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Ken Mitsuishi
Ken Mitsuishi
光石研
Born	26 September 1961 (age 63); Yahata Nishi-ku, Kitakyushu, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1978 - present

Ken Mitsuishi (光石研, Mitsuishi Ken, born 26 September 1961) is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in films such as Chaos^[1] and Tokyo Playboy Club.^[2]

Filmography

Film

1980s

1990s

No Worries on the Recruit Front (1991)
Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? (1993)
Love Letter (1995)
Helpless (1996)
Swallowtail (1996)
The Pillow Book (1996), The Husband
Two Punks (1996)
The Eel (1997)
April Story (1998)
Tokyo Eyes (1998)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Audition (1999)
Shady Glove (1999)

2000s

Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle (2000)
Whiteout (2000)
Chaos (2000), Komiyama
Eureka (2000)
Hush! (2001), Shoji Kurita
2009 Lost Memories (2002), Hideyo
Border Line (2002)
KT (2002)
Harmful Insect (2002)
Dead End Run (2003)
Tokyo Noir (2004)
Lady Joker (2004)
Out of This World (2004)
Scrap Heaven (2005)
Noriko's Dinner Table (2005), Tetsuzo Shimabara
Aegis (2005)
Crickets (2006)
Sugar and Spice (2006)
The Pavillion Salamandre (2006), Morihiro Kagawa
Invisible Waves (2006), Lizard
Thank You (2006)
I Just Didn't Do It (2007)
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
Exte (2007)
Sad Vacation (2007)
Kaidan (2007)^[3]
Nightmare Detective 2 (2008), Takio Kagenuma
Tokyo! (2008)
Oppai Volleyball (2009)^[4]

2010s

Heaven's Story (2010), Shioya
Nude (2010), Enomoto
13 Assassins (2010)
Villain (2010)
Tokyo Oasis (2011)
Oba: The Last Samurai (2011)
Himizu (2011)
A Man with Style (2011)^[5]
Rent-a-Cat (2012)
Tokyo Playboy Club (2012)
Bread of Happiness (2012)
Outrage Beyond (2012)
Dawn of a Filmmaker (2013)
The Backwater (2013)
Homeland (2014)
Three Stories of Love (2015)
The Big Bee (2015)
A Cappella (2016)
A Man Called Pirate (2016)
Natsumi's Fipanly (2016)
Shin Godzilla (2016), the governor of Tokyo
14 That Night (2016), Takashi's father
Golden Orchestra (2016)
Outrage Coda (2017), Gomi
Side Job (2017)
Before We Vanish (2017), Suzuki
Pumpkin and Mayonnaise (2017), Yasuhara
Evil and the Mask (2018), Sakakibara
My Friend A (2018)
A Forest of Wool and Steel (2018), Akino
Mori, The Artist's Habitat (2018), Asahina
The Chaplain (2018)
The Fable (2019), Hamada
Strawberry Song (2019)
Mio on the Shore (2019)
Ninkyō Gakuen (2019)
Listen to the Universe (2019)^[6]
Black School Rules (2019), Toshio Inoue
I Was a Secret Bitch (2019)
And Life Goes On: The Movie (2019)^[7]

2020s

A Beloved Wife (2020)^[8]
Blue, Painful, Fragile (2020)^[9]
A Balance (2021)^[10]
The Supporting Actors: The Movie (2021), himself
The Cinematic Liars of Asahi-za (2021)^[11]
My Daddy (2021), Chu-san^[12]
One Day, You Will Reach the Sea (2022)^[13]
BL Metamorphosis (2022), Numata^[14]
In Love and Deep Water (2023)^[15]
Ripples (2023)^[16]
Dreaming in Between (2023)^[5]
Schoolyard Sparkles (2023)^[17]
All the Long Nights (2024)^[18]
Dear Family (2024), Eiji Ishiguro^[19]
The Hotel of My Dream (2024)^[20]
Cells at Work! (2024)^[21]
BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues (2025)^[22]

Television

Oshin (1983)
Ghost Soup (1992)
Gift (1997)
Bayside Shakedown (1998)
The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters (2003), Shuichi Yoneyama
Yoshitsune (2005), Minamoto no Nakatsuna
Fūrin Kazan (2007), Yamamoto Sadahisa
Shingari (2015), Katase
Fukigen na Kajitsu (2016), Tetsushi Tsukui
Cold Case (2016), Tōru Kaneko
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories (2016)
The Supporting Actors (2017), himself
Frankenstein's Love (2017), Keijirō Inaba
Hiyokko (2017), Gorō Fukuda
Shimokitazawa Die Hard (2017), himself
Rikuoh (2017), Tōru Arimura
Naotora: The Lady Warlord (2017), Akechi Mitsuhide^[23]
Kiss that Kills (2018), Akira Dojima
The Supporting Actors 2 (2018), himself
When a Tree Falls (2018)
Designer Shibui Naoto no Kyūjitsu (2019), Naoto Shibui
And Life Goes On (2019)^[7]
Yell (2020), Yasutaka Sekiuchi
Our Sister's Soulmate (2020), Kikuo Kawakami^[24]
The Supporting Actors 3 (2021), himself
Pension Metsa (2021)
Roppongi Class (2022), Shinji Miyabe
A Day-Off of Hana Sugisaki (2023)^[25]
The Days (2023)^[26]
Minami-kun ga Koibito!? (2024), Shinichi Yamataka^[27]

Video games

Lost Judgment (2021), Akihiro Ehara^[28]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work(s)	Result	Ref.
2016	37th Yokohama Film Festival	Best Supporting Actor	Three Stories of Love	Won	^[29]
2022	76th Mainichi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	A Balance	Nominated	^[30]
2025	18th Asian Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	All the Long Nights	Pending	^[31]

References

^ Parkinson, David (22 October 2004). "Chaos - Film review and movie reviews - Radio Times". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
^ HPriest (4 November 2011). "First trailer for "Tokyo Playboy Club" revealed". TokyoHive. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
^ "怪談". allcinema. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
^ "おっぱいバレー". eiga.com. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b "光石研、12年ぶりの映画単独主演作「逃げきれた夢」6月公開！監督は「お嬢ちゃん」二ノ宮隆太郎". eiga.com. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
^ "Listen to the Universe". TIFF. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b "劇場版そして、生きる". eiga.com. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
^ "喜劇愛妻物語". eiga.com. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
^ "吉沢亮×杉咲花W主演作「青くて痛くて脆い」に岡山天音、松本穂香、清水尋也ら出演". Natalie. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
^ "由宇子の天秤". eiga.com. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
^ "浜の朝日と嘘つきどもと". eiga.com. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
^ "ムロツヨシ初主演映画で奈緒が妻役に、毎熊克哉、臼田あさ美、光石研も出演". Natalie. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
^ "やがて海へと届く". eiga.com. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
^ "メタモルフォーゼの縁側". eiga.com. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
^ "吉沢亮×宮崎あおい×坂元裕二、Netflix映画「クレイジークルーズ」製作決定". Natalie. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ "波紋". eiga.com. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
^ "光る校庭". eiga.com. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
^ "夜明けのすべて". eiga.com. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
^ "大泉洋主演「ディア・ファミリー」に有村架純、満島真之介、光石研ら新キャスト発表". eiga.com. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
^ "私にふさわしいホテル". eiga.com. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
^ "はたらく細胞". eiga.com. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
^ "BAUS 映画から船出した映画館". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 January 2025.
^ "おんな城主直虎". Haiyaku Jiten. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ "King & Prince 高橋海人が有村架純の弟役に藤木直人、小池栄子、奈緒ら『姉ちゃんの恋人』出演へ". Real Sound. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
^ "「杉咲花の撮休」に上白石萌歌、橋本愛、光石研、若葉竜也、岡部たかし、芋生悠ら出演". Ntalie. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
^ "福島第一原発事故を描く『THE DAYS』、異なる視点が交錯するティザー映像追加キャストに石田ゆり子ら". Crank-in!. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
^ "New Live-Action Minami's Lover Series Unveils More Cast, July 16 Debut". Anime News Network. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ 『LOST JUDGMENT：裁かれざる記憶』光石研インタビュー映像. 10 June 2021. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021 – via YouTube.
^ "第37回ヨコハマ映画祭 2015年日本映画個人賞". homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
^ "毎日映画コンクール候補作が決定「ドライブ・マイ・カー」最多10ノミネート". Sponichi. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
^ "第18回アジア・フィルム・アワードノミネートリスト" (PDF). TIFF. Retrieved 12 January 2025.

External links

Official profile (in Japanese)
Ken Mitsuishi at IMDb

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[1] Parkinson, David (22 October 2004). "Chaos - Film review and movie reviews - Radio Times". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.

[2] HPriest (4 November 2011). "First trailer for "Tokyo Playboy Club" revealed". TokyoHive. Retrieved 5 November 2011.

[3] "怪談". allcinema. Retrieved 1 August 2024.

[4] "おっぱいバレー". eiga.com. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[eigacom20230309-5] "光石研、12年ぶりの映画単独主演作「逃げきれた夢」6月公開！監督は「お嬢ちゃん」二ノ宮隆太郎". eiga.com. Retrieved 9 March 2023.

[6] "Listen to the Universe". TIFF. Retrieved 2 October 2019.

[ikiru-7] "劇場版そして、生きる". eiga.com. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

[8] "喜劇愛妻物語". eiga.com. Retrieved 6 August 2024.

[9] "吉沢亮×杉咲花W主演作「青くて痛くて脆い」に岡山天音、松本穂香、清水尋也ら出演". Natalie. Retrieved 16 April 2020.

[10] "由宇子の天秤". eiga.com. Retrieved 23 November 2021.

[11] "浜の朝日と嘘つきどもと". eiga.com. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

[12] "ムロツヨシ初主演映画で奈緒が妻役に、毎熊克哉、臼田あさ美、光石研も出演". Natalie. Retrieved 2 June 2021.

[13] "やがて海へと届く". eiga.com. Retrieved 13 December 2021.

[14] "メタモルフォーゼの縁側". eiga.com. Retrieved 21 February 2022.

[15] "吉沢亮×宮崎あおい×坂元裕二、Netflix映画「クレイジークルーズ」製作決定". Natalie. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

[16] "波紋". eiga.com. Retrieved 29 November 2022.

[17] "光る校庭". eiga.com. Retrieved 21 November 2023.

[18] "夜明けのすべて". eiga.com. Retrieved 5 October 2023.

[19] "大泉洋主演「ディア・ファミリー」に有村架純、満島真之介、光石研ら新キャスト発表". eiga.com. Retrieved 14 March 2024.

[20] "私にふさわしいホテル". eiga.com. Retrieved 15 August 2024.

[21] "はたらく細胞". eiga.com. Retrieved 17 September 2024.

[22] "BAUS 映画から船出した映画館". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 January 2025.

[23] "おんな城主直虎". Haiyaku Jiten. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[24] "King & Prince 高橋海人が有村架純の弟役に藤木直人、小池栄子、奈緒ら『姉ちゃんの恋人』出演へ". Real Sound. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.

[25] "「杉咲花の撮休」に上白石萌歌、橋本愛、光石研、若葉竜也、岡部たかし、芋生悠ら出演". Ntalie. Retrieved 21 December 2022.

[26] "福島第一原発事故を描く『THE DAYS』、異なる視点が交錯するティザー映像追加キャストに石田ゆり子ら". Crank-in!. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.

[27] "New Live-Action Minami's Lover Series Unveils More Cast, July 16 Debut". Anime News Network. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

[28] 『LOST JUDGMENT：裁かれざる記憶』光石研インタビュー映像. 10 June 2021. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021 – via YouTube.

[29] "第37回ヨコハマ映画祭 2015年日本映画個人賞". homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.

[30] "毎日映画コンクール候補作が決定「ドライブ・マイ・カー」最多10ノミネート". Sponichi. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

[31] "第18回アジア・フィルム・アワードノミネートリスト" (PDF). TIFF. Retrieved 12 January 2025.

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