Tadanobu Asano
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Film
Mortal Kombat II
Lord Raiden
2026
Film
Thor: Ragnarok
Hogun
2017
Film
Thor: The Dark World
Hogun
2013
Film
Thor
Hogun
2011
Series
Shōgun
Kashigi Yabushige
2024
Film
Morte Cucina
Artist
2026
Film
Mortal Kombat
Lord Raiden
2021
Film
Battleship
Captain Yugi Nagata
2012
Film
Midway
Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
2019
Film
47 Ronin
Lord Kira
2013
Film
Silence
Interpreter
2016
Film
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan / Temüjin
2007
Film
Ichi the Killer
Kakihara
2001
Series
The Private Detective Mike
2002
Film
Redline
Frisbee (voice)
2009
Film
Detective Chinatown 3
Tanaka Naoki
2021
Film
Zatoichi
Hattori Genosuke
2003
Film
Minamata
Tatsuo Matsumura
2020
Film
Parasyte: Part 1
Goto
2014
Film
Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore
The Criminal
2014
Film
Kate
Renji
2021
Series
A Life: A Love
Danjo Masao
2017
Film
Swallowtail Butterfly
Customer in the Club
1996
Film
The Outsider
Kiyoshi
2018
Film
42 One Dream Rush
2010
Film
PARTY7
Okita Souji
2000
Series
Detective Yugami
Yukimasa Yugami
2017
Film
Parasyte: Part 2
Goto
2015
Series
Followers
Tamio Mochizuki
2020
Film
Takeshis'
2005
Film
The Taste of Tea
Ayano Haruno
2004
Series
The Long Goodbye
Banji Masuzawa
2014
Film
Lupin the 3rd
Koichi Zenigata
2014
Film
Kiki's Delivery Service
Dr. Ishi
2014
Film
Picnic
Tsumuji
1996
Film
Taboo
Hyozo Tashiro
1999
Film
Maborosi
Ikuo
1995
Film
Love & Pop
Captain XX
1998
Film
Gemini
Revenger with Sword
1999
Film
A Ghost of a Chance
Kenichi Kido
2011
Film
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Man
1996
Film
Survive Style 5+
Aman
2004
Film
The Wasted Times
Watabe
2016
Film
My Man
Jungo Kusarino
2014
Film
Dearest
Policeman
2012
Film
Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special
2011
Film
Broken Rage
Detective Inoue
2024
Film
Punk Samurai Slash Down
Hanro Chayama
2018
Film
Journey to the Shore
Yusuke
2015
Film
Kubi
Kuroda Kanbei
2023
Film
Funky Forest: The First Contact
Masaru Tanaka
2005
Film
Last Life in the Universe
Kenji
2003
Film
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
Shanao
2001
Film
Harmonium
Sotaro Yasaka
2016
Film
The Box Man
Fake Doctor
2024
Film
Chiwawa-chan
Sakata
2019
Film
Ah-So Graham Norton
Self
2001
Film
The Rocking Horsemen
Seiichi Shirai
1992
Film
Kabei: Our Mother
Yamazaki Toru
2008
Film
KASANE –Beauty and Fate–
Kingo Habuta
2018
Series
Family History
Self
2008
Film
SORANO
2005
Film
The Kiyosu Conference
Toshiie Maeda
2013
Film
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
2015
Film
Shinjuku Swan II
Masaki Taki
2017
Film
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
Kuroo Samehada
1999
Film
Labyrinth of Cinema
Sako
2020
Film
Café Lumière
Hajime Takeuchi
2004
Film
Sad Vacation
Kenji Shiraishi
2007
Film
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
Shibasaki
2009
Film
Hakuchi: The Innocent
Isawa
1999
Film
Bright Future
Mamoru Arita
2003
Film
We're Broke, My Lord!
Heihachiro Isogai
2023
Film
Villon's Wife
Otani
2009
Film
Kaza-hana
Renji Sawashiro
2001
Film
Tokyo Fair Weather
1997
Film
Labyrinth of Dreams
Tatsuo Niitaka
1997
Film
Hana
Jubei Kanazawa
2006
Film
Rampo Noir
Man / Kogoro Akechi / Masaki / Fuyo's Lover
2005
Film
Vital
Hiroshi Takagi
2004
Film
Away with Words
Asano Takashi
1999
Film
ACRI: The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius
Hisoka
1996
Film
Grasshopper
Kujira
2015
Film
Invisible Waves
Kyoji
2006
Film
Dear Etranger
Makoto Tanaka
2017
Film
Electric Dragon 80000V
Dragon Eye Morrison
2001
Film
The Terminal Trust
Noriyuki Takai
2012
Film
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
Koichi Sunagami
1993
Film
Moonlight Mask
Taro Okamoto
2011
Film
The Women in the Lakes
2024
Film
Fried Dragon Fish
Natsuro
1993
Film
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Doctor (Village of Reincarnation)
2016
Film
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
Self
2014
Film
The Buried Forest
San-chan
2005
Film
Fly with the Gold
Kitagawa
2012
Film
All the Lovers in the Night
Mitsutsuka
2027
Film
Swimming Upstream
Ushi
1990
Film
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
Christ
2018
Film
Screwed
Tsube
1998
Film
Distance
Sakata
2001
Film
Portrait of the Wind
2005
Buyusenki Battle Chronicle
2008
Film
Dead End Run
2003
Film
Ravens
Masahisa Fukase
2025
Film
A Flawless Concierge
The Artist
2011
Film
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
Regular customer
2019
Film
That's the Way!
Fujio Akatsuka
2011
Film
Eli on Ichi
Self
2007
Film
Snow Prince
2009
Film
Wandering Home
Yasuyuki Tsukahara
2010
Film
R246 STORY
2008
Film
Tokyo Zombie
Fujio
2005
Film
Document Love & Pop
1998
Film
119
Satoshi Matsushita
1994
Film
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
Mizui
2005
Film
Woman of Water
Yusaku Miyazawa
2002
Film
Focus
Kanemura
1996
Film
SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
2009
Film
Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star!
1990
Film
Ichi the Killer - Making Of
Self
2013
Film
Helpless
Kenji Shiraishi
1996
Film
Ichi the Killer - Behind the Scenes
Self
2013
Film
Iden & Tity
2003
Film
Mugonkan
Kuboshima Seiichiro
2022
Film
The Bastard and the Beautiful World
Daimon (Mad Dog) (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)
2018
Film
The Face of Jizo
Mr. Kinoshita
2004
Tori
2004
Film
Dumbeast
Dekogawa
2009
Film
Wolf's Calling
Samurai
2019
Film
Children Who Won’t Die
Narrator (voice)
2013
Film
Kanasando
2024
Film
My Grandpa
S. Nakatoh
2003
Story of Four Sisters
1995
Film
Independence of Japan
2020
Film
Waiting for the Flood
Sadahito Iwata
1991
Film
Falling into the Evening
1998
Film
The Thirsty Flower: Four by Four Equals One
(voice)
2004
Film
Eatrip
2009
Film
Cross the Lens
Self
2006
Film
Vengeance Can Wait
Hidenori Yamane
2010
Film
Soul Dancing
2004
Film
Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Himself
2003
Dreaming Awake
2008
Film
The Capricious Robot
Mr. N
2007
Film
Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters
2009
One Step on a Mine, It's All Over
Taizo Ichinose
1999
Film
Motorola
1998
Film
Pseudo Idealist
Film
Typhoon Shelter
1998
Funky Forest: The Second Contact
Film
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
Self
2004
Film
An Interview with Tadanobu Asano
Self
2013
Film
An Interview with Alien Sun
Self
2013