Tadanobu Asano

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Known For

Acting

Born

1973-11-27

Place of Birth

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Tadanobu Asano

Biography

Tadanobu Asano, born Tadanobu Sato (born November 27, 1973) is a Japanese actor. He is known for his roles as Dragon Eye Morrison in Electric Dragon 80.000 V, Kakihara in Ichi the Killer, Mamoru Arita in Bright Future, Hattori Genosuke in Zatoichi, Kenji in Last Life in the Universe, Aman in Survive Style 5+, Ayano in The Taste of Tea, and Temudjin in Mongol. Most recently, Asano appeared as Hogun in the film Thor, based on the Marvel Comics character.

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Known For

Shōgun

Shōgun

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Thor

Thor

Thor: Ragnarok

Thor: Ragnarok

Mortal Kombat II

Mortal Kombat II

Thor: The Dark World

Thor: The Dark World

Minamata

Minamata

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan

Mortal Kombat

Mortal Kombat

Redline

Redline

Acting History

Mortal Kombat II as Lord Raiden

Ravens as Masahisa Fukase

Broken Rage as Detective Inoue

The Box Man as Fake Doctor

The Women in the Lakes

Shōgun as Kashigi Yabushige

Kubi as Kuroda Kanbei

We're Broke, My Lord! as Heihachiro Isogai

Mugonkan as Kuboshima Seiichiro

Mortal Kombat as Lord Raiden

Detective Chinatown 3 as Tanaka Naoki

Independence of Japan

Labyrinth of Cinema as Sako

Minamata as Tatsuo Matsumura

Followers as Tamio Mochizuki

Midway as Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi

Wolf's Calling as Samurai

They Say Nothing Stays the Same as Regular customer

Chiwawa as Sakata

KASANE –Beauty and Fate– as Kingo Habuta

Punk Samurai Slash Down as Hanro Chayama

The Bastard and the Beautiful World as Daimon (Mad Dog) (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)

The Outsider as Kiyoshi

The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers as Christ

Detective Yugami as Yukimasa Yugami

Thor: Ragnarok as Hogun

Dear Etranger as Makoto Tanaka

Shinjuku Swan II as Masaki Taki

A Life as Danjo Masao

Silence as Interpreter

The Wasted Times as Watabe

Harmonium as Sotaro Yasaka

Nagasaki: Memories of My Son

Grasshopper as Kujira

Journey to the Shore as Yusuke

Parasyte: Part 2 as Goto

Parasyte: Part 1 as Goto

Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore as The Criminal

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema as Self

Lupin the 3rd as Koichi Zenigata

My Man as Jungo Kusarino

The Long Goodbye as Banji Masuzawa

Kiki's Delivery Service as Dr. Ishi

47 Ronin as Lord Kira

The Kiyosu Conference as Toshiie Maeda

Thor: The Dark World as Hogun

Children Who Won’t Die as Narrator (voice)

Fly with the Gold as Kitagawa

The Terminal Trust as Noriyuki Takai

Dearest as Policeman

Battleship as Captain Yugi Nagata

Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special

A Flawless Concierge as The Artist

Once in a Blue Moon as Kenichi Kido

That's the Way! as Fujio Akatsuka

Moonlight Mask as Taro Okamoto

Wandering Home as Yasuyuki Tsukahara

Vengeance Can Wait as Hidenori Yamane

42 One Dream Rush

Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters

SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda

Villon's Wife as Otani

Redline as Frisbee (voice)

The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity as Shibasaki

Dumbeast as Dekogawa

Buyusenki Battle Chronicle

Kabei: Our Mother as Yamazaki Toru

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan as Genghis Khan / Temüjin

Sad Vacation as Kenji Shiraishi

The Capricious Robot as Mr. N

Cross the Lens as Self

Hana as Jubei Kanazawa

Invisible Waves as Kyoji

Tokyo Zombie as Fujio

Funky Forest: The First Contact as Masaru Tanaka

Portrait of the Wind

The Buried Forest as San

My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? as Mizui

Rampo Noir as Man / Kogoro Akechi / Masaki / Fuyo's Lover

Vital as Hiroshi Takagi

Survive Style 5+ as Aman

Café Lumière as Hajime Takeuchi

The Thirsty Flower: Four by Four Equals One as (voice)

The Face of Jizo as Mr. Kinoshita

The Taste of Tea as Ayano Haruno

Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! as Self

Zatoichi as Hattori Genosuke

Last Life in the Universe as Kenji

My Grandpa as S. Nakatoh

Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa as Himself

Bright Future as Mamoru Arita

Woman of Water as Yusaku Miyazawa

The Private Detective Mike

Ichi the Killer as Kakihara

Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle as Shanao

Distance as Sakata

Electric Dragon 80000V as Dragon Eye Morrison

Kaza-hana as Renji Sawashiro

Ah-So Graham Norton as Self

Party 7 as Okita Souji

Taboo as Hyozo Tashiro

One Step on a Mine, It's All Over as Taizo Ichinose

Hakuchi: The Innocent as Isawa

Gemini as Revenger with Sword

Away with Words as Asano Takashi

Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl as Kuroo Samehada

Document Love & Pop

Falling into the Evening

Screwed as Tsube

Love & Pop as Captain XX

Tokyo Fair Weather

Labyrinth of Dreams as Tatsuo Niitaka

wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net as Man

Focus as Kanemura

Swallowtail Butterfly as Customer in the Club

ACRI: The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius as Hisoka

Helpless as Kenji Shiraishi

Picnic as Tsumuji

Maborosi as Ikuo

Story of Four Sisters

119 as Satoshi Matsushita

The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark

Fried Dragon Fish as Natsuro

The Rocking Horsemen as Seiichi Shirai

Waiting for the Flood as Sadahito Iwata

Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star!

Swimming Upstream as Ushi

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee

Pseudo Idealist

All the Lovers in the Night

Funky Forest: The Second Contact