is a Japanese

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Actor

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He was born in Tokyo, Japan

Japan

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. With his modeling career (Japan), Yūsuke is known for Loreal (Japan), Men's Nonno magazine, Prada (Milan), and Asahi Aqua Blue.

Yūsuke extended his career from modeling and being an artist to director and actor. He made his directorial debut in 2003 with Kakuto. He is also known for his performances in Casshern (2004) and Ashita no Joe (2011). His works include Sinking Moon in 2002, a movie collaboration with J-pop superstar Ayumi Hamasaki

Ayumi Hamasaki

is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...

 in which he stars as her lover.

Filmography

1. After Life (1999)
2. Kinpatsu no sōgen (2000)
3. Gaichu (2001)
4. Distance (2001)
5. Tsuki ni Shizumu (2002)
6. Dead End Run
   Dead End Run
   Dead End Run is a 2003 film directed by Japanese cult film director Sogo Ishii, notable for Ishii's trademark flashy visual style.The film has little plot to speak of, but is instead divided into three short episodes, each of which opens with a man desperately running away before being trapped in a...
   
    (2003)
7. Kakuto (2003)
8. Casshern (2004)
9. Yuki ni negau koto (2005) aka "What the Snow Brings"
10. The Passenger
    The Passenger (2005 film)
    The Passenger is a film written and directed by François Rotger. It was produced in France, Canada, and Japan; and has dialogue in French, Japanese and English....
    
     (2005)
11. Memories of Matsuko
    Memories of Matsuko
    is a 2006 Japanese film written and directed by Tetsuya Nakashima. It is based on a Japanese novel by Muneki Yamada.It has not yet received North American distribution, though in its North American premiere at the 2007 New York Asian Film Festival, the film received the Audience Award with an...
    
     (2006)
12. Tekkonkinkreet (2006)
13. Warau Michael
    Warau Michael
    is a manga series by Izumi Kawahara. It was serialized in Hana to Yume beginning in 1987. In 2006 it was adapted into a Japanese film, based on the manga of the same name. The soundtrack was provided by Japanese supergroup Metalchicks....
    
     (2006)
14. Honey and Clover
    Honey and Clover
    is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Chika Umino. It is also known as and H&C. It is published by Shueisha, initially serialized from June 2000 to July 2006 in the magazines CUTiEcomic, Young YOU, and Chorus, and collected in ten bound volumes...
    
     (2006)
15. Sukiyaki Western: Django
    Sukiyaki Western: Django
    is a 2007 Japanese film by Takashi Miike. The title of this English language western refers to the Japanese dish, sukiyaki, as well as Sergio Corbucci's spaghetti western film, Django...
    
     (2007)
16. Zukan ni nottenai mushi (2007) aka "The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia"
17. Closed Note (2007)
18. Blindness
    Blindness (film)
    Blindness is a 2008 English-language film that is an adaptation of the 1995 novel of the same name by the Portuguese writer José Saramago about a society suffering an epidemic of blindness. The film is written by Don McKellar and directed by Fernando Meirelles with Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo...
    
     (2008)
19. Shirasu Jiro (2009)
20. Thirteen Assassins
    Thirteen Assassins
    is a 2010 Japanese-British jidaigeki film directed by Takashi Miike.A samurai epic based on a true incident, the film was produced by Toshiaki Nakazawa, who also produced the 2009 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Departures...
    
     (2010)
21. Ryōmaden
    Ryōmaden
    is the 49th NHK Taiga drama. It was shown on NHK from January 3 to November 28, 2010 spanning 48 episodes. The story centers on the life of 19th century Japanese historical figures Iwasaki Yatarō and Sakamoto Ryōma...
    
     (2010)
22. Ashita no Joe (2011)

External links

• Yusuke Iseya's JMDb Listing (in Japanese)