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.
153 acting credits · 4 directing credits
Acting · 153
Mortal Kombat II
2026
Mortal Kombat
2021
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Shōgun
2024
Thor: Ragnarok
2017
Thor
2011
The Private Detective Mike
2002
Zatoichi
2003
Thor: The Dark World
2013
Battleship
2012
47 Ronin
2013
A Life
2017
Midway
2019
Silence
2016
Followers
2020
The Long Goodbye
2014
Detective Chinatown 3
2021
Redline
2009
Ichi the Killer
2001
Detective Yugami
2017
Parasyte: Part 1
2014
Parasyte: Part 2
2015
The Taste of Tea
2004
Kate
2021
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan
2007
My Man
2014
Taboo
1999
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
1999
The Outsider
2018
Love & Pop
1998
The Wasted Times
2016
Journey to the Shore
2015
Minamata
2020
Maborosi
1995
Kubi
2023
Lupin the 3rd
2014
Villon's Wife
2009
Swallowtail Butterfly
1996
Survive Style 5+
2004
We're Broke, My Lord!
2023
Labyrinth of Cinema
2020
Shinjuku Swan II
2017
Funky Forest: The First Contact
2005
Kiki's Delivery Service
2014
Hana
2006
The Kiyosu Conference
2013
Gemini
1999
A Ghost of a Chance
2011
Rampo Noir
2005
Takeshis'
2005
The Women in the Lakes
2024
The Rocking Horsemen
1992
Punk Samurai Slash Down
2018
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
2001
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
2018
Picnic
1996
Dear Etranger
2017
KASANE –Beauty and Fate–
2018
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009
Dumbeast
2009
Café Lumière
2004
Dearest
2012
Kabei: Our Mother
2008
Last Life in the Universe
2003
The Box Man
2024
Tokyo Fair Weather
1997
Bright Future
2003
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
2019
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
2005
Distance
2001
Harmonium
2016
Hakuchi: The Innocent
1999
Falling into the Evening
1998
Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore
2014
Grasshopper
2015
Sad Vacation
2007
Vital
2004
Tokyo Zombie
2005
Moonlight Mask
2011
42 One Dream Rush
2010
Dreaming Awake
2008
Labyrinth of Dreams
1997
Broken Rage
2024
Helpless
1996
Chiwawa-chan
2019
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
2015
Kaza-hana
2001
Screwed
1998
Wandering Home
2010
R246 STORY
2008
A Flawless Concierge
2011
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
1993
Party 7
2000
Invisible Waves
2006
Iden & Tity
2003
Fly with the Gold
2012
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014
Ravens
2024
Kanasando
2024
119
1994
The Bastard and the Beautiful World
2018
Woman of Water
2002
The Terminal Trust
2012
Mugonkan
2022
The Face of Jizo
2004
Portrait of the Wind
2005
Swimming Upstream
1990
Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special
2011
The Buried Forest
2005
All the Lovers in the Night
2026
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
2004
Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters
2009
Waiting for the Flood
1991
Document Love & Pop
1998
Story of Four Sisters
1995
Electric Dragon 80000V
2001
Focus
1996
Independence of Japan
2020
That's the Way!
2011
Motorola
1998
ACRI: The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius
1996
wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net
1996
The Thirsty Flower: Four by Four Equals One
2004
Soul Dancing
2004
SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
2009
Wolf's Calling
2019
Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star!
1990
Dead End Run
2003
Tori
2004
One Step on a Mine, It's All Over
1999
Vengeance Can Wait
2010
Snow Prince
2009
Cross the Lens
2006
fuji_jukai.mov
2016
Morte Cucina
2026
Fried Dragon Fish
1993
Away with Words
1999
Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
2003
Pseudo Idealist
—
My Grandpa
2003
The Capricious Robot
2007
Eatrip
2009
SORANO
2005
Children Who Won’t Die
2013
Buyusenki Battle Chronicle
2008
Ah-So Graham Norton
2001
Funky Forest: The Second Contact
—
Ichi the Killer - Making Of
2013
Eli on Ichi
2007
Ichi the Killer - Behind the Scenes
2013
An Interview with Alien Sun
2013
Typhoon Shelter
1998
An Interview with Tadanobu Asano
2013
