If your country was represented by one actor. - Page 20

On April 04 2012 14:52 lichter wrote:
Does the person have to be alive?

If not I would vote Ryu Chishu for Japan:



I doubt anyone with good knowledge of Japanese cinema can disagree with him as my choice. Starred in most of Ozu Yasujiro's films (the most Japanese of directors) and many others, as well as having a supporting role for 30 years in Otoko wa tsurai yo (the most Japanese of movie series). Worked as an actor from the 30s to the 90s.

If the person needs to be alive... maybe Asano Tadanobu for modern Japan:



Note: I am a mutt of an Asian, having blood and hacing lived in a bunch of countries, but I just identify with Japanese cinema the best so I chose to pick it as my country for this thread.

On April 02 2012 02:56 PhantomR32 wrote:


Sorry mate, but for me the only one that represents our glorious country could be:



Huub Stapel as Johnnie Flodder in Flodder (1986). Oh and he's known for better roles too not just Dick Maas crap.
Because let's face it, 90% of the Netherlands is inhabited by types like him.

On April 04 2012 15:55 mahO wrote:
I'm not an expert on japanese cinema, I dislike a lot of popular japanese movies (and I focused way more on korean cinema, since it's for me the best in the world recently), but Takeshi Kitano would be clearly my choice, as an actor and as a director I feel like he really pictures something about Japan and the peculiar mindset and culture of the country. I just fell in love with his movies, Kikujiro is, imho, really representative of Japan, and, man that movie made me cry for no reason, and I dont cry easily, like at all, only 2 movies made me cry, Breathless out of Korea and this one, I feel like even if he is well known he should be more popular, especially his "non violent" movies, Kids Return and Kikujiro, who are for me master piece in Cinema.
Also, I never quite heard about how he is perceived in Japan, the reception to his movies, despite the fact that he is an incredibly well known celebrity there, mostly for his comedy duo 20 years ago and his colorful personality.
By the way for anyone interested in Takeshi Kitano, a french filmmaker shot some kind of a documentary / interview on him, you really should check that out, his life and the way he sees things are really interesting, and he's one of the most charismatic / impressive person I've seen, despite his constant calm attitude.