Ren Osugi
Ren Osugi was born in Tokushima Prefecture in 1951. Since 1974, until its dissolving in 1988, he was a member of a theatrical company Tenkei Gekijo and starred in all their stage productions, and participated in a number of theater festivals overseas. Osugi's debut on screen came in 1978 with Banmei Takahashi's
Kinpaku Ikenie. Since then, he has worked with such prominent directors as
Masayuki Suo, Kazuyuki Izutsu, Naoto Takenaka, Sabu and Yoichi Sai. After being cast in
Sonatine, Osugi has revealed his unique talent in Kitano's films, especially in
Hana-bi, where he showed a superbly restrained performance in the role opposite Kitano. In 1999, he starred in many films including
Kiyoshi Kurosawa's
License to Live, Masayuki Ochiai's
Hypnosis, Takashi Mi-ike's
Ley Lines, and Yojiro Takita's
Himitsu.
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