Kanji Furutachi
# Kanji Furutachi

Kanji Furutachi (Japanese: 古舘 寛治, Hepburn: Furutachi Kanji, born 23 March 1968 in Osaka) is a Japanese actor.

## Career

Born in Sakai, Osaka, Furutachi traveled to New York in his twenties to study acting at the HB Studio under Uta Hagen. Returning to Japan, he joined the Seinendan theatre troupe run by Oriza Hirata and the Sample theatre troupe run by Shū Matsui. After appearing in many TV commercials, some of which earned him "nationwide popularity", he got significant roles in television dramas and films. He has frequently appeared in films directed by Seinendan member Kōji Fukada. For instance, Harmonium won the Jury Prize at the Un Certain Regard section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, with Furutachi gaining particular praise in reviews. It was announced in November 2017 he would be one of the main cast of the 2019 NHK Taiga drama Idaten. He had his first starring role in a TV drama with TV Tokyo's Kotaki Kyodai no Shikuhakku (2020), under the direction of Nobuhiro Yamashita.

## Selected filmography

### Film

* The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio (2009)
* Hospitalité (2010)
* The Woodsman and the Rain (2011)
* Hotori no Sakuko (2013)
* Maestro! (2015)
* Too Young to Die! (2016)
* Harmonium (2016)
* The 8-Year Engagement (2017)
* Miyamoto (2019)
* Silent Rain (2019)
* My Name is Yours (2020)
* The Voice of Sin (2020), Masao Torii
* One Summer Story (2021), Kiyoshi Sakuta
* Pretenders (2021)
* Annette (2021), Doctor
* Anime Supremacy! (2022)
* Hotsuretu (2023)

### Television

* Legal High Season 2 (2013)
* Naotora: The Lady Warlord (2017)
* Idaten (2019), Isao Kani
* Kotaki Kyodai no Shikuhakku (2020)
* Maiagare! (2022–23), Hisayuki Kasamaki
* The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House (2023), Kanjirō Furutachi

### Anime

* Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (2012)

### Video games

* The World Ends with You (2007), Sanae Hanekoma
