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
2027
- All the Lovers in the Night as Mitsutsuka
2026
- Mortal Kombat II as Lord Raiden
- Morte Cucina as Artist
2025
- Ravens as Masahisa Fukase
2024
- Shōgun as Kashigi Yabushige
- Broken Rage as Detective Inoue
- The Box Man as Fake Doctor
- The Women in the Lakes
- 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
- Minamata as Tatsuo Matsumura
- Followers as Tamio Mochizuki
- 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
- Punk Samurai Slash Down as Hanro Chayama
- The Bastard and the Beautiful World as Daimon (Mad Dog) (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)
- The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers as Christ
2017
- Thor: Ragnarok as Hogun
- A Life: A Love 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
- Parasyte: Part 1 as Goto
- The Long Goodbye as Banji Masuzawa
- Kiki's Delivery Service as Dr. Ishi
- Lupin the 3rd as Koichi Zenigata
- My Man as Jungo Kusarino
- Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore as The Criminal
- Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema as Self
2013
- Thor: The Dark World as Hogun
- 47 Ronin as Lord Kira
- The Kiyosu Conference as Toshiie Maeda
- Ichi the Killer - Behind the Scenes as Self
- Children Who Won’t Die as Narrator (voice)
- Ichi the Killer - Making Of as Self
- An Interview with Alien Sun as Self
- An Interview with Tadanobu Asano 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
- A Flawless Concierge as The Artist
- That's the Way! as Fujio Akatsuka
- Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special
- Moonlight Mask as Taro Okamoto
2010
- 42 One Dream Rush
- Wandering Home as Yasuyuki Tsukahara
- Vengeance Can Wait as Hidenori Yamane
2009
- Redline as Frisbee (voice)
- Villon's Wife as Otani
- Snow Prince
- The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity as Shibasaki
- Dumbeast as Dekogawa
- Eatrip
- SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
- Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters
2008
- Kabei: Our Mother as Yamazaki Toru
- R246 STORY
- Family History as Self
- Buyusenki Battle Chronicle
- Dreaming Awake
2007
- Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan as Genghis Khan / Temüjin
- Sad Vacation as Kenji Shiraishi
- Eli on Ichi as Self
- The Capricious Robot as Mr. N
2006
- Hana as Jubei Kanazawa
- Invisible Waves as Kyoji
- Cross the Lens as Self
2005
- Funky Forest: The First Contact as Masaru Tanaka
- Takeshis'
- SORANO
- Rampo Noir as Man / Kogoro Akechi / Masaki / Fuyo's Lover
- Tokyo Zombie as Fujio
- The Buried Forest as San-chan
- My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? as Mizui
- Portrait of the Wind
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
- Tori
- Soul Dancing
- Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! as Self
- The Thirsty Flower: Four by Four Equals One as (voice)
2003
- Zatoichi as Hattori Genosuke
- Last Life in the Universe as Kenji
- Bright Future as Mamoru Arita
- 1-Ichi ... (Original Music Composer)
- My Grandpa as S. Nakatoh
- 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
- Electric Dragon 80000V as Dragon Eye Morrison
- Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle as Shanao
- Kaza-hana as Renji Sawashiro
- Ah-So Graham Norton as Self
2000
- PARTY7 as Okita Souji
1999
- Taboo as Hyozo Tashiro
- Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl as Kuroo Samehada
- Away with Words as Asano Takashi
- Gemini as Revenger with Sword
- Hakuchi: The Innocent as Isawa
- One Step on a Mine, It's All Over as Taizo Ichinose
1998
- Love & Pop as Captain XX
- Screwed as Tsube
- Document Love & Pop
- Falling into the Evening
- Typhoon Shelter
- Motorola
1997
- Labyrinth of Dreams as Tatsuo Niitaka
- Tokyo Fair Weather
1996
- Swallowtail Butterfly as Customer in the Club
- Picnic as Tsumuji
- Helpless as Kenji Shiraishi
- wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net as Man
- ACRI: The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius as Hisoka
- Focus as Kanemura
1995
- Maborosi as Ikuo
- Story of Four Sisters
1994
- 119 as Satoshi Matsushita
1993
- The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark as Koichi Sunagami
- Fried Dragon Fish as Natsuro
1992
- The Rocking Horsemen as Seiichi Shirai
1991
- Waiting for the Flood as Sadahito Iwata
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee