There is such an uncle in the Japanese art industry, although he does not have the appearance of Abe Hiroshi, but with his superb acting skills, he has gained a large number of fans and super high reputation. He is Masaya Nakagawa, known to everyone as "Lily Franky", derived from his pen name, and yes, in addition to his role as an actor, Nakagawa is also a well-known best-selling novelist.
In 2018, it was Kore-eda's film "Thief Family" that swept China, in which Masaya Nakagawa played Osamu Shibata, a habitual offender who "took the sheep by the hand". When interrogated by the police, he could only helplessly say: "I have nothing else to teach my children except stealing." ”
Outside the play, Nakagawa also has many different identities and titles, transcending barriers in different fields and being active in them. As a versatile "old artist", as soon as he enters the atmosphere of drama, Nakagawa is like a rebirth, exuding a variety of charms.
Masaya Nakagawa, pen name Riky Frank, was born on November 4, 1963 in Ogura, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, and graduated from Musashino Fine Arts University. His 2005 novel Tokyo Tower: My Mother's Father became the chief representative of "Crying Novels", and in 2007 it was launched in Taiwan as the Chinese Traditional edition, which was popular with readers in Japan and Chinese-speaking areas because of its touching storyline, and related movies and Japanese dramas were also launched, so he was widely known to the Chinese people since 2007.
The superb aesthetic of art allows Nakagawa to maintain a high level of quality of film even if he enters the mixed film circle, such as his big-screen debut "Things Around" is a word-of-mouth film. In this film, Nakagawa plays an ordinary middle-aged man who works in a shoe shop and has a happy marriage in the eyes of others, but all kinds of blandness and talk are better than nothing, and perhaps only the parties can understand. Nakagawa's natural and sincere acting skills make people have mixed feelings after watching the movie.
After that, he began to appear frequently in the films of Kore-eda, who once admitted that before participating in the films supervised by Eda, he had already cherished his works, "It can be said that he is the number one fan!" ”
From "Like Father Like Son" to "Thief Family", counting the main role, the two have collaborated on four film works. Talking about this fate, he said: "I like the natural and delicate texture of the film supervised by the branch, although it is real but not disgusting, but has a strong human touch. ”
Starting with 2004's "Nobody Knows", Kore-eda has been trying to explore the dialectical relationship between "blood" and "companionship". At about the same time, Masa nakagawa also became the chief representative of the "crying novel" with the autobiographical novel "Tokyo Tower". Masaya Nakagawa is 55 years old, just one year younger than Kore-eda. Thinking that Kore-eda has such a number one fan, it is also really happy.
Lily Frank, 56, who is still unmarried, has said that his father spent 40 years with his partner without registering marriage, a feeling that goes beyond black and white to envy him.
As an incomparably special presence in the Japanese art circle, Nakagawa Masa is also like his pen name "Lily Frank", people can't touch it, can't guess it, rely on intuition to rampage in the entertainment industry, childish, but have the most simple and profound attitude towards life. Finally, Xiaobian wishes him to find his other half as soon as possible and spend the rest of his life together. I also look forward to him bringing us more and better works in the future!