Tadanobu Asano
November 27, 1973 (52 years old) in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · Mortal Kombat II as Lord Raiden
- 2025 · Morte Cucina as
- 2024 · Ravens as Masahisa Fukase
- 2024 · The Box Man as Fake Doctor
- 2024 · The Women in the Lakes as
- 2024 · Shōgun as Kashigi Yabushige
- 2023 · Kubi as Kuroda Kanbei
- 2022 · Mugonkan as Kuboshima Seiichiro
- 2021 · Kate as Renji
- 2021 · Mortal Kombat as Lord Raiden
- 2021 · Detective Chinatown 3 as Tanaka Naoki
- 2020 · Independence of Japan as
- 2020 · Labyrinth of Cinema as Sako
- 2020 · Minamata as Tatsuo Matsumura
- 2020 · Followers as Tamio Mochizuki
- 2019 · Midway as Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
- 2019 · Wolf's Calling as Samurai
- 2019 · They Say Nothing Stays the Same as Regular customer
- 2019 · Chiwawa-chan as Sakata
- 2018 · KASANE –Beauty and Fate– as Kingo Habuta
- 2018 · Punk Samurai Slash Down as Hanro Chayama
- 2018 · The Bastard and the Beautiful World as Daimon (Mad Dog) (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)
- 2018 · The Outsider as Kiyoshi
- 2018 · The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers as Christ
- 2017 · Detective Yugami as Yukimasa Yugami
- 2017 · Thor: Ragnarok as Hogun
- 2017 · Dear Etranger as Makoto Tanaka
- 2017 · Shinjuku Swan II as Masaki Taki
- 2017 · A Life as Danjo Masao
- 2016 · Silence as Interpreter
- 2016 · The Wasted Times as Watabe
- 2016 · Harmonium as Sotaro Yasaka
- 2016 · fuji_jukai.mov as Doctor (Village of Reincarnation)
- 2015 · Nagasaki: Memories of My Son as
- 2015 · Grasshopper as Kujira
- 2015 · Journey to the Shore as Yusuke
- 2015 · Parasyte: Part 2 as Goto
- 2014 · Parasyte: Part 1 as Goto
- 2014 · Lupin the 3rd as Koichi Zenigata
- 2014 · My Man as Jungo Kusarino
- 2014 · The Long Goodbye as Banji Masuzawa
- 2014 · Kiki's Delivery Service as Dr. Ishi
- 2013 · 47 Ronin as Lord Kira
- 2013 · The Kiyosu Conference as Toshiie Maeda
- 2013 · Thor: The Dark World as Hogun
- 2012 · Fly with the Gold as Kitagawa
- 2012 · The Terminal Trust as Noriyuki Takai
- 2012 · Dearest as Policeman
- 2012 · Battleship as Captain Yugi Nagata
- 2011 · A Flawless Concierge as The Artist
- 2011 · A Ghost of a Chance as Kenichi Kido
- 2011 · That's the Way! as Fujio Akatsuka
- 2011 · Thor as Hogun
- 2011 · Moonlight Mask as Taro Okamoto
- 2010 · Wandering Home as Yasuyuki Tsukahara
- 2010 · Vengeance Can Wait as Hidenori Yamane
- 2009 · Snow Prince as
- 2009 · SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda as
- 2009 · Villon's Wife as Otani
- 2009 · Redline as Frisbee (voice)
- 2009 · The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity as Shibasaki
- 2009 · Dumbeast as Dekogawa
- 2008 · Dreaming Awake as
- 2008 · R246 STORY as
- 2008 · Kabei: Our Mother as Yamazaki Toru
- 2007 · Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan as Genghis Khan / Temüjin
- 2007 · Sad Vacation as Kenji Shiraishi
- 2006 · Cross the Lens as Self
- 2006 · Hana as Jubei Kanazawa
- 2006 · Invisible Waves as Kyoji
- 2005 · Tokyo Zombie as Fujio
- 2005 · Portrait of the Wind as
- 2005 · The Buried Forest as San
- 2005 · My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? as Mizui
- 2005 · Rampo Noir as Man / Kogoro Akechi / Masaki / Fuyo's Lover
- 2004 · Vital as Hiroshi Takagi
- 2004 · Survive Style 5+ as Aman
- 2004 · Café Lumière as Hajime Takeuchi
- 2004 · The Face of Jizo as Mr. Kinoshita
- 2004 · The Taste of Tea as Ayano Haruno
- 2004 · Tori as
- 2003 · Zatoichi as Hattori Genosuke
- 2003 · Last Life in the Universe as Kenji
- 2003 · Bright Future as Mamoru Arita
- 2003 · Iden & Tity as
- 2002 · The Private Detective Mike as
- 2001 · Ichi the Killer as Kakihara
- 2001 · Distance as Sakata
- 2001 · Kaza-hana as Renji Sawashiro
- 1999 · Taboo as Hyozo Tashiro
- 1999 · One Step on a Mine, It's All Over as Taizo Ichinose
- 1999 · Hakuchi: The Innocent as Isawa
- 1999 · Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl as Kuroo Samehada
- 1998 · Document Love & Pop as
- 1998 · Falling into the Evening as
- 1998 · Screwed as Tsube
- 1998 · Love & Pop as Captain XX
- 1997 · Tokyo Fair Weather as
- 1996 · Focus as Kanemura
- 1996 · Swallowtail Butterfly as Customer in the Club
- 1996 · Helpless as Kenji Shiraishi
- 1995 · Maborosi as Ikuo
- 1993 · The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark as
- 1993 · Fried Dragon Fish as Natsuro
- 1992 · The Rocking Horsemen as Seiichi Shirai
- 1991 · Waiting for the Flood as Sadahito Iwata
- 1990 · Swimming Upstream as Ushi
- Future · Funky Forest: The Second Contact as
- 2024 · Broken Rage as Detective Inoue
- 2024 · Kanasando as
- 2023 · We're Broke, My Lord! as Heihachiro Isogai
- 2014 · Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore as The Criminal
- 2014 · Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema as Self
- 2013 · Children Who Won’t Die as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special as
- 2010 · 42 One Dream Rush as
- 2009 · Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters as
- 2009 · Eatrip as
- 2008 · Buyusenki Battle Chronicle as
- 2007 · The Capricious Robot as Mr. N
- 2005 · SORANO as
- 2005 · Funky Forest: The First Contact as Masaru Tanaka
- 2005 · Takeshis' as
- 2004 · The Thirsty Flower: Four by Four Equals One as (voice)
- 2004 · Soul Dancing as
- 2004 · Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! as Self
- 2003 · Dead End Run as
- 2003 · My Grandpa as S. Nakatoh
- 2003 · Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa as Himself
- 2002 · Woman of Water as Yusaku Miyazawa
- 2001 · Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle as Shanao
- 2001 · Electric Dragon 80000V as Dragon Eye Morrison
- 2001 · Ah-So Graham Norton as Self
- 2000 · Party 7 as Okita Souji
- 1999 · Gemini as Revenger with Sword
- 1999 · Away with Words as Asano Takashi
- 1998 · Typhoon Shelter as
- 1998 · Motorola as
- 1997 · Labyrinth of Dreams as Tatsuo Niitaka
- 1996 · wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net as Man
- 1996 · ACRI: The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius as Hisoka
- 1996 · Picnic as Tsumuji
- 1995 · Story of Four Sisters as
- 1994 · 119 as Satoshi Matsushita
- 1990 · Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star! as
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · All the Lovers in the Night as Mitsutsuka
- Future · Pseudo Idealist as