Tomorowo Taguchi
Born: 1957-11-30 in Musashino, Tokyo, Japan
Known For: Acting
Biography
Tomorowo Taguchi (born November 30, 1957) is a Japanese actor. After leaving Dokkyo University without graduating, he started to earn his living as an illustrator, writer and pornographic cartoonist. He joined a theatre called Hakken no Kai in 1978 and he made a screen debut in Zokubutsu Zukan (based on the book by Yasutaka Tsutsui) in 1982. He was also a prominent cult musician in the Tokyo underground scene with his band Bachikaburi in the 1980s and early 1990s. He is probably most well known to the West as the lead actor in Tetsuo and Tetsuo II directed by Shinya Tsukamoto. He also makes regular appearances in Takashi Miike's films. He became known to the Japanese public as a narrator for the TV documentary series Project X - Challengers which aired between 2000 and 2005 by NHK. Taguchi directed Iden & Tity in 2003 and his second film, Shikisoku Generation, is scheduled for release in 2009.
Filmography
2026
- Street Kingdom: Make your own sound. ... (Director)
2025
- Human Specimens as Man walking his dog
- Unreachable as Jiro Kayama
- Welcome to the Village
2024
- House of Ninjas as Jin Hamashima
- 新プロジェクトX〜挑戦者たち〜
- Hijacked Youth – Dare To Stop Us 2 as Yasunori Okatome
- City of Desire No. 5 Drifting Dotonbori Kids as 杉山高志
- Aimitagai
- City of Desire No. 6 Trans Honor
- Stage 『Spirited Away』 as Kamaji
2023
2022
- Love Life as Makoto Ōsawa
- You've Got A Friend
2021
2020
- Alive: Dr. Kokoro, The Medical Oncologist
- Fukushima 50 as Kazuhiko Fukuhara
- Meikenchiku de Chushoku wo
- Midnight Swan as Mama Yoko
- #HandballStrive as Masashi
- Fancy
2019
- In Hand as Hiroshi Yamazaki
- The Witness as Yuichi Kimura
- Hydra as Teru Nakaya
- Parallel World Love Story as Sudo
2018
- In This Corner of the World as Entaro Hojo
- The Blood of Wolves as Hideo Doi
- My Little Monster as Shizuku's Father
- Happy Go Lucky
- Violence Voyager as Koike
- Room Laundering as Saizen
- Life in Overtime as Toshihiko Aoyama
- The Many Faces of Ito
- Odd Final
- Half End
2017
- Byplayers ~ What If 6 Supporting Actors Had a Houseshare as Himself
- The Game of Business Card as Katayama Shoji
- The Last Shot in the Bar as Matsuo
- Policeman and Me as Shuichi Yamamoto
- Neko Atsume House as Asakusa
2016
- Hibana: Spark
- 吉祥寺だけが住みたい街ですか？ as Mikuriya Saburo
- Too Young To Die! as Hato
- Ame Onna as Rika's father
- ひと夏の隣人 as 鈴木次郎
- Artist of Fasting as Narration (voice)
2015
- Piece of Cake ... (Director)
2014
- The Long Goodbye as Haneoka
- Kabukicho Love Hotel as Masashi Kubota
- Botanical Life of Varendar as Verandar
- Monsterz as Mr. Kumoi
- The Vancouver Asahi as Tadaaki Matsuda
- A Drop of the Grapevine as Asahi
- Rose Color's Buko as Gangster
2013
- Disregarded People as President Maruyoshi
- Detective in the Bar as Matsuo
- Maruyama, the Middle Schooler as Saito
- RoomMate
- Nobody's Perfect
- AIBOU: X-DAY
2012
- The Drudgery Train as Secondhand Bookstore Manager
- Fly with the Gold as Yamagishi
- The Samurai That Night as Nobuo Hoshi
- A Road Stained Crimson
- 1+1=11
2011
- Gantz: Perfect Answer as Yoshikazu Suzuki
- QP as Hiko
- Another Gantz as Yoshikazu Suzuki
- The Egoists as Shinji Ninomiya
- YOYOCHU in the Land of the Rising Sex as Narrator (voice)
- A Man with Style as Sanada
- River as Maid cafe owner
- Chivalrous Sinking
2010
- Gantz as Yoshikazu Suzuki
- Piecing Me Back Together as Keisuke Ogi
- Household X as Kenichi Hashimoto
- Shinigami no Yaiba
2009
- Midnight Diner as Lyricist
- 外事警察 as 谷村博
- Brass Knuckle Boys as Jimmy
- April Bride as Okuno
- Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster as Shinto Priest
- Oh, My Buddha! ... (Director)
2008
- Climber's High as Enji Kishi
- Ain't No Tomorrows as Yoshida
- The Most Beautiful Night In The World as Kazuya Mizuno
- Your Friend
- Otokotachi no uta
2007
- The Pride of the Temp as Narrator (voice)
- The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi as a stuff of Toraoh
- Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
- Kamen Rider: THE NEXT as Scissors Jaguar
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon as Barber Owner
- Switching – Goodbye Me as Kazumi's Father
- How to Become Myself as Koji Ueshima
- The Invitation from Cinema Orion as Yuji Miyoshi
- Prisoner/Terrorist as M
- Cain's Descendant
- Sea of Madness
2006
- Gamera the Brave as Councilor Yoshimitsu Hitotsugi
- Sway as Judge
- M as Pimp
- God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand
- Black Night as Dr. Kawai (segment "Dark Hole")
- It's Only Talk as K
- Haru, Bânîzu de
- SOUL TRAIN
- Love Letter So-renka as Yui's father
- Prisoners as Self
2005
- Strange Circus as Taeko's Editor-in-Chief
- Spring Snow
- Until the Lights Come Back as Ryotaro Saeki
- Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Death Make
- School Days
- Wolf Girl
- Young Thugs: Malaysian Tiger
- Who's Camus Anyway? as Oyama
2004
- 大人計画「ドライブイン カリフォルニア」
- A Blue Automobile as Record Store Boss
- L'amant as A
- Mask de 41 as Tadao Kuramochi
- Girlfriend: Someone Please Stop the World as Miho's Father
- Kamachi as Sensei Komori
- Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend Youkai Hel
2003
- A Snake of June as Editor-in-Chief
- Owl
- Vibrator as Cop
- Cop Festival: New Beginning
- Iden & Tity ... (Director)
- Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend Banchou Soccer
2002
- The Private Detective Mike
- September 11 as Yukichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
- Aiki
- Doing Time as Tanabe
- Drive
- MPD-PSYCHO/FAKE
- Young Thugs: EPISODE FINAL Stand By Me
- Barber's Sorrow
- Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend EPISODE II From Russia With Love
- Bastoni: The Stick Handlers as Matsunaga
- Picaresque
2001
2000
- Dead or Alive 2: Birds
- Monday as Mitsuhiko Shima
- PROJECT X 〜Challengers〜 as 語り
- Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer
- Tokyo Trash Baby
- Oshikiri
- Chinpira
- Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5
- Kamome as Akitoshi Fukuma
- Senrigan
- Jorogumo
1999
- Taboo as Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa
- Dead or Alive as Afro Thug
- Gemini as Middle-aged Patient
- Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris as Doctor
- Ley Lines as Chan
- White-Collar Worker Kintaro as Shibamata
- The Line
- The Night the Angel Turned Away as Tawada
1998
- Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 2 as Kôshichirô Urushido (as Tomoroo Taguchi)
- Tomie as Detective Harada
- Sleepless Town as Kenji Tozawa
- Dr. Akagi as Nosaka
- Sada as Kin
- Unlucky Monkey as Miyata
- Bullet Ballet as Policeman
- Scorpion: Double Venom
- Andromedia as Goda
- Three Businessmen as Noodle Shop Waiter
- A Giant Monster Appears in Tokyo
- Tadon and Chikuwa
- You Alone Can't See as Kimura
- I Don't Have a Grave! as Takagi Noboru
1997
- The Eel as Eiji Dojima
- Postman Blues as Profiler
- Rainy Dog as The Pursuer
- Tokyo Fair Weather
- Full Metal Yakuza as Genpaku Hiraga
- Time Leap
- Lie Lie Lie as Party Guest
- The Things We Liked
- The Defender as Edge
- The Towers of Musahino Line
- Ishoku Manga-shi 33-nen no Kiseki ~ Garo no Jidai o Yomu as Self
- Kawaki no machi
- Prostitution Gang
1996
- Swallowtail Butterfly as Honda
- San-ban Tēburu no Kyaku
- Gamera 2: Attack of Legion as Ishida
- Fudoh: The New Generation as Dealer being shot in toilet
- Midori
- Dangan Runner as Shinkichi Yasuda
- All Night Long 3: The Final Chapter as Kawasaki
- Love Hotel Night 2
- Sadistic Song
- Reborn from Hell II: Jubei's Revenge as Shôsetsu Yui
- Tokyo Mafia: Battle for Shinjuku as Kikura
- Reborn from Hell: Samurai Armageddon as Shôsetsu Yui
- A Fragile Heart
- Ignatius
- Ladies Max
1995
- Love Letter as Female Itsuki's Father
- Tokyo Fist as Tattoo Artist
- Kamikaze Taxi as Chaplin
- Shinjuku Triad Society as Wang
- Ring as Jotaro Nagao
- The Young Blood Typhoon
- Goodbye for Tomorrow as Tetsu Sasayama
- Lady Poison: Beasts of the Underground as Detective Kono
- Nozokiya
- Angel's Share
- Forever with You
- Love Worker Sharaba Ya Ranko
- Super-Coming
1994
- A New Love in Tokyo as Man with a Knife
- Undo as Psychiatrist
- Evil Dream
- Angel Dust as Endo
- Black Money
- N45゜ as Detective
- At the Mercy of the Darkness
- Pu
- Level
1993
- A Night in Nude as Kenzo
- Maohgai
- Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? as Yusuke's Father
- Puru Puru Angelic Holiday
- Wandering Brain
- Tokyo Blood
- Fried Dragon Fish as Delta Works Japan Sales Manager
- Kuma-chan
- The Tomb & the Divorce as Tokio
- My Beloved Ultraseven as Takano
- Kiriko, A Woman Who Loved the Gangsters
- Abnormal People: Three Legendary Rainbow Brothers
1992
- Tetsuo II: Body Hammer as Taniguchi Tomoo
- All Night Long as Airline Manager
- New Joyful Embarrassing Story 2
- Kirai ja nai yo 2
- New Joyful Embarrassing Story
1990
1989
- Tetsuo: The Iron Man as Salaryman
- Guinea Pig Part 5: Android of Notre Dame
- Arietta as Red Saturn Club Manager
1987
- The Adventure of Denchu-Kozo as Hijikata
- Robinson's Garden as Man wrestling with restaurant table
1986
- The Phantom of Regular Size as The Man
1984
1982
1971
- Kamen Rider as Amadum