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:
- 142
- 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 |
| Series | Shōgun | Kashigi Yabushige | 2024-02-27 |
| Movie | The Women in the Lakes | 2024-05-17 | |
| Movie | The Box Man | Fake Doctor | 2024-08-23 |
| Movie | Kanasando | 2024-06-09 | |
| Movie | Broken Rage | Inoue | 2024-09-06 |
| Series | Rebooting | 2023-01-08 | |
| Movie | Kubi | Kuroda Kanbei | 2023-11-23 |
| Movie | We're Broke, My Lord! | Heihachiro Isogai | 2023-06-23 |
| Movie | Thor: Love and Thunder | Hogun (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2022-07-06 |
| Movie | Mugonkan | Kuboshima Seiichiro | 2022-08-27 |
| Movie | Detective Chinatown 3 | Tanaka Naoki | 2021-02-12 |
| Movie | Kate | Renji | 2021-09-10 |
| Movie | Mortal Kombat | Lord Raiden | 2021-04-07 |
| 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 |
| Series | A Life | Danjo Masao | 2017-01-15 |
| Movie | Shinjuku Swan II | Masaki Taki | 2017-01-21 |
| 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 | Fly with the Gold | Kitagawa | 2012-11-03 |
| Movie | The Terminal Trust | Noriyuki Takai | 2012-10-27 |
| Movie | Thor | Hogun | 2011-04-21 |
| Movie | That's the Way! | Fujio Akatsuka | 2011-04-30 |
| Movie | Moonlight Mask | Taro Okamoto | 2011-03-26 |
| Movie | A Ghost of a Chance | Kenichi Kido | 2011-10-29 |
| Movie | Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special | 2011-11-26 | |
| Movie | A Flawless Concierge | Unknown | 2011-11-05 |
| Movie | Redline | Frisbee (voice) | 2010-05-27 |
| Movie | 42 One Dream Rush | 2010-09-15 | |
| Movie | Vengeance Can Wait | Hidenori Yamane | 2010-10-09 |
| Movie | Wandering Home | Yasuyuki Tsukahara | 2010-12-04 |
| Movie | Eatrip | 2009-10-08 | |
| Movie | Villon's Wife | Otani | 2009-10-10 |
| Movie | The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity | Shibasaki | 2009-06-20 |
| Movie | Dumbeast | Dekogawa | 2009-05-16 |
| Movie | SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda | 2009-11-06 | |
| Movie | Snow Prince | 2009-12-12 | |
| Movie | Tsurugi-dake satsuei no ki hyōkō 3000 mētoru, gekitō no 873-nichi | Unknown | 2009-11-14 |
| Movie | Kabei: Our Mother | Yamazaki Toru | 2008-01-26 |
| Movie | Buyusenki Battle Chronicle | Unknown | 2008-06-27 |
| Movie | Dreaming Awake | 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 | Hana | Jubei Kanazawa | 2006-06-03 |
| Movie | Invisible Waves | Kyoji | 2006-03-02 |
| 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' | 2005-09-02 | |
| Movie | Portrait of the Wind | 2005-10-15 | |
| Movie | SORANO | 2005-11-13 | |
| Movie | Tokyo Zombie | Fujio | 2005-12-10 |
| Movie | Funky Forest: The First Contact | Masaru Tanaka | 2005-10-25 |
| Movie | Tori | 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 | The Face of Jizo | Mr. Kinoshita | 2004-07-31 |
| Movie | Vital | Hiroshi Takagi | 2004-12-11 |
| Movie | Café Lumière | Hajime Takeuchi | 2004-09-01 |
| 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 | Bright Future | Mamoru Arita | 2003-01-18 |
| Movie | My Grandpa | S. Nakatoh | 2003-04-05 |
| Movie | Iden & Tity | 2003-01-01 | |
| Movie | Last Life in the Universe | Kenji | 2003-08-03 |
| Movie | Dead End Run | 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 | Electric Dragon 80.000 V | Dragon Eye Morrison | 2001-01-31 |
| Movie | Distance | Sakata | 2001-05-26 |
| Movie | Ah-So Graham Norton | Self | 2001-01-05 |
| Movie | Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle | Shanao | 2001-10-07 |
| Movie | Ichi the Killer | Kakihara | 2001-12-22 |
| Movie | Kaza-hana | Renji Sawashiro | 2000-09-14 |
| Movie | Party 7 | Okita Souji | 2000-09-27 |
| Movie | Gemini | Revenger with Sword | 1999-09-15 |
| Movie | Away with Words | Asano | 1999-08-07 |
| Movie | One Step on a Mine, It's All Over | Taizo Ichinose | 1999-12-04 |
| Movie | Hakuchi: The Innocent | Isawa | 1999-11-13 |
| Movie | Taboo | Hyozo Tashiro | 1999-12-18 |
| Movie | Screwed | Tsube | 1998-06-17 |
| Movie | Motorola | 1998-01-01 | |
| Movie | Love & Pop | Captain XX | 1998-01-10 |
| Movie | Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl | Kuroo Samehada | 1998-09-15 |
| Movie | Falling into the Evening | 1998-11-07 | |
| Movie | Document Love & Pop | 1998-11-27 | |
| Movie | Labyrinth of Dreams | Tatsuo Niitaka | 1997-02-15 |
| Movie | Tokyo Fair Weather | 1997-10-18 | |
| Movie | Helpless | Kenji Shiraishi | 1996-07-27 |
| Movie | ACRI: The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius | Hisoka | 1996-08-31 |
| Movie | Picnic | Tsumuji | 1996-06-15 |
| Movie | Swallowtail Butterfly | Customer in the Club | 1996-09-14 |
| Movie | wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net | Man | 1996-11-15 |
| Movie | Focus | Kanemura | 1996-10-12 |
| Movie | Story of Four Sisters | 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 | 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 | 1990-06-02 | |
| Movie | Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star in my Pants! | 1990-12-08 |