Kankuro Kudo

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Known For

Writing

Born

1970-07-19

Place of Birth

Miyagi, Japan
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Kankuro Kudo

Biography

Kankurō Kudō  (宮藤 官九郎 Kudō Kankurō, born 19 July 1970) is a Japanese screenwriter, dramatist, director, actor and member of the theater company Otona Keikaku. He won the 'Best Screenplay' award at the 2002 Japanese Academy Awards for Go, which explores problems faced by people of Korean-heritage living in Japan. He acted in the hugely popular tear-jerker, Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World, and is also guitarist in the Japanese Comedy Rock Band Group Tamashii. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kankurō Kudō, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Acting History

2025
Seaside Serendipity as Goro
2025
The Brightest Sun
2024
大人計画ウーマンリブvol.16「主婦 米田時江の免疫力がアップするコント6本」
2023
Mom, Is That You?! as Tomiyuki Kibe
2023
The Dry Spell as Fushimi
2023
Woman’s Lib Vol. 15 ”Mo Gaman Dekinai”
2023
Ichikei's Crow The Movie
2022
Because We Forget Everything
2021
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone as Loneliness 3
2020
獣道一直線！！！
2020
劇場の灯を消すな！本多劇場編
2020
大人計画ウーマンリブvol.14「もうがまんできない」
2020
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku as Murata
2018
遠藤憲一と宮藤官九郎の勉強させていただきます
2017
Dear Etranger as Sawada
2016
My Uncle as Sadao Haruyama
2016
Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~
2015
Gamera as Manafu's father
2015
Bakuman as Taro Kawaguchi
2015
Piece of Cake as Manager of Asagaya Loft (cameo)
2014
Villiany Ganbo as Iyataro Toyotomi
2012
The Castle of Crossed Destinies
2012
大人計画「ウェルカム・ニッポン」
2011
大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．１２「サッドソング・フォー・アグリードーター」
2010
大人計画「母を逃がす」
2010
The Wife of Gegege as Shigeru Mura
2010
Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose as Ikuo Kashiwada (credit only)
2010
The Tragedy of W
2009
SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
2009
大人計画「サッちゃんの明日」
2009
Instant Swamp as Detective Sawaragi
2008
The Short Films Everyone started out as a child
2008
少年メリケンサックを探せ!!!
2007
Welcome to the Quiet Room as Tetsuo Yakihata
2007
The Sword of Alexander as Sasuke
2006
大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．１０「ウーマンリブ先生」
2006
Tekkonkinkreet as Sawada (voice)
2006
Memories of Matsuko as Tetsuya Yamekawa
2006
大人計画「まとまったお金の唄」
2005
A Heartful of Love as Mitsuo Usui
2004
大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．８「轟天ＶＳ港カヲル」
2004
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World as Ryunosuke Oki
2003
Fukumimi
2003
Love & War of a Samurai
2003
大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．７「熊沢パンキース０３」
2003
Thirteen Steps as Toru Kihara
2002
Rock'n'Roll Mishin
2002
大人計画「春子ブックセンター」
2002
The Labor Cop
2002
California Dreamin' as Hajime Yamazaki
2001
大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．６「キラークイーン６６６」
2001
Kirei kamisama to machiawase shita on'na
2001
エロスの果て
2001
大人計画「エロスの果て」
1999
大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．４「ウーマンリブ発射！」
1998
Bayside Shakedown: Autumn Campaign for Crime Eradication as Ikuo Kashiwada
1997
大人計画「生きてるし死んでるし」
1996
Kids Return as High School Student
1994
A New Love in Tokyo as Hideo Nagai
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