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Satoru Kawaguchi

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Satoru Kawaguchi
川口覚
Born (1982-01-09) 9 January 1982 (age 42)
Tottori, Japan
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
WebsiteSatoru Kawaguchi Official Website

Satoru Kawaguchi (川口 覚, Kawaguchi Satoru, born 9 January 1982) is a Japanese actor known for his stage work, such as playing the title role in Hamlet directed by Yukio Ninagawa, and for playing Hiromichi in the Bollywood Hindi film Rangoon, directed by Vishal Bhardwaj.[1]

Career

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He made his debut in 2007 for the film Water, as a leading role that was shot in 2004 directed/written by Shuichi Yoshida.
Since 2009 to 2014, he had participated in Saitama Next Theatre, headed by producer Yukio Ninagawa. In 2012, he has performed a stage play of Shakespeare's Hamlet, as a main lead, which was praised by Ninagawa as "the best Hamlet acted ever." Then Ninagawa won Grand Prize and Best Directing Award at the 20th Yomiuri Theatre Awards in this work.
In 2017, he portrayed "Hiromichi" in the Bollywood film Rangoon, which was directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, receiving high praise by Indian critics.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2007 Water Keiichiro Leading role
2013 At the Last Stop Called Ghost Chimney A bus driver short film
2015 Areno - the wilderness husband
2017 Rangoon Hiromichi
2017 Wilderness Kazutoshi Ishii
2018 Over Drive Ryuta Seki
2018 Ten Years Japan Itami Segment: Plan75, leading role
2019 Yuhi no Ato Hideyuki Nimi
2020 The Voice of Sin Tatsuo Sone (young) [2]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2014 Soko wo nantoka 2 Hiromitsu Iguchi
2015 Mondai no aru Restaurant (A Restaurant With Many Problems) Ikebe
2015 Konkatsu Deka Keisuke Okui
2017 Edojô Muketsu Kaijô Tomoatsu Godai
2017 Tsubaki Bunguten: Kamakura Daishoya Monogatari Kaoru Sonoda
2018 Holiday Love Masaki Saito
2018 Segodon Ryujirou Nakamura Taiga drama
2019 Kurobara II Masaya Shimagaki
2020 Ale Nobuo Tatebayashi

Stage

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References

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  1. ^ "Shahid and Satoru Kawaguchi bond over food on the sets of Rangoon". BOLLYSPICE. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  2. ^ "罪の声". Cinematoday. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
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