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Tadanobu Asano

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Described by some as a cross between Johnny Depp and Toshirô Mifune, Asano Tadanobu is certainly the hippest, if not the single most important, Japanese film actor working today. His father, an actors' agent, suggested he take on what became his first role, in the TV show "Kimpachi Sensei," at the age of 16... See full bio »

Born:

Tadanobu Satô
in Yokohama, Japan
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2013 Regular Boy (pre-production)
Chris
 
2014 My Man (filming)
Jungo
 
2013 47 Ronin (post-production)
Lord Kira
 
2013 Thor: The Dark World (post-production)
Hogun
 
2013 Kiyosu kaigi (post-production)
Toshiie maeda
 
2012 Fly with the Gold
Kitagawa
 
2012 The Terminal Trust
 
2012 Dearest
Policeman
 
2012 Battleship
Captain Yugi Nagata
 
2011 Yonimo kimyô na monogatari (TV movie)
Killer
 
2011 Sutekina kakushi dori -kanzen muketsu no concierge- (TV movie)
 
2011 A Ghost of a Chance
 
2011 Korede iinoda! Eiga Akatsuka Fujio
Fujio Akatsuka
 
2011 Thor
Hogun
 
2011 Moonlight Mask
Okamoto
 
2010 Wandering Home
 
2010 Vengeance Can Wait
Hidenori Yamane
 
2009 Snow Prince
 
2009 Villon's Wife
Otani
 
2009 Redline
Frisbee (voice)
 
2009 Dumbeast
Dekogawa
 
2009 Mt. Tsurugidake
Shibasaki
 
2009 42 One Dream Rush (short)
 
2008 Yume no mani mani
Black Marketeer
 
2008 R246 Story
 
2008 Kabei: Our Mother
Yamazaki Toru
 
2007 Sad Vacation
Kenji Shiraishi
 
2007 Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan
Temudjin
 
2006 Hana
Jubei Kanazawa
 
2006 Invisible Waves
Kyoji
 
2005 Tokyo Zombie
Fujio
 
2005 Rampo Noir
Private Detective Kogorô Akechi / Man / Masaki (segments "Imomushi" - "Kagami jigoku" - "Kasei no unga" - "Mushi")
 
2005 Funky Forest: The First Contact
 
2005 Portrait of the Wind
Tamio Murase
 
2005 Takeshis'
 
2005 Eri Eri rema sabakutani
Mizui
 
2005 The Buried Forest
San-chan
 
2004 Vital
Hiroshi Takagi
 
2004 Survive Style 5+
Aman
 
2004 The Face of Jizo
Kinoshita
 
2004 The Taste of Tea
Ayano Haruno - uncle
 
2004 Tori
 
2003 Café Lumière
Hajime Takeuchi
 
2003 Dead End Run
 
2003 The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
Hattori Genosuke
 
2003 Last Life in the Universe
Kenji
 
2003 My Grandpa
S. Nakatoh
 
2003 Bright Future
Mamoru Arita
 
2002 Woman of Water
Yusaku
 
2001 Ichi the Killer
Kakihara
 
2001 Distance
Sakata
 
2001 Electric Dragon 80.000 V
Dragon Eye Morrison
 
2000 Party 7
Okita Souji
 
2000 Kaza-hana
Sawaki
 
2000 Gojo reisenki: Gojoe
Shanao
 
1999 Taboo
Samurai Hyozo Tashiro
 
1999 One Step on a Mine, It's All Over
Taizo Ichinose
 
1999 Hakuchi: The Innocent
Isawa
 
1999 Sôseiji
Revenger with Sword
 
1999 San tiao ren
Asano
 
1998 Rakka suru yugata
 
1998 Samehada otoko to momojiri onna
Kuroo Samehada
 
1998 Screwed
Tsube
 
1998 Love & Pop
Captain XX
 
1997 Tokyo biyori
 
1997 Yume no ginga
Tatsuo Niitaka
 
1996 Focus
Kanemura
 
1996 Swallowtail Butterfly
Customer in club
 
1996 Acri
Hisoka
 
1996 Helpless
Kenji Shiraishi
 
1996 Picnic
Tsumuji
 
1996 wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net (short)
Man
 
1995 Maborosi
Ikuo
 
1995 Yonshimai monogatari
Akira Higuchi
 
1994 119
Satoshi Matsushita
 
1993 Nemuranai machi - Shinjuku same
Sajo
 
1993 Haru no ichizoku (TV series)
 
1993 Fried Dragon Fish (TV movie)
Natsuro
 
1992 Seishun dendekedekedeke
Seiichi Shirai
 
1991 Aitsu
Sadahito Iwata
 
1990 Bataashi kingyo
Ushi
 
1979 3-nen B-gumi Kinpachi Sensei (TV series)
 
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2009 42 One Dream Rush (short)
 
2008 R246 Story
 
2004 Tori
 
Show ShowComposer (2 titles)
2004 Tori
 
2003 1-Ichi (video)
 
Show ShowAnimation Department (1 title)
2001 Electric Dragon 80.000 V (animator: opening and closing credits)
 
Show ShowSelf (13 titles)
2012 Children Who Won't Die (documentary) (voice)
 
2012 Honne biyori (TV series)
Himself
– Itsuji Itao + Tadanobu Asano (2012) … Himself
 
2011 Sekai o kaeta otoko: Sutîbu Jobuzu (TV documentary)
Narration (voice)
 
2010 Shinanai kodomo, Arai Shusaku (documentary)
Narration
 
2010 The 33rd Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2009 Soul Red: Yusaku Matsuda (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Eatrip (documentary)
 
2009 The Making of 'Mt. Tsurugidake' (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 Bokura no jidai (TV series)
Himself
– Shinji Aoyama, Tadanobu Asano & Susumu Terajima (2007) … Himself
 
2005 Cinema mil (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.8 (2005) … Himself
 
2004 Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! (TV documentary)
 
2003 The Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Ah-So Graham Norton (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Publicity Listings:

1 Interview  | 4 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

Official Site | Official Site (English & Japanese) | See more »

Alternate Names:

Sato Tadanobu

Height:

5' 10½" (1.79 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on Thor] I have blood from Dutch and Norwegian. So, I feel like it was necessity that I could join the film. Because I feel "Thor" is the beginning of finding my roots, and I found that I have family in America, I want to take my time and put effort on my future work so that foreign people get to know me better, and I also want to enjoy that process itself! See more »

Trivia:

His maternal grandfather was of Dutch and Norwegian descent. See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius