Lily Franky Explained

Lily Franky
Birth Name:Masaya Nakagawa
Birth Date:4 November 1963
Birth Place:Fukuoka, Japan
Othername:Elvis Woodstock
Occupation:Actor, writer, illustrator, designer, musician, lyricist, photographer, essayist
Years Active:1980s–present

, known professionally as, is a Japanese illustrator, writer, and actor.[1] He has appeared in more than 40 films since 2001.

Career

In 2016, Franky received the Cut Above Award for Outstanding Performance in Film at Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film in New York.[2]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016Crow's BloodUndertakerCameo
2010Code BlueSeason 2
Ryomaden: The LegendKawada ShōryōTaiga drama[3]
2017Million Yen WomenTatsuyuki
Silver and GoldGinji Hirai
Hello, Detective HedgehogMinami
2019Natsuzora: Natsu's SkyKazusada MogiAsadora[4]
Two HomelandsKōki HirotaTelevision film
IdatenTaketora OgataTaiga drama[5]
The Naked DirectorTakei
2020A Day-Off of Kasumi ArimuraHimuraEpisode 3[6]
2022He's ExpectingEiichi Hiyama[7]
2023What Will You Do, Ieyasu?Hisamatsu ToshikatsuTaiga drama[8]
Ren[9]
2024Tokyo SwindlersTatsu[10]

Film

2001Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf
2008All Around UsKanao Satō
2011We Can't Change the World. But, We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia.The bar master
2013Like Father, Like SonYūdai Saiki
The Devil's PathSensei
Yellow Elephant[11]
2014As the Gods WillHomeless man/God
2015Our Little SisterSen-ichi Fukuda
Yakuza ApocalypseGenyō Kamiura
The Boy and the BeastHyakushūbō (voice)
Three Stories of Love
Fires on the Plain
BakumanSasaki
2016After the StormYamabe
Scoop!Charagen
The Shell CollectorLead role[12]
The Top Secret: Murder in Mind[13]
Blank13Kōji's father
While the Women Are SleepingIizuka
A Double LifeProfessor Shinohara[14]
Nobuo Mori
My Dad and Mr. ItoMr. Ito
2017Tornado Girl
A Beautiful StarJūichirō ŌsugiLead role
Perfect RevolutionKumaLead role
The Last Shot in the Bar
2018Miko Girl[15]
SunnyOda[16]
Laplace's WitchZentarō Uhara
ShopliftersOsamu Shibata Lead role[17]
The Gun[18]
2019Sea of RevivalOnodera[19]
2020Town Without Sea[20]
Ainu MosirOkada[21]
Not Quite Dead YetHino[22]
2021Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction[23]
It's a Flickering Life[24]
Every Trick in the BookMaeda[25]
When the Curry Is ReadyKen'ichi[26]
2022CottontailKenzaburōBritish-Japanese film[27]
Prior ConvictionsFumio Tōyama[28]
The Last 10 YearsKajiwara[29]
A Mother's Touch[30]
2023Bad CityWataru Gojō[31]
Call Me ChihiroUtsumi[32]
UndercurrentMichio Yamasaki[33]
AnalogTamiya[34]
Wheels and Axle[35]
2024The ParadesMichael[36]

Japanese dub

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016Song of the SeaConor / Mac Lir[37]
2018My Life as a CourgetteRaymond[38]
2022The Bears' Famous Invasion of SicilyOld Bear[39]

Awards

YearAwardCategoryWork(s)Result
200951st Blue Ribbon AwardsBest NewcomerAll Around Us
18th Japanese Movie Critics AwardsBest Newcomer
201326th Nikkan Sports Film AwardBest Supporting ActorThe Devil's Path and Like Father, Like Son
201487th Kinema Junpo AwardsBest Supporting Actor
35th Yokohama Film FestivalBest Supporting Actor
23rd Japanese Movie Critics AwardsBest Supporting Actor
37th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting ActorLike Father, Like Son
The Devil's Path
201641st Hochi Film AwardBest Supporting ActorAfter the Storm, Scoop! and
29th Nikkan Sports Film AwardBest Supporting ActorAfter the Storm and Scoop!
201759th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Supporting ActorSatoshi: A Move for Tomorrow and Scoop!
40th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting ActorScoop!
201973rd Mainichi Film AwardsBest ActorShoplifters
61st Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Actor
28th Tokyo Sports Film AwardBest Actor
42nd Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Actor

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Schilling . Mark . Lily Franky's first starring role plunges him into a 'dark place' . . June 12, 2008 . 2016-03-24 .
  2. Web site: JAPAN CUTS 2016 Special Guests. 2016-08-02. 2021-05-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20210514223329/https://www.japansociety.org/page/programs/film/japan-cuts-2016/guests#franky. dead.
  3. Web site: RYOMADEN -- The Legend . . 11 April 2023.
  4. Web site: Natsuzora: Natsu's Sky . . 11 April 2023.
  5. Web site: いだてん〜東京オリムピック噺(ばなし)〜の出演者・キャスト一覧. June 4, 2024. The Television.
  6. Web site: 有村架純の妄想のオフを"のぞき見" 『撮休』ドラマ場面カット解禁. June 2, 2022. Crank-in!. 6 February 2020.
  7. Web site: 斎藤工×上野樹里『ヒヤマケンタロウの妊娠』初映像公開 リリー・フランキーら新キャストも. June 2, 2022. Real Sound. 19 October 2021.
  8. Web site: どうする家康:リリー・フランキーが久松長家に 適当こそわが人生の家康の義父、やがてヒモ同然. July 13, 2022. Mantan-web. 13 July 2022.
  9. Web site: ドラマ「舞妓さんちのまかないさん」ティザー予告解禁、追加キャストに井浦新ら. November 7, 2022. Natalie.
  10. Web site: 綾野剛×豊川悦司「地面師たち」に北村一輝、小池栄子、ピエール瀧、染谷将太ら出演. June 16, 2024. Natalie.
  11. Web site: Yellow Elephant . Japanese Film Database . 11 April 2023.
  12. Web site: The Shell Collector . Japanese Film Database . 11 April 2023.
  13. Web site: The Top Secret: Murder in Mind . Japanese Film Database . 11 April 2023.
  14. Web site: A Double Life . Japanese Film Database . 11 April 2023.
  15. Web site: Miko Girl . Japanese Film Database . 11 April 2023.
  16. Web site: Sunny . Japanese Film Database . 11 April 2023.
  17. Web site: 万引き家族. June 16, 2024. eiga.com.
  18. Web site: . June 16, 2024. eiga.com.
  19. Web site: 凪待ち. June 16, 2024. eiga.com.
  20. Web site: 夏、至るころ. January 19, 2021. eiga.com.
  21. Web site: アイヌモシリ. June 16, 2024. eiga.com.
  22. Web site: 一度死んでみた. June 16, 2024. eiga.com.
  23. Web site: 騙し絵の牙. October 8, 2022. eiga.com.
  24. Web site: キネマの神様. April 28, 2021. eiga.com.
  25. Web site: 藤原竜也が天才作家演じる「鳩の撃退法」、リリー・フランキーら出演者11名解禁. May 17, 2021. Natalie.
  26. Web site: その日、カレーライスができるまで. September 4, 2021. eiga.com.
  27. Web site: 錦戸亮が日英合作映画「Cottontail」に出演、主演はリリー・フランキー. April 1, 2021. Natalie.
  28. Web site: 前科者. October 14, 2021. eiga.com.
  29. Web site: 「余命10年」に山田裕貴、奈緒、King Gnu井口理、黒木華、松重豊ら出演. December 15, 2021. Natalie.
  30. Web site: 桜色の風が咲く. September 2, 2022. eiga.com.
  31. Web site: BAD CITY. September 2, 2022. eiga.com.
  32. Web site: ちひろさん. October 31, 2022. eiga.com.
  33. Web site: アンダーカレント. April 10, 2023. eiga.com.
  34. Web site: アナログ. June 6, 2023. eiga.com.
  35. Web site: 車軸. August 24, 2023. eiga.com.
  36. Web site: パレード. January 30, 2024. eiga.com.
  37. Web site: 本上まなみ、リリー・フランキーがアニメ「ソング・オブ・ザ・シー」で吹替担当 . 映画ナタリー編集部 . June 17, 2016. . Natasha . ja . 2018-08-16.
  38. Web site: ぼくの名前はズッキーニ . December 27, 2019 . Pony Canyon Shopping Club.
  39. Web site: シチリアを征服したクマ王国の物語 -日本語吹き替え版. February 4, 2022. Fukikaeru.