Riki Takeuchi
Encyclopedia
is a Japan
ese actor
best known for his roles in v-cinema
yakuza
movies.
Takeuchi has starred in many yakuza films and action
films, such as Dead or Alive
by Takashi Miike
. Takeuchi also starred in Battle Royale II: Requiem
, where he played Riki Takeuchi.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
best known for his roles in v-cinema
V-Cinema
Japanese is the direct-to-video industry that appeared in Japan in the 1980s. The term is a trademark of Toei Company but is widely used in the West to describe any Japanese direct-to-video release. In Japan the term used is...
yakuza
Yakuza
, also known as , are members of traditional organized crime syndicates in Japan. The Japanese police, and media by request of the police, call them bōryokudan , literally "violence group", while the yakuza call themselves "ninkyō dantai" , "chivalrous organizations". The yakuza are notoriously...
movies.
Takeuchi has starred in many yakuza films and action
Action film
Action film is a film genre where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases...
films, such as Dead or Alive
Dead or Alive (film)
, abbreviated as DOA , is a 1999 Japanese yakuza action film directed by Takashi Miike. It stars Riki Takeuchi, as the Chinese Triad boss and former yakuza Ryūichi, and Show Aikawa, as the Japanese cop Detective Jojima, and focuses on their meeting and conflict...
by Takashi Miike
Takashi Miike
is a highly prolific and controversial Japanese filmmaker. He has directed over seventy theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. In the years 2001 and 2002 alone, Miike is credited with directing fifteen productions...
. Takeuchi also starred in Battle Royale II: Requiem
Battle Royale II: Requiem
, abbreviated as BRII , is a 2003 Japanese, dystopian, action-thriller film. It is a sequel to the 2000 film, Battle Royale, which in turn was based upon a controversial 1999 novel of the same title by Koushun Takami...
, where he played Riki Takeuchi.
Selected filmography
- Ginji the Slasher(film) as Ginjirô Manda (1995)
- Tokyo Mafia: YakuzaYakuza, also known as , are members of traditional organized crime syndicates in Japan. The Japanese police, and media by request of the police, call them bōryokudan , literally "violence group", while the yakuza call themselves "ninkyō dantai" , "chivalrous organizations". The yakuza are notoriously...
Wars as Ginya Yabuki (1995) - Tokyo Mafia: Wrath of the Yakuza as Ginya Yabuki (1995)
- Fudoh: The New GenerationFudoh: The New GenerationFudoh: The New Generation is a Japanese movie directed by Takashi Miike. Two sequels followed, neither of which was directed by Miike. The film is based on a manga. Time Magazine listed Fudoh as one of its ten best movies of 1997.-Plot:Riki Fudoh's brother was killed by his father at the request...
as Daigen Nohma (1996) - Tokyo Mafia: Battle For Shinjuku as Ginya Yabuki (1996)
- Tokyo Mafia: Yakuza Blood as Ginya Yabuki (1997)
- Blood (1998)
- Dead or AliveDead or Alive (film), abbreviated as DOA , is a 1999 Japanese yakuza action film directed by Takashi Miike. It stars Riki Takeuchi, as the Chinese Triad boss and former yakuza Ryūichi, and Show Aikawa, as the Japanese cop Detective Jojima, and focuses on their meeting and conflict...
as Ryuuichi (1999) - Nobody as Nanbu (1999)
- Dead or Alive 2: BirdsDead or Alive 2: BirdsDead or Alive 2: Birds is a Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike. Dead or Alive 2: Birds is unrelated to Dead or Alive or Dead or Alive: Final except that all three films have Show Aikawa and Riki Takeuchi in them, and they are all directed by Takashi Miike.-Plot:Two contract killers cross...
as Shuuichi Sawada (2000) - Dead or Alive: FinalDead or Alive: FinalDead or Alive: Final is a 2002 Japanese cyberpunk science fiction film directed by Takashi Miike. It is the third in a three-part series, preceded by Dead or Alive in 1999 and Dead or Alive 2: Birds in 2000. The films are not connected in any apparent way except by director Takashi Miike and stars...
as Officer Takeshi Honda (2002) - Deadly Outlaw: RekkaDeadly Outlaw: RekkaDeadly Outlaw: Rekka is a 2002 Japanese yakuza film directed by Takashi Miike starring Riki Takeuchi and Sonny Chiba.-Plot:...
as Kunisada (2002) - Mafia Family Yanagawa (2002)
- Mafia Family Yanagawa 2 (2002)
- Battle Royale II: RequiemBattle Royale II: Requiem, abbreviated as BRII , is a 2003 Japanese, dystopian, action-thriller film. It is a sequel to the 2000 film, Battle Royale, which in turn was based upon a controversial 1999 novel of the same title by Koushun Takami...
(2003) - Last Life in the UniverseLast Life in the UniverseLast Life in the Universe is a 2003 Thai film directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang. The film is notable for being trilingual; the two main characters flit from Thai to Japanese to English as their vocabulary requires...
as Takashi (2003) - Yakuza DemonKikokuis a Japanese yakuza film directed by Takashi Miike. The film reunites Miike with Riki Takeuchi, who stars as the main character.-Plot:Seiji grew up as an orphan who was raised by Boss Muto, whom Seiji considers his father. The Muto family is composed only of Boss Muto, Seiji and Yoshi. However...
as Seiji (2003) - Arashi no Yoru NiArashi no Yoru Niis the first in a series of children's books authored by Yūichi Kimura and illustrated by Hiroshi Abe. In 1995, the book won the 42nd Sankei Children's Literature Culture Award and the 26th Kōdansha Literature Culture Award....
as the voice of Giro (2005) - Yo-Yo Girl CopYo-Yo Girl Copis a 2006 Japanese live-action feature film, the third to be based on the manga Sukeban Deka, directed by Kenta Fukasaku.The film stars Aya Matsuura in the lead role of Saki Asamiya and Rika Ishikawa as her rival, Reika Akiyama. Yuki Saito, who played the role of Saki in the first live-action...
as Kazutoshi Kira (2006) - MothraMothrais a kaiju, a type of fictional monster who first appeared in the serialized novel The Luminous Fairies and Mothra by Takehiko Fukunaga, Shinichiro Nakamura, and Yoshie Hotta...
's Counterattack as Anchor Yoshi Fukuda - Elite Yankee Saburo (2009)
External links
- Official Website in Japanese
- http://web.archive.org/web/20060508105800/www.pulp-mag.com/archives/5.07/feature_takeuchi.shtml