: Django (2007)
• The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia (2007)
• Dog in a Sidecar (2007)
• Densen Uta (2007)
• Closed Note (2007)
• Blindness (2008)
• 13 Assassins (2010)
• The Fallen Angel (2010)
• Ashita no Joe (2011)
• Kaiji 2 (2011)
• Dreams for Sale (2012)
• The Land of Hope (2012)
• The Tenor - Lirico Spinto (2012)
• The Kiyosu Conference (2013)
• Ask This of Rikyu (2013)
• Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (2014)^[6]
• Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014)^[7]

Television

• Shirasu Jiro (2009) - Jirō Shirasu
• Ryōmaden (2010) - Takasugi Shinsaku
• One no Kanata ni -Chichi to Musuko no Nikkouki Tsuiraku Jikou- (2012)
• Kuruma Isu de Boku wa Sora wo Tobu (2012)
• Onna Nobunaga (2013) - Hashiba Hideyoshi
• Hana Moyu (2015) - Yoshida Shōin

References

1. Schilling, Mark (30 May 2001). "Memories as microcosms - The Japan Times". The Japan Times.
2. Heath Jr., Glenn (17 July 2011). "13 Assassins - Blu-ray Review - Slant Magazine". Slant Magazine.
3. Matthijs, Niels (28 December 2011). "DEAD END RUN (Personal Favorites) Review - Twitch". Twitch Film.
4. Tavener, Scott (October 2008). "Sukiyaki Western Django - Directed by Takashi Miike - Film Reviews". Exclaim!.
5. Bradshaw, Peter (20 November 2008). "Film review: Blindness - Film - The Guardian". The Guardian.
6. "New Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin Films Cast Sōjirō, Aoshi". Anime News Network. 31 July 2013.
7. "New Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin Films Cast Sōjirō, Aoshi". Anime News Network. 31 July 2013.

External links

• Yusuke Iseya at the Internet Movie Database
• Yusuke Iseya at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)