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Lily Franky

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

(1963-11-04) 4 November 1963 (age 61)
Fukuoka, Japan
Other namesElvis Woodstock
Occupation(s)Actor, writer, illustrator, designer, musician, lyricist, photographer, essayist
Years active1980s–present
In this professional name, the given name is Lily Franky. There is no family name.[1]

Masaya Nakagawa (中川 雅也, Nakagawa Masaya, born 4 November 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

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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

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Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 Crow's Blood Undertaker Cameo
2010 Code Blue Season 2
Ryomaden: The Legend Kawada Shōryō Taiga drama [4]
2017 Million Yen Women Tatsuyuki
Silver and Gold Ginji Hirai
Hello, Detective Hedgehog Minami
2019 Natsuzora: Natsu's Sky Kazusada Mogi Asadora [5]
Two Homelands Kōki Hirota Television film
Idaten Taketora Ogata Taiga drama [6]
The Naked Director Takei
2020 A Day-Off of Kasumi Arimura Himura Episode 3 [7]
2022 He's Expecting Eiichi Hiyama [8]
2023 What Will You Do, Ieyasu? Hisamatsu Toshikatsu Taiga drama [9]
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House Ren [10]
2024 Tokyo Swindlers Tatsu [11]
2024 What Comes After Love Takuto Aoki Episode 2, 3
2024–25 Omusubi Narrator Asadora [12]

Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2001 Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf
2008 All Around Us Kanao Satō
2011 We Can't Change the World. But, We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia. The bar master
2013 Like Father, Like Son Yūdai Saiki
The Devil's Path Sensei
Yellow Elephant [13]
2014 As the Gods Will Homeless man/God
2015 Our Little Sister Sen-ichi Fukuda
Yakuza Apocalypse Genyō Kamiura
The Boy and the Beast Hyakushūbō (voice)
Three Stories of Love
Fires on the Plain
Bakuman Sasaki
2016 After the Storm Yamabe
Scoop! Charagen
The Shell Collector Lead role [14]
The Top Secret: Murder in Mind [15]
Blank13 Kōji's father
While the Women Are Sleeping Iizuka
A Double Life Professor Shinohara [16]
Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow Nobuo Mori
My Dad and Mr. Ito Mr. Ito
2017 Tornado Girl
A Beautiful Star Jūichirō Ōsugi Lead role
Perfect Revolution Kuma Lead role
The Last Shot in the Bar
2018 Miko Girl [17]
Sunny Oda [18]
Laplace's Witch Zentarō Uhara
Shoplifters Osamu Shibata Lead role [19]
The Gun [20]
2019 Sea of Revival Onodera [21]
2020 Town Without Sea [22]
Ainu Mosir Okada [23]
Not Quite Dead Yet Hino [24]
2021 Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction [25]
It's a Flickering Life [26]
Every Trick in the Book Maeda [27]
When the Curry Is Ready Ken'ichi [28]
2022 Cottontail Kenzaburō British-Japanese film [29]
Prior Convictions Fumio Tōyama [30]
The Last 10 Years Kajiwara [31]
A Mother's Touch [32]
2023 Bad City Wataru Gojō [33]
Call Me Chihiro Utsumi [34]
Undercurrent Michio Yamasaki [35]
Analog Tamiya [36]
Wheels and Axle [37]
2024 The Parades Michael [38]
2025 First Kiss Ichiro Tenma [39]
TBA Diamonds in the Sand Yoji Lead role [40]

Japanese dub

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 Song of the Sea Conor / Mac Lir [41]
2018 My Life as a Courgette Raymond [42]
2022 The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily Old Bear [43]

Awards

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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

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  2. ^ Schilling, Mark (12 June 2008). "Lily Franky's first starring role plunges him into a 'dark place'". The Japan Times. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  3. ^ "JAPAN CUTS 2016 Special Guests". Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  4. ^ "RYOMADEN -- The Legend". NHK Enterprises. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Natsuzora: Natsu's Sky". NHK Enterprises. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  6. ^ "いだてん〜東京オリムピック噺(ばなし)〜の出演者・キャスト一覧". The Television. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
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  8. ^ "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 2 June 2022.
  9. ^ "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 13 July 2022.
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  14. ^ "The Shell Collector". Japanese Film Database. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  15. ^ "The Top Secret: Murder in Mind". Japanese Film Database. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  16. ^ "A Double Life". Japanese Film Database. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  17. ^ "Miko Girl". Japanese Film Database. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  18. ^ "Sunny". Japanese Film Database. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
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  24. ^ "一度死んでみた". eiga.com. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  25. ^ "騙し絵の牙". eiga.com. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  26. ^ "キネマの神様". eiga.com. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  27. ^ "藤原竜也が天才作家演じる「鳩の撃退法」、リリー・フランキーら出演者11名解禁". Natalie. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  28. ^ "その日、カレーライスができるまで". eiga.com. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  29. ^ "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 1 April 2021.
  30. ^ "前科者". eiga.com. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  31. ^ "「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 15 December 2021.
  32. ^ "桜色の風が咲く". eiga.com. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  33. ^ "BAD CITY". eiga.com. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  34. ^ "ちひろさん". eiga.com. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  35. ^ "アンダーカレント". eiga.com. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  36. ^ "アナログ". eiga.com. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  37. ^ "車軸". eiga.com. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  38. ^ "パレード". eiga.com. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
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  40. ^ "リリー・フランキー主演「Diamonds in the Sand」新映像が公開、孤独死をめぐる物語". Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 November 2024.
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  42. ^ "ぼくの名前はズッキーニ". Pony Canyon Shopping Club. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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