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
2025
2024
- Shōgun as Kashigi Yabushige
- Broken Rage as Detective Inoue
- The Box Man as Fake Doctor
- The Women in the Lakes
- Kanasando
- Ravens as Masahisa Fukase
- 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
- Detective Chinatown 3 as Tanaka Naoki
- Kate as Renji
2020
- Labyrinth of Cinema as Sako
- Independence of Japan
- Minamata as Tatsuo Matsumura
- Followers as Tamio Mochizuki
2019
- Midway as Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
- Chiwawa as Sakata
- They Say Nothing Stays the Same as Regular customer
- Wolf's Calling as Samurai
2018
- 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
- The Outsider as Kiyoshi
2017
- Thor: Ragnarok as Hogun
- Dear Etranger as Makoto Tanaka
- Shinjuku Swan II as Masaki Taki
- A Life as Danjo Masao
- Detective Yugami as Yukimasa Yugami
2016
- The Wasted Times as Watabe
- Silence as Interpreter
- Harmonium as Sotaro Yasaka
2015
- Parasyte: Part 2 as Goto
- Journey to the Shore as Yusuke
- Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
- Grasshopper as Kujira
2014
- Parasyte: Part 1 as Goto
- My Man as Jungo Kusarino
- Kiki's Delivery Service as Dr. Ishi
- Lupin the 3rd as Koichi Zenigata
- The Long Goodbye as Banji Masuzawa
- 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
- Children Who Won’t Die as Narrator (voice)
2012
- Battleship as Captain Yugi Nagata
- Fly with the Gold as Kitagawa
- Dearest as Policeman
- The Terminal Trust as Noriyuki Takai
2011
- Thor as Hogun
- Once in a Blue Moon as Kenichi Kido
- Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special
- A Flawless Concierge as The Artist
- Moonlight Mask as Taro Okamoto
- That's the Way! as Fujio Akatsuka
2010
- Wandering Home as Yasuyuki Tsukahara
- Vengeance Can Wait as Hidenori Yamane
- 42 One Dream Rush
2009
- Redline as Frisbee (voice)
- Villon's Wife as Otani
- The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity as Shibasaki
- Snow Prince
- Dumbeast as Dekogawa
- Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters
- Eatrip
- SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
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
2006
- Hana as Jubei Kanazawa
- Invisible Waves as Kyoji
- Cross the Lens as Self
2005
- Takeshis'
- Rampo Noir as Man / Kogoro Akechi / Masaki / Fuyo's Lover
- Portrait of the Wind
- Tokyo Zombie as Fujio
- My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? as Mizui
- The Buried Forest as San
- Funky Forest: The First Contact as Masaru Tanaka
- SORANO
2004
- The Taste of Tea as Ayano Haruno
- Vital as Hiroshi Takagi
- Café Lumière as Hajime Takeuchi
- The Face of Jizo as Mr. Kinoshita
- Tori
- Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! as Self
- Survive Style 5+ as Aman
- The Thirsty Flower: Four by Four Equals One as (voice)
- Soul Dancing
2003
- Zatoichi as Hattori Genosuke
- Dead End Run
- Bright Future as Mamoru Arita
- Last Life in the Universe as Kenji
- Iden & Tity
- My Grandpa as S. Nakatoh
- Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa as Himself
- 1-Ichi ... (Original Music Composer)
2002
- Woman of Water as Yusaku Miyazawa
- The Private Detective Mike
2001
- Electric Dragon 80000V as Dragon Eye Morrison
- Ichi the Killer as Kakihara
- Kaza-hana as Renji Sawashiro
- Distance as Sakata
- Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle as Shanao
- Ah-So Graham Norton as Self
2000
- Party 7 as Okita Souji
1999
- Gemini as Revenger with Sword
- Taboo as Hyozo Tashiro
- Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl as Kuroo Samehada
- One Step on a Mine, It's All Over as Taizo Ichinose
- Hakuchi: The Innocent as Isawa
- Away with Words as Asano Takashi
1998
- Love & Pop as Captain XX
- Motorola
- Falling into the Evening
- Screwed as Tsube
- Document Love & Pop
1997
- Labyrinth of Dreams as Tatsuo Niitaka
- Tokyo Fair Weather
1996
- Picnic as Tsumuji
- Focus as Kanemura
- Swallowtail Butterfly as Customer in the Club
- Helpless as Kenji Shiraishi
- ACRI: The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius as Hisoka
- 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