Yûrei Yanagi

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Yûrei Yanagi is a famous Japanese actor. He was born Hiroshimi Prefecture on 8 April 1963. He is also credited as Masahiko Ono or Yuurei Yanagi. Originally a member of Takeshi Kitano's gundan, he got to appear on the hit gameshow, Takeshi's Castle during the late 1980s. In 1990 he continued to work with Takeshi for the blockbuster film Boiling Point (aka 3-4x juugatsu). Afterwards, he appeared in over eight more films before meeting up with Takeshi again for the 1997 film, Fireworks (aka Hana-bi). However, his most recent roles have been in J-Horror fims such as Ringu, Ju-on and Ju-on 2.

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• Jisatsu manyuaru 2: chuukyuu-hen (2003) (V) (as Yuurei Yanagi) .... Fumihiro Kodera
  • aka The Suicide Manual 2: Intermediate Stage

• Sunaebo (2000)
  • aka Asako in Ruby Shoes

• Ju-on 2 (2000) .... Shunsuke Kobayashi/A schoolteacher of Toshio's
  • aka Ju-on 2 (USA)
  • aka Ju-on: The Curse 2 (informal English title)

• Ju-on (2000) (V) .... Shunsuke Kobayashi/A schoolteacher of Toshio's
  • aka Curse Grudge (USA)
  • aka Ju-on: The Curse (informal English title)

• Minazuki (1999) .... Abiko

• Ringu 2 (1999) .... Okazaki
  • aka Ring 2 (International: English title)

• Hebi no michi (1998)
  • aka Serpent's Path (International: English title)

• Ringu (1998) .... Okazaki
  • aka Ring (International: English title) (UK) (USA)

• Tsumetai chi (1997)
  • aka An Obsession

• Hana-bi (1997) .... Chef #1
  • aka Fireworks

• Tokiwa-so no seishun (1996)
  • aka Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment

• Joyû-rei (1996) .... Toshio Murai/the director
  • aka Don't Look Up (International: English title) (USA)
  • aka Ghost Actress (USA)

• Dangan ranna (1996)
  • aka D.A.N.G.A.N. Runner (Japan: English title)
  • aka Dangan Runner
  • aka Non-Stop (USA)

• Otokotachi no kaita e (1996)

• Minnâ-yatteruka! (1995)
  • aka Getting Any? (Europe: English title) (USA)

• Immoral: midarana kankei (1995) (V) .... Takeshi

• T-bakku no hanayome (1992) (V)

• Aitsu (1991)
  • aka Waiting for the Flood

• 3-4x juugatsu (1990) (as Masahiko Ono) .... Masaki
  • aka Boiling Point (International: English title) (USA)
  • aka The Third and Fourth of October (literal English title)

• Fu'un! Takeshi Castle (TV series 1986 - 1989)
  • aka Fu'un! Takeshi Jyo (Japan: original title)
  • aka Takeshi's Castle (UK: Translated title)
  • aka MXC (USA: previously Most Extreme Elimination Challenge)