Takashi Ukaji as Mon-chan

TAKASHI UKAJI as Mon-chan Quote

TAKASHI UKAJI as Mon-chan One thing about the character of Mon-chan is that he remains calm and unagitated, although he understands the heavy implication of their situation. He was like that in the original manga, too. People in the wardrobe and makeup departments did their best to make me look like Mon-chan. So I figured that my role was to explore the internal aspects of the character. It became our mission to be as truthful as possible to the original manga, and it was really fun when we got it right. I held a gun just the way Mon-chan did in the manga down to the finger positions. And everyone on the set went wild, screaming "It's just like in the manga!"

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Takashi Ukaji was born in Tokyo in 1962. After becoming the actor Bunta Sugawara's assistant, the singer/actor/director Akihiro Miwa noticed Ukaji's talent which led to a career in stage acting. Since then he's acted on TV, in movies, on the stage and provided voices for animated productions.

Takashi Ukaji's other film appearances include, Atsushi Muroga's "Score" (1996); Masayuki Susuki's "GTO-Great Teacher Onizuka" (1999); Ikuo Kamon's "Eiko" (2003); Takuji Kitamura's "Chikin Deka / Chicken Cop" (2004); Toshio Lee's "Otosan no Bakkudoroppu / Backdrop Del Mio Papa" (2004); and Takahiro Imamura's "Hokuto no ken / Fist of the North Star: New Savior Legend" (Voice Artist) (2007)