Tadanobu Asano
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.
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- Born:
- Nov 27, 1973 In Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 141
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Swimming Upstream 1990-06-02
- Latest Project:
- Movie Mortal Kombat 2 2025-10-23
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Mortal Kombat 2 | Lord Raiden | 2025-10-23 |
| Movie | Pseudo Idealist | Unknown | 2025 |
| Movie | The Women in the Lakes | Unknown | 2024-05-17 |
| Series | Shōgun | Kashigi Yabushige | 2024-02-27 |
| Movie | Kanasando | Unknown | 2024-06-09 |
| Movie | Broken Rage | Inoue | 2024-09-06 |
| Movie | Ravens | Masahisa Fukase | 2024-10-25 |
| Movie | The Box Man | Fake Doctor | 2024-08-23 |
| Movie | We're Broke, My Lord! | Heihachiro Isogai | 2023-06-23 |
| Movie | Kubi | Kuroda Kanbei | 2023-11-23 |
| Movie | Mugonkan | Kuboshima Seiichiro | 2022-08-27 |
| Movie | Mortal Kombat | Lord Raiden | 2021-04-07 |
| Movie | Detective Chinatown 3 | Tanaka Naoki | 2021-02-12 |
| Movie | Kate | Renji | 2021-09-10 |
| Series | Followers | Tamio Mochizuki | 2020-02-27 |
| Movie | Minamata | Tatsuo Matsumura | 2020-03-13 |
| Movie | Labyrinth of Cinema | Sako | 2020-07-31 |
| Movie | Chiwawa | Sakata | 2019-01-18 |
| Movie | They Say Nothing Stays the Same | Regular customer | 2019-09-13 |
| Movie | Midway | Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi | 2019-11-06 |
| Movie | Wolf's Calling | Samurai | 2019-09-20 |
| Movie | The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers | Christ | 2018-01-20 |
| Movie | The Outsider | Kiyoshi | 2018-03-09 |
| Movie | The Bastard and the Beautiful World | Daimon | 2018-04-06 |
| Movie | KASANE –Beauty and Fate– | Kingo Habuta | 2018-09-07 |
| Movie | Punk Samurai Slash Down | Hanro Chayama | 2018-06-30 |
| Movie | Shinjuku Swan II | Masaki Taki | 2017-01-21 |
| Series | A Life | Danjo Masao | 2017-01-15 |
| Movie | Thor: Ragnarok | Hogun | 2017-10-02 |
| Movie | Dear Etranger | Makoto Tanaka | 2017-08-26 |
| Series | Detective Yugami | Yukimasa Yugami | 2017-10-12 |
| Movie | Harmonium | Sotaro Yasaka | 2016-10-08 |
| Movie | The Wasted Times | Watabe | 2016-12-16 |
| Movie | Silence | Interpreter | 2016-12-22 |
| Movie | Parasyte: Part 2 | Goto | 2015-04-25 |
| Movie | Journey to the Shore | Yusuke | 2015-09-30 |
| Movie | Grasshopper | Kujira | 2015-11-07 |
| Movie | Nagasaki: Memories of My Son | Unknown | 2015-12-12 |
| Series | The Long Goodbye | Banji Masuzawa | 2014-04-19 |
| Movie | Kiki's Delivery Service | Dr. Ishi | 2014-03-01 |
| Movie | My Man | Jungo Kusarino | 2014-06-14 |
| Movie | Lupin the 3rd | Koichi Zenigata | 2014-08-30 |
| Movie | Parasyte: Part 1 | Goto | 2014-11-29 |
| Movie | Ruined Heart: Another Love Story Between a Criminal & a Whore | The Criminal | 2014-10-24 |
| Movie | Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema | Self | 2014-10-01 |
| Movie | Children Who Won’t Die | Narrator (voice) | 2013-07-30 |
| Movie | Thor: The Dark World | Hogun | 2013-10-30 |
| Movie | The Kiyosu Conference | Toshiie Maeda | 2013-11-09 |
| Movie | 47 Ronin | Lord Kira | 2013-12-06 |
| Movie | Battleship | Captain Yugi Nagata | 2012-04-11 |
| Movie | Dearest | Policeman | 2012-08-25 |
| Movie | The Terminal Trust | Noriyuki Takai | 2012-10-27 |
| Movie | Fly with the Gold | Kitagawa | 2012-11-03 |
| Movie | Thor | Hogun | 2011-04-21 |
| Movie | Moonlight Mask | Taro Okamoto | 2011-03-26 |
| Movie | That's the Way! | Fujio Akatsuka | 2011-04-30 |
| Movie | A Flawless Concierge | Unknown | 2011-11-05 |
| Movie | A Ghost of a Chance | Kenichi Kido | 2011-10-29 |
| Movie | Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special | Unknown | 2011-11-26 |
| Movie | Redline | Frisbee (voice) | 2010-05-27 |
| Movie | 42 One Dream Rush | Unknown | 2010-09-15 |
| Movie | Wandering Home | Yasuyuki Tsukahara | 2010-12-04 |
| Movie | Vengeance Can Wait | Hidenori Yamane | 2010-10-09 |
| Movie | The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity | Shibasaki | 2009-06-20 |
| Movie | Dumbeast | Dekogawa | 2009-05-16 |
| Movie | Eatrip | Unknown | 2009-10-08 |
| Movie | Tsurugi-dake satsuei no ki hyōkō 3000 mētoru, gekitō no 873-nichi | Unknown | 2009-11-14 |
| Movie | Villon's Wife | Otani | 2009-10-10 |
| Movie | Snow Prince | Unknown | 2009-12-12 |
| Movie | SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda | Unknown | 2009-11-06 |
| Movie | Kabei: Our Mother | Yamazaki Toru | 2008-01-26 |
| Movie | Buyusenki Battle Chronicle | Unknown | 2008-06-27 |
| Movie | Dreaming Awake | Unknown | 2008-10-18 |
| Movie | R246 STORY | Unknown | 2008-08-23 |
| Movie | The Capricious Robot | Mr. N | 2007-01-01 |
| Movie | Sad Vacation | Kenji Shiraishi | 2007-09-08 |
| Movie | Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan | Genghis Khan / Temüjin | 2007-09-20 |
| Movie | Invisible Waves | Kyoji | 2006-03-02 |
| Movie | Hana | Jubei Kanazawa | 2006-06-03 |
| Movie | Cross the Lens | Self | 2006-07-01 |
| Movie | My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? | Mizui | 2005-05-18 |
| Movie | The Buried Forest | San | 2005-05-12 |
| Movie | Rampo Noir | Man / Kogoro Akechi / Masaki / Fuyo's Lover | 2005-05-11 |
| Movie | Takeshis' | Unknown | 2005-09-02 |
| Movie | Funky Forest: The First Contact | Masaru Tanaka | 2005-10-25 |
| Movie | Portrait of the Wind | Unknown | 2005-10-15 |
| Movie | SORANO | Unknown | 2005-11-13 |
| Movie | Tokyo Zombie | Fujio | 2005-12-10 |
| Movie | Tori | Unknown | 2004-05-08 |
| Movie | Soul Dancing | Unknown | 2004-03-01 |
| Movie | Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! | Self | 2004-02-22 |
| Movie | The Taste of Tea | Ayano Haruno | 2004-07-17 |
| Movie | Café Lumière | Hajime Takeuchi | 2004-09-01 |
| Movie | The Face of Jizo | Mr. Kinoshita | 2004-07-31 |
| Movie | Vital | Hiroshi Takagi | 2004-12-11 |
| Movie | Survive Style 5+ | Aman | 2004-09-25 |
| Movie | The Thirsty Flower: Four by Four Equals One | (voice) | 2004-08-11 |
| Movie | Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Himself | 2003-02-08 |
| Movie | Iden & Tity | Unknown | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | Bright Future | Mamoru Arita | 2003-01-18 |
| Movie | My Grandpa | S. Nakatoh | 2003-04-05 |
| Movie | Last Life in the Universe | Kenji | 2003-08-03 |
| Movie | Dead End Run | Unknown | 2003-10-18 |
| Movie | Zatoichi | Hattori Genosuke | 2003-09-06 |
| Series | The Private Detective Mike | Unknown | 2002-07-01 |
| Movie | Woman of Water | Yusaku Miyazawa | 2002-11-09 |
| Movie | Ah-So Graham Norton | Self | 2001-01-05 |
| Movie | Electric Dragon 80.000 V | Dragon Eye Morrison | 2001-01-31 |
| Movie | Ichi the Killer | Kakihara | 2001-12-22 |
| Movie | Distance | Sakata | 2001-05-26 |
| Movie | Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle | Shanao | 2001-10-07 |
| Movie | Kaza-hana | Renji Sawashiro | 2000-09-14 |
| Movie | Party 7 | Okita Souji | 2000-09-27 |
| Movie | Away with Words | Asano | 1999-08-07 |
| Movie | Hakuchi: The Innocent | Isawa | 1999-11-13 |
| Movie | Gemini | Revenger with Sword | 1999-09-15 |
| Movie | One Step on a Mine, It's All Over | Taizo Ichinose | 1999-12-04 |
| Movie | Taboo | Hyozo Tashiro | 1999-12-18 |
| Movie | Love & Pop | Captain XX | 1998-01-10 |
| Movie | Motorola | Unknown | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Screwed | Tsube | 1998-06-17 |
| Movie | Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl | Kuroo Samehada | 1998-09-15 |
| Movie | Document Love & Pop | Unknown | 1998-11-27 |
| Movie | Falling into the Evening | Unknown | 1998-11-07 |
| Movie | Labyrinth of Dreams | Tatsuo Niitaka | 1997-02-15 |
| Movie | Tokyo Fair Weather | Unknown | 1997-10-18 |
| Movie | Helpless | Kenji Shiraishi | 1996-07-27 |
| Movie | Picnic | Tsumuji | 1996-06-15 |
| Movie | ACRI: The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius | Hisoka | 1996-08-31 |
| Movie | Swallowtail Butterfly | Customer in the Club | 1996-09-14 |
| Movie | Focus | Kanemura | 1996-10-12 |
| Movie | wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net | Man | 1996-11-15 |
| Movie | Story of Four Sisters | Unknown | 1995-01-28 |
| Movie | Maborosi | Ikuo | 1995-10-01 |
| Movie | 119 | Satoshi Matsushita | 1994-11-05 |
| Movie | Fried Dragon Fish | Natsuro | 1993-03-22 |
| Movie | The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark | Unknown | 1993-10-08 |
| Movie | The Rocking Horsemen | Seiichi Shirai | 1992-10-31 |
| Movie | Waiting for the Flood | Sadahito Iwata | 1991-08-10 |
| Movie | Swimming Upstream | Unknown | 1990-06-02 |
| Movie | Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star in my Pants! | Unknown | 1990-12-08 |