Tadanobu Asano — Actor (91)
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Fried Dragon Fish (1993)
フライド ドラゴン フィッシュ IMDb TMDB
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)
眠らない街 新宿鮫
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)
サッド ヴァケイション IMDb TMDB
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)
ヘルプ レス IMDb TMDB
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)
月光ノ仮面 IMDb TMDB
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)
ルパン三世 IMDb TMDB
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)
落下する夕方 WikiData IMDb TMDB
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)
幼な子われらに生まれ WikiData IMDb TMDB
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)
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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)
花よりもなほ
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)
埋もれ木 WikiData IMDb TMDB
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)
ねじ式
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)
東京ゾンビ WikiData IMDb TMDB
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)
風花 WikiData IMDb TMDB
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)
ドキュメント ラブ&ポップ TMDB
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)
魔女の宅急便
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)
乱歩地獄
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.