Lily Franky

Lily Franky (リリー・フランキー, Rirī Furankī, born Masaya Nakagawa (中川 雅也, Nakagawa Masaya); 4 November 1963) is a Japanese illustrator, writer and actor.[1] He has appeared in more than forty films since 2001.

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

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

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.[2]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Director Notes Ref.
2001 Blind Beast vs. Dwarf Teruo Ishii
2008 All Around Us 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
Kiiroi Zou Ryūichi Hiroki
2014 Kami-sama no Iu Toori 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
Shell Collector Yoshifumi Tsubota Lead role
Himitsu – Top Secret Keishi Ōtomo
Blank13 Kōji's father Takumi Saitoh
While the Women Are Sleeping Iizuka Wayne Wang
Double Life 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 Detective Is in the Bar 3 Teruyuki Yoshida
2018 Miko-Girl Gu Su-yeon
Sunny/32 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 [3]
Ainu Mosir Takeshi Fukunaga
Not Quite Dead Yet Shinji Hamasaki
2021 Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction Daihachi Yoshida
Kinema no Kamisama Yoji Yamada

Television

Year Title Role Network Notes
2010 Code Blue Fuji TV Season 2
Ryōmaden Kawada Shōryō NHK Taiga drama
2017 Silver and Gold Ginji Hirai TV Tokyo
Hello, Detective Hedgehog Minami TBS
2019 Natsuzora Kazusada Mogi NHK Asadora
Two Homelands Kōki Hirota TV Tokyo TV movie
Idaten Taketora Ogata NHK Taiga drama
The Naked Director Takei Netflix
2020 Kasumi Arimura's Filming Break Himura Wowow Episode 3

Web

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Crow's Blood Undertaker cameo

Japanese dub

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Song of the Sea Conor / Mac Lir [4]
2018 My Life as a Courgette Raymond [5]

Awards

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

  1. Schilling, Mark (June 12, 2008). "Lily Franky's first starring role plunges him into a 'dark place'". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  2. "JAPAN CUTS 2016 Special Guests".
  3. "夏、至るころ". eiga.com. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  4. Inc., Natasha. "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 - 映画ナタリー". 映画ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  5. "ぼくの名前はズッキーニ". Pony Canyon Shopping Club. Retrieved December 27, 2019.


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