Ryo Kase (加瀬 亮, Kase Ryō, born November 9, 1974 in Yokohama) is a Japanese actor.[1][2]
Ryo Kase | |
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加瀬 亮 | |
Born | Yokohama, Japan | 9 November 1974
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2000–present |
Agent | Ryo Kase Office |
Known for | |
Height | 174 cm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
Website | ryokaseoffice |
Kase was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture. He moved to Bellevue, Washington in the United States soon after his birth, due to his father's job being transferred.[3] His father Yutaka Kase was former chairman and representative director of Sojitz, a Japanese general trading company.
Kase made his screen debut in Sogo Ishii's Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle in 2000.[3]
He starred in Masayuki Suo's 2007 film I Just Didn't Do It.[4]
He has also appeared in films such as Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima, Michel Gondry's Tokyo!, Gus Van Sant's Restless,[5] Abbas Kiarostami's Like Someone in Love,[6][7] Hong Sang-soo's Hill of Freedom, Takeshi Kitano's Outrage,[8]/ Outrage Beyond,[9] Martin Scorsese's Silence and Paul Weitz's Bel Canto.
"Minna no Ozu-kai" in Ozu Yasujiro Taizen (The Complete Book of Ozu Yasujiro) by Matsuura Kanji and Miyamoto Akiko (Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. 2019) ISBN 9784022515995[12]