Katsuhisa Namase

Katsuhisa Namase (生瀬 勝久, Namase Katsuhisa, born 13 October 1960 in Nishinomiya) is a Japanese actor, known primary for his roles in Japanese television dramas. His roles are often positions of authority, such as managers, principals, or police officers, but many of these characters also share a certain kookiness and incompetence. Several of these characters wear wigs for comic effect.

Filmography

Films

• 1999 - Gamera 3: Iris Kakusei (1999)
• 2000 - Keizoku: The Movie ~Beautiful Dreamer~
• 2002 - TRICK: the Movie - Detective Kenzō Yabe
• 2003 - Sharasojyu
• 2004 - Father's Backdrop (お父さんのバックドロップ, Otōsan no bakkudoroppu)
• 2004 - Kamikaze Girls - Pachinko parlor manager
• 2005 - Samurai Commando Mission 1549
• 2005 - Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims
• 2006 - The Uchōten Hotel
• 2006 - TRICK: the Movie 2 - Detective Kenzō Yabe
• 2009 - Yatterman - Boyacky
• 2013 - I'll Give It My All... Tomorrow - Miyata
• 2015 - April Fools

Television dramas

1988-1989

• Jun-chan no Ōenka (純ちゃんの応援歌)

1990

• Shin-Buchō Keiji (新・部長刑事 アーバンポリス24)

1994

• Hana no ran
• Imōto yo (妹よ)

1996

• Age 35 Koishikute (Age,35 恋しくて)
• Glass no Kakeratachi (硝子のかけらたち)
• Romance is Miracle (奇跡のロマンス)

1997

• Itoshi no Mirai-chan (いとしの未来ちゃん)
• Koi no bakansu (恋のバカンス)
• Ore ha Naniwa no Manzai-shi (オレはナニワの漫才師。おこるで!しかし。)
• Mōri Motonari (毛利元就) - Inoue Harutada (Taiga drama)

1998

• Amai Kekkon (甘い結婚, Sweet Marriage)
• O-atsui no ga O-suki? (お熱いのがお好き?)
• Sensei Shiranai no? (先生知らないの?)

1999

• Genroku Ryōran (元禄繚乱) - Okado Shigetomo (Taiga drama)
• Amai Seikatsu
• Oni no Sumika (鬼の棲家)
• Keizoku

2000

• TRICK - Detective Kenzō Yabe
• Quiz

2001

• Saturday Night at the Mysteries - Aibō 2 (土曜ワイド劇場 相棒2)
• Hikon Kazoku (非婚家族)
• Usokoi (ウソコイ)

2002

• Ai to seishun no Takarazuka (愛と青春の宝塚)
• Manten (まんてん)
• TRICK 2 - Detective Kenzō Yabe
• Gokusen - Vice Principal Gorō Sawatari
• HR
• Yanbaba (やんパパ)

2003

• Saturday Night at the Mysteries - Aibō 2 Season 2
• TRICK 3 - Detective Kenzō Yabe
• Boku no Mahō Tsukai (ぼくの魔法使い)
• Shin-Yonigeya Honbo (新・夜逃げ屋本舗)

2004

• Shinsengumi! - Tonouchi Yoshio

2005

• Gokusen 2 - Vice Principal Gorō Sawatari
• Ima, Ai ni yukimasu (いま、会いにゆきます) - Shunsuke Kikuchi
• Brother Beat - Hideki Noguchi
• Grave of the Fireflies
• Rokusen-nin no Inochi no Visa (六千人の命のビザ)

2006

• Joō no Kyoshitsu Special (女王の教室スペシャル)
• Gyarusaa (ギャルサー)
• Kōmyō ga Tsuji (功名が辻)
• Tobbukyasta (トップキャスター)
• 14-year-old Mother - Tadahiko Ichinose

2007

• Kirakira Kenshūsha (きらきら研修医)

2008

• Gokusen 3 - Vice Principal Gorō Sawatari
• 4 Shimai Tantei Dan (４姉妹探偵団) - Hideki Jonouchi

2010

• Ryōmaden - Yoshida Shōin

2012

• Legal High (リーガルハイ) - Choichiro Miki

2013

• Galileo - Eiji Takado
• Legal High 2 (リーガルハイ) - Choichiro Miki

2014

• Nobunaga Concerto - Imagawa Yoshimoto

2015

• Gakkō no Kaidan - Hirao Kintoki

References

External links

• Katsuhisa Namase at the Internet Movie Database
• J-Dorama