Takashi Kawaguchi
Acting
Biography
Takashi Kawagguchi is a graduate of the New National Theater of Tokyo, debuting on stage in a Japanese production of Salome. He has performed in a variety of plays and films thereafter, with main roles in 'The Winslow Boy' and 'Twenty-four Eyes'. In 2018, he starred in the award-winning Japanese feature film 'Bad Poetry Tokyo'.
Known For
Transmission
Based on 'The Statement of Randolph Carter' by H.P. Lovecraft, an apprentice recounts his ghostly experience with a parapsychologist on their hunt for the occult.
Bad Poetry Tokyo
A 30 Year old woman, a hostess past her time working at a shady club and an aspiring actress living in Tokyo. Betrayed by her lover and her dreams crushed, the broken woman leaves Tokyo for her hometown in the countryside after five years of no contact with her family. There she reconnects with an old flame but is also forced to confront some unpleasant truths about her past.
December
A divorced husband and wife reunite to fight the release of their daughter's murderer.
Make-Believers
Masa hires rental actress and aspiring dancer, Kanako, to pose as his fiancée to impress his estranged, terminally-ill father. But as his father's death delays, Masa is forced to confront the spiraling web of lies and to learn to follow his heart.
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After the death of their matriarch, a dysfunctional family is reluctantly reunited under one roof. Tensions clash between an alcoholic father and his troubled children.
Imperfect Me
Rinka Sugita is a key member of an ad agency’s marketing department. As she races back and forth between photo shoots and meetings, the shy presence of Takashi Urita catches her attention. Hired as a person with disabilities because he has an anxiety disorder, Rinka offers to take him under her wing. It initially seems to him that she takes pity on his situation, but another side to her personality emerges as they slowly get to know each other.
Tiger
Working at a men-only massage shop and hopping between gay porn auditions, Tiger heads to his hometown one day after hearing his father is critically ill. His father intends to leave the house to his son and the dental clinic to his daughter. However, his sister denies Tiger’s right to inherit, threatening him with the prospect of outing him. Through time spent with a married friend he hasn’t seen in years and while looking after his young niece, Tiger realizes that he also wants to be part of a ‘family’ and begins to explore ways to build one in his own way through a ‘friendship marriage.’
Filmography
as Takashi Urita
as Police Officer (Voice)
as Yuki
as Tetsu