Tadanobu Asano
Born: 1973-11-27 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Mortal Kombat II as Lord Raiden
- Morte Cucina as Artist
- All the Lovers in the Night as Mitsutsuka
2024
- Shōgun as Kashigi Yabushige
- The Box Man as Fake Doctor
- The Women in the Lakes
- Broken Rage as Detective Inoue
- Ravens as Masahisa Fukase
- Kanasando
- Otoko to Tori ... (Director)
2023
- Kubi as Kuroda Kanbei
- We're Broke, My Lord! as Heihachiro Isogai
2022
- Mugonkan as Kuboshima Seiichiro
2021
- Mortal Kombat as Lord Raiden
- Kate as Renji
- Detective Chinatown 3 as Tanaka Naoki
2020
- Followers as Tamio Mochizuki
- Minamata as Tatsuo Matsumura
- Labyrinth of Cinema as Sako
- Independence of Japan
2019
- Midway as Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
- They Say Nothing Stays the Same as Regular customer
- Chiwawa-chan as Sakata
- Wolf's Calling as Samurai
2018
- The Outsider as Kiyoshi
- KASANE –Beauty and Fate– as Kingo Habuta
- The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers as Christ
- Punk Samurai Slash Down as Hanro Chayama
- The Bastard and the Beautiful World as Daimon (Mad Dog) (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)
2017
- Thor: Ragnarok as Hogun
- A Life as Danjo Masao
- Detective Yugami as Yukimasa Yugami
- Shinjuku Swan II as Masaki Taki
- Dear Etranger as Makoto Tanaka
2016
- Silence as Interpreter
- The Wasted Times as Watabe
- Harmonium as Sotaro Yasaka
- fuji_jukai.mov as Doctor (Village of Reincarnation)
2015
- Parasyte: Part 2 as Goto
- Journey to the Shore as Yusuke
- Grasshopper as Kujira
- Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
2014
- The Long Goodbye as Banji Masuzawa
- Parasyte: Part 1 as Goto
- My Man as Jungo Kusarino
- Lupin the 3rd as Koichi Zenigata
- Kiki's Delivery Service as Dr. Ishi
- Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema as Self
- Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore as The Criminal
2013
- Thor: The Dark World as Hogun
- 47 Ronin as Lord Kira
- The Kiyosu Conference as Toshiie Maeda
- Children Who Won’t Die as Narrator (voice)
- Ichi the Killer - Behind the Scenes as Self
- Ichi the Killer - Making Of as Self
- An Interview with Tadanobu Asano as Self
- An Interview with Alien Sun as Self
2012
- Battleship as Captain Yugi Nagata
- Dearest as Policeman
- Fly with the Gold as Kitagawa
- The Terminal Trust as Noriyuki Takai
2011
- Thor as Hogun
- A Ghost of a Chance as Kenichi Kido
- Moonlight Mask as Taro Okamoto
- A Flawless Concierge as The Artist
- Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special
- That's the Way! as Fujio Akatsuka
2010
- 42 One Dream Rush
- Wandering Home as Yasuyuki Tsukahara
- Vengeance Can Wait as Hidenori Yamane
2009
- Redline as Frisbee (voice)
- The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity as Shibasaki
- Villon's Wife as Otani
- Dumbeast as Dekogawa
- Snow Prince
- Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters
- SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
- Eatrip
2008
- Kabei: Our Mother as Yamazaki Toru
- Dreaming Awake
- R246 STORY
- Buyusenki Battle Chronicle
2007
- Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan as Genghis Khan / Temüjin
- Sad Vacation as Kenji Shiraishi
- The Capricious Robot as Mr. N
- Eli on Ichi as Self
2006
- Hana as Jubei Kanazawa
- Invisible Waves as Kyoji
- Cross the Lens as Self
2005
- Rampo Noir as Man / Kogoro Akechi / Masaki / Fuyo's Lover
- Takeshis'
- Funky Forest: The First Contact as Masaru Tanaka
- My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? as Mizui
- Tokyo Zombie as Fujio
- The Buried Forest as San
- Portrait of the Wind
- SORANO
2004
- The Taste of Tea as Ayano Haruno
- Survive Style 5+ as Aman
- Café Lumière as Hajime Takeuchi
- Vital as Hiroshi Takagi
- The Face of Jizo as Mr. Kinoshita
- Soul Dancing
- Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! as Self
- Tori
- The Thirsty Flower: Four by Four Equals One as (voice)
2003
- Zatoichi as Hattori Genosuke
- Last Life in the Universe as Kenji
- My Grandpa as S. Nakatoh
- Bright Future as Mamoru Arita
- 1-Ichi ... (Original Music Composer)
- Iden & Tity
- Dead End Run
- Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa as Himself
2002
- The Private Detective Mike
- Woman of Water as Yusaku Miyazawa
2001
- Ichi the Killer as Kakihara
- Distance as Sakata
- Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle as Shanao
- Kaza-hana as Renji Sawashiro
- Electric Dragon 80000V as Dragon Eye Morrison
- Ah-So Graham Norton as Self
2000
- Party 7 as Okita Souji
1999
- Taboo as Hyozo Tashiro
- Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl as Kuroo Samehada
- Gemini as Revenger with Sword
- Hakuchi: The Innocent as Isawa
- One Step on a Mine, It's All Over as Taizo Ichinose
- Away with Words as Asano Takashi
1998
- Love & Pop as Captain XX
- Screwed as Tsube
- Falling into the Evening
- Document Love & Pop
- Motorola
- Typhoon Shelter
1997
- Tokyo Fair Weather
- Labyrinth of Dreams as Tatsuo Niitaka
1996
- Swallowtail Butterfly as Customer in the Club
- Picnic as Tsumuji
- Helpless as Kenji Shiraishi
- ACRI: The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius as Hisoka
- Focus as Kanemura
- wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net as Man
1995
- Maborosi as Ikuo
- Story of Four Sisters
1994
- 119 as Satoshi Matsushita
1993
1992
- The Rocking Horsemen as Seiichi Shirai
1991
- Waiting for the Flood as Sadahito Iwata
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee