Yūrei Yanagi

Yūrei Yanagi (柳 憂怜 or 柳ユーレイ, Yanagi Yūrei, born 8 April 1963) is a Japanese actor and tarento. He was born in Fuchū, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. ^{[1] [2]} Yanagi was originally a member of Takeshi Kitano's gundan. In 1990 he continued to work with Takeshi for the film Boiling Point . Afterwards, he appeared in over eight more films before meeting up with Takeshi again for the 1997 film Hana-bi . ^[3] His most recent roles have been in horror films such as Ring , Ju-on and Ju-on 2 .

He is married to actress, novelist, and essayist Atsuko Kawada. He is also credited as Masahiko Ono or Yuurei Yanagi.

Partial filmography

• Boiling Point (1990) as Masaki
• Don't Look Up (1996) as Toshio Murai
• Hana-bi (1997) as Chef No. 1
• Ring (1998) as AD Okazaki
• Ring 2 (1999) as AD Okazaki
• Ju-on (2000) as Shunsuke Kobayashi
• Carved (2007) as Detective Kubo
• Kaidan (2007) ^[4]
• L: Change the World (2008)
• The Slit-Mouthed Woman 0: The Beginning (2008)
• Gothic & Lolita Psycho (2010) as Jiro
• Helldriver (2010) as Taku
• Ultraman X (2015) as Takashi Ozora
• Little Nights, Little Love (2019)
• Missing (2024) ^[5]
• Yuko Side B, and Hereafter (2025) ^[6]

Notes

1. "柳 憂怜 YUREI YANAGI". dorama.info/. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
2. 柳憂怜( 出演/監督/脚本/撮影 ) (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo . Retrieved 28 January 2010.
3. 柳　憂 怜［やなぎ ゆうれい］ (in Japanese). www.office-kitano.co.jp. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
4. "怪談". allcinema. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
5. "ミッシング". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 December 2023.
6. "そして、優子II". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 February 2025.

External links

• Yūrei Yanagi at IMDb
• 柳憂怜( 出演/監督/脚本/撮影 ) (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo . Retrieved 28 January 2010.
• Yourei and Atsuko's Website