Yusuke Iseya

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

Yusuke Iseya
伊勢谷 友介
Born	Iseya Yūsuke (伊㔟谷 友介) (1976-05-29) 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 (brother) Mirai Yamamoto (niece)
Website	REBIRTH PROJECT Co.,Ltd

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

Film

• After Life (1998) – Yusuke Iseya
• Kinpatsu no Sogen (2000)
• Harmful Insect (2001) – Coffeeshop Guy
• Distance (2001) – Enoki Masaru
• Yomigaeri (2002)
• Tsuki ni Shizumu (2002)
• Dead End Run (2003)
• Kakuto (2003)
• Casshern (2004) – Tetsuya Azuma/Casshern
• What the Snow Brings (2005) – Manabu Yazaki
• The Passenger (2005) – Kohji
• Memories of Matsuko (2006) – Youichi Ryu
• Sea Without Exit (2006)
• Tekkonkinkreet (2006) – Kimura (voice)
• Warau Michael (2006) – Kazuomi Shijo
• Honey and Clover (2006) – Shinobu Morita
• Sukiyaki Western Django (2007) – Yoshitsune
• The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia (2007)
• Dog in a Sidecar (2007)
• Densen Uta (2007) – Taichi
• Closed Note (2007)
• Blindness (2008) – First Blind Man
• 13 Assassins (2010) – Kiga Koyata
• The Fallen Angel (2010)
• Ashita no Joe (2011) – Tōru Rikiishi
• Kaiji 2 (2011)
• Dreams for Sale (2012)
• Land of Hope (2012) – Tanigawa
• The Tenor – Lirico Spinto (2012) – Koji Sawada
• The Kiyosu Conference (2013) – Oda Nobukane
• Ask This of Rikyu (2013) – Oda Nobunaga
• Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (2014) – Shinomori Aoshi[6]
• Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014) – Shinomori Aoshi[7]
• Joker Game (2015) – Yūki
• Shinjuku Swan (2015)
• Mumon: The Land of Stealth (2017) – Daizen Heki
• Shinjuku Swan II (2017) – Chisato Morinaga
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I (2017) – Jotaro Kujo
• March Comes in Like a Lion: Part 2 (2017) – Seijiro
• Inuyashiki (2018) – Detective Hagihara
• I Love Irene (2018) – Yūjirō
• Fly Me to the Saitama (2019) – Sho Akutsu
• After the Matinee (2019)
• Tonkatsu DJ Agetarō (2020) – DJ Oily
• The Devil Wears Jūnihitoe (2020) – Emperor Kiritsubo
• Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021) – Shinomori Aoshi

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
• Prison's Princess (2017) – Gorō Itabashi
• Voice: 110 Emergency Control Room (2019) – Shizuku Hongo

References

1. Schilling, Mark (30 May 2001). "Memories as microcosms – The Japan Times". 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 on IMDb
• Yusuke Iseya at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)