, known professionally as , is a Japanese illustrator, writer, and actor. He has appeared in more than 40 films since 2001.
Career In 2016, Franky received the Cut Above Award for Outstanding Performance in Film at Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film in New York.
Filmography Television
Year Title RoleNotes1995–96Shitamachi Ninjō Gekijō2010Code BlueSeason 2Ryomaden: The LegendKawada ShōryōTaiga drama2016Crow's BloodUndertakerCameo2017Million Yen WomenTatsuyukiSilver and GoldGinji HiraiHello, Detective HedgehogMinami2019IdatenTaketora OgataTaiga dramaNatsuzora: Natsu's SkyKazusada MogiAsadoraTwo HomelandsKōki HirotaTelevision filmThe Naked DirectorTakeiTerrace House: Tokyo 2019–2020HimselfCameo2020A Day-Off of Kasumi ArimuraHimuraEpisode 32022He's ExpectingEiichi Hiyama2023What Will You Do, Ieyasu?Hisamatsu ToshikatsuTaiga dramaThe Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko HouseRen2024Tokyo SwindlersTatsuWhat Comes After LoveTakuto AokiEpisode 2, 32024–25OmusubiNarratorAsadora2025Who Saw The Peacock Dance in the Jungle?Haruo Yamashita2026Until the T-shirt DriesKoji Miyauchi
Film Year Title RoleNotes2001Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf2008All Around UsKanao Satō2011We Can't Change the World. But, We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia.The bar master2013Like Father, Like SonYūdai SaikiThe Devil's PathSenseiYellow Elephant2014As the Gods WillHomeless man/God2015Our Little SisterSen-ichi FukudaYakuza ApocalypseGenyō KamiuraThe Boy and the BeastHyakushūbō (voice)Three Stories of LoveFires on the PlainBakumanSasaki2016After the StormYamabeScoop!CharagenThe Shell CollectorLead roleThe Top Secret: Murder in MindBlank13Kōji's fatherWhile the Women Are SleepingIizukaA Double LifeProfessor ShinoharaSatoshi: A Move for TomorrowNobuo MoriMy Dad and Mr. ItoMr. Ito2017Tornado GirlA Beautiful StarJūichirō ŌsugiLead rolePerfect RevolutionKumaLead roleThe Last Shot in the Bar2018Miko GirlSunnyOdaLaplace's WitchZentarō UharaShopliftersOsamu Shibata Lead roleThe Gun2019Sea of RevivalOnodera2020Town Without SeaAinu MosirOkadaNot Quite Dead YetHino2021Kiba: The Fangs of FictionIt's a Flickering LifeEvery Trick in the BookMaedaWhen the Curry Is ReadyKen'ichi2022CottontailKenzaburōBritish-Japanese filmPrior ConvictionsFumio TōyamaThe Last 10 YearsKajiwaraA Mother's Touch2023Bad CityWataru GojōCall Me ChihiroUtsumiUndercurrentMichio YamasakiAnalogTamiyaWheels and Axle2024The ParadesMichaelHarbinItō HirobumiSouth Korean film 20251st KissIchiro TenmaRenoirKeiji2026FujikoSasakiMr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?KuroiDiary of a Mad Old Man Lead role; American filmTBADiamonds in the SandYojiLead role
Japanese dubbing Year Title Role Notes 2016Song of the SeaConor / Mac Lir2018My Life as a CourgetteRaymond2022The Bears' Famous Invasion of SicilyOld Bear
Awards and nominations
YearAwardCategoryWork(s)Result200951st Blue Ribbon AwardsBest NewcomerAll Around Us18th Japanese Movie Critics AwardsBest Newcomer 201326th Nikkan Sports Film AwardBest Supporting ActorThe Devil's Path and Like Father, Like Son201487th Kinema Junpo AwardsBest Supporting Actor35th Yokohama Film FestivalBest Supporting Actor23rd Japanese Movie Critics AwardsBest Supporting Actor37th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting ActorLike Father, Like SonThe Devil's Path201641st Hochi Film AwardBest Supporting ActorAfter the Storm, Scoop! and Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow29th Nikkan Sports Film AwardBest Supporting ActorAfter the Storm and Scoop!201759th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Supporting ActorSatoshi: A Move for Tomorrow and Scoop!40th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting ActorScoop!201973rd Mainichi Film AwardsBest ActorShoplifters 61st Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Actor28th Tokyo Sports Film AwardBest Actor42nd Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Actor
References
External links
Lily Franky on Japanese Film Database