Tadanobu Asano

All Movies of Tadanobu Asano

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  Ravens
  An exploration of love and loss, inspired by the life of acclaimed Japanese photographer Masahisa Fukase and his tumultuous relationship with his wife, Yoko.
   2024

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  The Box Man
  A man with a cardboard box over his head wanders the streets of Tokyo. Peering at the world through a peephole, he incessantly writes down in a notebook what he can see. The photographer Myself spots the man and is fascinated. He ...
   2024

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  6.0
  Broken Rage
  Broken Rage is a two-part film from legendary director Takeshi Kitano. The first half is a gritty action film that unfolds in a dark criminal underworld revolving around a hitman and his struggle for survival when he finds himself...
   2024

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  8.3
  Shogun (TV Miniseries)
  TV Miniseries (2024). 10 Episodes. Set in the 17th Century, the story is told from the perspective of British hero John Blackthorne, a sailor who rises from outsider to samurai, while being used as a pawn in Japanese leader Torana...
   2024

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  7.0
  Kubi
  Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a rebellion and promptly disappears.
   2023

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  Detective Chinatown 3
  In the latest entry in the hugely successful Chinese buddy action-comedy series, Chinatown detectives Tang Ren (Wang Baoqiang) and Qin Feng (Liu Haoran) head to Tokyo to join Japanese investigator Noda Hiroshi (Satoshi Tsumabuki) ...
   2021

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  5.7
  Kate
  The story revolves around a female assassin, who, after being poisoned and given less than 24 hours to live, must go on a manhunt through the streets of Tokyo to take vengeance on her murderer before she dies.
  Character: Renji

   2021

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  5.7
  Mortal Kombat
  The new fantasy-action Mortal Kombat is the third film inspired by the video game, following 1995’s Mortal Kombat and 1997’s Mortal Kombat Annihilation. Will be directed by first-time filmmaker Simon McQuoid and Produced by Ja...
  Character: Lord Raiden

   2021

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  6.7
  Minamata
  War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.
  Character: Tatsuo Matsumura

   2020

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  7.0
  Followers (TV Series)
  This is the story of two women living in the glamorous city of Tokyo as they struggle with love, careers, and friendship. A famous and successful fashion photographer Limi Nara (Miki Nakatani) has built a career capturing the evol...
  Character:  Tamio Mochizuki 8 episodes, 2020

   2020

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  6.1
  Midway
  The film follows the story of US Navy sailors and aviators who persevered through the Battle of Midway, a turning point in the Pacific Theater of World War II. The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Ocean ...
  Character: Tamon Yamaguchi

   2019

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  Punk Samurai Slash Down
  In search of employment and a permanent position and having committed murder the ronin Kake Junoshin tells the Kurokaze ('black wave') Han clan that a religious cult is aiming for their destruction. This gets him in, but he is soo...
   2018

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  Kasane
  Kasane tries to make her way into the world of acting thanks to a magic lipstick he has discovered.
   2018

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  6.0
  The Outsider
  An epic set in post-WWII Japan and centered on an American former G.I. who joins the yakuza.
   2018

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  7.8
  Thor: Ragnarok
  Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the destruction of his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of an all-p...
  Character: Hogun

   2017

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  7.0
  The Wasted Times
  Over the course of several decades, a deal between the Japanese army and criminals in Shanghai plays out with violence and betrayal.
  Character: Watabe

   2016

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  8.0
  Harmonium
  Toshio hires Yasaka in his workshop. This old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio's family life.
   2016

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  7.7
  Silence
  In the 17th century two Jesuit priests face violence and persecution when they travel to Japan to locate their mentor and to spread the gospel of Christianity.
   2016

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  7.2
  Journey to the Shore
  Mizuki lost her husband Yusuke at sea. Years later, her partner’s ghost appears before her eyes. It’s not a terrifying vision, but a return full of routine life. Following their reencounter, the two of them embark on a journey...
  Character: Yûsuke

   2015

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  6.0
  Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
  Set in post-World War II Japan, midwife Nobuko is resolved to move on as she stands at the grave of her son Koji who died, alongside thousands of others, when the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on the civilians in the southern c...
  Character: Kuroda

   2015

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  The Long Goodbye
  Based on the novel "The Long Goodbye" by Raymond Chandler, published 1953. Set in Tokyo during the 1950's. Tamotsu is suspected of murdering his actress wife Shizuka Harada. He flees to Taiwan and commits suicide. Tamots...
   2014

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  4.0
  Kiki's Delivery Service
  A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
   2014

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  Parasyte: Part 1
  Earth is quietly invaded by alien parasites which have the ability to crawl through people’s nostrils or ear canal to access their brains, eventually taking full control of their body. Shinichi Izumi manages to partially escape ...
   2014

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  7.3
  My Man
  After losing everything in a tsunami, 10-year-old Hana is taken in by 26-year-old distant relative Jungo Kusarino. They live as father and daughter but share a profound sense of loss. Jungo works as a cook for the coast guard, lea...
   2014

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  The Kiyosu Conference
  After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honno-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa and Tsuneoki Ikeda meet to decide on a successor. The conference would become Japan's first ...
   2013

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  4.7
  47 Ronin
  An 18th century set story centered on a band of samurai who set out to avenge the death of their master. After a treacherous warlord kills their master and banishes their kind, 47 leaderless samurai vow to seek vengeance and resto...
  Character: Lord Kira

   2013

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  6.3
  Thor: The Dark World
  In the aftermath of Marvel’s “Thor” and “Marvel’s The Avengers,” Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Fac...
  Character: Hogun

   2013

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  Fly with the Gold
   2012

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  The Terminal Trust
  Shinzo Egi is an asthma sufferer who does not want to be place on life support. As a last request, Shinzo Egi asks his doctor Ayano Orii if she could follow his wish. Doctor Ayano Orii is then questioned in a criminal case because
   2012

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  Dearest
   2012

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  4.5
  Battleship
  A fleet of ships is forced to do battle with an armada of unknown origins in order to discover and thwart their destructive goals.
  Character: capitán Nagata

   2012

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  A Ghost of a Chance
  A lawyer has to defend a man whose alibi does not seem to be credible. He looks for a witness to support it and the only one she finds is a ghost. The problem is that most people cannot see him.
   2011

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  6.8
  Thor
  The warrior Thor is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard by his father Odin for his arrogance and sent to Earth to live among humans. Falling in love with scientist Jane Foster teaches Thor much-needed lessons, and his new-fo...
  Character: Hogun

   2011

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  42 One Dream Rush
  An omnibus of short films by auteur directors based on Dreams.
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   2010

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  Villon's Wife
  This enticing period melodrama depicts a long-suffering woman's relationship with her brilliant but self-destructive writer husband in postwar Tokyo. Based on a semi-autobiographical 1947 novel by Osamu Dazai, the story centers le...
   2009

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  Mt. Tsurugidake
  In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.
   2009

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  7.6
  Kabei: Our Mother
  Based on childhood days of Teruyo Nogami.
  Character: Yamazaki Toru

   2008

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  7.4
  Mongol: The Early Years of Genghis Khan
  The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world including Russia in 1206. Mongol delves into the dramatic and harrowing early years of the Genghis Khan, who was born as T...
  Character: Temudgin

   2007

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  7.0
  Invisible Waves
   2006

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  6.7
  Hana
  Set in 1702, Hana yori mo naho looks back a full three centuries to a time when samurai clans offered monetary rewards to the samurais who succeeded in taking on a revenge act. The central character is a young samurai, Sozaemon Ao...
   2006

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  6.0
  The Buried Forest
   2005

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  6.4
  Takeshis'
  Shortly after completing Sonatine, director Takeshi Kitano conceived of a film about an ordinary guy who enters an imaginary world inside his own head. This idea comes to fruition in Kitano's latest feature, Takeshis'. Kitano acts...
   2005

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  6.5
  Vital
  After a tragic car accident where his girlfriend Ryôko Ooyama (Nami Tsukamoto) died, Hiroshi Takagi (Tadanobu Asano) suffers amnesia with his memories completely blanked. When he sees a book about dissection, he decides to join t...
   2004

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  The Face of Jizo
  Based on a play by Hisashi Inoue, it focuses on the sufferings of the survivors of Hiroshima. The film takes place during 4 days in the summer of 1948, as the ghost of her father visits Mitsué (Rié Miyama). He had somehow learne...
   2004

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  8.0
  Café Lumière
  Imagine enjoying a coffee. Now imagine having a coffee and transforming your mood, forgetting all that has happened previously, resetting yourself to be able to move on to what you are going to do next. It may only be a short time...
   2004

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  The Taste of Tea
  A spell of time in the life of a family living in rural Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo. Though her husband is busy working at an office, Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project at home...
   2004

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  My Grandpa
  Tamako is a 13-year-old girl in her first year at high school. Her grandfather (Kenzo) returns home from prison and proceeds to deal with her school bullies. As Tamako starts to gain respect for her grandfather the pair find thems...
   2003

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  7.1
  The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
  Blind Zatoichi makes his living by gambling and giving massages. But behind his humble facade, Zatoichi is a master swordsman, gifted with lightning–fast draw and strokes of breathtaking precision. Zatoichi wanders into a town r...
  Character: Hattori Genosuke

   2003

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  6.5
  Bright Future
  Enigmatic Mamoru lives alone with his poisonous but hauntingly luminous jellyfish. These attractive loners sting whoever gets too close. Yuji, an emotionally unstable young man working at the same factory, is fascinated and influe...
  Character: Mamoru Arita

   2003

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  Woman of Water
   2002

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  7.0
  Distance
  Members of a cult, modeled on Aum Shinrikyo, sabotage a city's water supply, then commit mass suicide near the shores of a lake. Family members (the credited cast, minus Asano) of the perpetrators meet at the lake to observe the a...
   2001

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  6.5
  Ichi the Killer
  The boss of the Anjo clan has disappeared, and his crazy masochistic subordinate Kakihara is desperately searching for clues. His suspicions centre on the mysterious Ichi, the rubber-suited killer who is responsible for the enthus...
   2001

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  6.5
  Party 7
  Character: Okita Souji

   2000

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  6.9
  Kaza-hana
  A haunting tale of destiny and life's unpredictability: an elite bureaucrat, humbled by an incident which ruined his promising career, has a chance encounter with a glamorous hostess, heartbroken by her husband's death.
   2000

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  7.0
  Gemini
  A successful doctor, Yukio's picture perfect life is gradually wrecked, and taken over by his avenging twin brother, who bumps off his family members one by one and reclaims his lover who is now Yukio's wife.
   1999

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  7.5
  Gohatto
  Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome ...
  Character: Samurai Hyozo Tashiro

   1999

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  7.5
  Love & Pop
   1998

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  Tokyo biyori
  Biographical film about the late Yoko Araki, who was the wife of the great Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki.
   1997

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  Focus
   1996

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  Picnic
   1996

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  7.8
  Swallowtail & Butterfly
  After a young girl's mother dies, she is cared for by Glico, a brassy hooker, who gives the girl the name "Ageha" (Butterfly). Ageha goes to work for a collection of oddballs who run a junkyard and salvage business.
  Character: Customer in club

   1996

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  6.9
  Helpless
  Character: Kenji Shiraishi

   1996

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  Maborosi
   1995

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  119
   1994

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  The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
   1993

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  The Rocking Horsemen
  It is 1965. High-school student Takeyoshi Fujiwara Yasufumi Hayashi) hears "Pipeline" by the Ventures, and is mesmerized by their unique sound. With three friends, he forms a band called "The Rocking Horsemen."...
   1992

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  Swimming Upstream
  Kaoru, a highschool boy, falls in love with a girl, Sonoko, a leading member of his high-school's swimming club. Though he cannot swim at all, he joins the swimming club to win her heart.
   1990