Ryushi Mizukami

Acting

Biography

Ryushi Mizukami, born December 26, 1964 is a Japanese actor and screenwriter hailing from Toyama Prefecture. He is affiliated with Toei Management and possesses a unique set of skills, including horseback riding and choreography. Mizukami's journey in the entertainment industry began with his involvement in situation theaters before participating in small theater productions and other producer-led performances. Subsequently, he made his mark in the realms of film and television, establishing himself as a versatile actor. Additionally, he pursued a career as a screenwriter, crafting scripts for plays, movies, and V-cinema projects. His talents are diverse, exemplified by his recognition with the Special Jury Prize at the Yokohama Film Festival for the movie "SCORE" in 1995 and the Excellence Award at the 1998 Japan TV Scenario "Toryumon" contest. Beyond his roles on screen, Mizukami is a dedicated educator. He serves as a professor in the Film Department at Kyoto University of Art and Design, contributing to the development of young talents. His wealth of experience and knowledge is being passed on to the next generation of filmmakers, shaping the future of the industry.

Born: December 26, 1964

Place of Birth: Toyama Prefecture, Japan

Known For

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Swallowtail Butterfly

The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.

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Just the Two of Us

Shunsaku was paralyzed from the neck down at the young age of 36 by a spinal injury suffered in a motorcycle accident. A blind woman named Hanae arrives to be his caregiver. Despite her frustrations with Shusaku's ill-nature and verbal abuse, Hanae also harbors a tremendous sense of being deprived that she doesn't tell others.

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Tokarev

A school bus driver's life is irrevocably altered when his young son is kidnapped and murdered.

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A Haunted School

Amidst rumors that the spirit of a student, who committed suicide years ago, appears in the photography club darkroom, high school sophomore Yuri borrows a mysterious horror manga from her elusive but studious senior, Miwako.

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Dead or Alive

Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to bring it down.

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Ley Lines

The story follows a trio of Japanese youths of Chinese descent who escape their semi-rural upbringing and relocate to Shinjuku, Tokyo, where they befriend a troubled Shanghai prostitute and fall foul of a local crime syndicate. Like many of Miike's works, the film examines the underbelly of respectable Japanese society and the problems of assimilation faced by non-ethnically Japanese people in Japan.

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Ring 0

Taking place thirty years before the events of Ringu, Ringu 0 provides the shocking background story of how the girl on the video became a deadly, vengeful spirit.

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The City of Lost Souls

Brazilian-Japanese gangster Mario rescues his Chinese girlfriend Kei as she's about to be deported from Japan. Desperate to escape, he hides in Tokyo's booming Japanese-Portuguese community and seeks passage from the country from a Russian mobster. To meet his price, they hold up a bigtime drug deal between the Chinese Mafia and the local Yakuza.

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Ring

In different parts of Tokyo, four young and seemingly healthy people suddenly die of heart failure at exactly the same moment. Reporter Kazuyuki Asakawa decides to investigate the deaths, and discovers that the four had stayed at a rural inn together just a week earlier. At the inn, he comes across a strange video that ends with a message saying that anyone who watches it will die exactly seven days later. Now the clock is ticking for Asakawa. Can he break the curse in time?

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Yoko the Cherry Blossom

In 1940, Masaaki Takaoka works as a teacher in the agricultural division at a youth training institute. Although Japan’s defeat seems imminent, all of Masaaki’s students are drafted in a futile last-ditch effort. In an attempt to give the young men some hope, he makes everyone promise that they will all meet again under the cherry blossoms upon their safe return. Consumed by sadness over the fate of his students, Masaaki devotes the next 30 years of his life to develop a new species of cherry blossoms that could thrive in any climate in remembrance of his students.