--- name: "Kazuki Kitamura" canonical: "https://film.one/person/kazuki-kitamura" fi1m_id: "kazuki-kitamura" imdb_id: "nm0457556" tmdb_id: 2542 wikidata_id: "Q1049366" roles: ["Actor"] born: "17 July 1969" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 68 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-28T21:04:16.906941+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Kazuki Kitamura ## Identity Kazuki Kitamura - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kazuki-kitamura - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** kazuki-kitamura - **IMDb ID:** nm0457556 - **TMDB ID:** 2542 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1049366 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuki_Kitamura, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1049366, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0457556/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2542 Actor. Born 17 July 1969 in Higashisumiyoshi, Osaka, Japan. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 17 July 1969, Higashisumiyoshi, Osaka, Japan - **Active:** 2003–2004 - **Also known as:** Kitamura Kazuki, Yasushi Kitamura, Ko Kitamura - **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 3 titles - **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Action 3, Crime 2, Thriller 2, Adventure 1, Fantasy 1, Science Fiction 1 - **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $345m across 3 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuki_Kitamura, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1049366, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0457556/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2542 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Godzilla: Final Wars*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-final-wars.md) (54) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Kazuki Kitamura is a Japanese film and television actor. Born Yasushi Kitamura on 17 July 1969 in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, he began acting in 1991 and has worked with directors including Ryuhei Kitamura and Takashi Miike. He is known for roles such as Crazy 88 member in *Kill Bill: Vol. 1* (2003) and *Kill Bill: Vol. 2* (2004), the controller of Planet X in *Godzilla: Final Wars* (2004), Ryuichi in *The Raid 2* (2014), and Sabato Kuroi in *Blade of the Immortal* (2017). His television work includes appearances in series such as *Tenchijin*. Kitamura won the best supporting actor award at the 21st Yokohama Film Festival for his performances in *Minazuki*, *Kyohansha* and *Kanzen-naru shiiku*. He also received the Cut Above Award for Excellence in Film at JAPAN CUTS in New York in 2014. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, wikizilla.org.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *Godzilla: Final Wars* (2004), Fi1m 54, as The controller of Planet X — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-final-wars.md) - *Kill Bill: Vol. 2* (2004), Fi1m 77, as Boss Koji / Crazy 88 — [page](https://film.one/film/kill-bill-vol-2.md) - *Kill Bill: Vol. 1* (2003), Fi1m 72, as Crazy 88 #2 — [page](https://film.one/film/kill-bill-vol-1.md) ## Complete filmography (189) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *BLACK TRICK: The Lawyer Who Controls Justice* (2026), series, as Yoshichika Furuse - *Scent of the Wind* (2026), series, as Shinemon Ichinose - *Golden Kamuy -The Abashiri Prison Raid-* (2026), as Shirōsuke Inudō - *Samurai Vengeance* (2026), Actor - *Glass no Yubiwa to Bansoko* (2026), series, as [Mysterious man] - *Yakushima's Illusion* (2025), as Ryoji Bento Merchants - *ESCAPE It Was Supposed to be a Kidnapping* (2025), series, as Yagami Keishi - *Hidden Sun* (2025), as Kenji - *They Call Him OG* (2025), as Kazao - *Sham* (2025), Actor - *The Way of The Prison Guard* (2025), Actor - *Samurai Fury* (2025), Actor - *Grande Maison Tokyo Special* (2024), as Akashi Sosuke - *My Precious* (2024), series, as Asaoka Tadayuki - *Golden Kamuy -The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido-* (2024), series, Actor - *Uncle's Kitchen* (2024), series, as Occhan - *Tokyo Swindlers* (2024), series, as Takeshita - *The Yin Yang Master Zero* (2024), as Korimune Korekuni - *366 Days* (2024), series, as Mizuno Teruhiko - *Gold Boy‎* (2024), Actor - *Don't Lose Your Head!* (2024), as Tokugawa Tsunayoshi - *Let's Go Karaoke!* (2024), as Matsuribayashi-gumi Head - *Tales of the Bizarre: 2023 Fall Special* (2023), Actor - *Worry Not, She's the Boss* (2023), series, as Domon Kohei - *Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead* (2023), as Gonzo Kosugi - *Wave, Listen to Me!* (2023), series, as Kanetsugu Mato - *From the End of the World* (2023), as Mugen - *Ichikei’s Crow Special* (2023), as Oyabu Shigeyuki - *Galileo: Forbidden Sorcery* (2022), as Shumpei Kusanagi - *Hell Dogs* (2022), as Tsutomu Toki - *Silent Parade* (2022), as Shumpei Kusanagi - *TEPPACHI!* (2022), series, as Junichi Yame - *Before Goodbye: Fantastic 31 Days* (2022), series, as Watarai Minoru - *The Great Yokai War: Guardians* (2021), as Tsuna Watanabe - *Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning* (2021), as Tatsumi - *Rurouni Kenshin: The Final* (2021), as Tatsumi - *The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood* (2021), Actor - *SIGNAL: The Movie – Cold Case Investigation Unit* (2021), as Takeshi Ōyama - *Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord* (2021), as Oda Nobuhide - *Heaven and Hell: Soul Exchange* (2021), series, as Kawahara Mitsuo - *North Light* (2020), series, Actor - *The Return* (2019), as Younger Unokichi - *Nippon Noir* (2019), series, Actor - *Scarlet* (2019), series, as Kawahara Joji - *The Battle: Roar to Victory* (2019), as Yaskawa Jiro - *Robu* (2019), as Yuuki - *The Confidence Man JP: Fortune* (2019), Actor - *Million Dollar Man* (2018), as Momose - *Folklore* (2018), series, Actor - *Designated Lawyer* (2018), as Shinji Tachibana - *指定弁護士* (2018), series, Actor - *Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi 2018 SP* (2018), as Nakai Toshihide - *Signal* (2018), series, as Takeshi Ooyama - *Pretty Cure Super Stars!* (2018), as Usobakka (voice) - *Last Winter, We Parted* (2018), as Yoshiki Kobayashi - *Color Me True* (2018), as Ryunosuke Shundo - *The Scythian Lamb* (2018), as Masashi Sugiyama - *The 8-Year Engagement* (2017), as Shibata - *Throwing Stones: Cops Against the Government* (2017), series, Actor - *Blade of the Immortal* (2017), as Sabato Kuroi - *The Bodyguards* (2017), series, as Kengo Ishimaru（石丸 賢吾） - *AIBOU: The Movie IV* (2017), as black clothes’ man - *Tales of the Bizarre: 2016 Fall Special* (2016), as Pompous man - *The Most Difficult Love in the World* (2016), series, as 和田 英雄 - *Beautiful Slow Life* (2015), series, Actor - *Oedo Jikenjou Bimi de Sourou* (2015), series, as Kakie Shinpeita - *Samurai Cat 2: A Tropical Adventure* (2015), Co-Writer - *Parasyte: Part 2* (2015), as Hirokawa Takeshi - *Yamegoku - I Will Quit Yakuza* (2015), series, as Kakeru Mikajima - *JINXED* (2015), series, as Yasuhiko Kuwahara - *Tochuu Gesha* (2014), Actor - *Parasyte: Part 1* (2014), as Hirokawa Takeshi - *Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon* (2014), series, as Osamu Kato - *Man from Reno* (2014), as Akira - *Thermae Romae II* (2014), as Keioniusu - *White Lab* (2014), series, as Satoshi Ichinose - *The Raid 2* (2014), as Ryuichi - *Samurai Cat: The Movie* (2014), as Kyutaro Madarame - *Killers* (2014), as Nomura - *Trick the Movie: Last Stage* (2014), as Masashi Tanioka - *The Files of Young Kindaichi: Jungle School Murder Mystery* (2014), as Takayuki Ujiie - *SPEC: Close Reincarnation* (2013), as Shu Kikkawa - *SPEC: Close~Incarnation* (2013), as Shu Kikkawa - *Dandarin Rules* (2013), series, as Ikuo Doteyama - *Samurai Cat* (2013), series, Actor - *Ataru: The First Love & The Last Kill* (2013), as Shunichi Sawa - *Midsummer's Equation* (2013), as Shumpei Kusanagi - *Galileo XX* (2013), as Shumpei Kusanagi - *Night People* (2013), as Shinji - *Humanoid Monster, Bem* (2012), as Akinori Natsume - *Japan's Tragedy* (2012), as Yoshio Murai - *Blazing Famiglia* (2012), as Yuji Natsume - *Thermae Romae* (2012), as Ceionius - *ATARU* (2012), series, as Shunichi Sawa - *SPEC: Life* (2012), as Shu Kikkawa - *Speed Angels* (2011), as Asano - *Kaibutsu-kun: The Movie* (2011), as Sunil - *Humanoid Monster Bem* (2011), series, as Natsume Akinori - *Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair* (2011), as Crazy 88 #2 / Boss Koji - *Space Battleship Yamato* (2010), Actor - *The Fugitive Lawyer* (2010), series, Actor - *Yokoyama Hideo Suspense* (2010), series, as 尾花久雄 - *宿命1969-2010～ワンス・アポン・ア・タイム・イン・東京～* (2010), series, Actor - *Koma* (2009), as Kang Jun-Il - *Dumbeast* (2009), as Chi Edajima - *Heart of a Samurai* (2009), series, Actor - *Galileo Zero* (2008), as Shumpei Kusanagi - *Suspect X* (2008), as Shumpei Kusanagi - *Samurai Gangsters* (2008), as Masagoro Oiwake - *Hokaben* (2008), series, as Sugisaki Tadashi - *Jungle* (2008), series, as Kusanagi Shunpei - *Out of the Wind* (2007), Actor - *Galileo* (2007), series, as Kusanagi Shunpei - *Ikiru* (2007), Actor - *Maiko Haaaan!!!* (2007), Actor - *Bambino!* (2007), series, as Tsukasa Yonamine - *バンビ〜ノ!* (2007), series, as 与那嶺司 - *Yakuza: Like a Dragon* (2007), as Kazuma Kiryū - *Evil People* (2007), series, as Sakuo Shimomizawa - *Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace* (2006), as Choujyurou Kaneko - *Freezing Point* (2006), series, as 村井靖男 - *Mother at Fourteen* (2006), series, as Hatano Taku - *Densha Otoko Deluxe: The Final Crusade* (2006), Actor - *Tokyo Friends: The Movie* (2006), as Keitaro Sasakawa - *Akihabara@DEEP* (2006), series, as Takeshi Nakagomi - *夜王 〜YAOH〜* (2006), series, as Seiya - *奥〜華の乱〜 悲恋の果てに* (2005), Actor - *Leviathan* (2005), Actor - *Ooku ~ Hana no Ran ~* (2005), series, as Yoshiyasu Yanagisawa - *Wet Red Thread* (2005), Actor - *Samurai Commando Mission 1549* (2005), as Shichibe Iinuma / Oda Nobugana - *Tokyo Friends* (2005), series, as Keitaro Sasakawa（笹川 敬太郎） - *Tiger and Dragon* (2005), series, Actor - *Azumi 2: Death or Love* (2005), as Kanbê Inoue - *Perfect Education 5: Amazing Story* (2004), as Kenji - *Godzilla: Final Wars* (2004), as The controller of Planet X — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-final-wars.md) - *Blood and Bones* (2004), as Yoshio Motoyama - *Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie* (2004), Actor - *Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Hanayome-san-hen* (2004), as Ghost - *Kill Bill: Vol. 2* (2004), as Boss Koji / Crazy 88 — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/kill-bill-vol-2.md) - *A Day on the Planet* (2004), as Surfer - *Kill Bill: Vol. 1* (2003), as Crazy 88 #2 — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/kill-bill-vol-1.md) - *There's Someone Watching* (2003), series, as Kazuma Sawamura - *9 Souls* (2003), as Tamori - *Papa for One Summer* (2003), series, as Shinpei Kirishima - *Time Limit* (2003), Actor - *Rodeo Drive －ロデオドライブ－* (2003), as Ken - *Ooku* (2003), series, as Tokugawa Iesada / [Monk] - *Azumi* (2003), as Inoue, Kanbe'e - *The Man in White Part 2: Requiem for the Lion* (2003), as Shinichi Mizutani - *The Man in White* (2003), as Shinichi Mizutani - *Jam Films* (2002), Actor - *狂った果実2002* (2002), series, Actor - *横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)* (2002), series, Actor - *春ランマン* (2002), series, as 마나베 조지 - *Bastoni: The Stick Handlers* (2002), as AV company producer - *Stray Dog* (2002), Actor - *Turn* (2001), as Kakizaki Kiyotaka - *A Wednesday Love Affair* (2001), series, as Akira Okino - *Quartet for Two* (2001), as Ohsawa - *man-hole* (2001), Actor - *Chinpira* (2000), Actor - *Swing Man* (2000), as Kazuki Kitaoka - *Sunflower* (2000), as Shinji Sasahara - *Drug Garden* (2000), as Drag Queen Champion - *Freeze Me* (2000), as Noboru Hirokawa - *Semi matsuri no shima* (2000), Actor - *Kaizokuban Bootleg Film* (1999), as Yoji - *Dead or Alive* (1999), as Mysterious Dancing Man - *Minazuki* (1999), as Akira - *Scary Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid* (1999), Actor - *Ley Lines* (1999), as Ryuichi - *The Accomplice* (1999), as Yasuharu Nishikawa - *The Perfect Education* (1999), as Tsuda - *Golden Wolf: Resurrection 2* (1998), Actor - *Andromedia* (1998), as Sada - *Golden Wolf: Resurrection* (1998), Actor - *Full Metal Yakuza* (1997), as Matsuba - *Romantic Mania* (1997), as Ujiie - *Another Lonely Hitman 2* (1997), Actor - *Young Thugs: Innocent Blood* (1997), Actor - *Pinocchio: A Man Without Nationality* (1997), Actor - *Onibi: The Fire Within* (1997), as Hideyuki Sakata (as Yasushi Kitamura) - *THE REVENGE OF THE WOLVES* (1997), Actor - *天然少女 萬* (1996), Actor - *The Way to Fight* (1996), as Takeshi Hamada - *Lunatic* (1996), as Yuji Nomura - *Closing Time* (1996), as Kubo - *The Woman Tamer* (1995), Actor ## Gallery - ![Kazuki Kitamura](https://film.one/media/person/318340/gallery-64858f41b426.jpg) Kazuki Kitamura — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Kitamura_Kazuki_from_%22Folklore_Tatami%22_at_Opening_Ceremony_of_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2019_%2849013688546%29.jpg/1280px-Kitamura_Kazuki_from_%22Folklore_Tatami%22_at_Opening_Ceremony_of_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2019_%2849013688546%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Kazuki Kitamura](https://film.one/media/person/318340/gallery-60131f4ded6c.jpg) Kazuki Kitamura — Image via TMDB - ![Kazuki Kitamura](https://film.one/media/person/318340/gallery-07bb2af2cf02.jpg) Kazuki Kitamura — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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