Ren Osugi
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 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.
Filmography
Films
1980s
- Kinbaku ikenie
- Empire of Kids
- Beautiful Mystery
- a.k.a. Spring Bride
- Momoiro shintai kensa
1990
- Love of Sawako
1991
- Door II: Tokyo Diary
- Nowhere Man
- Hello Porcupine
1992
- The River with No Bridge (橋のない川; Hashi no nai kawa=
- The Guard from Underground''
1993
- Sonatine
- Bodyguard Kiba
- The Wicked Reporter
- We're No Angels
1994
- Ninja Sentai Kakuranger - Sarugami
1995
- Black Money
- Getting Any?
- ルビー The Target
- Marks
- A Weather Girl
- Voyeurs, Inc.
- Shinjuku Triad Society
- Maborosi
1996
- Ghost Actress a.k.a. Don't Look Up
- Boys Are Ambitious
- Door III
- Scandal
- Kids Return
- A Weatherwoman お天気お姉さん
- Non-Stop
1997
- The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears
- Postman Blues
- GANSTER II: 東京魔悲夜 外伝
- D#1
- Full Metal Yakuza
- Cure''
1998
- Hana-bi
- Dolphin Through
- Love Letter
- The Black Angel
- The Goofball
- Unlucky Monkey
- Heavenz
- Dog Race
- Give It All
- Tokyo Eyes
- Fishes in August
- License to Live
1999
- Falling Into the Evening
- Shikoku
- Avec mon mari
- Ley Lines
- The Exam
- 新極道伝説 三匹の竜
- Secret
- Charisma
- Dead or Alive
- Audition
2000
- Uzumaki/Spiral a.k.a. Vortex
- Crazy Lips
- Space Travelers
- Monday
- Persona
- I Am an S+M Writer
- The City of Lost Souls
- By Player
- PARTY7
- 鞠智城物語 防人たちの唄
- Brother
2001
- 降霊
- Stereo Future
- Rush!
- Go
- Rain of Light
- 化粧師
2002
- Long Love Letter: Hyouryu kyoushitsu
- Kikuchijou monogatari - sakimori-tachi no uta'
- Sabu さぶ
- 旅の途中でFARDA
- Drive
- MPD-PSYCHO/FAKE
- Utsutsu
- Dolls
- The Twilight Samurai
- Last Scene
- Doing Time
2003
- Thirteen Steps
- Getting Off the Boat at Her Island
- Collage of Our Life
- Revolver - Green Spring
- Rockers
- Director Infection: "Kenenn"
2004
- Red Moon
- Legendary Crocodile, Jake and His Fellows
- Zebraman
- eiko
- Village Photobook
- Lady Joker
- Out of This World
2005
- Dead run
- Takeshis'
- Life on the Longboard
2007
- Nightmare Detective
- Exte
- Glory to the Filmmaker!
2008
- Achilles and the Tortoise
- Nekonade
2010s
- Postcard
- Yuriko, Dasvidaniya
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- Chasuke's Journey
- Bitter Honey
- Shin Godzilla
- Outrage Coda
- The Chaplain
Television
- Katte ni shiyagare! Eiyû-keikaku ... a.k.a. Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Hero .... Suzuki
- Shinsengumi Keppūroku .... Susumu Yamazaki
- Manatsu no Merry Christmas .... Akira Ohashi
- Kôrei ... a.k.a. Seance... a.k.a. Seance .... Restaurant customer
- Furenzu ... a.k.a. Friends .... Kobayashi
- Tajuu jinkaku tantei saiko - Amamiya Kazuhiko no kikan ... a.k.a. MPD Psycho... a.k.a. Multiple Personality Detective Psycho - Kazuhiko Amamiya Returns .... Tooru Sasayama
- Sayonara ozu sensei
- Paato-taimu tantei
- Sabu .... Heizo
- Paato-taimu tantei 2
- Boku to kanojo to kanojo no ikiru michi .... Yoshirou Koyanagi
- Proof of the Man
- The Supporting Actors .... himself
- Uso no Sensou .... Mamoru Sanpei
- Final Fantasy XIV - Dad of Light .... Hirotaro Inaba
- The Supporting Actors 2'' .... himself