Tomorowo Taguchi
Tomorowo Taguchi (born November 30, 1957) is a Japanese actor. After leaving Dokkyo University without graduating, he started to earn his living as an illustrator, writer and pornographic cartoonist. He joined a theatre called Hakken no Kai in 1978 and he made a screen debut in Zokubutsu Zukan (based on the book by Yasutaka Tsutsui) in 1982. He was also a prominent cult musician in the Tokyo underground scene with his band Bachikaburi in the 1980s and early 1990s. He is probably most well known to the West as the lead actor in Tetsuo and Tetsuo II directed by Shinya Tsukamoto. He also makes regular appearances in Takashi Miike's films. He became known to the Japanese public as a narrator for the TV documentary series Project X - Challengers which aired between 2000 and 2005 by NHK. Taguchi directed Iden & Tity in 2003 and his second film, Shikisoku Generation, is scheduled for release in 2009.
Known For
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- 2025 · Welcome to the Village as
- 2024 · Aimitagai as
- 2024 · 新プロジェクトX〜挑戦者たち〜 as
- 2024 · Dare to Stop Us 2 as
- 2024 · House of Ninjas as Jin Hamashima
- 2023 · City of Desire No. 4 Outrageous and Dirty Social Network Money as
- 2023 · City of Desire No.2 - The Dark Fixer as
- 2023 · City of Desire No.1 - The Road to Retribution as
- 2023 · Sanctuary as
- 2023 · Spirited Away: Live on Stage as Kamaji
- 2022 · Love Life as Makoto Osawa
- 2022 · You've Got A Friend as
- 2021 · The Door into Summer as Professor Toi
- 2021 · The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood as
- 2021 · Byplayers ~Meiwakiyaku no Mori no 100-nichikan~ as
- 2020 · Midnight Swan as Mama Yoko
- 2020 · Meikenchiku de Chushoku wo as
- 2020 · Meikenchiku de Chushoku wo as Uekusa Chiaki
- 2020 · Fukushima 50 as Kazuhiko Fukuhara
- 2020 · Alive: Dr. Kokoro, The Medical Oncologist as
- 2019 · The Witness as Yuichi Kimura
- 2019 · Hydra as Teru Nakaya
- 2019 · In Hand as Hiroshi Yamazaki
- 2018 · In This Corner of the World as Entaro Hojo
- 2018 · Life in Overtime as Toshihiko Aoyama
- 2018 · The Blood of Wolves as Hideo Doi
- 2018 · My Little Monster as Shizuku's Father
- 2018 · Odd Final as
- 2018 · Violence Voyager as Koike
- 2018 · Half End as
- 2018 · The Many Faces of Ito: The Movie as
- 2017 · The Game of Business Card as Katayama Shoji
- 2017 · Neko Atsume House as Asakusa
- 2017 · Policeman and Me as Shuichi Yamamoto
- 2017 · The Supporting Actors as Himself
- 2016 · 吉祥寺だけが住みたい街ですか? as Mikuriya Saburo
- 2016 · Too Young To Die! as Hato
- 2016 · Hibana: Spark as
- 2014 · The Vancouver Asahi as Tadaaki Matsuda
- 2014 · Kabukicho Love Hotel as Masashi Kubota
- 2014 · Rose Color's Buko as Gangster
- 2014 · Monsterz as Mr. Kumoi
- 2014 · The Long Goodbye as Haneoka
- 2014 · Botanical Life of Varendar as Verandar
- 2013 · RoomMate as
- 2013 · Disregarded People as President Maruyoshi
- 2013 · Maruyama, the Middle Schooler as Saito
- 2012 · 1+1=11 as
- 2012 · The Samurai That Night as Nobuo Hoshi
- 2012 · Fly with the Gold as Yamagishi
- 2012 · The Drudgery Train as Secondhand Bookstore Manager
- 2011 · QP as Hiko
- 2011 · A Man with Style as Sanada
- 2011 · The Egoists as Shinji Ninomiya
- 2011 · Chivalrous Sinking as
- 2011 · Gantz: Perfect Answer as Yoshikazu Suzuki
- 2011 · Another Gantz as Yoshikazu Suzuki
- 2011 · YOYOCHU in the Land of the Rising Sex as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Gantz as Yoshikazu Suzuki
- 2009 · Midnight Diner as Lyricist
- 2009 · Brass Knuckle Boys as Jimmy
- 2008 · Ain't No Tomorrows as Yoshida
- 2008 · Climber's High as Enji Kishi
- 2008 · The Most Beautiful Night In The World as Kazuya Mizuno
- 2007 · The Invitation from Cinema Orion as Yuji Miyoshi
- 2007 · Kamen Rider: The Next as Scissors Jaguar
- 2007 · Switching – Goodbye Me as Kazumi's Father
- 2007 · The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi as a stuff of Toraoh
- 2007 · How to Become Myself as Koji Ueshima
- 2007 · Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad as
- 2007 · Yakuza: Like a Dragon as Barber Owner
- 2007 · Haken no Hinkaku as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · SOUL TRAIN as
- 2006 · Gamera the Brave as Councilor Yoshimitsu Hitotsugi
- 2006 · Sway as Judge
- 2006 · God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand as
- 2006 · It's Only Talk as K
- 2005 · Strange Circus as Taeko's Editor-in-Chief
- 2005 · Until the Lights Come Back as Ryotaro Saeki
- 2005 · Spring Snow as
- 2005 · Young Thugs: Malaysian Tiger as
- 2004 · A Blue Automobile as Record Store Boss
- 2004 · Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend Youkai Hel as
- 2004 · Mask de 41 as Tadao Kuramochi
- 2003 · Vibrator as Cop
- 2003 · Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend Banchou Soccer as
- 2003 · A Snake of June as Editor-in-Chief
- 2003 · Cop Festival: New Beginning as
- 2003 · Owl as
- 2002 · Aiki as
- 2002 · 11’09”01—September 11 as Yukichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
- 2002 · Drive as
- 2002 · The Private Detective Mike as
- 2002 · Doing Time as Tanabe
- 2002 · Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend EPISODE II From Russia With Love as
- 2000 · Dead or Alive 2: Birds as
- 2000 · Chinpira as
- 2000 · Tokyo Trash Baby as
- 2000 · Monday as Mitsuhiko Shima
- 2000 · PROJECT X 〜Challengers〜 as 語り
- 2000 · Kamome as Akitoshi Fukuma
- 2000 · Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer as
- 1999 · Taboo as Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa
- 1999 · Dead or Alive as Afro Thug
- 1999 · Gemini as Middle-aged Patient
- 1999 · The Night the Angel Turned Away as Tawada
- 1999 · Ley Lines as Chan
- 1999 · Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris as Doctor
- 1998 · Bullet Ballet as Policeman
- 1998 · Scorpion: Double Venom as
- 1998 · Tomie as Detective Harada
- 1998 · A Giant Monster Appears in Tokyo as
- 1998 · Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 2 as Kôshichirô Urushido (as Tomoroo Taguchi)
- 1998 · Sleepless Town as Kenji Tozawa
- 1998 · Dr. Akagi as Nosaka
- 1998 · Sada as Kin
- 1998 · Ohaka ga nai! as Takagi Noboru
- 1997 · Full Metal Yakuza as Genpaku Hiraga
- 1997 · Tokyo Fair Weather as
- 1997 · Lie Lie Lie as Party Guest
- 1997 · Watashitachi ga suki datta koto as
- 1997 · Postman Blues as Profiler
- 1997 · Rainy Dog as The Pursuer
- 1997 · Time Leap as
- 1997 · The Eel as Eiji Dojima
- 1997 · The Defender as Edge
- 1996 · Dangan Runner as Yasuda
- 1996 · San-ban Tēburu no Kyaku as
- 1996 · Reborn from Hell II: Jubei's Revenge as Shôsetsu Yui
- 1996 · Swallowtail Butterfly as Honda
- 1996 · Gamera 2: Attack of Legion as Ishida
- 1996 · Love Hotel Night 2 as
- 1996 · Sadistic Song as
- 1995 · Tokyo Fist as Tattoo Artist
- 1995 · Shinjuku Triad Society as Wang
- 1995 · Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? as Yusuke's Father
- 1995 · Ring as Jotaro Nagao
- 1995 · Kamikaze Taxi as Chaplin
- 1995 · Love Letter as Female Itsuki's Father
- 1994 · A New Love in Tokyo as Man with a Knife
- 1994 · N45゜ as Detective
- 1994 · Undo as Psychiatrist
- 1994 · Angel Dust as Endo
- 1994 · Evil Dream as
- 1994 · Lady Poison: Beasts of the Underground as Detective Kono
- 1993 · A Night in Nude as Kenzo
- 1993 · Wandering Brain as
- 1993 · Kiriko, A Woman Who Loved the Gangsters as
- 1992 · Tetsuo II: Body Hammer as Taniguchi Tomoo
- 1992 · New Joyful Embarrassing Story 2 as
- 1992 · New Joyful Embarrassing Story as
- 1991 · New Pink Curtain as
- 1991 · One-Room Story as
- 1991 · I Hate You... Not as
- 1990 · Primary Colour High School Girl Pink Picture Book as
- 1989 · Tetsuo: The Iron Man as Salaryman
- 1988 · Guinea Pig Part 5: Android of Notre Dame as
- 1987 · Robinson's Garden as Man wrestling with restaurant table
- 1987 · The Adventure of Denchu-Kozo as Hijikata
- 1986 · The Phantom of Regular Size as
- Future · Sanctuary as Tokitsu
- 2023 · リムジン as
- 2023 · City of Desire No.3 - The Lizard of Minami as
- 2021 · 名建築で昼食を スペシャル 横浜編 as
- 2020 · #HandballStrive as Masashi
- 2020 · Fancy as
- 2019 · Parallel World Love Story as Sudo
- 2018 · Happy Go Lucky as
- 2018 · Room Laundering as Saizen
- 2017 · The Last Shot in the Bar as Matsuo
- 2016 · Ame Onna as Rika's father
- 2016 · Artist of Fasting as Narration (voice)
- 2014 · A Drop of the Grapevine as
- 2013 · Detective in the Bar 2 as Matsuo
- 2013 · Nobody's Perfect as
- 2013 · AIBOU: X-DAY as
- 2012 · A Road Stained Crimson as
- 2011 · River as Maid cafe owner
- 2010 · Household X as Kenichi Hashimoto
- 2010 · Piecing Me Back Together as Keisuke Ogi
- 2010 · Shinigami no Yaiba as
- 2009 · April Bride as Okuno
- 2009 · Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster as Shinto Priest
- 2008 · Otokotachi no uta as
- 2007 · Cain's Descendant as
- 2007 · Prisoner/Terrorist as M
- 2007 · Sea of Madness as
- 2006 · Prisoners as Self
- 2006 · Love Letter So-renka as Yui's father
- 2006 · M as Pimp
- 2006 · Black Night as Dr. Kawai (segment "Dark Hole")
- 2006 · Haru, Bânîzu de as
- 2005 · Wolf Girl as
- 2005 · Who's Camus Anyway? as Oyama
- 2005 · Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Death Make as
- 2004 · Girlfriend: Someone Please Stop the World as Miho's father
- 2004 · 大人計画「ドライブイン カリフォルニア」 as
- 2004 · Kamachi as Sensei Komori
- 2004 · L'amant as A
- 2002 · Barber's Sorrow as
- 2002 · MPD-PSYCHO/FAKE as
- 2002 · Bastoni: The Stick Handlers as
- 2002 · Young Thugs: EPISODE FINAL Stand By Me as
- 2001 · My Blood Bone as
- 2001 · Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend EPISODE I as
- 2001 · man-hole as
- 2000 · Oshikiri as
- 2000 · Jorogumo as
- 2000 · Senrigan as
- 2000 · Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5 as
- 1999 · White-Collar Worker Kintaro as Shibamata
- 1999 · The Line as
- 1998 · Tadon and Chikuwa as
- 1998 · Three Businessmen as Noodle Shop Waiter
- 1998 · You Alone Can't See as Kimura
- 1998 · Unlucky Monkey as Miyata
- 1998 · Andromedia as Goda
- 1997 · Prostitution Gang as
- 1997 · The Towers of Musahino Line as
- 1997 · Ishoku Manga-shi 33-nen no Kiseki ~ Garo no Jidai o Yomu as Self
- 1997 · Kawaki no machi as
- 1996 · Ignatius as
- 1996 · Tokyo Mafia: Battle for Shinjuku as Kikura
- 1996 · All Night Long 3: The Final Chapter as Kawasaki
- 1996 · Midori as
- 1996 · A Fragile Heart as
- 1996 · Reborn from Hell: Samurai Armageddon as Shôsetsu Yui
- 1996 · Ladies Max as
- 1995 · Goodbye for Tomorrow as Tetsu Sasayama
- 1995 · Super-Coming as
- 1995 · Angel's Share as
- 1995 · Nozokiya as
- 1995 · The Young Blood Typhoon as
- 1995 · Love Worker Sharaba Ya Ranko as
- 1995 · Forever with You as
- 1994 · Pu as
- 1994 · Level as
- 1994 · At the Mercy of the Darkness as
- 1993 · Puru Puru Angelic Holiday as
- 1993 · Tokyo Blood as
- 1993 · Maohgai as
- 1993 · The Tomb & the Divorce as Tokio
- 1993 · Kuma-chan as
- 1993 · Fried Dragon Fish as Delta Works Japan Sales Manager
- 1993 · Abnormal People: Three Legendary Rainbow Brothers as
- 1992 · All Night Long as Airline Manager
- 1992 · Kirai ja nai yo 2 as
- 1991 · Her 3 - Kanojyo No Sanjyou as
- 1990 · Love of Sawako as Ichiro Tanaka
- 1990 · Psychic Theater Mr. Maric's Super Magic V as
- 1990 · Heartbreak Angels as
- 1989 · Arietta as Red Saturn Club Manager
- 1988 · Pretty Body: Frankenstein's Love as
- 1984 · More and More Love as
- 1982 · Zokubutsu zukan as
- 1971 · Kamen Rider as Amadum