Tadanobu Asano

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Overview

Tadanobu Asano was born on November 27, 1973 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He is of both Japanese and Native American descent. He first began acting as a child in the television show Kinpachi-Sensei, because his father was an agent and familiar with the business. He is married to Chara, a Japanese musician, and they have two children. In addition to acting in both film and television, Asano enjoys drawing, karate, and playing the guitar in his band.

Awards

Since 1997, Asano has won several acting awards. He has received the Best Actor in a Leading Role, from the Takasaki Film Festival three times (1997, 2000, and 2005). He has also won best actor or actor in a leading role award from the Yokohama Film Festival, the Mainichi Film contest, the Venice Film Festival and the 6th Japanese Film Producer Awards. He has also taken home a Supporting Actor award from the Japanese Academy Awards (2004).

Filmography

Coin Locker Babies (2008) (pre-production)
Kaabee (2007) (pre-production)
Mongol (2007) (post-production) .... Temudjin
- ... aka Монгол (Russia)
Hana yori mo naho (2006) .... Jubei Kanazawa
Invisible Waves (2006) .... Kyoji
Tôkyô zonbi (2005) .... Fujio
- ... aka Tokyo Zombie (International: English title)
Rampo jigoku (2005) .... Private detective Kogorô Akechi (2x); A man; Masaki (story "Imomushi", "Kagami jigoku", "Kasei no unga", and "Mushi")
- ... aka Rampo Noir (International: English title)
Naisu no mori: The First Contact (2005)
- ... aka Funky Forest: The First Contact (International: English title)
Taga tameni (2005) .... Tamio Murase
- ... aka Portrait of the Wind (International: English title)
Takeshis' (2005)
Eri, Eri, rema sabachttani? (2005) .... Mizui
- ... aka My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? (International: English title)
Umoregi (2005) .... San-chan
- ... aka The Buried Forest (International: English title)
Survive Style 5+ (2004) .... Aman
Chichi to kuraseba (2004) .... Kinoshita
- ... aka The Face of Jizo (International: English title)
Vital (2004) .... Hiroshi Takagi
Cha no aji (2004) .... Ayano Haruno - uncle
- ... aka The Taste of Tea (International: English title)
Tori (2004)
Kôhî jikô (2003) .... Hajime Takeuchi
- ... aka Café Lumière (International: English title) (USA)
Dead End Run (2003)
Zatôichi (2003) .... Hattori Genosuke
- ... aka Takeshi Kitano's Zatoichi (International: English title: informal title)
- ... aka The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (USA)
- ... aka Zatoichi (International: English title)
Ruang rak noi nid mahasan (2003) .... Kenji
- ... aka Chikyû de saigo no futari (Japan)
- ... aka Last Life in the Universe (International: English title)
Watashi no guranpa (2003)
- ... aka My Grandpa (International: English title)
Akarui mirai (2003) .... Mamoru Arita
- ... aka Bright Future (International: English title) (USA)
Mizu no onna (2002) .... Yusaku
- ... aka Woman of Water (International: English title)
Koroshiya 1 (2001) .... Kakihara
- ... aka Ichi the Killer (International: English title)
Distance (2001) .... Sakata
Electric Dragon 80.000 V (2001) .... Dragon Eye Morrison
Party 7 (2000) .... Okita Souji
Kaza-hana (2000) .... Sawaki
Gojo reisenki: Gojoe (2000) .... Shanao
- ... aka Gojoe (Japan: short title)
- ... aka Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle (USA: DVD title)
Gohatto (1999) .... Samurai Hyozo Tashiro
- ... aka Taboo (International: English title)
- ... aka Tabou (Gohatto) (France)
Jirai wo fundara sayônara (1999) .... Ichinose, Taizo
- ... aka One Step on a Mine, It's All Over (International: English title)
Hakuchi (1999) .... Isawa
- ... aka Hakuchi: The Innocent (International: English title)
Sôseiji (1999) .... Revenger with Sword
- ... aka Gemini (USA)
San tiao ren (1999) .... Asano
- ... aka Away with Words
- ... aka Kujaku (Japan)
Samehada otoko to momojiri onna (1998) .... Kuroo Samehada
- ... aka Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
Neji-shiki (1998) .... Tsube
- ... aka Screwed (International: English title)
Love & Pop (1998) .... Captain XX
Tokyo biyori (1997)
Yume no ginga (1997) .... Tatsuo Niitaka
- ... aka Labyrinth of Dreams
Focus (1996) .... Kanemura
Swallowtail (1996) .... Customer in club
- ... aka Swallowtail & Butterfly (Hong Kong: English title)
Acri (1996) .... Hisoka
- ... aka The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius
Helpless (1996) .... Kenji
Pikunikku (1996) .... Tsumuji
- ... aka Picnic (International: English title)
[[wkw/tk/1996@7'55hk.net]] (1996) .... Man
Maboroshi no hikari (1995) .... Ikuo
- ... aka Illusion (USA: festival title)
- ... aka Maborosi (USA)
Yonshimai monogatari (1995) .... Akira Higuchi
119 (1994)
- ... aka Quiet Days of Firemen
Fried Dragon Fish (1993) (TV) .... Natsuro
Seishun dendekedekedeke (1992) .... Seiichi Shirai
- ... aka The Rocking Horsemen
Aitsu (1991) .... Sadahito Iwata
- ... aka Waiting for the Flood
Bataashi kingyo (1990) .... Ushi
- ... aka Swimming Upstream (Australia)
San-nen B-gumi Kinpachi sensei 3 (1988) TV Series (as Sato Tadanobu)