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
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 as Satoru Chinen
- 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
- Chiwawa-chan as Sakata
- They Say Nothing Stays the Same as Regular customer
- 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
- Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
- Grasshopper as Kujira
2014
- Parasyte: Part 1 as Goto
- The Long Goodbye as Banji Masuzawa
- Lupin the 3rd as Koichi Zenigata
- Kiki's Delivery Service as Dr. Ishi
- My Man as Jungo Kusarino
- 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
- Ichi the Killer - Making Of as Self
- An Interview with Alien Sun as Self
- Ichi the Killer - Behind the Scenes as Self
- Children Who Won’t Die as Narrator (voice)
- An Interview with Tadanobu Asano as Self
2012
- Battleship as Captain Yugi Nagata
- Dearest as Policeman
- The Terminal Trust as Noriyuki Takai
- Fly with the Gold as Kitagawa
2011
- Thor as Hogun
- Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special
- A Ghost of a Chance as Kenichi Kido
- A Flawless Concierge as The Artist
- Moonlight Mask as Taro Okamoto
- 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
- Dumbeast as Dekogawa
- Villon's Wife as Otani
- SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
- Eatrip
- Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters
- Snow Prince
2008
- Kabei: Our Mother as Yamazaki Toru
- Dreaming Awake
- Buyusenki Battle Chronicle
- R246 STORY
- Family History as Self
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
- Takeshis'
- Rampo Noir as Man / Kogoro Akechi / Masaki / Fuyo's Lover
- SORANO
- Funky Forest: The First Contact as Masaru Tanaka
- Tokyo Zombie as Fujio
- The Buried Forest as San-chan
- Portrait of the Wind
- My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? as Mizui
2004
- The Taste of Tea as Ayano Haruno
- Café Lumière as Hajime Takeuchi
- Survive Style 5+ as Aman
- Vital as Hiroshi Takagi
- The Thirsty Flower: Four by Four Equals One as (voice)
- Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! as Self
- The Face of Jizo as Mr. Kinoshita
- Tori
- Soul Dancing
2003
- Zatoichi as Hattori Genosuke
- My Grandpa as S. Nakatoh
- Last Life in the Universe as Kenji
- Bright Future as Mamoru Arita
- Iden & Tity
- Dead End Run
- 1-Ichi ... (Original Music Composer)
- 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
- Ah-So Graham Norton as Self
- Electric Dragon 80000V as Dragon Eye Morrison
- Kaza-hana as Renji Sawashiro
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
- Away with Words as Asano Takashi
- Hakuchi: The Innocent as Isawa
- One Step on a Mine, It's All Over as Taizo Ichinose
1998
- Love & Pop as Captain XX
- Falling into the Evening
- Screwed as Tsube
- Document Love & Pop
- Typhoon Shelter
- Motorola
1997
- Tokyo Fair Weather
- Labyrinth of Dreams as Tatsuo Niitaka
1996
- Swallowtail Butterfly as Customer in the Club
- Picnic as Tsumuji
- wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net as Man
- 命捧げ候 夢追い坂の決闘
- Helpless as Kenji Shiraishi
- 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