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Kanichiro (actor)

Kanichiro (Japanese: 寛一郎, Hepburn: Kan'ichirō, born August 16, 1996) is a Japanese actor. He is the son of actor Kōichi Satō and also grandchild of actor Rentarō Mikuni.[1]

Kanichiro
寛一郎
Born
Kanichiro Satō

(1996-08-16) August 16, 1996 (age 27)
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
OccupationActor
Years active2017–present
Parents
Websitehumanité official web

His father was actor Kōichi Satō, and his father often took him to filming locations since he was a child. On the set of TV series Pride in 2004, He said that he remembers Takuya Kimura, the lead actor, playing with him when he was a child.[2] Feeling that those around him expected him to be an actor in the future as a matter of course, he began to deny becoming one during his adolescent years.[3] However, by the time he turned 18, he said he had made up his mind to live as an actor himself.[3][2] When he was selected to appear in the television series La Grande Maison Tokyo in 2019, he responded to being told that he was riding on his father's coattails, "I became an actor after I was prepared to be told such things."[4] He said he chose Kanichiro by removing his family name Satō from his stage name because of his father's image and he wanted to challenge himself as an actor, independent of his father.[4]

Career

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In 2017, he made his acting debut in Miracles of the Namiya General Store, a film directed by Ryūichi Hiroki based on Keigo Higashino's novel of the same name.[5] He won the Best New Actor Award at the 27th Japanese Movie Critics Awards.[6] In this film, he co-starred with Toshiyuki Nishida, who is closely related to his grandfather Rentarō Mikuni from the Tsuribaka nisshi series.[5] The following year's The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine, a film directed by Takahisa Zeze earned him the 92nd Kinema Junpo Best Ten New Actor Award[7] and the Best Up-and-Coming Actor Award at the 33rd Takasaki Film Festival.[8] His major film credits include Taiga drama The 13 Lords of the Shogun[9] and Kubi, a film directed by Takeshi Kitano.[6]

His first TV series appearance was in 2018 in Midnight Journal: Hunt for the Missing Kidnapper! The Truth of the Seventh Year[10] and his first starring role in a film was Running Again in 2019.[11]

Filmography

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Film

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  • The Anthem of the Heart (2017) - as Taiki Tazaki[12]
  • Miracles of the Namiya General Store (2017) - as Kohei[13]
  • The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine (2018) - as Daijiro Furuta[14]
  • Chihuahua-chan (2019) - as Katsuo
  • Running Again (2019) - Starring Shota Igarashi
  • Yukiko-san no Ashioto (2019) - as Kaoru Yusa
  • Shimonin Akai Kage (2019) - Starring Ryu
  • Shimonin: The Blue Shadow (2019) - as Ryu
  • Never Shot (2020) - Kaname Itsuki as Kaname Itsuki
  • Gekijo (2020) - as Nohara
  • The Little Girl Who Wouldn't Cry (2020) - as Shiba
  • AWAKE (2020) - as Toru Nakajima
  • Hotel Iris (2021, Taiwan / 2022) - as Nephew
  • The waxing and waning of the moon (2022) - as Nakanishi
  • Okiku of the World (2023) - as Nakatsugu
  • Kubi (2023) - as Mori Ranmaru[15]
  • Substitute Chūshingura (2024) - as Kazugaku Shimizu[16]
  • Promised Land (2024) - as Reijiro (opposite Rairin Sugita)
  • The Namibian Desert (2024) - as Honda
  • Sisa (2024) - Playing the leading role of Kojiro
  • La Grande Maison Paris (2024) - as Koichi Serita

TV Series

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  • Midnight Journal: Hunt for the Missing Kidnapper! The Truth of the Seventh Year (2018) - as Shota Okada
  • Blue and Boku (2018) - as a Guy
  • Doro Jiken - Metropolitan Police Department Investigation Section 3 - Episode 3 (2018) - as Junpei Kawahara
  • Legal V - Former Lawyer Shoko Kotoriu - Episode 5 - Final Episode (2018) - as Itaru Moriya
  • Bad Party - Assailant Pursuit Investigation - Episode 2 (2019) - as Takeshi Hayami
  • La Grande Maison Tokyo (2019) - as Serita Kouichi[17]
  • Gossip #The Real XX She Wants to Know (2022) - as Torataro Sasame
  • Prism (2022) - as Tsuyoshi Araki
  • Oliver na Inu, (Gosh!) This Yarrow Season 2 (2022)
  • Taiga drama The 13 Lords of the Shogun (2022) - as Kugyō[9]
  • Actor's Short Film 4 “Shooting/Shinichi Kaburaki” (2024)

References

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  1. ^ ""三世俳優"という視線は覚悟の寛一郎　「実力派でも演技派でもない。ましてやイケメンでもない」　目指す役者像は常にまっさら状態" [Kanichiro is prepared to be seen as a third-generation celebrity. "I'm not a talented actor, nor am I a good-looking actor. The image of the actor he aspires to be has always been a blank slate."]. daily (in Japanese). 2023-04-21. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  2. ^ a b "佐藤浩市の息子・寛一郎は 日本映画界が注目するサラブレッド" [Koichi Sato's son, Kanichiro, is good pedigree who has caught the attention of the Japanese film industry.]. CREA (in Japanese). Bungeishunju Ltd. 2019-02-22. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  3. ^ a b "寛一郎、俳優の道以外なかった　「佐藤浩市の息子」という名" [Kanichiro had no other choice but to become an actor: The name "Koichi Sato's son."]. cinematoday (in Japanese). 2017-09-24. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  4. ^ a b "佐藤浩市の息子・寛一郎「2世」は覚悟「口にするのが怖かった」俳優　名字外して勝負！10月日曜劇場出演" [Koichi Sato's son, Kanichiro, is prepared for "riding his father's coattails" and is "I afraid to say it".]. sponichi (in Japanese). Sports Nippon News. 2019-09-22. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  5. ^ a b "寛一郎" [Kanichiro]. eiga.com (in Japanese). 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  6. ^ a b "寛一郎" [Kanichiro]. natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  7. ^ "2018". kinenote (in Japanese). Kinema-Junposha.Co.Ltd. 2019-02-10. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  8. ^ "第33回 「高崎映画祭」受賞発表！最優秀作品は『斬、』！４年ぶりの特別大賞は『花筺/HANAGATAMI』最優秀監督賞は瀬々敬久と濱口竜介の両監督に！" [The 33rd Takasaki Film Festival announced the award winners! The Special Grand Prize for the first time in four years went to “Hanagatami”, and the Best Director Award went to Takahisa Zeze and Ryusuke Hamaguchi!]. cinefil (in Japanese). 2019-01-09. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  9. ^ a b "【鎌倉殿の13人】"公暁"寛一郎「殺します」"実朝"柿澤勇人「殺されます」 第45回前に爆笑トークショー" ["Kukyo" Kanichiro "I will kill" "Sanetomo" Hayato Kakizawa "I will be killed" Laugh-out-loud talk show before the 45th episode.]. oricon (in Japanese). 2022-11-27. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  10. ^ "世間を震撼させた連続誘拐殺人事件。 犯人は捕まり、事件は解決したかに思えた。 しかし…事件は終わっていなかった。" [A serial kidnapping and murder case shook the world. The perpetrators were caught and the case seemed to be solved. However... the case was not over.]. tv-tokyo (in Japanese). TV Tokyo Corporation. March 30, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
  11. ^ "'Running Again': Solving problems with a good run". The Japan Times. Mar 6, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
  12. ^ "「ここさけ」歌う石井杏奈や玉子役・寛一郎捉えたミュージカルシーンの写真公開". natalie (in Japanese). 2017-07-20. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  13. ^ "『ナミヤ雑貨店の奇蹟』山田涼介・村上虹郎・寛一郎インタビュー". cinematoday (in Japanese). 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  14. ^ "東出昌大＆寛一郎、「菊とギロチン」初日祝い"四股ふんじゃった！"". eiga.com (in Japanese). 2018-07-07. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  15. ^ "「首」ビートたけし、西島秀俊、加瀬亮らが野望をたぎらせるキャラPV10本解禁". natalie (in Japanese). 2023-10-19. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  16. ^ "寛一郎＆板垣瑞生＆野村康太『身代わり忠臣蔵』ムロツヨシや永山瑛太を取り囲む次世代俳優に注目". cinemacafe (in Japanese). 2024-02-06. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  17. ^ "佐藤浩市の息子・寛一郎、木村拓哉主演ドラマで料理人役に『グランメゾン東京』". TVer Plus (in Japanese). 2019-09-22. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
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