Takumi Saitoh

Takumi Saitoh (斎 藤 工 Saitō Takumi, Tokyo, Japan, August 22, 1981) is a Japanese actor, singer, and model. Saitoh was born on August 22, 1981, in the city of Tokyo, Japan. He made his acting debut in 1992, playing a small role in the Japanese drama Ippai no kakesoba. In the following years, he worked as a model for companies like Calvin Klein and Issey Miyake. In 2001, he starred in the movie Toki no kaori: Remember me (a remake of the Korean film Ditto), while in 2006, he participated as Yūshi Oshitari in the musical adaptation of the manga The Prince of Tennis, a role that made him gain popularity as an actor. Also, in 2006, he played Shūya Arisada in the drama Princess princess D, an adaptation of the homonymous manga by Mikiyo Tsuda. However, his most important role was undoubtedly that of Noeru Kisaragi in the direct-to-video movie BOYS LOVE. The film tells the story of a magazine editor who meets and interviews a young model (later he also discovers that he is a gigolo) and the immediate attraction that arises between them. After the success of the film, the following year a theatrical successor to it was released (titled Schoolboy Crush in the West), but with a different plot and without Saitoh's involvement. Another of his most important works is Sukitomo, another homosexual-themed film, released in 2007, and Itsuka no kimi e, also released that same year. The expressiveness of Saitoh as an actor and his natural way of embarking homosexual characters has contributed to give a "normalized" image of homosexual love in Japan, to the point of making it accessible and understandable to the general public. However, he ran the risk of being caught in a series of characters of that nature, so he joined the cast of the lightweight 2007 drama Delicious Gakuin. He participated in the 2009 graduation special of the Gokusen drama series and in HANA-KIMI 2011, the second Japanese TV adaptation of the comics of the same title.

Takumi Saito è un attore, modello e cantante giapponese.

日本演员，主持人，专栏作家，导演。 2001年，斋藤工通过电影《时间的香气》出道，2005年出演网球王子舞台剧中 忍足侑士一角，2008年起在电影专门杂志《映画秘宝》连载影评专栏，2010年首次主演深夜剧《 黑豹：如龙新章》，2011年首次主演常规剧《 顶尖医生》，同年首次参演大河剧《 江·公主们的战国》。 2012年首度执导短篇电影《樱色》。2014年夏出演人气争议电视剧《 昼颜》，同年通过东京国际短篇电影节导演短篇电影《 我的世界只有一半》，获国际艾美奖短片单元提名；2016年出演人气电视剧 《临床犯罪学者 火村英生的推理》，2017年出演《 昼颜》电影版再掀人气高峰。同年首次执导的长篇电影《 空白的13年》，获2017年夕张国际电影节观众奖及第二十届 上海国际电影节亚洲新人奖最佳导演。2018年参演晨间剧《 一半，蓝色》，并执导HBO Asia《 亚洲怪谈》日本篇。2019年参演大河剧《 韦驮天：东京奥运的故事》，主演电影《 麻雀放浪记2020》，执导HBO Asia《 点食成金》日本篇。

日本演員，主持人，專欄作家，導演。 2001 年，齋藤工透過 通過電影《時間的香氣》出道，2005 年出演網球王子舞台劇中 忍足侑士一角，2008 年起在電影專門雜誌《映畫秘寶》聯載影評專欄，2010 年首次主演深夜劇《 黑豹：如龍新章》，2011 年首次主演常規劇《 頂尖醫生》，同年首次參演大河劇《 江·公主們的戰國》。 2012 年首度執導短篇電影《櫻色》。2014 年夏出演人氣爭議電視劇《 晝顏》，同年透過 通過東京國際短篇電影節導演短篇電影《 我的世界只有一半》，獲國際艾美獎短片單元提名；2016 年出演人氣電視劇 《臨牀犯罪學者 火村英生的推理》，2017 年出演《 晝顏》電影版再掀人氣高峯。同年首次執導的長篇電影《 空白的 13 年》，獲 2017 年夕張國際電影節觀眾獎及第二十屆 上海國際電影節亞洲新人獎最佳導演。2018 年參演晨間劇《 一半，藍色》，並執導 HBO Asia《 亞洲怪談》日本篇。2019 年參演大河劇《 韋馱天：東京奧運的故事》，主演電影《 麻雀放浪記 2020》，執導 HBO Asia《 點食成金》日本篇。