Gō Rijū

Gō Rijū (利重 剛, Rijū Gō) is a Japanese film director and actor.

Gō Rijū
Born	(1962-07-31) July 31, 1962 (age 61) Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Occupation(s)	Actor, Film director
Parent	Mieko Osanai (mother)

Career

Rijū started making 8mm films in high school, and his Kyōkun I earned a spot at the 1980 Pia Film Festival.^[1] In 1981, he made his acting debut with a starring role in the TBS drama Fubo no gosan.^[1] The same year, he participated in the production of Kihachi Okamoto's At This Late Date, the Charleston, not only starring, but also co-authoring the script and serving as assistant director.^[1][2] As an actor, he has appeared in films directed by Juzo Itami, Yoichi Sai, Kaizo Hayashi, and Shinji Aoyama; as well as TV dramas such as Kinpachi-sensei and Hanzawa Naoki.

As a director, his film Elephant Song won the NETPAC Award at the 1995 Berlin Film Festival.^[3] His next work Berlin (1995) earned him the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award.^[4] His 2001 film Chloe was selected for the competition at the Berlin Film Festival.^[5]

Filmography

As actor

Television

• Fubo no gosan (1981)
• Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983), Toyotomi Hideyori
• Kinpachi-sensei (2001–02)
• Fūrin Kazan (2007), Narita Nagayasu
• Drifting Net Cafe (2009)
• Ryōmaden (2010), Maki Yasuomi
• Ariadne no Dangan (2011)
• Ataru (2012)
• Hanzawa Naoki (2013)
• A Warmed Up Love (2020), Seiichirō Tsuzuki^[6]
• The Supporting Actors 3 (2021), himself
• Hiru (2022)^[7]
• Gannibal (2022)^[8]
• Boogie Woogie (2023), Rintarō Ōbayashi^[9]

Film

• At This Late Date, the Charleston (1981)
• KT (2002)
• The Edge of Sin (2015)^[10]
• Ice Cream and the Sound of Raindrops (2017)
• Last Winter, We Parted (2018)^[11]
• Family Bond (2020)
• True Mothers (2020), Hamano
• The Sound of Grass (2021)^[12]
• Haw (2022)^[13]
• Shin Ultraman (2022)^[14]
• Kamaishi Ramen Monogatari (2023)^[15]
• Shadow of Fire (2023)^[16]

As director

• Elephant Son] (1994)
• Berlin (1995)
• Chloe (2001)

References

1. "ヨコハマ想い". Yokohama Yomiuri (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 July 2018.
2. "映画を観るひと、撮るひとの境を壊したい。－映画監督・俳優 利重剛－". 創造都市横浜 (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 July 2018.
3. "Network For Promotion of Asian & Asia Pacific Cinema Awards". Network For Promotion of Asian & Asia Pacific Cinema. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
4. "日本映画監督協会新人賞". 日本映画監督協会 - Directors Guild of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 July 2018.
5. "Berlin firms up programme for Official Competition". Screen. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
6. "仲野太賀と石橋静河もスイーツ開発、森七菜主演「この恋あたためますか」に出演". Natalie. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
7. "赤楚衛二と坂口健太郎主演「ヒル」に吉川愛、飯豊まりえ、柳俊太郎、板垣瑞生ら". Natalie. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
8. "「顔を喰われた」と証言する新キャストは高杉真宙！狂うか 喰われるか.... ドラマ『ガンニバル』". Otocoto. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
9. "朝ドラ『ブギウギ』第6弾キャスト発表 新納慎也、s**t kingz小栗基裕、宮本亞門が朝ドラ初出演【コメントあり】". Oricon. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
10. "罪の余白". eiga.com. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
11. "去年の冬、きみと別れ". Yahoo! Movie. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
12. "草の響き". eiga.com. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
13. "石田ゆり子がナレーション担当、ヒロインは池田エライザ 田中圭主演『ハウ』". Cinema Cafe. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
14. "シン・ウルトラマン". eiga.com. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
15. "釜石ラーメン物語". eiga.com. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
16. "ほかげ". eiga.com. Retrieved 15 August 2023.

External links

• Official website
• Gō Rijū at IMDb