Tadanobu Asano
              
              November 27, 1973 (51 years old) in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
          
          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.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · Mortal Kombat II as Lord Raiden
 - 2025 · Morte Cucina as
 - 2024 · Ravens as Masahisa Fukase
 - 2024 · Kanasando as
 - 2022 · Mugonkan as Kuboshima Seiichiro
 - 2021 · Kate as Renji
 - 2018 · Punk Samurai Slash Down as Hanro Chayama
 - 2017 · Dear Etranger as Makoto Tanaka
 - 2017 · A Life as Danjo Masao
 - 2016 · Harmonium as Sotaro Yasaka
 - 2015 · Nagasaki: Memories of My Son as
 - 2015 · Journey to the Shore as Yusuke
 - 2012 · Dearest as Policeman
 - 2011 · A Flawless Concierge as The Artist
 - 2011 · That's the Way! as Fujio Akatsuka
 - 2010 · Vengeance Can Wait as Hidenori Yamane
 - 2009 · Snow Prince as
 - 2009 · Dumbeast as Dekogawa
 - 2007 · The Capricious Robot as Mr. N
 - 2006 · Cross the Lens as Self
 - 2006 · Invisible Waves as Kyoji
 - 2005 · Portrait of the Wind as
 - 2005 · The Buried Forest as San
 - 2004 · Vital as Hiroshi Takagi
 - 2004 · Survive Style 5+ as Aman
 - 2004 · Tori as
 - 2003 · My Grandpa as S. Nakatoh
 - 2002 · Woman of Water as Yusaku Miyazawa
 - 2001 · Kaza-hana as Renji Sawashiro
 - 2000 · Party 7 as Okita Souji
 - 1999 · One Step on a Mine, It's All Over as Taizo Ichinose
 - 1997 · Tokyo Fair Weather as
 - 1996 · Focus as Kanemura
 - 1995 · Story of Four Sisters as
 - 1991 · Waiting for the Flood as Sadahito Iwata
 - 1990 · Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star! as
 - 1990 · Swimming Upstream as Ushi
 - Future · Funky Forest: The Second Contact as
 - 2024 · Broken Rage as Detective Inoue
 - 2024 · The Box Man as Fake Doctor
 - 2024 · The Women in the Lakes as
 - 2024 · Shōgun as Kashigi Yabushige
 - 2023 · Kubi as Kuroda Kanbei
 - 2023 · We're Broke, My Lord! as Heihachiro Isogai
 - 2021 · Mortal Kombat as Lord Raiden
 - 2021 · Detective Chinatown 3 as Tanaka Naoki
 - 2020 · Independence of Japan as
 - 2020 · Labyrinth of Cinema as Sako
 - 2020 · Minamata as Tatsuo Matsumura
 - 2020 · Followers as Tamio Mochizuki
 - 2019 · Midway as Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
 - 2019 · Wolf's Calling as Samurai
 - 2019 · They Say Nothing Stays the Same as Regular customer
 - 2019 · Chiwawa as Sakata
 - 2018 · KASANE –Beauty and Fate– as Kingo Habuta
 - 2018 · The Bastard and the Beautiful World as Daimon (Mad Dog) (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)
 - 2018 · The Outsider as Kiyoshi
 - 2018 · The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers as Christ
 - 2017 · Detective Yugami as Yukimasa Yugami
 - 2017 · Thor: Ragnarok as Hogun
 - 2017 · Shinjuku Swan II as Masaki Taki
 - 2016 · Silence as Interpreter
 - 2016 · The Wasted Times as Watabe
 - 2015 · Grasshopper as Kujira
 - 2015 · Parasyte: Part 2 as Goto
 - 2014 · Parasyte: Part 1 as Goto
 - 2014 · Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore as The Criminal
 - 2014 · Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema as Self
 - 2014 · Lupin the 3rd as Koichi Zenigata
 - 2014 · My Man as Jungo Kusarino
 - 2014 · The Long Goodbye as Banji Masuzawa
 - 2014 · Kiki's Delivery Service as Dr. Ishi
 - 2013 · 47 Ronin as Lord Kira
 - 2013 · The Kiyosu Conference as Toshiie Maeda
 - 2013 · Thor: The Dark World as Hogun
 - 2013 · Children Who Won’t Die as Narrator (voice)
 - 2012 · Fly with the Gold as Kitagawa
 - 2012 · The Terminal Trust as Noriyuki Takai
 - 2012 · Battleship as Captain Yugi Nagata
 - 2011 · Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special as
 - 2011 · A Ghost of a Chance as Kenichi Kido
 - 2011 · Thor as Hogun
 - 2011 · Moonlight Mask as Taro Okamoto
 - 2010 · Wandering Home as Yasuyuki Tsukahara
 - 2010 · 42 One Dream Rush as
 - 2009 · Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters as
 - 2009 · SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda as
 - 2009 · Villon's Wife as Otani
 - 2009 · Eatrip as
 - 2009 · Redline as Frisbee (voice)
 - 2009 · The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity as Shibasaki
 - 2008 · Dreaming Awake as
 - 2008 · R246 STORY as
 - 2008 · Buyusenki Battle Chronicle as
 - 2008 · Kabei: Our Mother as Yamazaki Toru
 - 2007 · Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan as Genghis Khan / Temüjin
 - 2007 · Sad Vacation as Kenji Shiraishi
 - 2006 · Hana as Jubei Kanazawa
 - 2005 · Tokyo Zombie as Fujio
 - 2005 · SORANO as
 - 2005 · Funky Forest: The First Contact as Masaru Tanaka
 - 2005 · Takeshis' as
 - 2005 · My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? as Mizui
 - 2005 · Rampo Noir as Man / Kogoro Akechi / Masaki / Fuyo's Lover
 - 2004 · Café Lumière as Hajime Takeuchi
 - 2004 · The Thirsty Flower: Four by Four Equals One as (voice)
 - 2004 · The Face of Jizo as Mr. Kinoshita
 - 2004 · The Taste of Tea as Ayano Haruno
 - 2004 · Soul Dancing as
 - 2004 · Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! as Self
 - 2003 · Dead End Run as
 - 2003 · Zatoichi as Hattori Genosuke
 - 2003 · Last Life in the Universe as Kenji
 - 2003 · Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa as Himself
 - 2003 · Bright Future as Mamoru Arita
 - 2003 · Iden & Tity as
 - 2002 · The Private Detective Mike as
 - 2001 · Ichi the Killer as Kakihara
 - 2001 · Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle as Shanao
 - 2001 · Distance as Sakata
 - 2001 · Electric Dragon 80000V as Dragon Eye Morrison
 - 2001 · Ah-So Graham Norton as Self
 - 1999 · Taboo as Hyozo Tashiro
 - 1999 · Hakuchi: The Innocent as Isawa
 - 1999 · Gemini as Revenger with Sword
 - 1999 · Away with Words as Asano Takashi
 - 1999 · Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl as Kuroo Samehada
 - 1998 · Document Love & Pop as
 - 1998 · Falling into the Evening as
 - 1998 · Screwed as Tsube
 - 1998 · Love & Pop as Captain XX
 - 1998 · Motorola as
 - 1997 · Labyrinth of Dreams as Tatsuo Niitaka
 - 1996 · wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net as Man
 - 1996 · Swallowtail Butterfly as Customer in the Club
 - 1996 · ACRI: The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius as Hisoka
 - 1996 · Helpless as Kenji Shiraishi
 - 1996 · Picnic as Tsumuji
 - 1995 · Maborosi as Ikuo
 - 1994 · 119 as Satoshi Matsushita
 - 1993 · The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark as
 - 1993 · Fried Dragon Fish as Natsuro
 - 1992 · The Rocking Horsemen as Seiichi Shirai
 - 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
 - Future · All the Lovers in the Night as
 - Future · Pseudo Idealist as