Satoru Kawaguchi

is a Japanese actor known for his stage work, such as playing the title role in Hamlet directed by Yukio Ninagawa, and for playing Hiromichi in the Bollywood Hindi film Rangoon, directed by Vishal Bhardwaj.

Career He made his debut in 2007 for the film Water, as a leading role that was shot in 2004 directed/written by Shuichi Yoshida. Since 2009 to 2014, he had participated in Saitama Next Theatre, headed by producer Yukio Ninagawa. In 2012, he has performed a stage play of Shakespeare's Hamlet, as a main lead, which was praised by Ninagawa as "the best Hamlet acted ever." Then Ninagawa won Grand Prize and Best Directing Award at the 20th Yomiuri Theatre Awards in this work. In 2017, he portrayed "Hiromichi" in the Bollywood film Rangoon, which was directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, receiving high praise by Indian critics.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2007 Water Keiichiro Leading role 2013 At the Last Stop Called Ghost Chimney A bus driver short film 2015 Areno - the wilderness husband 2017 Rangoon Hiromichi 2017 Wilderness Kazutoshi Ishii 2018 Over Drive Ryuta Seki 2018 Ten Years Japan Itami Segment: Plan75, leading role 2019 Yuhi no Ato Hideyuki Nimi 2020 The Voice of Sin Tatsuo Sone (young)

Television Year Title Role Notes 2014 Soko wo nantoka 2 Hiromitsu Iguchi 2015 Mondai no aru Restaurant (A Restaurant With Many Problems) Ikebe 2015 Konkatsu Deka Keisuke Okui 2017 Edojô Muketsu Kaijô Tomoatsu Godai 2017 Tsubaki Bunguten: Kamakura Daishoya Monogatari Kaoru Sonoda 2018 Holiday Love Masaki Saito 2018 Segodon Ryujirou Nakamura Taiga drama 2019 Kurobara II Masaya Shimagaki 2020 Ale Nobuo Tatebayashi

Stage Redon-no-mokuji (2008) Sanadafuunroku (2009) Utsukushikimono no Densetsu (2010) The Taming of the Shrew (2010) Saitama Next Theater "Hamlet" (2012) Cymbeline (2012) Oedipus Rex (2013) Like Dorothy (2013) Caligula (2014) Ikiru to Ikinai no Aida (2014) The Soldier's Tale (2016) Osei Tojo (2017) Shojo Miu (2017) After the Quake (2019) San-san (2020)