{{Short description|Japanese illustrator, writer and actor (born 1963)}} {{Hatnote|In this professional name, the given name is Lily Franky. There is no family name.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lily Franky |url=https://jfdb.jp/en/person/4761 |publisher=Japanese Film Database |access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref>}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox person | image = Lily Franky at 2025 Cannes Photocall 1.jpg | caption = Franky at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] in 2025 | name = Lily Franky | birth_name = Masaya Nakagawa | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|11|4|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Fukuoka]], [[Japan]] | other_names = Elvis Woodstock | occupation = Actor, writer, illustrator, designer, musician, lyricist, photographer, essayist | years_active = 1980s–present }} {{Nihongo|'''Masaya Nakagawa'''|中川 雅也|Nakagawa Masaya|born 4 November 1963}}, known professionally as {{Nihongo|'''Lily Franky'''|リリー・フランキー|Rirī Furankī}}, is a Japanese illustrator, writer, and actor.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schilling |first=Mark |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2008/06/12/films/lily-frankys-first-starring-role-plunges-him-into-a-dark-place/ |title=Lily Franky's first starring role plunges him into a 'dark place' |work=[[The Japan Times]] |date=12 June 2008 |access-date=2016-03-24 }}</ref> He has appeared in more than 40 films since 2001.
== Career == In 2016, Franky received the Cut Above Award for Outstanding Performance in Film at [[Japan Cuts]]: Festival of New Japanese Film in [[New York City|New York]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.japansociety.org/page/programs/film/japan-cuts-2016/guests#franky|title=JAPAN CUTS 2016 Special Guests|access-date=2016-08-02|archive-date=2021-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514223329/https://www.japansociety.org/page/programs/film/japan-cuts-2016/guests#franky|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Filmography == === Television ===
{|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes ! class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- |1995–96 |''Shitamachi Ninjō Gekijō'' | | | |- |rowspan=2 |2010 |''[[Code Blue (Japanese TV series)|Code Blue]]'' | |Season 2 | |- |''[[Ryōmaden|Ryomaden: The Legend]]'' |Kawada Shōryō |[[Taiga drama|''Taiga'' drama]] |<ref>{{cite web |title=''RYOMADEN -- The Legend'' |url=https://pf.nhk-ep.co.jp/program-detail |publisher=[[NHK Enterprises]] |access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref> |- |2016 |''[[Crow's Blood]]'' |Undertaker |Cameo | |- |rowspan=3 |2017 |''[[Million Yen Women]]'' |Tatsuyuki | | |- |''[[Silver and Gold (TV series)|Silver and Gold]]'' |Ginji Hirai | | |- |''[[Hello Harinezumi|Hello, Detective Hedgehog]]'' |Minami | | |- |rowspan=5 |2019 |''[[Idaten (TV series)|Idaten]]'' |[[Taketora Ogata]] |''Taiga'' drama |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://thetv.jp/program/0000924195/cast/|title= いだてん〜東京オリムピック噺(ばなし)〜の出演者・キャスト一覧|access-date= 4 June 2024|work= The Television}}</ref> |- |''[[Natsuzora|Natsuzora: Natsu's Sky]]'' |Kazusada Mogi |''[[Asadora]]'' |<ref>{{cite web |title=''Natsuzora: Natsu's Sky'' |url=https://pf.nhk-ep.co.jp/program-detail |publisher=[[NHK Enterprises]] |access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref> |- |''Two Homelands'' |[[Kōki Hirota]] |Television film | |- |''[[The Naked Director]]'' |Takei | | |- |''[[Terrace House: Tokyo 2019–2020]]'' |Himself |Cameo |<ref>{{cite web |title=Who Is Lily Franky, Tupas' Boss on 'Terrace House'? |url=https://www.distractify.com/p/lily-franky-terrace-house |publisher=Distractify |access-date=2 September 2025}}</ref> |- |2020 |''A Day-Off of Kasumi Arimura'' |Himura |Episode 3 |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.crank-in.net/news/73654/1|title= 有村架純の妄想のオフを"のぞき見" 『撮休』ドラマ場面カット解禁|access-date= 2 June 2022|work= Crank-in!|date= 6 February 2020}}</ref> |- |2022 |''[[He's Expecting (TV series)|He's Expecting]]'' |Eiichi Hiyama | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://realsound.jp/movie/2021/10/post-884024.html|title= 斎藤工×上野樹里『ヒヤマケンタロウの妊娠』初映像公開 リリー・フランキーら新キャストも|access-date= 2 June 2022|work= Real Sound|date= 19 October 2021}}</ref> |- |rowspan=2 |2023 |''[[What Will You Do, Ieyasu?]]'' |Hisamatsu Toshikatsu |''Taiga'' drama |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://mantan-web.jp/article/20220713dog00m200014000c.html|title= どうする家康:リリー・フランキーが久松長家に 適当こそわが人生の家康の義父、やがてヒモ同然|access-date= 13 July 2022|work= Mantan-web|date= 13 July 2022}}</ref> |- |''[[The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House]]'' |Ren | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/comic/news/500315|title= ドラマ「舞妓さんちのまかないさん」ティザー予告解禁、追加キャストに井浦新ら|access-date= 7 November 2022|work= Natalie}}</ref> |- |rowspan=2 |2024 |''[[Tokyo Swindlers]]'' |Tatsu | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/577497|title= 綾野剛×豊川悦司「地面師たち」に北村一輝、小池栄子、ピエール瀧、染谷将太ら出演|access-date= 16 June 2024|work= Natalie}}</ref> |- |''[[What Comes After Love]]'' |Takuto Aoki |Episode 2, 3 | |- |2024–25 |''[[Omusubi (TV series)|Omusubi]]'' |Narrator |''Asadora'' |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2342344/full/|title= 次期朝ドラ『おむすび』語りが決定 リリー・フランキー「参加できますことを誇りに思います」|access-date= 29 August 2024|work= Oricon}}</ref> |- |2025 |''[[Kujaku no Dance, Dare ga Mita?|Who Saw The Peacock Dance in the Jungle?]]'' |Haruo Yamashita | |<ref>{{Cite web |title=広瀬すず、父のように慕うリリー・フランキーと親子役！でも、共演は1シーン？ 「クジャクのダンス、誰が見た？」1月スタート : 映画ニュース |url=https://eiga.com/news/20241117/1/ |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=映画.com |language=ja}}</ref> |}
=== Film === {|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes ! class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- |2001 |''[[Blind Beast vs. Dwarf|Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf]]'' | | | |- |2008 |''[[All Around Us]]'' |Kanao Satō | | |- |2011 |''[[We Can't Change the World. But, We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia.]]'' |The bar master | | |- |rowspan=3|2013 |''[[Like Father, Like Son (2013 film)|Like Father, Like Son]]'' |Yūdai Saiki | | |- |''[[The Devil's Path]]'' |Sensei | | |- |''[[Kiiroi Zou|Yellow Elephant]]'' | | |<ref>{{cite web |title=''Yellow Elephant'' |url=https://jfdb.jp/en/title/3577 |publisher=Japanese Film Database |access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref> |- |rowspan=1|2014 |''[[As the Gods Will (film)|As the Gods Will]]'' |Homeless man/God | | |- |rowspan=6|2015 |''[[Our Little Sister]]'' |Sen-ichi Fukuda | | |- |''[[Yakuza Apocalypse]]'' |Genyō Kamiura | | |- |''[[The Boy and the Beast]]'' |Hyakushūbō (voice) | | |- |''[[Three Stories of Love]]'' | | | |- |''[[Fires on the Plain (2014 film)|Fires on the Plain]]'' | | | |- |''[[Bakuman (film)|Bakuman]]'' |[[Hisashi Sasaki (Bakuman)|Sasaki]] | | |- |rowspan="9" |2016 |''[[After the Storm (2016 film)|After the Storm]]'' |Yamabe | | |- |''[[Scoop!]]'' |Charagen | | |- |''The Shell Collector'' | |Lead role |<ref>{{cite web |title=''The Shell Collector'' |url=https://jfdb.jp/en/title/6184 |publisher=Japanese Film Database |access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref> |- |''[[Himitsu – Top Secret|The Top Secret: Murder in Mind]]'' | | |<ref>{{cite web |title=''The Top Secret: Murder in Mind'' |url=https://jfdb.jp/en/title/6432 |publisher=Japanese Film Database |access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref> |- |''Blank13'' |Kōji's father | | |- |''[[While the Women Are Sleeping]]'' |Iizuka | | |- |''A Double Life'' |Professor Shinohara | |<ref>{{cite web |title=''A Double Life'' |url=https://jfdb.jp/en/title/6375 |publisher=Japanese Film Database |access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref> |- |''[[Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow]]'' |Nobuo Mori | | |- |''[[My Dad and Mr. Ito]]'' |Mr. Ito | | |- |rowspan=4|2017 |''Tornado Girl'' | | | |- |''[[A Beautiful Star]]'' |Jūichirō Ōsugi |Lead role | |- |''Perfect Revolution'' |Kuma |Lead role | |- |''The Last Shot in the Bar'' | | | |- |rowspan=5|2018 |''Miko Girl'' | | |<ref>{{cite web |title=''Miko Girl'' |url=https://jfdb.jp/en/title/7943 |publisher=Japanese Film Database |access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref> |- |''Sunny'' |Oda | |<ref>{{cite web |title=''Sunny'' |url=https://jfdb.jp/en/title/8099 |publisher=Japanese Film Database |access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref> |- |''[[Laplace's Witch (film)|Laplace's Witch]]'' |Zentarō Uhara | | |- |''[[Shoplifters (film)|Shoplifters]]'' |Osamu Shibata |Lead role |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/88449/|title= 万引き家族|access-date= 16 June 2024|work= eiga.com}}</ref> |- |''The Gun'' | | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/89324/|title= 銃|access-date= 16 June 2024|work= eiga.com}}</ref> |- |rowspan=1|2019 |''Sea of Revival'' |Onodera | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/89472/|title= 凪待ち|access-date= 16 June 2024|work= eiga.com}}</ref> |- |rowspan="3" |2020 |''Town Without Sea'' | | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/90901/|title= 夏、至るころ|access-date= 19 January 2021|work= eiga.com}}</ref> |- |''[[Ainu Mosir]]'' |Okada | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/92799/|title= アイヌモシリ|access-date= 16 June 2024|work= eiga.com}}</ref> |- |''Not Quite Dead Yet'' |Hino | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/89779/|title= 一度死んでみた|access-date= 16 June 2024|work= eiga.com}}</ref> |- |rowspan=4|2021 |''Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction'' | | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/88980/|title= 騙し絵の牙|access-date= 8 October 2022|work= eiga.com}}</ref> |- |''It's a Flickering Life'' | | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/92567/|title= キネマの神様|access-date= 28 April 2021|work= eiga.com}}</ref> |- |''Every Trick in the Book'' |Maeda | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/428359|title= 藤原竜也が天才作家演じる「鳩の撃退法」、リリー・フランキーら出演者11名解禁|access-date= 17 May 2021|work= Natalie}}</ref> |- |''When the Curry Is Ready'' |Ken'ichi | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/95213/|title= その日、カレーライスができるまで|access-date= 4 September 2021|work= eiga.com}}</ref> |- |rowspan=4|2022 |''[[Cottontail (film)|Cottontail]]'' |Kenzaburō |British-Japanese film |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/music/news/422675|title= 錦戸亮が日英合作映画「Cottontail」に出演、主演はリリー・フランキー|access-date= 1 April 2021|work= Natalie}}</ref> |- |''Prior Convictions'' |Fumio Tōyama | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/95031/|title= 前科者|access-date= 14 October 2021|work= eiga.com}}</ref> |- |''[[The Last 10 Years]]'' |Kajiwara | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/457671|title= 「余命10年」に山田裕貴、奈緒、King Gnu井口理、黒木華、松重豊ら出演|access-date= 15 December 2021|work= Natalie}}</ref> |- |''A Mother's Touch'' | | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/97799/|title= 桜色の風が咲く|access-date= 2 September 2022|work= eiga.com}}</ref> |- |rowspan="5"|2023 |''Bad City'' |Wataru Gojō | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/96268/|title= BAD CITY|access-date= 2 September 2022|work= eiga.com}}</ref> |- |''[[Call Me Chihiro]]'' |Utsumi | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/97680/|title= ちひろさん|access-date= 31 October 2022|work= eiga.com}}</ref> |- |''[[Undercurrent (manga)|Undercurrent]]'' |Michio Yamasaki | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/98723/|title= アンダーカレント|access-date= 10 April 2023|work= eiga.com}}</ref> |- |''Analog'' |Tamiya | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/98968/|title= アナログ|access-date= 6 June 2023|work= eiga.com}}</ref> |- |''Wheels and Axle'' | | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/100062/|title= 車軸|access-date= 24 August 2023|work= eiga.com}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2024 |''[[The Parades]]'' |Michael | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/101156/|title= パレード|access-date= 30 January 2024|work= eiga.com}}</ref> |- |''[[Harbin (film)|Harbin]]'' |[[Itō Hirobumi]] |South Korean film |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/103719/|title= ハルビン|access-date= 10 April 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2025 |''1st Kiss'' |Ichiro Tenma | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/595498|title= 松たか子×松村北斗「ファーストキス」にリリー・フランキー、吉岡里帆、森七菜が出演|access-date= 17 October 2024|work= Natalie}}</ref> |- |''[[Renoir (2025 film)|Renoir]]'' |Keiji | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/1029760?rct=entertainment|title= 早川千絵監督の最新作「ルノワール」が6月20日から公開 主演に鈴木唯、共演に石田ひかり、リリー・フランキーら|access-date= 25 February 2025|date= 25 February 2025|website= The Chunichi Shimbun|language=ja}}</ref> |- |2026 |''Fujiko'' |Sasaki | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/103625/|title= Fujiko|access-date= 14 March 2026|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> |- |TBA |''Diamonds in the Sand'' |Yoji |Lead role |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/600388|title= リリー・フランキー主演「Diamonds in the Sand」新映像が公開、孤独死をめぐる物語|access-date= 24 November 2024|website= Natalie|language=ja}}</ref> |- |}
=== Japanese dubbing === {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes ! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- |2016 |''[[Song of the Sea (2014 film)|Song of the Sea]]'' |Conor / Mac Lir | |<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/eiga/news/191125 |title=本上まなみ、リリー・フランキーがアニメ「ソング・オブ・ザ・シー」で吹替担当 |author=映画ナタリー編集部 |date=17 June 2016|website=[[Natalie (website)|Eiga Natalie]] |publisher=Natasha |language=ja |access-date=2018-08-16}}</ref> |- |2018 |''[[My Life as a Courgette]]'' |Raymond | |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pcsc-movie-product.ponycanyon.co.jp/item004.html |title=ぼくの名前はズッキーニ |access-date=27 December 2019 |publisher=Pony Canyon Shopping Club}}</ref> |- |2022 |''[[The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily (film)|The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily]]'' |Old Bear | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.fukikaeru.com/?p=17494|title= シチリアを征服したクマ王国の物語 －日本語吹き替え版|access-date= 4 February 2022|work= Fukikaeru}}</ref> |- |}
== Awards and nominations ==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="font-size:100%" ! scope="col" |Year ! scope="col" |Award ! scope="col" |Category ! scope="col" |Work(s) ! scope="col" |Result |- !rowspan="2"|2009 |51st [[Blue Ribbon Awards]] |[[Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer|Best Newcomer]] |rowspan="2"|''[[All Around Us]]'' |{{won}} |- |18th [[Japanese Movie Critics Awards]] |Best Newcomer |{{won}} |- ! 2013 |26th [[Nikkan Sports Film Award]] |[[Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] |rowspan="4"|''[[The Devil's Path]]'' and ''[[Like Father, Like Son (2013 film)|Like Father, Like Son]]'' |{{won}} |- !rowspan="5"|2014 |87th [[Kinema Junpo|Kinema Junpo Awards]] |Best Supporting Actor |{{won}} |- |[[35th Yokohama Film Festival]] |Best Supporting Actor |{{won}} |- |23rd [[Japanese Movie Critics Awards]] |Best Supporting Actor |{{won}} |- |rowspan="2"|[[37th Japan Academy Film Prize]] |rowspan="2"|[[Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Supporting Actor]] |''Like Father, Like Son'' |{{won}} |- |''The Devil's Path'' |{{nom}} |- !rowspan="2"|2016 |41st [[Hochi Film Award]] |Best Supporting Actor |''[[After the Storm (2016 film)|After the Storm]]'', ''[[Scoop!]]'' and ''[[Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow]]'' |{{nom}} |- |29th [[Nikkan Sports Film Award]] |Best Supporting Actor |''After the Storm'' and ''Scoop!'' |{{nom}} |- !rowspan="2"|2017 |59th Blue Ribbon Awards |[[Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] |''Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow'' and ''Scoop!'' |{{won}} |- |[[40th Japan Academy Film Prize]] |Best Supporting Actor |''Scoop!'' |{{nom}} |- !rowspan="4"|2019 |73rd [[Mainichi Film Awards]] |[[Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] |rowspan="4"|''[[Shoplifters (film)|Shoplifters]]'' |{{nom}} |- |61st Blue Ribbon Awards |[[Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor|Best Actor]] |{{nom}} |- |28th [[Tokyo Sports Film Award]] |[[Tokyo Sports Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] |{{won}} |- |[[42nd Japan Academy Film Prize]] |Best Actor |{{nom}} |- |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category|Lily Franky}} * {{IMDb name|1410940}} * [https://jfdb.jp/en/person/4761 Lily Franky] on Japanese Film Database
{{Navboxes |title = Awards for Lily Franky |list = {{Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actor}} {{Yokohama Film Festival Best Supporting Actor}} {{Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Supporting Actor}} {{Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actor}} {{Blue Ribbon Award for Best Newcomer}} {{Tokyo Sports Film Award for Best Actor}} }}
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