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Kuranosuke Sasaki
佐々木 蔵之介
July 2023
Born
Hideaki Sasaki

(1968-02-04) February 4, 1968 (age 55)
Kyoto, Japan
OccupationActor
Years active1990–present
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Websitewww.k-factory.net/profiles/kuranosuke-sasaki

Kuranosuke Sasaki (佐々木 蔵之介, Sasaki Kuranosuke, born February 4, 1968; real name Hideaki Sasaki 佐々木秀明, Sasaki Hideaki) is a Japanese actor, known primary for his roles in Japanese television drama.

Biography

He was born into a family of a sake brewery in Kyoto, Japan. After graduating from Kobe University and resigning from an advertising agency, he played an active part in a Japanese theatrical group called "Planet Pistachio," as a stage actor, from 1990 to 1998.[citation needed]

He later extended the range of activities on TV dramas and movies, and has played important roles on many works in Japan. He made his film debut starring in Mamiya Kyodai in 2006, and his TV series debut starring in Gira Gira in 2008.[citation needed]

When Sasaki was a freshman and received a phone call from his college company to decide on a stage name, his father suggested the name Kuranosuke, with a double meaning; for Kura, a sake cellar/brewery for their sake brewery, and for Ōuchi Kuranosuke, a famous historical drama role.[1]

Sasaki's initial plan was to join the family business of sake brewing as the eldest son when graduated from college. Learning sales strategy at an advertisement company was also part of his plan.[1]

His family was not supportive when he aspired to be an actor, until he played a part in Audrey (NHK, 2000). His father sold sake named "Audrey", and then a premium junmai sake Hancho for a limited period while the TV drama was aired; Kuranosuke played a lead in Hancho.[2]

Selected filmography

TV series

Year Title Role Network Note Ref
2000 Audrey Kohtaro Miki NHK Asadora [3]
2001 Handoku!!! Makoto Takano
2003 Bijo ka Yajū Hiroshi Kobukuro
Shiroi Kyotō Yūta Takeuchi Fuji TV
2004 Last Present Satoshi Oda
2004–05 Rikon Bengoshi Toshifumi Yanagida 2 seasons
2005 Roomshare no Onna Shūhei Sugita
M no Higeki Akira Kubo
Kon-ya hitori no bed de Shunsuke Kuzumi
2006 Shimokita Sundays Tsubasa Akutagawa
Boku no aruku michi Hideharu Ohtake Fuji TV
2006–14 Team Medical Dragon Keisuke Fujiyoshi Fuji TV 4 seasons
2007 Fūrin Kazan Sanada Yukitaka NHK Taiga drama [3]
Bambino! Atsushi Kuwabara NTV
2008 Saitō-san Tōru Mano NTV
Shikaotoko Awaniyoshi Shigehisa Fukuhara Fuji TV
Absolute Boyfriend Gaku Namikiri Fuji TV
Monster Parent Keigo Miura Fuji TV
Gira Gira Kōhei Nanase TV Asahi Lead role
2009 Triangle Ryō Akimoto Fuji TV
Orthros no Inu Takayuki Sawamura TBS
Fumō Chitai Seiki Akitsu Fuji TV
Challenged Keiichirō Hanawa NHK Lead role [3]
2009–13 Hanchō Tsuyoshi Adumi TBS Lead role; 6 seasons
2010 Himitsu Heisuke Sugita TV Asahi
2011 Boku to Star no 99 Nichi Yamato Takanabe Fuji TV
2016 Kaitō Yamaneko Shūgo Sekimoto NTV [4]
2017 Hiyokko Shogo Makino NHK Asadora [3]
2019 Ieyasu, Edo wo Tateru Ōkubo Tadayuki NHK Miniseries [3]
Sherlock: Untold Stories Reiji Etō Fuji TV [5]
2020 The Man Who Stood for Autonomy of Japan: Prime Minister Yoshida Shigeru Hayato Ikeda TV Tokyo TV movie
2020–21 Awaiting Kirin Hashiba Hideyoshi NHK Taiga drama [3]
2023 My Home Hero Tetsuo Tosu MBS / TBS Lead role [6]
2024 Dear Radiance Fujiwara no Nobutaka NHK Taiga drama [7]

Movies

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2003 Bayside Shakedown 2
Densha Otoko Hisashi
2005 Summer Time Machine Blues Kōtarō Hoseki
2006 Kenchō no hoshi Keita Sakurai
Mamiya kyodai Akinobu Mamiya Lead role
Rainbow Song Shinsuke Higuchi
2007 Tsukigami Sahei Bessho
Tsubaki Sanjūrō Kimura
2008 700 Days of Battle: Us vs. the Police Chūzai-san
After School Masayuki Kitazawa
20th Century Boys : Beginning of the End Fukubē
2009 20th Century Boys 2 : The Last Hope Fukubē
20th Century Boys 3 : Redemption Fukubē
Daremo mamotte kurenai Kōji Umezawa
2010 Ōoku Fujinami
2011 Gaku Masato Noda
2013 A Boy Called H
2014 Samurai Hustle Masaatsu Naito Lead role [8]
2015 Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion Fujino
Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment Fujino
Till Death Do Us What? Kōta Shimizu Lead role [9]
2016 The Inerasable Yoshiaki Hiraoka
Samurai Hustle Returns Masaatsu Naito Lead role [10]
2017 Flower and Sword Maeda Toshiie
March Comes in Like a Lion Kai Shimada
Hamon: Yakuza Boogie Yasuhiko Kuwabara Lead role
A Beautiful Star Katsumi Kuroki
2018 We Make Antiques! Sasuke Noda Lead role [11]
Recall Hirohisa Aizawa
2019 Aircraft Carrier Ibuki Toshiya Niinami Lead role
Iwane: Sword of Serenity Sasaki Reien
We Are Little Zombies
One Night Michio Dōshita
2020 The Memory Eraser Takahara
We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous Sasuke Noda Lead role [11]
2021 The Woman of S.R.I. The Movie Wataru Kagano [12]
Akira Shimada Narrator Documentary [13]
2022 The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai Koyama Ryōun [14]
Homestay Osamu Kobayashi [15]
The Hound of the Baskervilles: Sherlock the Movie Reiji Etō [16]
2023 We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams Sasuke Noda Lead role [11]
Shylock's Children Michiharu Kuroda [17]
Godzilla Minus One Akitsu [18]
2024 My Home Hero: The Movie Tetsuo Tosu Lead role [6]
TBA Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final Hiromichi Morishita [19]

Awards

Advertisements

Television

References

  1. ^ a b "Watashino chizu - ano bashoe kaeritai" series, No.196, Sasaki Kuranosuke. Shūkan Gendai July 5 issue, 2014: pp.78-80.
  2. ^ ""A-Studio" program detail for June 5, 2009, 23:00 - 23:30. Sasaki Kuranosuke as a guest" (in Japanese). Kakaku.com, Inc. 2009-06-05. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "佐々木蔵之介". NHK. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  4. ^ 池内博之『怪盗山猫』で亀梨和也のライバル役に決定. ORICON STYLE (in Japanese). oricon ME Inc. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  5. ^ "佐々木蔵之介：初の月9レギュラー出演 「シャーロック」で"足手まとい"の警部役". MANTAN Web (in Japanese). MANTAN. 2019-08-07. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  6. ^ a b "「マイホームヒーロー」ドラマ化＆実写映画化！主人公・鳥栖哲雄役は佐々木蔵之介". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natalie. August 22, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
  7. ^ "来年大河『光る君へ』キャスト24人の相関図公開 "紫式部"吉高由里子を囲む豪華な顔ぶれ". Oricon. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  8. ^ 超高速！参勤交代(2014). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  9. ^ "夫婦フーフー日記". eiga.com. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  10. ^ "超高速！参勤交代 リターンズ". eiga.com. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  11. ^ a b c "中井貴一×佐々木蔵之介「嘘八百」第3弾製作、秀吉にまつわるお宝めぐりだまし合い". Natalie. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  12. ^ "佐々木蔵之介、『科捜研の女 ‐劇場版‐』でシリーズ史上"最大最強の敵"に 自身初の科学者役". Crank-in!. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  13. ^ "生きろ 島田叡 戦中最後の沖縄県知事". eiga.com. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  14. ^ "峠 最後のサムライ". eiga.com. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  15. ^ "長尾謙杜の主演作「HOMESTAY」に佐々木蔵之介、石田ひかり、望月歩、濱田岳ら9名". Natalie. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  16. ^ "バスカヴィル家の犬 シャーロック劇場版". eiga.com. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  17. ^ "阿部サダヲが映画「シャイロックの子供たち」で主演、共演に上戸彩や玉森裕太". Natalie. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  18. ^ "『ゴジラ-1.0』キャスト解禁 『らんまん』神木隆之介&浜辺美波が出演 山田裕貴や青木崇高も参加". Oricon. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  19. ^ "劇場版 緊急取調室 THE FINAL". eiga.com. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  20. ^ "the 38th Japan Academy Prize was awarded!" (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize official site. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
  21. ^ "Kuranosuke Sasaki and Hana Kuroki join for Suntory's veberage". ORICON STYLE (in Japanese). oricon ME Inc. 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  22. ^ "Kansai Electric Power Company resumes its advertisements on television with Kuranosuke Sasaki... against Takao Osawa for Osaka Gas". Sankei WEST (in Japanese). 2016-07-04. Retrieved 2016-07-04.

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