Portrait of Masatoshi Nagase

Acting

Masatoshi Nagase

Career

Active from 1983 to 2025, busiest in 2001 with 11 main titles.

Leading roles
55
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Cold Fever
Cold Fever
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 38 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Masatoshi Nagase Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Family Dynamics
    4.1, average 4.8
  • Situational Comedy
    2.0, average 2.7
  • Biographical
    0.2, average 1.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 18
  • Character-Driven 10
  • Social Commentary 7
  • Melancholy 6
  • Japanese Drama 5
  • Contemporary Realism 5
  • Slow Burn 4
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Intrigue 4
  • Contemplative 4
  • Slow-Paced 4
  • Coming-of-Age 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

103
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

24 titles · average score 68
Last Shadow at First Light
Last Shadow at First Light (2025)

as Isamu

Hokusai's Daughter
Hokusai's Daughter (2025)

as Hokusai

The Box Man
The Box Man (2024)
GoodWatch score 40

as "Myself"

Adabana
Adabana (2024)

as Aizu

Family
Family (2023)

as Kenji

Hotel Iris
Hotel Iris (2022)

as Violent Man

Just Remembering
Just Remembering (2022)
GoodWatch score 68

as Jun

A Hundred Flowers
A Hundred Flowers (2022)
GoodWatch score 74

as Asaba Yohei

Noise
Noise (2022)
GoodWatch score 81

as Tsutomu Hatakeyama

Child of the Stars
Child of the Stars (2020)

as Chihiro's Father

Hotel New Moon
Hotel New Moon (2020)

as Takeshi Tanaka

Fancy
Fancy (2020)

as Akira Takasu

2010s

30 titles · average score 64
Talking the Pictures
Talking the Pictures (2019)
GoodWatch score 71

as Shusei Yamaoka

Red Snow
Red Snow (2019)

as Kazuki Shirakawa

Vision
Vision (2018)
GoodWatch score 41

as Satoshi

Punk Samurai Slash Down
Punk Samurai Slash Down (2018)
GoodWatch score 58

as Nobuuzu Deusu

Radiance
Radiance (2017)
GoodWatch score 53

as Masaya Nakamori

The Blue Hearts
The Blue Hearts (2017)

as (segment “Frozen Expectations”)

Happiness
Happiness (2017)

as Kanzaki

Our Time Will Come
Our Time Will Come (2017)
GoodWatch score 76

as Colonel Yamaguchi

Sweet Bean
Sweet Bean (2015)
GoodWatch score 74

as Sentaro

KANO
KANO (2014)
GoodWatch score 78

as Hyotaro Kondo

The War and a Woman
The War and a Woman (2013)

as Nomura

Smuggler
Smuggler (2011)
GoodWatch score 62

as Joe

2000s

26 titles · average score 66
Gelatin Silver, Love
Gelatin Silver, Love (2009)
GoodWatch score 64

as Photographer

Funuke: Show Some Love, You Losers!
Funuke: Show Some Love, You Losers! (2007)
GoodWatch score 70

as Shinji

Sakuran
Sakuran (2006)
GoodWatch score 72

as Mitsunobu

Summer of Ubume
Summer of Ubume (2005)

as Tatsumi Sekiguchi

The Hidden Blade
The Hidden Blade (2004)
GoodWatch score 78

as Munezô Katagiri

Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name (2003)
GoodWatch score 60

as Mike Yokohama

The Private Detective Mike
The Private Detective Mike (2002)

TV show · as Mike Hama

Suicide Club
Suicide Club (2001)
GoodWatch score 64

as Detective Shibusawa

Electric Dragon 80000V
Electric Dragon 80000V (2001)
GoodWatch score 72

as Thunderbolt Buddha

Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle (2001)
GoodWatch score 64

as Tetsukichi

Stereo Future
Stereo Future (2001)
GoodWatch score 70

as Keisuke Katsura

Party 7
Party 7 (2000)
GoodWatch score 62

as Shunichirô Miki

1990s

17 titles · average score 67
Glassy Ocean
Glassy Ocean (1998)
GoodWatch score 69

as Narrator

Abduction
Abduction (1997)

as Ichiro Fuji

The Trap
The Trap (1996)
GoodWatch score 67

as Maiku Hama / Mikki

Flirt
Flirt (1996)
GoodWatch score 56

as Hal's assistant

Cold Fever
Cold Fever (1995)
GoodWatch score 83

as Hirata

The Stairway to the Distant Past
The Stairway to the Distant Past (1995)
GoodWatch score 70

as Maiku Hama

BeRLiN
BeRLiN (1995)

as Tetsuo

The Most Terrible Time in My Life
The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1994)
GoodWatch score 58

as Maiku Hama

Autumn Moon
Autumn Moon (1992)
GoodWatch score 65

as Tokio

Original Sin
Original Sin (1992)

as Makoto Hirano

My Sons
My Sons (1991)
GoodWatch score 76

as Tetsuo

Tales of the Bizarre
Tales of the Bizarre (1990)

TV show

1980s

6 titles · average score 73
Mystery Train
Mystery Train (1989)
GoodWatch score 81

as Jun

Mama is an Idol! Special Final Chapter
Mama is an Idol! Special Final Chapter (1988)

as Kenichiro Mizusawa

Mama Is an Idol
Mama Is an Idol (1987)

TV show · as Kenichiro Mizusawa

時にはいっしょに
時にはいっしょに (1986)

TV show

P. P. Rider
P. P. Rider (1983)
GoodWatch score 65

as Jojo

Miyuki
Miyuki (1983)

as Masato Wakamatsu