Age: 44
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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 Saitoh
Hiroki Okada
for Hiroki Okada in MIDNIGHT(Japanese Remake)
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Shizuka Nakayama,seorang gadis tunarungu yang bekerja sebagai konselor bahasa isyarat di pusat call center di Shinjuku,Tokyo. Ia baru saja menyelesaikan makan malam bersama klien dan hendak menjemput ibunya. Shizuka dan sang ibu memiliki agenda untuk pergi liburan ke pulau Okinawa pada malam itu. Namun, sebuah tragedi yang tidak disangka-sangka justru menimpa keduanya. Shizuka secara tidak sengaja menjadi saksi pembunuhan seorang gadis yang dilakukan Daisuke Taniguchi. Ia pun otomatis menjadi sasaran selanjutnya karena telah menyaksikan kejadian tersebut. Bukan hanya dirinya, sang ibu yang juga seorang tunarungu turut menjadi incarannya. Daisuke merupakan psikopat yang telah melakukan pembunuhan berantai. Ia melancarkan aksinya itu setiap tengah malam dengan menggunakan masker dan topi, agar tidak ada yang mengenalinya. Sebagai psikopat, orang-orang mengenal Daisuke sebagai sosok lelaki yang sopan, hangat, juga ramah. Penampilannya rapi seperti karyawan biasanya pada umumnya. Namun, semua sirna ketika malam telah tiba. Daisuke akan berubah 180 derajat menjadi seorang pembunuh sadis yang tidak pandang bulu untuk menghabisi korbannya. Lantas, bagaimana kelanjutan dari kasus pembunuhan berantai ini? Apakah yang akan dilakukan Daisuke dengan korban terakhirnya? Apakah Shizuka mampu lolos dari kejaran Daisuke? Bagaimana pula nasib ibu dari Shizuka?
