Lily Franky

Acting

Lily Franky

Born 1963-11-04 · Kokura, Fukuoka, Japan

Lily Franky (リリー・フランキー, born Masaya Nakagawa; 4 November 1963) is a Japanese illustrator, writer and actor. He has appeared in more than forty films since 2001.

Acting credits

Shoplifters poster
7.8

In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence begins to unravel. As the family grows attached to her, buried secrets surface, forcing them to confront the true meaning of love, belonging, and what makes a family.

Shoplifters

2018

The Boy and the Beast poster
7.9

Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That encounter leads them to many adventures.

The Boy and the Beast

2015

Our Little Sister poster
7.6

After the death of their estranged father, 3 adult sisters invite their teenaged half-sister to live with them.

Our Little Sister

2015

As the Gods Will poster
7.1

High school student Shun Takahata is bored. Bored with the day-to-day monotony of school and life, he prays for change, for something exciting. Suddenly, he and his classmates are forced to play deadly children's games and facing terrifying creatures from a talking Daruma doll to a sharp-clawed lucky cat.

As the Gods Will

2014

Like Father, Like Son poster
7.7

Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.

Like Father, Like Son

2013

After the Storm poster
7.2

Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One day, Ryota, his ex-wife Kyoko, and son Shingo gather at Yoshiko's apartment. A typhoon passes and the family must stay there all night long.

After the Storm

2016

Helter Skelter poster
6.7

Top model Lilico, having recently undergone multiple cosmetic surgeries, begins to experience troubling side effects. As she desperately tries to retain her perfect image, Lilico descends into a world of nightmares and makes those around her miserable.

Helter Skelter

2012

Call Me Chihiro poster
7.2

An unapologetic former sex worker starts working at a bento stand in a small seaside town, bringing comfort to the lonely souls who come her way.

Call Me Chihiro

2023

Suspect X poster
7.6

A male corpse is discovered with a smashed face and burned hands. Strangely, the cause of death is determined to be strangulation. When Detective Kaoru Utsumi attempts to corroborate the victim’s ex-wife’s alibi she discovers the mysterious neighbor and only a few small clues to help her disprove a seemingly "airtight" alibi...

Suspect X

2008

The Last 10 Years poster
7.2

Twenty-year-old Matsuri Takabayashi learns that she only has ten years to live due to an incurable disease. She decides to not dwell on her life and not to fall in love—until she meets a man named Kazuto Manabe at a school reunion.

The Last 10 Years

2022

The Devil's Path poster
6.4

Death-row inmate Sudo sends a letter to magazine reporter Fujii. In his letter, he states that a man named Kimura, also known as "teacher," committed numerous murders for insurance money. While checking out the story, based on Sudo's tip, Fuji becomes convinced that the letter is correct. But, a lot of time has passed from the incidents and Sudo's testimony isn't clear. Due to the persistance of Sudo, who is a former yakuza, and Fuji, the police begin to move.

The Devil's Path

2013

Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People? poster
NR

Vietnam veteran Allen Nelson returns with severe PTSD, winding up on the streets before crossing paths with Dr. Daniels of the Veterans Affairs who sets about trying to help him.

Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?

2026

Town Without Sea poster
8.0

It is a youth film about the boys in their late teens spend before they become adults. Sho and Tiaga, who grew up in the same neighborhood since they were little, are in their last year of high school. They are also the duo who beat the drums at town festivals. However, Taiga announces that he will not play drums this year to prepare to go to college. Sho, who has no plan of his future, cannot think straight. Like The Blue Bird by Maurice MAETERLINCK, the film tells the story of the youth realizing that happiness is not far away.

Town Without Sea

2020

1st Kiss poster
7.2

After losing her husband to death following a troubled marriage, a woman unexpectedly travels back to the moment before their first meeting, allowing them to reconnect and rekindle their romance.

1st Kiss

2025

Harbin poster
7.3

In 1909, several years after Korea is forced into becoming a Japanese colony, freedom fighters plot the daring assassination of Japan's prime minister during their quest for independence.

Harbin

2024

Renoir poster
6.5

In 1987 Tokyo, a quirky and sensitive 11-year-old girl copes with a terminally ill father and stressed-out working mother while encountering various adults dealing with their own struggles.

Renoir

2025

Yakuza Apocalypse poster
6.0

When young protege Akira Kageyama is bitten by his dying vampire boss, Genyo Kamiura, he must get used to his new powers before seeking revenge.

Yakuza Apocalypse

2015

Diary of a Mad Old Man poster
NR

A seventy year old widow recovers from a stroke in the care of his dysfunctional family. While his body is failing him, his libido still rages on – unwittingly sparked by the attentions of his daughter-in-law, a dancer with a shady past.

Diary of a Mad Old Man

2026

Bad City poster
6.9

Kensuke Sonomura directs the legendary Hitoshi Ozawa in this ultimate V-Cinema actioner. Kaiko City is plagued with poverty and crime. When a corrupt businessman decides to run for mayor and starts eliminating opponents from the rival mafia, a former police captain serving time for murder is secretly released and put in charge of a special task force to arrest him.

Bad City

2022

Miko Girl poster
6.7

Shiwasu's mother left their home when Shiwasu was a little girl. Shiwasu does not understand why. She is a woman now and working at a Shinto shrine as a shrine maiden under her father who is a priest. She is listless until she finds a little boy alone on the shrine's grounds. The boy's mother shows up and retrieves her son a couple of days later. That is not the end of it however. The boy is back soon and has marks and bruises on his body. In the meantime, there was petty theft going on.

Miko Girl

2018

While the Women Are Sleeping poster
5.4

Kenji and Aya spend their summer days in a Hotel. While she is doing her own thing, he tries to work on his novel. But then a few strange hotel guest arouse the curiosity of the couple.

While the Women Are Sleeping

2016

The Parades poster
7.5

A mother searches for her missing son after a devastating calamity, only to realize that she has died and is now confined to a realm of restless spirits.

The Parades

2024

Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together poster
6.9

A group of friends from high school days reunite for once more time before one of them dies from cancer.

Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together

2018

Not Quite Dead Yet poster
6.0

After Nanase's father drops dead due to a drug that causes temporal death for 2 days, she is named the president of his pharmaceutical company. Nanase endeavors to prevent her father's enemies from prematurely cremating his body before the drug can wear off and allow him to revive.

Not Quite Dead Yet

2020