Tadanobu Asano
Acting • Born 1973-11-27
Biography
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
148 credits
Zatoichi
Movie • 2003
Hattori Genosuke
Thor
Movie • 2011
Hogun
Hana
Movie • 2006
Jubei Kanazawa
Taboo
Movie • 1999
Hyozo Tashiro
Funky Forest: The First Contact
Movie • 2005
Masaru Tanaka
Party 7
Movie • 2000
Okita Souji
Last Life in the Universe
Movie • 2003
Kenji
Away with Words
Movie • 1999
Asano Takashi
Distance
Movie • 2001
Sakata
The Buried Forest
Movie • 2005
San
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
Movie • 2001
Shanao
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan
Movie • 2007
Genghis Khan / Temüjin
Kabei: Our Mother
Movie • 2008
Yamazaki Toru
Bright Future
Movie • 2003
Mamoru Arita
Electric Dragon 80000V
Movie • 2001
Dragon Eye Morrison
Gemini
Movie • 1999
Revenger with Sword
Ichi the Killer
Movie • 2001
Kakihara
Tokyo Zombie
Movie • 2005
Fujio
Picnic
Movie • 1996
Tsumuji
Vital
Movie • 2004
Hiroshi Takagi
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
Movie • 1999
Kuroo Samehada
The Taste of Tea
Movie • 2004
Ayano Haruno
Invisible Waves
Movie • 2006
Kyoji
Battleship
Movie • 2012
Captain Yugi Nagata
Wandering Home
Movie • 2010
Yasuyuki Tsukahara
Dumbeast
Movie • 2009
Dekogawa
Survive Style 5+
Movie • 2004
Aman
Kubi
Movie • 2023
Kuroda Kanbei
47 Ronin
Movie • 2013
Lord Kira
Iden & Tity
Movie • 2003
Rampo Noir
Movie • 2005
Man / Kogoro Akechi / Masaki / Fuyo's Lover
Children Who Won’t Die
Movie • 2013
Narrator (voice)
Maborosi
Movie • 1995
Ikuo
We're Broke, My Lord!
Movie • 2023
Heihachiro Isogai
The Box Man
Movie • 2024
Fake Doctor
Love & Pop
Movie • 1998
Captain XX
Redline
Movie • 2009
Frisbee (voice)
Woman of Water
Movie • 2002
Yusaku Miyazawa
Eatrip
Movie • 2009
SORANO
Movie • 2005
Labyrinth of Dreams
Movie • 1997
Tatsuo Niitaka
Thor: The Dark World
Movie • 2013
Hogun
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
Movie • 2005
Mizui
Helpless
Movie • 1996
Kenji Shiraishi
Dead End Run
Movie • 2003
Mortal Kombat II
Movie • 2026
Lord Raiden
Sad Vacation
Movie • 2007
Kenji Shiraishi
Screwed
Movie • 1998
Tsube
Kaza-hana
Movie • 2001
Renji Sawashiro
Hakuchi: The Innocent
Movie • 1999
Isawa
Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star!
Movie • 1990
Dearest
Movie • 2012
Policeman
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
Movie • 2009
Shibasaki
That's the Way!
Movie • 2011
Fujio Akatsuka
Vengeance Can Wait
Movie • 2010
Hidenori Yamane
The Terminal Trust
Movie • 2012
Noriyuki Takai
Fried Dragon Fish
Movie • 1993
Natsuro
Focus
Movie • 1996
Kanemura
Tokyo Fair Weather
Movie • 1997
wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net
Movie • 1996
Man
119
Movie • 1994
Satoshi Matsushita
The Capricious Robot
Movie • 2007
Mr. N
Villon's Wife
Movie • 2009
Otani
Cross the Lens
Movie • 2006
Self
The Kiyosu Conference
Movie • 2013
Toshiie Maeda
Swallowtail Butterfly
Movie • 1996
Customer in the Club
Ah-So Graham Norton
Movie • 2001
Self
Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters
Movie • 2009
Fly with the Gold
Movie • 2012
Kitagawa
Lupin the 3rd
Movie • 2014
Koichi Zenigata
Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore
Movie • 2014
The Criminal
Café Lumière
Movie • 2004
Hajime Takeuchi
The Face of Jizo
Movie • 2004
Mr. Kinoshita
The Rocking Horsemen
Movie • 1992
Seiichi Shirai
My Grandpa
Movie • 2003
S. Nakatoh
One Step on a Mine, It's All Over
Movie • 1999
Taizo Ichinose
Swimming Upstream
Movie • 1990
Ushi
Snow Prince
Movie • 2009
My Man
Movie • 2014
Jungo Kusarino
Grasshopper
Movie • 2015
Kujira
Portrait of the Wind
Movie • 2005
Tori
Movie • 2004
Falling into the Evening
Movie • 1998
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
Movie • 1993
Waiting for the Flood
Movie • 1991
Sadahito Iwata
Story of Four Sisters
Movie • 1995
ACRI: The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius
Movie • 1996
Hisoka
Dreaming Awake
Movie • 2008
Kiki's Delivery Service
Movie • 2014
Dr. Ishi
Parasyte: Part 1
Movie • 2014
Goto
Parasyte: Part 2
Movie • 2015
Goto
Moonlight Mask
Movie • 2011
Taro Okamoto
Takeshis'
Movie • 2005
R246 STORY
Movie • 2008
A Ghost of a Chance
Movie • 2011
Kenichi Kido
Journey to the Shore
Movie • 2015
Yusuke
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
Movie • 2014
Self
Mugonkan
Movie • 2022
Kuboshima Seiichiro
SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
Movie • 2009
The Women in the Lakes
Movie • 2024
Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Movie • 2003
Himself
The Wasted Times
Movie • 2016
Watabe
Kanasando
Movie • 2024
42 One Dream Rush
Movie • 2010
Silence
Movie • 2016
Interpreter
The Outsider
Movie • 2018
Kiyoshi
Harmonium
Movie • 2016
Sotaro Yasaka
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
Movie • 2015
Broken Rage
Movie • 2024
Detective Inoue
Shinjuku Swan II
Movie • 2017
Masaki Taki
Dear Etranger
Movie • 2017
Makoto Tanaka
Thor: Ragnarok
Movie • 2017
Hogun
The Bastard and the Beautiful World
Movie • 2018
Daimon (Mad Dog) (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)
KASANE –Beauty and Fate–
Movie • 2018
Kingo Habuta
Chiwawa-chan
Movie • 2019
Sakata
Punk Samurai Slash Down
Movie • 2018
Hanro Chayama
Midway
Movie • 2019
Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
Buyusenki Battle Chronicle
Movie • 2008
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
Movie • 2004
Self
A Flawless Concierge
Movie • 2011
The Artist
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
Movie • 2018
Christ
Mortal Kombat
Movie • 2021
Lord Raiden
Kate
Movie • 2021
Renji
Pseudo Idealist
Movie
Detective Chinatown 3
Movie • 2021
Tanaka Naoki
Minamata
Movie • 2020
Tatsuo Matsumura
Labyrinth of Cinema
Movie • 2020
Sako
Wolf's Calling
Movie • 2019
Samurai
Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special
Movie • 2011
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
Movie • 2019
Regular customer
Document Love & Pop
Movie • 1998
Motorola
Movie • 1998
The Thirsty Flower: Four by Four Equals One
Movie • 2004
(voice)
Soul Dancing
Movie • 2004
Ravens
Movie • 2024
Masahisa Fukase
Independence of Japan
Movie • 2020
Morte Cucina
Movie • 2025
All the Lovers in the Night
Movie
Mitsutsuka
Funky Forest: The Second Contact
Movie
Typhoon Shelter
Movie • 1998
fuji_jukai.mov
Movie • 2016
Doctor (Village of Reincarnation)
The Private Detective Mike
TV • 2002
The Long Goodbye
TV • 2014
Banji Masuzawa
A Life
TV • 2017
Danjo Masao
Detective Yugami
TV • 2017
Yukimasa Yugami
Shōgun
TV • 2024
Kashigi Yabushige
Followers
TV • 2020
Tamio Mochizuki
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee