Article: Top 10 Actors Who Enacted The Role Of A Villager In Japanese Movies

In this article, we described the Actors who enacted the role of a villager in Japanese movies and also the movie name in which they have acted as a villager and a short description about the movie in which they appeared. This article also provides the details like their date of birth and the years during which they are active and their best-known films.

1. Toshiro Mifune

Toshiro Mifune was a Japanese actor born on 1 April 1920 and appeared in 150 feature films. He is best known for his roles in films like Rashomon, Seven Samurai, The Hidden Fortress, etc.

Seven Samurai is one of his best films directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is the story during the period of the Sengoku period in 1586, according to Japanese history. This story revolves around seven Samurais hired by the farmers to combat bandits. These bandits come to the village to steal the crops of the farmers after they harvest the crops.

 

2. Masanobu Takashima

Masanobu Takashima is a Japanese film and television actor, who has been active since 1989 was born on 27 October 1966. He is best known for his roles in films like Howling Village.

The Howling village was a Japanese film directed by Takashi Shimizu. One day, the older brother of Kanae, who is a clinical psychiatrist, went missing with his girlfriend while visiting Inunaki village to test their courage. The older brother is Yuma. Yuma and his girlfriend were almost killed by weird creatures during their visit to the village. After returning, his girlfriend commits suicide. To discover the truth of her death, he returns to the village and goes missing, leaving Kanae involved in a mysterious case.

 

3. Shota Sometani 

Shota Sometani is a Japanese actor born on 3 September 1992. He has been active from the year 2001 to the present. He is best known for his roles in films like Himizu, Parasyte, and Wood Job.

Wood Job was a Japanese film directed by Shinobu Yaguchi. Yuki Hirano is a college student who fails his college entrance exam after his girlfriend leaves him. Later, Yuki finds a flyer with the caption “come work with us.” He decides to go to take training classes in a small town, which doesn’t have network coverage. If he passed in training, then he should work as a trainee forester in an even more remote area. The story is whether he can survive in this wood job?

 

4. Yo Oizumi 

Yo Oizumi is a TV personality, actor, and voice actor born on 3 April 1973. He has been active from the year 1995 to the present. He is best known for his roles in movies like Bread of Happiness, Budo no Namida.

Bread of Happiness is a Japanese film directed by Yukiko Mishima. This story revolves around a young married couple, Rie and Sang. They move from Tokyo to Lake Toya in a village called Hokkaido, which has an environment of rich naturality, to start their business of bakery restaurant. Sang makes bread, and Rie prepares food complementary to bread made by Sang, leaving customers in a happy state with their food.

 

5. Satoshi Tsumabuki 

Satoshi Tsumabuki is a Japanese actor, singer, and bassist born on 13 December 1980. He has been active from 1998 to the present. He is best known for his roles in Waterboys, and Tears for you.

Tears for you is a Japanese film directed by Nobuhiro Doi. This story is a love story between two step-siblings. One is Yotaro, and the other is Kaoru. Yotaro’s mother and Kaoru’s father married long ago, and after some days, her father left his village, and his mother passed away, asking his son to take care of Kaoru. After growing old, he wishes to work to help his step-sister’s education and to give a better life to her.

 

6. Toma Ikuta 

Toma Ikuta is a Japanese actor, singer, and dancer born on 7 October 1984. He has been active from the year 1996 to the present. He is best known for his roles in films like Hanamizuki, Ningen Shikkaku, and Brain Man.

Hanamizuki is a Japanese film directed by Nobuhiro Doi. This story is about an aspiring fisherman, Kouhei, and a high school student, Sae. They met by accident when they were still high school students and fell in love. After they have grown, they plan on starting a long-distance relationship when she leaves for Tokyo for studies, and he stays in the village to learn fishing. But their love won’t last long. A miracle happens after ten years.

 

7. Jun Kunimura 

Jun Kunimura is a Japanese actor, born on 16 November 1955. He has been active from 1976 to the present. He is best known for his roles in films like Moe No Suzaku.

Moe No Suzaku is a Japanese fiction film directed by Naomi Kawase. This story depicts the life of Kozo and his family. To revive his village economy, he accepts the railroad project. But when the project gets cancelled, he goes into depression and wanders off with his film camera and is found to be dead, and his family struggles.

 

8. Masahiro Motoki 

Masahiro Motoki is a Japanese actor, born on 21 December 1965. He has been active from 1981 to the present. He is best known for his roles in films like Departures, and Bang.

Departures is a Japanese drama film directed by Yojiro Takita. This story revolves around a boy who returns to his hometown after failing in his career as a Cellist and takes a job that involves the work of preparing the dead for funerals. He is prejudiced as he is dealing with the dead bodies daily. Eventually, he repairs himself when he realizes the beauty and dignity of his work.

 

9. Shunya Isaka 

Shunya Isaka is a Japanese actor born on 10 May 1979. He is best known for his roles in Gonin Saga, and Sand Chronicle.

Sand Chronicle is a Japanese film directed by Sato Shinsuke. This story revolves around a 12-year-old girl, Ann, and a boy, Daigo. Her parents get divorced, and she moves to her mother’s hometown with her mother and feels insecure for not having any privacy as the people are amicable. But her opinion changes when she meets Daigo as he helps her get used to the life of the village.

 

10. Koichi Sato 

Koichi Sato is a Japanese actor born on 10 December 1960. He has been active from 1980 to the present. He is best known for his roles in The Pearls of the stone man, Wait and see.

The Pearls of the stone man is a Japanese film directed by Yuzo Asahara. This story revolves around a married couple, Atsushi and Ryoko. They both decide to live near nature and so move to a village. As he does not have any work to do in the village, his wife asks him to build a stone wall around their house and while building, he gets closer to his daughter and continues to build the stone wall.