Shô Kasamatsu
| Shô Kasamatsu | |
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| File:Kasamatsu Sho from Gannibal at Red Carpet of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2022 (52460910566).jpgFile:Kasamatsu Sho from Gannibal at Red Carpet of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2022 (52460910566).jpg Kasamatsu at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2022 | |
| Native name | 笠松将 |
| Born | November 4, 1992 Aichi Prefecture, Japan |
| 💼 Occupation | Actor |
| 📆 Years active | 2013–present |
| Agent | Brookside Artist Management |
| 🌐 Website | www |
Show Kasamatsu (笠松将 Shô Kasamatsu, born November 4, 1992) is a Japanese actor.
He is a native of Nagoya City in Aichi Prefecture.
Career
After graduating high school in 2011, Shô moved to Tokyo with the intention to become an actor. After working part-time in a restaurant and as an extra in a number of movie productions, his acting career eventually commenced in 2013 with a role in a theater production.
In 2017, he joined Dongyu Club where he appeared in 18 TV dramas and movies, ranking as the top actor in their 20s. His first feature film debut was in 2019 with Flowers and Rain as Yoshida, a returnee to Japan after spending his childhood in London who faces the challenge of adapting to the rural way of life.
He eventually signed up with HoriPro Inc in 2020.
In early 2024, he signed under new management with international agencies Brookside Artist Management and CAA
His international breakthrough came in 2022, playing Akiro Sato a disillisioned and often conflicted Yakuza enforcer in Tokyo Vice, based on the memoir of Jake Adelstein. Kasamatu's stand-out performance garnered him international recognition alongside Ken Watanabe, Ansel Elgort and Rachel Keller. The same year also saw him cast in horror-thriller Gannibal, where he plays Keisuke Goto.
2025 will see Kasamatsu as Major Nakamura in Australian mini-series The Narrow Road to the Deep North.
Personal life
Kasamatsu has described himself as they type of person with strong emotional swings. He has a love for hip-hop and is also influenced by quite a number of home-based hip-hop artists.
Brand endorsements
Filmography
Film
Television
External links
References
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | The Killing Curriculum | Takeya Eiji | |
| 2016 | Bokura no saigo | ||
| 2017 | Kalanchoe | Short | |
| Demekin | Chuji Araragi | ||
| 2018 | Namae no nai Onnatachi: Usotsuki Onna | Masato Tsujimoto | |
| Kono machi de kuraseba | Itsuki | Short | |
| 2019 | Day and Night | ||
| The Beginning Notes | Ryôhei Katsumata | TV Movie | |
| My Father, the Bride | Midori | ||
| Flowers and Rain | Yoshida | ||
| I Was a 'Secret Bitch' | |||
| My Girlfriend Is a Serial Killer | |||
| 2020 | Masked Ward | Katsuhito Miyata | |
| Dong Teng Town | Tokio |
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