[Discussion] Tsumabuki Satoshi

Satoshi Tsumabuki (Born December 13, 1980) is a Japanese actor. His breakthrough film was Waterboys for which he was nominated for the 'Best Actor' award at the Japanese Academy Awards, and won the 'Newcomer of the Year' prize. He is also the bassist and lead singer of the Japanese band "Basking Lite".

[U]Dramas:

Thursday Theater Keigo Higashino Mystery | Mokuyo Gekijyo Higashino Keigo Misuterizu (Fuji TV / 2012) - Takanori Kitazawa (ep. 6 - "Charedo ga Itpai")
Tenchijin (2009)
Slow Dance (Fuji TV / 2005) - Riichi Serizawa
Orange Days (TBS / 2004) - Yuuki Kai
Say Hello to Black Jack (TBS / 2003) - Dr. Saito Eijiro
Long Love Letter (2002)
Wedding Planner (Fuji TV / 2002)
The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine (2002)
Tokyo Muke Michi Girl (2002)
Kisarazu Cat's Eye (TBS / 2002) - ep. 9
Heaven Cannot Wait 2: The Teacher | Tengoku ni ichiban chikai otoko (TBS / 2001)
Shotgun Wedding (Fuji TV / 2001)
Kabachitare (Fuji TV / 2001)
Ikebukuro West Gate park (2000)
Omizu no Hanamichi (1999)
Subarashii Hibi (1998)

Filmography:

Judge! (2014) - Kiichiro Ota
Our Family | Bokutachi no Kazoku (2014) - Kousuke
The Little House | Chiisai Ouchi (2014) - Takeshi Arai
Kiyosu Kaigi (2013) - Nobukatsu Oda (second son of Nobukatsu Oda)
Tokyo Family | Tokyo Kazoku (2013) - Shuji Hirayama
Fly With The Gold | Ogon O Daite Tobe (2012) - Kota
For Love's Sake | Ai to Makoto (2012) - Makoto Taiga
Smuggler | Sumagura (2011) - Ryosuke Kinuta
My Back Page | Mai bakku peji (2011) - Masami Sawada
Villain | Akunin (2010) - Yuichi Shimizu
Surely Someday | Shuari Samudei (2010) - police officer (cameo)
Villon's Wife | Viyon no tsuma (2009) - Okada
The Boat | Boteu (2009) - Tooru
Pandemic | Kansen Retto (2009) - Tsuyoshi Matsuoka
School Days with a Pig | Buta ga Ita Kyoushitsu (2008) - Teacher Hoshi
Tokyo! (2008) - Takeshi (Akemi's boyfriend) (segment "Interior Design")
Children of the Dark | Yami no kodomo-tachi (2008) - Hiroaki Yoshida
The Magic Hour | Za Majikku Awa (2008) - Noboru Bingo
Paco and the Magical Picture Book | Pako to Maho no Ehon (2008) - Muromachi
Welcome to the Quiet Room | Quiet room ni yokoso (2007) - Komono
The Haunted Samurai | Tsukigami (2007) - Bessho Hikoshiro
Tokyo Rhapsody | Kayokyoku dayo jinsei wa (2007)
Dororo (2007) - Hyakkimaru
Tears for You | Nada so so (2006) - Yotaro Aragaki
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) - Exceedingly Handsome Guy
It's Only Talk | Yawarakai seikatsu (2005) - Noboru
Snowy Love Fall in Spring | Spring Snow | Haru no yuki (2005) - Kiyoaki Matsugae
Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims | Mayonaka no Yaji-san Kita-san (2005) - The Phantom Yaijrobei
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean | Lorelei (2005) - Yukito Origasa
Thirty Lies or So | Yaku san-ju no uso (2004) - Sasaki
69 (2004) - Kenichi Yazaki
A Day on the Planet | Kyo no dekigoto (2004) - Nakazawa
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish | Joze to tora to sakana tachi (2003) - Tsuneo
Dragon Head | Doragon heddo (2003) - Teru Aoki
Sayonara, Kuro (2003) - Ryosuke Kimura
Jam Films (2002) - segment "Justice"
Sabu (2002)
Waterboys (2001) - Suzuki
Tomie: Re-birth (2001) - Takumi Aoyama
The Dimension Travelers | Nazo no tenkousei (1998) - Koichi Iwata

Awards:

"Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role" ("Villain") - 2011 (34th) Japan Academy Prize - February 18, 2011
"Best Actor" ("Villain") - 2010 (53rd) Blue Ribbon Awards - February 15, 2011
"Best Actor" ("Villain") - 2010 (23rd) Nikkan Sports Film Awards - December 28, 2010
"Rookie of the Year" ("Waterboys") - 2002 (25th) Japan Academy Prize - March 8, 2002

He's simply one of the best Japanese actors out there and belongs to my top 5 favorite actors.

My first exposure to him was probably through Ikebukuro West Gate Park...in which Kubozuka Yosuke stole the show for me. From there, I started to catch some of his dramas and thought he was decent. But then you watch him get immersed in a role such as that in "Akunin" and you really get to witness how well this man can act. For me too, Tsumabuki Satoshi is definitely one of the best Japanese actors out there today.

yeah....he did well in fast and furious......and also keiko kitagawa's role is to simply chew that freaking gum... he is better actor and more goodlooking than that square faced villian in that movie...... this is what I notice by watching japanese movies/drama........movie actor is better than drama actor......satoshi nowadays only do movies.....that proves him being a great actor....

I agree; he's a very talented actors. And I just remembered the "Exceedingly Handsome Guy", since he was that good looking; they decided not to give him a name and go with that description instead :D

Aphrodity wrote: Very talented actor indeed. I almost watched everything he was in and I keep getting convinced that he has great acting skills.

Really? You're so lucky! I've been meaning to watch all of his productions but most of them aren't available online with eng sub :(

I loved him in Orange Days!