Tadanobu Asano — Actor (91)
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Fried Dragon Fish (1993) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
フライド ドラゴン フィッシュ
director: Shunji Iwai actor: Miyoko Yoshimoto / Tadanobu Asano …
other title: フライド ドラゴン フィッシュ
A dragon fish is stolen by Tetsu Tobiyama and biologist Thomas Earwing seeks its return. Poo is led to Natsuro after she worms her way into a top secret file at Delta headquarters for information.
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The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark (1993) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
眠らない街 新宿鮫
director: Yojiro Takita actor: Hiroyuki Sanada / Minako Tanaka …
other title: 眠らない街 新宿鮫 / Nemuranai Machi: Shinjuku Same …
A lone-wolf detective known as "The Shark" must navigate hostile territory within both the criminal underworld and his own corrupt department to hunt down a ruthless serial cop-killer in the streets of Shinjuku. Adaptation of the Arimasa Ohsawa novel Shinjuku Shark.
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Sad Vacation (2007) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
サッド ヴァケイション
director: Shinji Aoyama actor: Tadanobu Asano / Eri Ishida …
other title: サッド ヴァケイション
Kenji, abandoned by his mother, scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs including driving bar hostesses and their customers home. Besides this he takes care of the sister of an old friend in jail and a young illegal immigrant. Eventually his life reaches a turning point.
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Helpless (1996) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
ヘルプ レス
director: Shinji Aoyama actor: Tadanobu Asano / Ken Mitsuishi …
other title: ヘルプ レス
Yasuo is a gangster just released from jail. Believing his boss double-crossed him, enraged Yasuo is on his way to find the boss. But before setting out for the dangerous trip, Yasuo asks Kenji to take care of his mentally challenged sister, Yuri, and a mysterious black bag.
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Moonlight Mask (2011) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
月光ノ仮面
director: Itsuji Itao actor: Itsuji Itao / Tadanobu Asano …
other title: Mask of Moonlight / 月光ノ仮面
The year is 1947, during the war torn period of the Showa era. The story begins when a man, presumed to have been killed in battle, returns home. Who was this man? Before the war, he had a bright future ahead of him as the proficient and popular rakugoka (comedic story-teller), Usagi Morinoya. However, because of an injury sustained during the war, his face is covered in bandages, and he suffers from total amnesia. As if trying to recover his memory, the man only keeps mumbling in a hollow voice his trademark rakugo, "Sokotsunagaya".
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Lupin the 3rd (2014) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
ルパン三世
director: Ryuhei Kitamura actor: Shun Oguri / Meisa Kuroki …
other title: Lupin III - Il film / Lupin III …
Interpol Inspector Zenigata begins a world-wide hunt for the infamous thief Arsène Lupin III, who, with his cavalcade of collaborators infiltrate a highly secured fortress-like safe named the 'Ark of Navarone' to claim the "Crimson Heart of Cleopatra".
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Falling into the Evening (1998) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
落下する夕方
director: Naoe Gozu actor: Tomoyo Harada / Atsuro Watabe …
other title: 落下する夕方 / Falling Into The Evening
Rica and Kengo have been living together for the past four years. It's been a very happy time for Rica; the only dark spot being an accident she caused during a shoot for a commercial in which Kengo's good friend, Shibata, nearly lost his life. The memory of this event weighs heavily on Rica's conscience. One night Kengo tells Rica that he has fallen in love with a charming but inscrutable woman named Hanako.
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Dear Etranger (2017) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
幼な子われらに生まれ
director: Yukiko Mishima actor: Tadanobu Asano / Rena Tanaka …
other title: Seat Etranger / 幼な子われらに生まれ
Makoto Tanaka is 40-years-old and has remarried. His wife is Nanae and they care for 2 daughters from Nanae's prior marriage. Makoto tries to have an ordinary family. Nanae then becomes pregnant. Afterwards, things begin to change among the family members.
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Dearest (2012) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb Douban TMDB
あなたへ
director: 降旗康男 actor: 高仓健 / 田中裕子 …
other title: 致亲爱的你 / あなたへ …
The posthumous wish of Eiji's wife is for her ashes to be scattered in the ocean near her hometown. Eiji also learns that his wife letter for him at the post office before she died.
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More Than Flower (2006) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData Douban
花よりもなほ
director: Hirokazu Kore-eda actor: 冈田准一 / 宫泽理惠 …
other title: 花之武者 / 花よりもなほ …
In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished swordsman however, and he prefers sharing the life of the residents, teaching the kids how to write etc. When he finally finds the man he is looking for, he will have to decide whether he follows the way of the samurai or chooses peace and reconciliation.
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The Buried Forest (2005) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
埋もれ木
director: Kōhei Oguri actor: Karen / Tadanobu Asano …
other title: La foresta sepolta / La forêt oubliée …
Three high school girls living out in the country build stories out from their local environment, mountainous and bordered by an unkempt buried forest.
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Screwed (1998) [Movie] NeoDB Douban WikiData IMDb TMDB
ねじ式
director: Teruo Ishii actor: Tadanobu Asano / Miki Fujitani …
other title: ねじ式 / Neji-shiki …
It has been two years since unsuccessful cartoonist Tsube started to live with Kuniko casually in a small apartment.
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Tokyo Zombie (2005) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
東京ゾンビ
director: Sakichi Sato actor: Tadanobu Asano / Show Aikawa …
other title: 東京ゾンビ / Tóquio Zombie
Two Japanese friends accidentally kill their boss and dump his remains in Black Fuji, a mountain/landfill hybrid. This leads to poor results when the chemicals of the landfill mix with the corpse (and many other corpses) to give rise to a zombie infestation in Tokyo.
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Kaza-hana (2001) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
風花
director: Shinji Sōmai actor: Tadanobu Asano / Kyoko Koizumi …
other title: Kazahana / 風花 …
A government employee meets a hostess of a "pink club," and together they set out on a journey.
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Document Love & Pop (1998) [Movie] TMDB
ドキュメント ラブ&ポップ
director: Company Matsuo / Baksheesh Yamashita actor: Asumi Miwa / Tadanobu Asano …
other title: ドキュメント ラブ&ポップ
Two shorts about the making of Hideaki Anno's movie "Love & Pop", one from the perspective of a bumbling assistant, and one from the perspective of a AV director filming a documentary about Anno but narrated by a worker from a bread factory
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Kiki's Delivery Service (2014) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData Douban
魔女の宅急便
director: Takashi Shimizu actor: Fuka Koshiba / Ryohei Hirota …
other title: Majo no takkyûbin / KIKIs kleiner Lieferservice …
A young girl named Kiki must leave her home for a year to begin training in witchcraft. She leaves on her broom, but first says goodbye to her friends and family. Kiki then begins her new life with her trusted cat Jiji.
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Rampo Noir (2005) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
乱歩地獄
director: 竹内优 / 实相寺昭雄 … actor: 浅野忠信 / 松田龙平 …
other title: 乱步地狱 / 乱歩地獄 …
An anthology film consisting of four segments based on literary works by Edogawa Ranpo.