Yūsuke Iseya Japanese Actor Known for Blindness

Yūsuke Iseya, born 29 May 1976 in Tokyo, is a Japanese actor. He is known for Blindness (2008) and 13 Assassins (2010).

Early life

His education includes Tokyo University of the Arts.

Career

His screen career on record begins in 1998 with After Life. The 2000s brought Casshern (2004) and Sukiyaki Western Django (2007). His 2010s credits include Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014) and Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (2014). During the 2020s, he worked on Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021) and Penalty Loop (2024, as 溝口登).

Yūsuke Iseya’s credits add up to 24 films and 2 TV series from 1998 to 2024. Drama is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (6), followed by action (2) and adventure (2). Behind the camera, he is listed as director on Seiji: Riku no Sakana.

Teruyuki Kagawa appears in five of his listed titles, including Memories of Matsuko (2006) and What the Snow Brings (2005). Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Takeru Satō (three titles) and Masaharu Fukuyama (three titles). Keishi Ōtomo directed three of his titles on record. Takashi Miike is credited as director on two of them.

Recognition

Yūsuke Iseya’s wins include the Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor, awarded in 2012.