Masatoshi Nagase

Masatoshi Nagase
Born	July 15, 1966 (1966-07-15) Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
Occupation	Actor

Masatoshi Nagase (永瀬 正敏 Nagase Masatoshi) (b. July 15, 1966 in Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan) is a Japanese actor. He is best known in the West for his roles in Friðrik Þór Friðriksson's Cold Fever and Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train, in Japan for his role as TV's Mike Hama (Mike Hammer).

He has won two Japanese Academy Awards, for Best Supporting Actor and Best Newcomer in 1992 for Musuco, and been nominated a further three times. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 29th Yokohama Film Festival for Funuke domo, kanashimi no ai wo misero.

He dated Japanese pop-star Mika Nakashima, who is 17 years his junior, from 2004 to 2008. The rumour that they were dating was confirmed by their managements, and the couple even had a photoshoot for a Japanese Music and Film Magazine together. Despite rumours of the couple heading for marriage in 2007, they ended their relationship in spring 2008.

Feature Filmography

• Shonben Rider (1983)
• Miyuki (1983, anime voice-over)
• Mystery Train (1989)
• Bakayarou! 3: Henna yatsura (1990)
• My Sons (1991)
• Autumn Moon (1992)
• Tora-San Makes Excuses
• Original Sin (1992)
• The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1994)
• Outobai shoujo (1994)
• The Stairway to the Distant Past (1994)
• Cold Fever (1995)
• Flirt (1995)
• Berlin (1995)
• A Class to Remember 2 (1996)
• Trap (1996) aka Wana
• Niji o tsukamu otoko (1996)
• Wana (1996)
• Ullie (1996)
• Abduction (1997)
• Beautiful Sunday (1998)
• Three Businessmen (1998)
• Gojoe senki (2000)
• Party 7 (2000)
• A Closing Day (2000)
• Electric Dragon 80.000 V (2001)
• Chloe (2001)
• Luxurious Bone (2001)
• Pistol Opera (2001)
• Stereo Future (2001)
• Suicide Circle (2002)
• The Sea Is Watching (2003)
• Dead End Run (2003)
• The Loved Gun (2004) aka Rabudo gan
• The Hidden Blade (2004) aka Kakushi-ken: oni no tsume
• Gina K (2005)
• Ubume no natsu (2005)
• Sakuran (2006)
• Funuke domo, kanashimi no ai wo misero (2007)

External links

• Official Portal Website (in Japanese)
• Profile at Japan Zone
• Mike Hama Set Report at Midnight Eye
• Nagase Masatoshi's IMDb Listing
• Nagase Masatoshi's JMDb Listing (in Japanese)