Yūrei Yanagi
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Yūrei Yanagi (柳 憂怜 or 柳ユーレイ Yanagi Yūrei) is a Japanese actor and tarento born 1963-04-08 in Fuchū, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] Yanagi was originally a member of Takeshi Kitano's gundan. In 1990 he continued to work with Takeshi for the film Boiling Point. Afterwards, he appeared in over eight more films before meeting up with Takeshi again for the 1997 film Hana-bi.[3] His most recent roles have been in horror fims such as Ring, Ju-on and Ju-on 2.
He is married to actress, novelist, and essayist Atsuko Kawada. He is also credited as Masahiko Ono or Yuurei Yanagi.
[edit] Partial filmography
- Boiling Point as Masaki
- Hana-bi (1997) as Chef #1
- Ringu (1998) as AD Okazaki
- Ringu 2 (1999) as Okazaki
- Ju-on (2002)
- Gothic & Lolita Psycho (2010)
- Helldriver (2010)
[edit] Notes
- ^ "柳 憂怜 YUREI YANAGI". dorama.info/. http://gb.dorama.info/pf-2234.html. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
- ^ "柳憂怜( 出演/監督/脚本/撮影 )" (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. http://www.kinejun.jp/people/id/129447. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
- ^ "柳 憂 怜［やなぎ ゆうれい］" (in Japanese). www.office-kitano.co.jp. http://www.office-kitano.co.jp/contents/OFFICE/MENBER/yurei/yurei.html. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
[edit] External links
- Yūrei Yanagi at the Internet Movie Database
- "柳憂怜( 出演/監督/脚本/撮影 )" (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. http://www.kinejun.jp/people/id/129447. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
- Yourei and Atsuko's Website
