Lily Franky

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Lily Franky
Franky at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival, 2017.
Born
Masaya Nakagawa

(1963-11-04) 4 November 1963 (age 60)
Other namesElvis Woodstock
Occupation(s)Actor, writer, illustrator, designer, musician, lyricist, photographer, essayist
Years active1980s–present
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)

Masaya Nakagawa (中川 雅也, Nakagawa Masaya, born November 4, 1963), known professionally as Lily Franky (リリー・フランキー, Rirī Furankī), is a Japanese illustrator, writer, and actor.[2] He has appeared in more than 40 films since 2001.

Career[edit]

In 2016, Franky received the Cut Above Award for Outstanding Performance in Film at Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film in New York.[3]

Filmography[edit]

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2010 Code Blue Fuji TV Season 2
Ryomaden: The Legend[4] Kawada Shōryō NHK Taiga drama
2017 Million Yen Women Tatsuyuki TV Tokyo
Silver and Gold Ginji Hirai TV Tokyo
Hello, Detective Hedgehog Minami TBS
2019 Natsuzora: Natsu's Sky[5] Kazusada Mogi NHK Asadora
Two Homelands Kōki Hirota TV Tokyo TV movie
Idaten Taketora Ogata NHK Taiga drama
The Naked Director Takei Netflix
2020 A Day-Off of Kasumi Arimura Himura Wowow Episode 3 [6]
2022 He's Expecting Eiichi Hiyama Netflix [7]
2023 What Will You Do, Ieyasu? Hisamatsu Toshikatsu NHK Taiga drama [8]
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House Ren Netflix [9]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Director Notes Ref.
2001 Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf Teruo Ishii
2008 All Around Us Kanao Satō Ryōsuke Hashiguchi
2011 We Can't Change the World. But, We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia. The bar master Kenta Fukasaku
2013 Like Father, Like Son Yūdai Saiki Hirokazu Kore-eda
The Devil's Path Sensei Kazuya Shiraishi
Yellow Elephant[10] Ryūichi Hiroki
2014 As the Gods Will Homeless man/God Takashi Miike
2015 Our Little Sister Sen-ichi Fukuda Hirokazu Kore-eda
Yakuza Apocalypse Genyō Kamiura Takashi Miike
The Boy and the Beast Hyakushūbō (voice) Mamoru Hosoda
Three Stories of Love Ryōsuke Hashiguchi
Fires on the Plain Shinya Tsukamoto
Bakuman Sasaki Hitoshi Ōne
2016 After the Storm Yamabe Hirokazu Kore-eda
Scoop! Charagen Hitoshi Ōne
The Shell Collector[11] Yoshifumi Tsubota Lead role
The Top Secret: Murder in Mind[12] Keishi Ōtomo
Blank13 Kōji's father Takumi Saitoh
While the Women Are Sleeping Iizuka Wayne Wang
A Double Life[13] Professor Shinohara Yoshiyuki Kishi
Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow Nobuo Mori Yoshitaka Mori
My Dad and Mr. Ito Mr. Ito Yuki Tanada
2017 Tornado Girl Hitoshi Ōne
A Beautiful Star Jūichirō Ōsugi Daihachi Yoshida Lead role
Perfect Revolution Kuma Junpei Matsumoto Lead role
The Last Shot in the Bar Teruyuki Yoshida
2018 Miko Girl[14] Gu Su-yeon
Sunny[15] Oda Kazuya Shiraishi
Laplace's Witch Zentarō Uhara Takashi Miike
Shoplifters Osamu Shibata Hirokazu Kore-eda Lead role
The Gun Masaharu Take
2019 Sea of Revival Onodera Kazuya Shiraishi
2020 Town Without Sea Elaiza Ikeda [16]
Ainu Mosir Okada Takeshi Fukunaga
Not Quite Dead Yet Hino Shinji Hamasaki
2021 Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction Daihachi Yoshida [17]
It's a Flickering Life Yoji Yamada [18]
Every Trick in the Book Maeda Hideta Takahata [19]
When the Curry Is Ready Ken'ichi Yasuhiko Shimizu [20]
2022 Cottontail Kenzaburō Patrick Dickinson British-Japanese film [21]
Prior Convictions Fumio Tōyama Yoshiyuki Kishi [22]
The Last 10 Years Kajiwara Michihito Fujii [23]
A Mother's Touch Junpei Matsumoto [24]
2023 Bad City Wataru Gojō Kensuke Sonomura [25]
Call Me Chihiro Utsumi Rikiya Imaizumi [26]
Undercurrent Michio Yamasaki Rikiya Imaizumi [27]
Analog Tamiya Hideta Takahata [28]
Wheels and Axle Junpei Matsumoto [29]
2024 The Parades Michael Michihito Fujii [30]

Video on demand[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Crow's Blood Undertaker cameo

Japanese dub[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Song of the Sea Conor / Mac Lir [31]
2018 My Life as a Courgette Raymond [32]
2022 The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily Old Bear [33]

Awards[edit]

Year Award Category Work(s) Result
2009 51st Blue Ribbon Awards Best Newcomer All Around Us Won
18th Japanese Movie Critics Awards Best Newcomer Won
2013 26th Nikkan Sports Film Award Best Supporting Actor The Devil's Path and Like Father, Like Son Won
2014 87th Kinema Junpo Awards Best Supporting Actor Won
35th Yokohama Film Festival Best Supporting Actor Won
23rd Japanese Movie Critics Awards Best Supporting Actor Won
37th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Supporting Actor Like Father, Like Son Won
The Devil's Path Nominated
2016 41st Hochi Film Award Best Supporting Actor After the Storm, Scoop! and Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow Nominated
29th Nikkan Sports Film Award Best Supporting Actor After the Storm and Scoop! Nominated
2017 59th Blue Ribbon Awards Best Supporting Actor Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow and Scoop! Won
40th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Supporting Actor Scoop! Nominated
2019 73rd Mainichi Film Awards Best Actor Shoplifters Nominated
61st Blue Ribbon Awards Best Actor Nominated
28th Tokyo Sports Film Award Best Actor Won
42nd Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actor Nominated

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Lily Franky". Japanese Film Database. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  2. ^ Schilling, Mark (June 12, 2008). "Lily Franky's first starring role plunges him into a 'dark place'". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  3. ^ "JAPAN CUTS 2016 Special Guests". Archived from the original on 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  4. ^ "RYOMADEN -- The Legend". NHK Enterprises. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Natsuzora: Natsu's Sky". NHK Enterprises. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  6. ^ "有村架純の妄想のオフを"のぞき見" 『撮休』ドラマ場面カット解禁". Crank-in!. 6 February 2020. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
  7. ^ "斎藤工×上野樹里『ヒヤマケンタロウの妊娠』初映像公開 リリー・フランキーら新キャストも". Real Sound. 19 October 2021. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
  8. ^ "どうする家康:リリー・フランキーが久松長家に 適当こそわが人生の家康の義父、やがてヒモ同然". Mantan-web. 13 July 2022. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  9. ^ "ドラマ「舞妓さんちのまかないさん」ティザー予告解禁、追加キャストに井浦新ら". Natalie. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  10. ^ "Yellow Elephant". Japanese Film Database. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  11. ^ "The Shell Collector". Japanese Film Database. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  12. ^ "The Top Secret: Murder in Mind". Japanese Film Database. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  13. ^ "A Double Life". Japanese Film Database. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  14. ^ "Miko Girl". Japanese Film Database. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  15. ^ "Sunny". Japanese Film Database. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  16. ^ "夏、至るころ". eiga.com. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  17. ^ "騙し絵の牙". eiga.com. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  18. ^ "キネマの神様". eiga.com. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
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  20. ^ "その日、カレーライスができるまで". eiga.com. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  21. ^ "錦戸亮が日英合作映画「Cottontail」に出演、主演はリリー・フランキー". Natalie. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  22. ^ "前科者". eiga.com. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  23. ^ "「余命10年」に山田裕貴、奈緒、King Gnu井口理、黒木華、松重豊ら出演". Natalie. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  24. ^ "桜色の風が咲く". eiga.com. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
  25. ^ "BAD CITY". eiga.com. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
  26. ^ "ちひろさん". eiga.com. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  27. ^ "アンダーカレント". eiga.com. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  28. ^ "アナログ". eiga.com. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  29. ^ "車軸". eiga.com. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  30. ^ "パレード". eiga.com. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  31. ^ 映画ナタリー編集部 (June 17, 2016). "本上まなみ、リリー・フランキーがアニメ「ソング・オブ・ザ・シー」で吹替担当". Eiga Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  32. ^ "ぼくの名前はズッキーニ". Pony Canyon Shopping Club. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  33. ^ "シチリアを征服したクマ王国の物語 -日本語吹き替え版". Fukikaeru. Retrieved February 4, 2022.

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