Lily Franky

Lily Franky (リリー・フランキー, Rirī Furankī, born Masaya Nakagawa (中川 雅也, Nakagawa Masaya); 4 November 1963) is a Japanese illustrator, writer and actor.[1] He has appeared in more than forty films since 2001.

Lily Franky
Franky at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival, 2017.
Born
Masaya Nakagawa

(1963-11-04) 4 November 1963
Fukuoka, Japan
Other namesElvis Woodstock
OccupationActor, writer, illustrator, designer, musician, lyricist, photographer, essayist
Years active1980s–present
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)

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
Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2010 Code Blue Fuji TV Season 2
Ryōmaden Kawada Shōryō NHK Taiga drama
2017 Million Yen Women Tatsuyuki TV Tokyo Netflix Co-Production
Silver and Gold Ginji Hirai TV Tokyo
Hello, Detective Hedgehog Minami TBS
2019 Natsuzora Kazusada Mogi NHK Asadora
Two Homelands Kōki Hirota TV Tokyo TV movie
Idaten Taketora Ogata NHK Taiga drama
The Naked Director Takei Netflix
2020 Kasumi Arimura's Filming Break Himura Wowow Episode 3
2022 He's Expecting Eiichi Hiyama Netflix TV Tokyo Co-Production

Film
Year Title Role Director Notes Ref.
2001 Blind Beast vs. Dwarf Teruo Ishii
2008 All Around Us Kanao Satō Ryōsuke Hashiguchi
2011 We Can't Change the World. But, We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia. The bar master Kenta Fukasaku
2013 Like Father, Like Son Yūdai Saiki Hirokazu Kore-eda
The Devil's Path Sensei Kazuya Shiraishi
Kiiroi Zou Ryūichi Hiroki
2014 Kami-sama no Iu Toori Homeless man/God Takashi Miike
2015 Our Little Sister Sen-ichi Fukuda Hirokazu Kore-eda
Yakuza Apocalypse Genyō Kamiura Takashi Miike
The Boy and the Beast Hyakushūbō (voice) Mamoru Hosoda
Three Stories of Love Ryōsuke Hashiguchi
Fires on the Plain Shinya Tsukamoto
Bakuman Sasaki Hitoshi Ōne
2016 After the Storm Yamabe Hirokazu Kore-eda
Scoop! Charagen Hitoshi Ōne
Shell Collector Yoshifumi Tsubota Lead role
Himitsu – Top Secret Keishi Ōtomo
Blank13 Kōji's father Takumi Saitoh
While the Women Are Sleeping Iizuka Wayne Wang
Double Life Professor Shinohara Yoshiyuki Kishi
Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow Nobuo Mori Yoshitaka Mori
My Dad and Mr. Ito Mr. Ito Yuki Tanada
2017 Tornado Girl Hitoshi Ōne
A Beautiful Star Jūichirō Ōsugi Daihachi Yoshida Lead role
Perfect Revolution Kuma Junpei Matsumoto Lead role
The Last Shot in the Bar Teruyuki Yoshida
2018 Miko-Girl Gu Su-yeon
Sunny/32 Oda Kazuya Shiraishi
Laplace's Witch Zentarō Uhara Takashi Miike
Shoplifters Osamu Shibata Hirokazu Kore-eda Lead role
The Gun Masaharu Take
2019 Sea of Revival Onodera Kazuya Shiraishi
2020 Town Without Sea Elaiza Ikeda [3]
Ainu Mosir Okada Takeshi Fukunaga
Not Quite Dead Yet Hino Shinji Hamasaki
2021 Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction Daihachi Yoshida
It's a Flickering Life Yoji Yamada [4]
Every Trick in the Book Maeda Hideta Takahata [5]
When the Curry is Ready Ken'ichi Yasuhiko Shimizu [6]
2022 Cottontail Kenzaburō Patrick Dickinson Lead role; British-Japanese film [7]
Prior Convictions Fumio Tōyama Yoshiyuki Kishi [8]
The Last 10 Years Kajiwara Michihito Fujii [9]

Web
Year Title Role Notes
2016 Crow's Blood Undertaker cameo

Japanese dub
Year Title Role Notes
2016 Song of the Sea Conor / Mac Lir [10]
2018 My Life as a Courgette Raymond [11]
2022 The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily Old Bear [12]

Awards
Year Award Category Work(s) Result
2009 51st Blue Ribbon Awards Best Newcomer All Around Us Won
18th Japanese Movie Critics Awards Best Newcomer Won
2013 26th Nikkan Sports Film Award Best Supporting Actor The Devil's Path and Like Father, Like Son Won
2014 87th Kinema Junpo Awards Best Supporting Actor Won
35th Yokohama Film Festival Best Supporting Actor Won
23rd Japanese Movie Critics Awards Best Supporting Actor Won
37th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Supporting Actor Like Father, Like Son Won
The Devil's Path Nominated
2016 41st Hochi Film Award Best Supporting Actor After the Storm, Scoop! and Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow Nominated
29th Nikkan Sports Film Award Best Supporting Actor After the Storm and Scoop! Nominated
2017 59th Blue Ribbon Awards Best Supporting Actor Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow and Scoop! Won
40th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Supporting Actor Scoop! Nominated
2019 73rd Mainichi Film Awards Best Actor Shoplifters Nominated
61st Blue Ribbon Awards Best Actor Nominated
28th Tokyo Sports Film Award Best Actor Won
42nd Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actor Nominated

References
  1. Schilling, Mark (June 12, 2008). "Lily Franky's first starring role plunges him into a 'dark place'". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  2. "JAPAN CUTS 2016 Special Guests".
  3. "夏、至るころ". eiga.com. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  4. "キネマの神様". eiga.com. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  5. "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". Natalie. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
  6. "その日、カレーライスができるまで". eiga.com. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  7. "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". Natalie. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  8. "前科者". eiga.com. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  9. "「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". Natalie. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  10. Inc., Natasha. "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". 映画ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  11. "ぼくの名前はズッキーニ". Pony Canyon Shopping Club. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  12. "シチリアを征服したクマ王国の物語　－日本語吹き替え版". Fukikaeru. Retrieved February 4, 2022.


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