Career
Actor: (films) Setouchi shonen yakyu dan, 1984, Kekkon annai mystery, 1985, Tampopo, 1985, Umi to dokuyaku, 1986, Bakumatsu jyunjyoden, 1991, Rajio no jikan, 1997, Kizuna, 1998, Supêsutoraberâzu, 2000, Oboreru sakana, 2001, Sennen no koi-Hikaru Genji monogatari, 2001, Hi wa mata noboru, 2002, T.R.Y., 2003, The Last Samurai, 2003 (Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor, 2004), Year One in the North, 2005, Batman Begins, 2005, Memoirs of a Geisha, 2005; (TV series) : Kimitachi ga ite boku ga iru, 1992, Ikebukuro West Gate Park, 2000, Hojo Tokumune, 2001, Suna no utsuwa, 2004