Narushi Ikeda
- Date of Birth：
- September 27, 1962
- Height：
- 173cm
He began his acting career with the Third Stage in 1982, and over the years has received great praise for his performances in works by notable stage writers and performers such as Kouhei Tsuka, Koki Mitani, David Leveaux, Kankuro Kudo, and many others. Despite most often playing a supporting role, he has a reputation for bringing another layer of depth to the shows he stars in, due to his powerful presence on stage. Further, his ability to demonstrate “cool” and “uncool” simultaneously, in a completely unique way,is what makes him one of Japan’s most critically acclaimed actors. Narushi is also a force to be reckoned with when it comes to film and TV—working closely with writers to deliver powerful performances in works such as episode 4 (New Song) of THE BASTARD AND THE BEAUTIFUL WORLD (Director: Yuichi Kodama), Dear Etranger (Director: Yukiko Mishima), HK: Forbidden Superhero (Director: Yuichi Fukuda), and Hitori Shizuka (Director: Hideyuki Hirayama), playing a variety of offbeat characters, from a suspicious figure, to someone unable to eat. In 2013, Narushi earned high praise and Individual Awards from the 48th Kinokuniya Theatre Awards for his performances in Ikiume’s Beast Pillar Collection: The Library of Life (Second Half) and NODA MAP’s Miwa.
WORKS
| 【MOVIE】 | |||
| 2023 | "Omae no Tsumi o Jihaku Shiro" | Direscted by Nobuo Mizuta | |
| "A Fae Shore" | Direscted by Masaaki Kudo | ||
| "The Dry Spell" | Direscted by Masaya Takahashi | ||
| 2022 | "Yokai Share House the Movie" | Directed by Keisuke Toyoshima | |
| 2020 | "Cat and Salt or Sugar" | Directed by Takashi Komatsu | |
| "Blood-Club Dolls 2" | DIrected by Shutaro Oku | ||
| 2019 | "The First Supper" | Directed by Shiro Tokiwa | |
| 2018 | “The Bastard and the Beautiful World” episode 04 | Directed by Yuichi Kodama | |
| 2017 | “Dear Etranger” | Directed by Yukiko Mishima | |
| “To Each His Own” | Directed by Izuru Narushima | ||
| 2016 | “Hentai Kamen: The Abnormal Crisis” | Directed by Yuichi Fukuda | |
| 2014 | “Barairo no Buko” | Directed by Yuichi Fukuda | |
| 2013 | “Madam Marmalade no ijo nan azo: Shutudai hen / Kaito hen” | Directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura / Norio Tsuruta/Daiki Ueda |
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| “Ore wa mada honki dashite nai dake” | Directed by Yuichi Fukuda | ||
| “Maruyama, the Middle Schooler” | Directed by Kankuro Kudo | ||
| “HK: Forbidden Super Hero” | Directed by Yuichi Fukuda | ||
| 2012 | “Key of Life” | Directed by Kenji Uchida | |
| “It's a Beautiful Life: Irodori” | Directed by Osamu Minorikawa | ||
| “Muse no kagami : My pretty doll” | Directed by Yuichi Fukuda | ||
| “Girls for Keeps” | Directed by Yoshihiro Fukagawa | ||
| “Sentimental Yasuko” | Directed by Kei Horie | ||
| 2011 | “Bunny Drop” | Directed by SABU | |
| 2010 | “Forget Me Not” | Directed by Hideyuki Hirayama | |
| “Nanase: The Psychic Wanderers” | Directed by Kazuya Konaka | ||
| “Saru Lock the Movie” | Directed by Tetsu Maeda | ||
| 2008 | “School Days with a Pig” | Directed by Tetsu Maeda | |
| “Kill -Kiriko-” | Directed by Takanori Tsujimoto | ||
| 2006 | “Japan Sinks” | Directed by Shinji Higuchi | |
| “The Other Life” | Directed by Yoshihiro Akachi | ||
| “The Wow-Choten Hotel” | Directed by Koki Mitani | ||
| 2004 | “Shibuya kaidan: Sa-chan no toshi densetsu /Tobira” | Directed by Narushi Ikeda | |
| 2003 | “Bayside Shakedown 2” | Directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro | |
| 2000 | “Shizukanaru Don: the Movie” | Directed by Tsutomu Kashima | |