Gō Rijū
Japanese film director and actor (born 1962)
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Gō Rijū (利重 剛, Rijū Gō) is a Japanese film director and actor.
Gō Rijū | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 31, 1962 |
| Occupations | Actor, Film director |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Parent | Mieko Osanai (mother) |
Career
Rijū started making 8mm films in high school, and his Kyōkun I earned a spot at the 1980 Pia Film Festival.[1] In 1981, he made his acting debut with a starring role in the TBS drama Fubo no gosan.[1] The same year, he participated in the production of Kihachi Okamoto's At This Late Date, the Charleston, not only starring, but also co-authoring the script and serving as assistant director.[1][2] As an actor, he has appeared in films directed by Juzo Itami, Yoichi Sai, Kaizo Hayashi, and Shinji Aoyama; as well as TV dramas such as Kinpachi-sensei and Hanzawa Naoki.
As a director, his film Elephant Song won the NETPAC Award at the 1995 Berlin Film Festival.[3] His next work Berlin (1995) earned him the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award.[4] His 2001 film Chloe was selected for the competition at the Berlin Film Festival.[5]
Filmography
As actor
Television
- Fubo no gosan (1981)
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983), Toyotomi Hideyori[6]
- Kinpachi-sensei (2001–02)
- Fūrin Kazan (2007), Narita Nagayasu[7]
- Drifting Net Cafe (2009)
- Clouds Over the Hill (2009–2011), Shin'ichirō Kurino[8]
- Ryōmaden (2010), Maki Yasuomi[9]
- Ariadne no Dangan (2011)
- Ataru (2012)
- Hanzawa Naoki (2013)
- A Warmed Up Love (2020), Seiichirō Tsuzuki[10]
- The Supporting Actors 3 (2021), himself
- Hiru (2022)[11]
- Gannibal (2022), Morobe Police Department Head[12]
- Boogie Woogie (2023), Rintarō Ōbayashi[13]
Film
- At This Late Date, the Charleston (1981)
- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
- Eureka (2000)
- KT (2002)
- Wandering Home (2010)
- The Edge of Sin (2015)[14]
- Ice Cream and the Sound of Raindrops (2017)
- Last Winter, We Parted (2018)[15]
- Family Bond (2020)
- True Mothers (2020), Hamano
- The Sound of Grass (2021)[16]
- Haw (2022)[17]
- Shin Ultraman (2022)[18]
- Kamaishi Ramen Monogatari (2023)[19]
- Shadow of Fire (2023)[20]
- Great Absence (2024)[21]
- Stolen Identity: Final Hacking Game (2024)[22]
- Nagasaki: In the Shadow of the Flash (2025)[23]
- Grandma's Secret (2026)[24]
- Yakushima's Illusion (2026), Eizo[25]
- Cry Out (2026)[26]
- Rhapsody Rhapsody (2026)[27]
