Tadanobu Asano

Q: Has Tadanobu Asano won any awards?

Yes, Tadanobu Asano has won several awards throughout his career, including the Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for 'Kamikaze Girls' in 2005.

Q: What was Tadanobu Asano's first film?

Tadanobu Asano made his film debut in 'Shin Jingi Naki Tatakai' (1996), where he began to showcase his acting talent at a young age.

Q: What is Tadanobu Asano's estimated net worth?

Tadanobu Asano's estimated net worth is around $10 million, reflecting his successful career in film and television.

Q: How many children does Tadanobu Asano have?

Tadanobu Asano has one child, whose name is not publicly known, with his wife, Kumiko Goto.

Q: What genres does Tadanobu Asano typically work in?

Tadanobu Asano works across various genres, including drama, action, and thriller. His ability to adapt to different roles has made him a sought-after actor.

Q: What is a defining characteristic of Tadanobu Asano's acting style?

Tadanobu Asano is known for his intense and nuanced performances, often bringing depth to complex characters, which sets him apart in both Japanese and international cinema.

Q: Has Tadanobu Asano worked in international films?

Yes, Tadanobu Asano has appeared in several international films, including 'The Last Samurai' and 'Silk,' showcasing his talent to a global audience.

Known for

Thor: The Dark World (2013)

IMDb 6.8 / 10

2013 / Action, Adventure / 112 min

Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos… but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into...

Thor (2011)

IMDb 7.0 / 10

2011 / Action, Adventure / 115 min

Against his father Odin's will, The Mighty Thor - a powerful but arrogant warrior god - recklessly reignites an ancient war. Thor is cast...

Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

IMDb 7.9 / 10

2017 / Action, Adventure / 130 min

Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to...

Name

Tadanobu Asano

Height

5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Born

27 November 1973, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Spouses

Kumiko Goto (2011–present)

Children

1 child, name not publicly known

Parents

Yoshio Asano, Akiko Asano

Estimated Net Worth

$10 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	Movie Morte Cucina Sao, a talented cook, accidentally meets the man who took advantage of her in the past. She sets her revenge...	Artist	Not rated
2026	Movie All the Lovers in the Night Freelance proofreader Fuyuko's carefully ordered life in solitude begins to transform after meeting Mitsutsuka, a quiet high school physics teacher.	Mitsutsuka	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2026	Movie Mortal Kombat II The fan favorite champions—now joined by Johnny Cage himself—are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle...	Lord Raiden	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2024	Movie Ravens Enigmatic, rejected, heartbroken. Masahisa Fukase must rebuild his life, overcome tradition, his inner demons and the pain of a broken...	Masahisa Fukase	Not rated
2024	Movie Broken Rage A seemingly unremarkable man called “Mouse” is caught by the police. In exchange for his freedom, he goes undercover, infiltrates...	Detective Inoue	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2024	Movie The Box Man A photographer becomes intrigued by a mysterious man who has chosen to filter his experience of the world through a...	Fake Doctor	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2024	Movie Kanasando In this heartwarming human comedy, Mika, traumatized by her father Satoru's infidelity and her mother's death, returns to the Ryukyu...	Unknown character	Not rated
2024	Movie The Women in the Lakes A 100-year-old resident of a Lake Biwa nursing home dies mysteriously. Did a respirator keeping him alive suddenly malfunction, or...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2024	TV Shōgun In Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for...	Kashigi Yabushige	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2023	Movie Kubi Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki...	Kuroda Kanbei	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2023	Movie We're Broke, My Lord! A commoner inherits lordship of debt-ridden Tanjousan Bun. Officials inform him of new role and substantial debts. He learns he...	Heihachiro Isogai	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2022	Movie Mugonkan A story about how Kuboshima Seiichiro overcomes various difficulties to open Mugonkan, an art museum in Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture,...	Kuboshima Seiichiro	Not rated
2021	Movie Kate A ruthless criminal operative has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her enemies and in the process forms...	Renji	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2021	Movie Mortal Kombat Washed-up MMA fighter Cole Young, unaware of his heritage, and hunted by Emperor Shang Tsung's best warrior, Sub-Zero, seeks out...	Lord Raiden	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2021	Movie Detective Chinatown 3 Tang Ren and Qin Feng travel to Japan to investigate the death of a mafia head. As they suspect foul...	Tanaka Naoki	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2020	Movie Independence of Japan A group image drama set at the end of the war depicting the unknown struggle of Japanese people who faced...	Unknown character	Not rated
2020	Movie Labyrinth of Cinema When lightning strikes a theater about to close its doors, three moviegoers are thrust back in time to the world...	Sako	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2020	Movie Minamata War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal...	Tatsuo Matsumura	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2020	TV Followers When an aspiring actress hits it big thanks to a candid Instagram post, the lives of several Tokyo women cross...	Tamio Mochizuki	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2019	Movie Midway The story of the Battle of Midway, and the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to...	Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2019	Movie Wolf's Calling A girl finds an old handgun in her attic and the symbolic object conjures a mystical scene of samurai (a...	Samurai	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2019	Movie They Say Nothing Stays the Same Toichi is a boatman who ferries the villagers to a town on the other side of the river. Besides rowing...	Regular customer	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2019	Movie Chiwawa-chan Chiwawa is a popular girl. One day, her dismembered body is found in Tokyo Bay. Chiwawa's friends gather to remember...	Sakata	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2018	Movie KASANE –Beauty and Fate– Kasane Fuchi is the daughter of a beautiful, legendary actress. Kasane has excellent acting skills as well, but she is...	Kingo Habuta	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2018	Movie Punk Samurai Slash Down Junoshin Kake is a ronin. To get hired by the Kurokaze Han, he lies and tells them that a religious...	Hanro Chayama	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2018	Movie The Bastard and the Beautiful World The Bastard and the Beautiful World is an omnibus film consisting of four episodes. Fujiko is running as fast as...	Daimon (Mad Dog) (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)	TMDB 4.2 / 10
2018	Movie The Outsider A former American G.I. joins a yakuza family after his release from prison in post-World War II Osaka.	Kiyoshi	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2018	Movie The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers A sequel to the 1980 movie The Legend of the Stardust Brothers. As well as being a rock musical comedy,...	Christ	TMDB 2.0 / 10
2017	TV Detective Yugami Yukimasa Yugami is a detective who chases after facts in cases. He will resort to illegal investigations and he uses...	Yukimasa Yugami	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2017	Movie Thor: Ragnarok Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get...	Hogun	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2017	Movie Dear Etranger Makoto Tanaka is 40-years-old and has remarried. His wife is Nanae and they care for 2 daughters from Nanae's prior...	Makoto Tanaka	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2017	Movie Shinjuku Swan II Tatsuhiko relocates from Shinjuku to Yokohama, where he comes into conflict with Masaki Taki, CEO of the local scout company.	Masaki Taki	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2017	TV A Life When Okita Kazuaki was starting out as a doctor, he was forced to resign from the hospital. He left his...	Danjo Masao	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2016	Movie Silence In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is...	Interpreter	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2016	Movie The Wasted Times Shanghai gangsters grapple with lust and loyalty on the eve of war with Japan as they try to navigate an...	Watabe	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2016	Movie Harmonium Toshio hires Yasaka to work in his workshop. But then this old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison,...	Sotaro Yasaka	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2016	Movie fuji_jukai.mov A smartphone is found during a TV shoot for a show about Jukai near Mount Fuji. The phone contains videos...	Doctor (Village of Reincarnation)	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2015	Movie Nagasaki: Memories of My Son Nobuko works in Nagasaki, Japan as a midwife. Her son died 3 years earlier from the atomic bomb. On August...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2015	Movie Grasshopper Movie contains the stories of three people: Suzuki (Toma Ikuta), Kujira (Tadanobu Asano) and Semi (Ryosuke Yamada). Suzuki is a...	Kujira	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2015	Movie Journey to the Shore Mizuki's husband Yusuke has been missing for three years. He suddenly comes back home as a ghost and asks Mizuki...	Yusuke	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2015	Movie Parasyte: Part 2 Humanity is under attack by human-mimicking flesh-eating alien parasites. One parasite bonds with his young high school student host, and...	Goto	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2014	Movie Parasyte: Part 1 Humanity is suffering from a series of mysterious murders across the globe, known as the 'Mincemeat murders'. High school student...	Goto	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2014	Movie Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore Somewhere in Manila, a crime boss rules with an iron fist. To his most loyal henchman he gives the task...	The Criminal	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2014	Movie Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that country set out...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2014	Movie Lupin the 3rd Interpol Inspector Zenigata begins a world-wide hunt for the infamous thief Arsène Lupin III, who, with his cavalcade of collaborators...	Koichi Zenigata	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2014	Movie My Man As a young child, Hana loses her family to a devastating tsunami that wipes out her town. At a shelter,...	Jungo Kusarino	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2014	TV The Long Goodbye Tamotsu is suspected of murdering his actress wife Shizuka Harada. He flees to Taiwan and commits suicide. Tamotsu’s friend Banji...	Banji Masuzawa	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2014	Movie Kiki's Delivery Service A young girl named Kiki must leave her home for a year to begin training in witchcraft. She leaves on...	Dr. Ishi	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2013	Movie 47 Ronin Kai—an outcast—joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their...	Lord Kira	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2013	Movie The Kiyosu Conference After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa...	Toshiie Maeda	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2013	Movie Thor: The Dark World Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos… but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge...	Hogun	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2013	Movie Children Who Won’t Die Arakawa has thrown big ripples all over the world with strange works such as the theme park "Site of Reversible...	Narrator (voice)	Not rated
2013	Movie Ichi the Killer - Making Of The making of the most controversial scenes of Takashi Miike's cult film, Ichi the Killer.	Self	Not rated
2013	Movie An Interview with Alien Sun Alien Sun answers questions about her experience on the set of Ichi the Killer, a special feature included in the...	Self	Not rated
2013	Movie Ichi the Killer - Behind the Scenes The behind the scenes of Ichi the Killer, included in its Bluray release.	Self	Not rated
2013	Movie An Interview with Tadanobu Asano Tadanobu Asano answers questions about his experience on Ichi the Killer, a special feature included in the Bluray release of...	Self	Not rated
2012	Movie Fly with the Gold Kota hears about an impending 1.5 billion yen gold bar heist from his friend Kitagawa, a former college classmate, and...	Kitagawa	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2012	Movie The Terminal Trust Shinzo Egi is an asthma sufferer who does not want to be place on life support. As a last request,...	Noriyuki Takai	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2012	Movie Dearest The posthumous wish of Eiji's wife is for her ashes to be scattered in the ocean near her hometown. Eiji...	Policeman	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2012	Movie Battleship When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien...	Captain Yugi Nagata	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2011	Movie Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special	Unknown character	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2011	Movie A Flawless Concierge A comedy about a concierge at a plush hotel who deals with a series of unusual guests.	The Artist	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2011	Movie A Ghost of a Chance Defence lawyer Emi is assigned to a particularly unusual case: a man is suspected of murdering his wealthy wife, and...	Kenichi Kido	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2011	Movie That's the Way! A rookie editor Hatsumi Takeda becomes an editor of Fujio Akatsuka who is known as the king of gag manga....	Fujio Akatsuka	Not rated
2011	Movie Thor Against his father Odin's will, The Mighty Thor - a powerful but arrogant warrior god - recklessly reignites an ancient...	Hogun	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2011	Movie Moonlight Mask The year is 1947, during the war torn period of the Showa era. The story begins when a man, presumed...	Taro Okamoto	Not rated
2010	Movie Wandering Home War photojournalist Yasuyuki Tsukahara married popular manga artist Yuki Sonoda and had children. Because of Yasayuki's drinking problems the couple...	Yasuyuki Tsukahara	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2010	Movie Vengeance Can Wait Hidenori and Nanase have lived together for ten years in a tense, platonic relationship. The wheels of change are set...	Hidenori Yamane	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2010	Movie 42 One Dream Rush An omnibus project bringing together acclaimed directors from around the world, each contributing a 42-second short inspired by a dream....	Unknown character	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2009	Movie Snow Prince 10-year-old Sota lives with his grandfather and a dog named Chibi in a small snowy village. They live in such...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2009	Movie Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters Army surveying team attempted to scale Mount Tsurugi, a peak never before reached by humans, in order to map Japan....	Unknown character	Not rated
2009	Movie SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda Documentary on the life of actor Yusaku Matsuda. This is a documentary film produced on the occasion of the 60th...	Unknown character	Not rated
2009	Movie Villon's Wife This enticing period melodrama depicts a long-suffering woman's relationship with her brilliant but self-destructive writer husband in postwar Tokyo. Based...	Otani	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2009	Movie Eatrip An exploration of the act of eating, both as an interaction among people and between people and nature.	Unknown character	Not rated
2009	Movie Redline A daredevil driver is determined to compete in Redline, the most popular race in the galaxy. The race only occurs...	Frisbee (voice)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2009	Movie The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.	Shibasaki	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2009	Movie Dumbeast How hard is it to kill an idiot? Just ask Kudo Kankuro! The acclaimed screenwriter brings his 2004 Kunio Kishida-winning...	Dekogawa	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2008	Movie Dreaming Awake Recently appointed dean at a film school, Kimuro Hajime develops a special concern for one of his students, Daisuke. The...	Unknown character	Not rated
2008	Movie R246 STORY The anthology film R246 Story centers around the major Japanese highway Route 246. Originating in Chiyoda Ward's Miyakezaka district, the...	Unknown character	Not rated
2008	Movie Buyusenki Battle Chronicle Motorcycles, drugs, and gangs terrorize Japan. The man who dreamed of a life of peace has instead been transformed into...	Unknown character	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2008	Movie Kabei: Our Mother Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested...	Yamazaki Toru	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2007	Movie Eli on Ichi Eli Roth, horror director talks about the influence of Ichi the Killer on him, how he made the cast of...	Self	Not rated
2007	Movie Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in...	Genghis Khan / Temüjin	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2007	Movie Sad Vacation Kenji, abandoned by his mother, scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs including driving bar hostesses and their customers...	Kenji Shiraishi	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2007	Movie The Capricious Robot The Film in commemoration of the 10 year anniversary of Shinich Hoshi's death and the 50 year anniversary of his...	Mr. N	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2006	Movie Cross the Lens Making of documentary for 'Rampo Noir'	Self	Not rated
2006	Movie Hana In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to...	Jubei Kanazawa	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2006	Movie Invisible Waves After inadvertently killing his girlfriend, a man flees Macau for Thailand in an attempt to cope with his guilt, and...	Kyoji	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2005	Movie Tokyo Zombie Two Japanese friends accidentally kill their boss and dump his remains in Black Fuji, a mountain/landfill hybrid. This leads to...	Fujio	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2005	Movie SORANO A unique documentary film produced by a psychiatrist and Yasufumi Nakoshi analyzing the artists participating in "Tori".	Unknown character	Not rated
2005	Movie Funky Forest: The First Contact An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the...	Masaru Tanaka	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2005	Movie Portrait of the Wind Portrait of the Wind centers on Tamio Murase, a world-traveling photographer who came home to take over the family business...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2005	Movie Takeshis' Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2005	Movie The Buried Forest Three high school girls living out in the country build stories out from their local environment, mountainous and bordered by...	San-chan	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2005	Movie My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? A.D. 2015: A virus has been spreading in many cities worldwide. It is a suicidal disease and the virus is...	Mizui	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2005	Movie Rampo Noir An anthology film consisting of four segments based on literary works by Edogawa Ranpo.	Man / Kogoro Akechi / Masaki / Fuyo's Lover	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2004	Movie Vital A young man awakens in the hospital after an accident wipes his memory. Fascinated by a textbook full of drawings...	Hiroshi Takagi	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2004	Movie Survive Style 5+ Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one another eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.	Aman	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2004	Movie Café Lumière In a distinctly contemporary Tokyo that looks backwards to the city’s disappearing past, Yoko is a writer investigating the life...	Hajime Takeuchi	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2004	Movie The Thirsty Flower: Four by Four Equals One The title is "Thirsty Flower ~ four by four equal one ~", which is a short story of about 60...	(voice)	Not rated
2004	Movie The Face of Jizo Based on a play by Hisashi Inoue, it focuses on the sufferings of the survivors of Hiroshima. The film takes...	Mr. Kinoshita	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2004	Movie The Taste of Tea A spell of time in the life of the five-piece Haruno family in rural Tochigi Prefecture. Yoshiko is not an...	Ayano Haruno	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2004	Movie Tori Anthology film directed by Tadanobu Asano.	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2004	Movie Soul Dancing Soul Dancing is an order placed to Kiyoshi Kurosawa by a Japanese alcoholic beverage brand named Shôchu. The director then...	Unknown character	Not rated
2004	Movie Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! Documentary about the Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike, where we see him attend film festivals, personal influences and of course the...	Self	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2003	Movie Dead End Run A collection of three short films by Japanese visual genius Sogo Ishii. Each short focuses on the protagonists running away...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2003	Movie Zatoichi Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he...	Hattori Genosuke	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2003	Movie Last Life in the Universe An obsessive-compulsive Japanese librarian living in Bangkok spends most of his days contemplating suicide in his apartment. His life changes...	Kenji	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2003	Movie My Grandpa Kenzo was behind bars for killing a gangster. Upon his release, he goes to live with his son, whose marriage...	S. Nakatoh	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2003	Movie Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Initially, Ambivalent Future was intended as a film about the production of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's "Bright Future". But director Fujii has...	Himself	Not rated
2003	Movie Bright Future Buddies working at an oshibori factory bond over an uncontrollable rage neither can control, as well as a strange jellyfish...	Mamoru Arita	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2003	Movie Iden & Tity If you loved movies such as Shonen Merikensack and GS Wonderland, then this one, which predates the former, will impress...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2002	Movie Woman of Water Ryo personifies water, since whenever something important happens in her life, it rains. She inherits a bathhouse and meets a...	Yusaku Miyazawa	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2002	TV The Private Detective Mike Mike Hama, Private Detective, is a chain-smoking, wisecracking tough guy with a weakness for the ladies and a soft spot...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2001	Movie Ichi the Killer As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who...	Kakihara	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2001	Movie Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle Benkei, a master fighter and killer, vows never to take another life after his conversion to Buddhism. His faith in...	Shanao	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2001	Movie Distance On the third anniversary of a cult's failed chemical attack on Tokyo and their subsequent mass suicide, family members of...	Sakata	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2001	Movie Electric Dragon 80000V A violent, guitar-playing, electrically charged boxer faces off against an electronic wizard half-merged with a metallic Buddha.	Dragon Eye Morrison	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2001	Movie Kaza-hana A government employee meets a hostess of a "pink club," and together they set out on a journey.	Renji Sawashiro	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2001	Movie Ah-So Graham Norton This one-off TV special follows the exploits of camp comic Graham Norton on a visit to Tokyo. Staying with a...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2000	Movie PARTY7 Seven characters, introduced at the start of the film, get thrown together into the same hotel room: a thief who's...	Okita Souji	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1999	Movie Taboo Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in...	Hyozo Tashiro	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1999	Movie One Step on a Mine, It's All Over A biographical film of war photographer, Taizo Ichinose.	Taizo Ichinose	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1999	Movie Hakuchi: The Innocent In a future where World War II never ended, Japan is decimated by nightly bombings. The only building left standing...	Isawa	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1999	Movie Gemini When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him...	Revenger with Sword	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1999	Movie Away with Words A Japanese man and a gay bar-owner in Hong Kong drink beer as they talk about their childhood and experiences.	Asano Takashi	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1999	Movie Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as...	Kuroo Samehada	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1998	Movie Document Love & Pop Two shorts about the making of Hideaki Anno's movie "Love & Pop", one from the perspective of a bumbling assistant,...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1998	Movie Falling into the Evening Rica and Kengo have been living together for the past four years. It's been a very happy time for Rica;...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1998	Movie Screwed It has been two years since unsuccessful cartoonist Tsube started to live with Kuniko casually in a small apartment.	Tsube	TMDB 4.9 / 10
1998	Movie Typhoon Shelter A ensemble drama set against the backdrop of the typhoon shelters scattered throughout Hong Kong, depicting the day Hong Kong...	Unknown character	Not rated
1998	Movie Love & Pop Tokyo schoolgirl Hiromi and her friends engage in a practice known as enjo kosai, or "compensated dating", where older men...	Captain XX	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1998	Movie Motorola Given a completely free hand by Motorola mobile phones, Wong created an advertisement that is a romantic-but-fraught vignette from the...	Unknown character	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1997	Movie Tokyo Fair Weather This is a biographical film about the late Yoko Araki, who was the wife of Japan's leading photographer, Nobuyoshi Araki.	Unknown character	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1997	Movie Labyrinth of Dreams Tomiko falls in love with Niitaka, even though she also suspects him of being the Tokyo bus driver serial killer,...	Tatsuo Niitaka	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1996	Movie wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net A Japanese-Chinese couple hangs out and shoots each other.	Man	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1996	Movie Focus A short, direct and to-the-point media-commentary thriller. A sleazy TV producer trying to exploit a quiet otaku (an obsessive hobbyist)...	Kanemura	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1996	Movie Swallowtail Butterfly The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.	Customer in the Club	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1996	Movie ACRI: The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius A scientist desperately wanting to prove that mermaids exist is ostracized from the scientific community in Japan. He settles down...	Hisoka	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1996	Movie Helpless Yasuo is a gangster just released from jail. Believing his boss double-crossed him, enraged Yasuo is on his way to...	Kenji Shiraishi	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1996	Movie Picnic Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a...	Tsumuji	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1995	Movie Maborosi A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a...	Ikuo	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1995	Movie Story of Four Sisters Japanese film directed by Masahiro Honda.	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1994	Movie 119 In Harari-cho, a small and quiet bayside town by the sea, the firemen have not seen a fire for nearly...	Satoshi Matsushita	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1993	Movie The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark A lone-wolf detective known as "The Shark" must navigate hostile territory within both the criminal underworld and his own corrupt...	Koichi Sunagami	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1993	Movie Fried Dragon Fish A dragon fish is stolen by Tetsu Tobiyama and biologist Thomas Earwing seeks its return. Poo is led to Natsuro...	Natsuro	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1992	Movie The Rocking Horsemen It is 1965. High-school student Takeyoshi Fujiwara hears "Pipeline" by the Ventures, and is mesmerized by their unique sound. With...	Seiichi Shirai	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1991	Movie Waiting for the Flood A young asthmatic man learns he has magical powers.	Sadahito Iwata	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1990	Movie Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star! 5th installment of the Pantsu no ana video series released by BOMB magazine	Unknown character	Not rated
1990	Movie Swimming Upstream One day after school, Kaoru glances at Sonoko at the pool side. He falls in love with her at first...	Ushi	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1944	TV Golden Globe Awards An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press...	Self - Nominee	TMDB 6.9 / 10
TBA	Movie Funky Forest: The Second Contact The upcoming sequel to the 2005 absurdist comedy anthology. To be released in 2027.	Unknown character	Not rated
TBA	Movie Pseudo Idealist Jia Zhangke is starring in his first lead role, appearing as an artist facing a midlife crisis in Cheng Er's...	Unknown character	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2024	Movie Otoko to Tori A short film by Tadanobu Asano.	Director Directing	Not rated
2024	Movie Otoko to Tori A short film by Tadanobu Asano.	Writer Writing	Not rated
2010	Movie 42 One Dream Rush An omnibus project bringing together acclaimed directors from around the world, each contributing a 42-second short inspired by a dream....	Director Directing	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2008	Movie R246 STORY The anthology film R246 Story centers around the major Japanese highway Route 246. Originating in Chiyoda Ward's Miyakezaka district, the...	Director Directing	Not rated
2004	Movie Tori Anthology film directed by Tadanobu Asano.	Director Directing	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2003	Movie 1-Ichi In this prequel we witness the teenage roots of Ichi's manic-depressive beginnings and the origins of his monster-sized kicks and...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 5.9 / 10

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Thor: The Dark World (2013)

Thor (2011)

Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

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