Biography
Makoto Ashikawa is a Japanese actor born on 19 April 1960 in Osaka. He has appeared in numerous films and television series since the late 1980s.
His credits include roles in Takeshi Kitano films such as Violent Cop (1989) as Kikuchi, Boiling Point (1990) as Akira, Kids Return (1996) as Teacher Hashida, Fireworks (1997) as Tanaka, and Zatoichi (2003) as Carpenter. He has also appeared in Ju-on: The Curse (2000) and Ju-on: The Curse 2 (2000) as Tatsuya Suzuki, Cold Fish (2011) as Supermarket Manager, and Takeshis' (2005) as Assistant at Audition, as well as later television work.
