Katsuhisa Namase
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is a Japanese
actor
, known primary for his roles in Japanese television dramas. His roles are often positions of authority, such as managers, principals, or police officers, but many of these characters also share a certain kookiness and incompetence. Several of these characters wear wig
s for comic effect.
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, known primary for his roles in Japanese television dramas. His roles are often positions of authority, such as managers, principals, or police officers, but many of these characters also share a certain kookiness and incompetence. Several of these characters wear wig
Wig
A wig is a head of hair made from horsehair, human hair, wool, feathers, yak hair, buffalo hair, or synthetic materials which is worn on the head for fashion or various other aesthetic and stylistic reasons, including cultural and religious observance. The word wig is short for periwig and first...
s for comic effect.
Films
- 1999 - Gamera 3: Iris KakuseiGamerais a giant, flying turtle from a popular series of kaiju films produced by Daiei Motion Picture Company in Japan. Created in 1965 to rival the success of Toho Studios' Godzilla during the daikaiju boom of the mid-to-late 1960s, Gamera has gained fame and notoriety as a Japanese icon in his own...
(ガメラ3 邪神<イリス>覚醒)(1999) - 2000 - Keizoku: The Movie ~Beautiful Dreamer~KeizokuThe Japanese mystery thriller Keizoku aka Unsolved cases, created as both a TV drama and film about a female Detective Jun Shibata who handles unsolvable cases with her hardened partner Mayama Tôru.-Cast:*Shibata Jun: Nakatani Miki...
(ケイゾク／映画 ～Beautiful Dreamer～) - 2002 - TRICK: the Movie (トリック劇場版) - Detective Kenzō Yabe
- 2003 - SharasojyuShara (film)Shara , is a 2003 Japanese drama film directed by Naomi Kawase. It was entered into the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Kōhei Fukunaga as Shun* Yuka Hyōdō as Yu* Naomi Kawase as Reiko* Katsuhisa Namase as Taku* Kanako Higuchi as Shouko...
(沙羅双樹) - 2004 - Father's Backdrop (お父さんのバックドロップ, Otōsan no bakkudoroppu)
- 2004 - Kamikaze GirlsKamikaze Girlsis a 2002 light novel written by Novala Takemoto that has been adapted into a manga and film.Kamikaze Girls centers around two students, Momoko Ryugasaki and Ichigo "Ichiko" Shirayuri , who are from completely different backgrounds: one is a Lolita girl, the other, her gyaru antithesis, a Yankī...
(下妻物語, Shimotsuma no monogatari) - PachinkoPachinkois a type of game originating in Japan, and used as both a form of recreational arcade game and much more frequently as a gambling device, filling a niche in gambling in Japan comparable to that of the slot machine in Western gambling. A pachinko machine resembles a vertical pinball machine, but...
parlor manager - 2005 - Samurai Commando Mission 1549 (戦国自衛隊1549, Sengoku jieitai 1549)
- 2005 - Yaji and Kita: The Midnight PilgrimsYaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrimsis a 2005 Japanese film directed by Kudo Kankuro. The film stars several well-known and highly respected Japanese actors.The story follows two Edo-era gay men, Yaji Robei and Kita Hachi , on a pilgrimage to Ise Shrine. It is loosely based on the Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige.-Plot:Yaji and Kita are two...
(真夜中の弥次さん喜多さん, Mayonaka no Yaji-san Kita-san) - 2006 - The Uchōten HotelThe Uchoten Hotelis a 2006 comedy film written and directed by Japanese director Koki Mitani. The film is set in a five star Tokyo hotel on New Year's Eve, and follows the misadventures of various hotel staff and guests in the run-up to midnight.The film is reminiscent of the Hollywood screwball comedies of 1930s...
(THE 有頂天ホテル) - 2006 - TRICK: the Movie 2 (トリック劇場版2) - Detective Kenzō Yabe
- 2009 - Yatterman (ヤッターマン, Yattāman) - Boyacky
Television dramas
- 1988-1989 - Jun-chan no Ōenka (純ちゃんの応援歌)
- 1990 - Shin-Buchō Keiji (新・部長刑事 アーバンポリス24)
- 1994 - Hana no ranHana no Ranwas the 33rd Taiga drama to be broadcast on the NHK network in Japan. It premiered on 3 April 1994 and its finale aired on 25 December of the same year.-Synopsis:The story takes place during the Muromachi period of Ancient Japan, in the midst of the Ōnin War...
(花の乱)- Imōto yo (妹よ)
- 1996 - Age 35 Koishikute (Age,35 恋しくて)
- Glass no Kakeratachi (硝子のかけらたち)
- Romance is Miracle (奇跡のロマンス)
- 1997 - Itoshi no Mirai-chan (いとしの未来ちゃん)
- Koi no bakansu (恋のバカンス)
- Ore ha Naniwa no Manzai-shi (オレはナニワの漫才師。おこるで!しかし。)
- Mōri Motonari (毛利元就) - Inoue Harutada (Taiga dramaTaiga dramais the name NHK gives to the annual, year-long historical fiction television series it broadcasts in Japan. Beginning in 1963 with the black-and-white Hana no Shōgai, starring kabuki actor Onoe Shōroku and Takarazuka star Awashima Chikage, the network has hired a producer, director, writer, music...
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- 1998 - Amai Kekkon (甘い結婚, Sweet Marriage)
- O-atsui no ga O-suki? (お熱いのがお好き?)
- Sensei Shiranai no? (先生知らないの?)
- 1999 - Genroku Ryōran (元禄繚乱) - Okado Shigetomo (Taiga drama)
- Amai SeikatsuAmai Seikatsu, also known by the English title Sweet Life, is an ongoing manga series written and illustrated by Hikaru Yuzuki.Amai Seikatsu was first published by Shueisha in 1990 in the 11th issue of Business Jump magazine. Currently, the manga is still being serialized with thirty-nine tankōbon volumes...
(甘い生活, Sweet Life) - Oni no Sumika (鬼の棲家)
- KeizokuKeizokuThe Japanese mystery thriller Keizoku aka Unsolved cases, created as both a TV drama and film about a female Detective Jun Shibata who handles unsolvable cases with her hardened partner Mayama Tôru.-Cast:*Shibata Jun: Nakatani Miki...
(ケイゾク/特別篇 PHANTOM～死を契約する呪いの樹)
- Amai Seikatsu
- 2000 - TRICK (トリック) - Detective Kenzō Yabe
- Quiz
- 2001 - Saturday Night at the Mysteries - Aibō 2 (土曜ワイド劇場 相棒2)
- Hikon Kazoku (非婚家族)
- Usokoi (ウソコイ)
- 2002 - Ai to seishun no Takarazuka (愛と青春の宝塚)
- Manten (まんてん)
- TRICK 2 (トリック2) - Detective Kenzō Yabe
- GokusenGokusenis a manga series by Kozueko Morimoto. The story follows Kumiko Yamaguchi, the granddaughter of a Yakuza boss and teacher at an all-male private high school. In 2008, a SP manga was out, featuring some of Yankumi's old students who are by now working adults.In 2002, the manga was adapted into a...
(ごくせん) - Vice Principal Gorō Sawatari - HR
- Yanbaba (やんパパ)
- 2003 - Saturday Night at the Mysteries - Aibō 2 Season 2
- TRICK 3 (トリック3) - Detective Kenzō Yabe
- Boku no Mahō Tsukai (ぼくの魔法使い)
- Shin-Yonigeya Honbo (新・夜逃げ屋本舗)
- 2004 - Shinsengumi!Shinsengumi!is a Taiga drama television series produced by Japanese broadcaster NHK. It was a popular drama about shinsengumi, the Japanese special police from the Shogun period....
(新選組!) - Tonouchi Yoshio - 2005 - Gokusen 2Gokusenis a manga series by Kozueko Morimoto. The story follows Kumiko Yamaguchi, the granddaughter of a Yakuza boss and teacher at an all-male private high school. In 2008, a SP manga was out, featuring some of Yankumi's old students who are by now working adults.In 2002, the manga was adapted into a...
(ごくせん 2) - Vice Principal Gorō Sawatari- Ima, Ai ni yukimasu (いま、会いにゆきます) - Shunsuke Kikuchi
- Brother BeatBrother Beatis a Japanese television drama consisting of eleven episodes, which aired on the Tokyo Broadcasting System from October 13 to December 22, 2005.The program centers on a mother and three sons, living together and supporting one another since their father died when they were young; much of the plot...
(ブラザー☆ビート) - Hideki Noguchi - Grave of the Fireflies (火垂るの墓)
- Rokusen-nin no Inochi no Visa (六千人の命のビザ)
- 2006 - Joō no Kyoshitsu Special (女王の教室スペシャル)
- Gyarusaa (ギャルサー)
- Kōmyō ga Tsuji (功名が辻)
- Tobbukyasta (トップキャスター)
- 14-year-old Mother (14才の母) - Tadahiko Ichinose
- 2007 - Kirakira Kenshūsha (きらきら研修医)
- 2008 - Gokusen 3 (ごくせん 3) - Vice Principal Gorō Sawatari
- 4 Shimai Tantei Dan (４姉妹探偵団) - Hideki Jonouchi