
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 · Unreachable as Jiro Kayama
- 2025 · Welcome to the Village as
- 2023 · リムジン as
- 2020 · #HandballStrive as Masashi
- 2018 · Life in Overtime as Toshihiko Aoyama
- 2018 · The Many Faces of Ito: The Movie as
- 2016 · Too Young To Die! as Hato
- 2016 · Ame Onna as Rika's father
- 2016 · Artist of Fasting as Narration (voice)
- 2013 · Nobody's Perfect as
- 2013 · AIBOU: X-DAY as
- 2012 · The Samurai That Night as Nobuo Hoshi
- 2012 · A Road Stained Crimson as
- 2011 · A Man with Style as Sanada
- 2011 · River as Maid cafe owner
- 2009 · Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster as Shinto Priest
- 2008 · Otokotachi no uta as
- 2008 · The Most Beautiful Night In The World as Kazuya Mizuno
- 2007 · Kamen Rider: THE NEXT as Scissors Jaguar
- 2007 · How to Become Myself as Koji Ueshima
- 2007 · Cain's Descendant as
- 2007 · Prisoner/Terrorist as M
- 2006 · Prisoners as Self
- 2006 · Love Letter So-renka as Yui's father
- 2006 · M as Pimp
- 2006 · Haru, Bânîzu de as
- 2004 · 大人計画「ドライブイン カリフォルニア」 as
- 2004 · L'amant as A
- 2003 · Vibrator as Cop
- 2003 · Cop Festival: New Beginning as
- 2002 · Aiki as
- 2002 · Barber's Sorrow as
- 2002 · Bastoni: The Stick Handlers as
- 2000 · Chinpira as
- 2000 · Oshikiri as
- 2000 · Senrigan as
- 2000 · Kamome as Akitoshi Fukuma
- 2000 · Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer as
- 1999 · The Line as
- 1999 · The Night the Angel Turned Away as Tawada
- 1998 · A Giant Monster Appears in Tokyo as
- 1998 · You Alone Can't See as Kimura
- 1998 · Unlucky Monkey as Miyata
- 1998 · I Don't Have a Grave! as Takagi Noboru
- 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
- 1996 · Ignatius as
- 1996 · Tokyo Mafia: Battle for Shinjuku as Kikura
- 1996 · Reborn from Hell II: Jubei's Revenge as Shôsetsu Yui
- 1996 · All Night Long 3: The Final Chapter as Kawasaki
- 1996 · Midori as
- 1996 · Reborn from Hell: Samurai Armageddon as Shôsetsu Yui
- 1996 · Sadistic Song as
- 1995 · The Young Blood Typhoon as
- 1995 · Nozokiya as
- 1995 · Lady Poison: Beasts of the Underground as Detective Kono
- 1994 · Pu as
- 1994 · At the Mercy of the Darkness as
- 1993 · Tokyo Blood as
- 1992 · New Joyful Embarrassing Story as
- 1990 · Love of Sawako as Ichiro Tanaka
- 1982 · Zokubutsu zukan as
- Future · Byplayers: What If Supporting Actors Lived On a Deserted Island for a TV Tokyo Morning Drama? as
- 2024 · Aimitagai as
- 2024 · City of Desire No. 6 Trans Honor as
- 2024 · City of Desire No. 5 Drifting Dotonbori Kids as 杉山高志
- 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.3 - The Lizard of Minami 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 锅炉爷爷
- 2022 · Love Life as Makoto Ōsawa
- 2022 · You've Got A Friend as
- 2021 · The Door into Summer as Professor Toi
- 2021 · The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood as
- 2021 · 名建築で昼食を スペシャル 横浜編 as
- 2021 · Byplayers: 100 Days in the Forest of Supporting Actors 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 · Fancy as
- 2020 · Alive: Dr. Kokoro, The Medical Oncologist as
- 2019 · The Witness as Yuichi Kimura
- 2019 · Parallel World Love Story as Sudo
- 2019 · Hydra as Teru Nakaya
- 2019 · In Hand as Hiroshi Yamazaki
- 2018 · Happy Go Lucky as
- 2018 · In This Corner of the World as Entaro Hojo
- 2018 · Room Laundering as Saizen
- 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
- 2017 · The Game of Business Card as Katayama Shoji
- 2017 · The Last Shot in the Bar as Matsuo
- 2017 · Neko Atsume House as Asakusa
- 2017 · Policeman and Me as Shuichi Yamamoto
- 2017 · Byplayers ~ What If 6 Supporting Actors Had a Houseshare as Himself
- 2016 · ひと夏の隣人 as 鈴木次郎
- 2016 · 吉祥寺だけが住みたい街ですか? as Mikuriya Saburo
- 2016 · Hibana: Spark as
- 2014 · A Drop of the Grapevine as Asahi
- 2014 · The Vancouver Asahi as Tadaaki Matsuda
- 2014 · Kabukicho Love Hotel as Masashi Kubota
- 2014 · Monsterz as Mr. Kumoi
- 2014 · Rose Color's Buko as Gangster
- 2014 · The Long Goodbye as Haneoka
- 2014 · Botanical Life of Varendar as Verandar
- 2013 · RoomMate as
- 2013 · Disregarded People as President Maruyoshi
- 2013 · Detective in the Bar 2 as Matsuo
- 2013 · Maruyama, the Middle Schooler as Saito
- 2012 · 1+1=11 as
- 2012 · Fly with the Gold as Yamagishi
- 2012 · The Drudgery Train as Secondhand Bookstore Manager
- 2011 · QP as Hiko
- 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
- 2010 · Household X as Kenichi Hashimoto
- 2010 · Piecing Me Back Together as Keisuke Ogi
- 2010 · Shinigami no Yaiba as
- 2009 · Midnight Diner as Lyricist
- 2009 · April Bride as Okuno
- 2009 · Brass Knuckle Boys as Jimmy
- 2008 · Ain't No Tomorrows as Yoshida
- 2008 · Climber's High as Enji Kishi
- 2007 · The Invitation from Cinema Orion as Yuji Miyoshi
- 2007 · Switching – Goodbye Me as Kazumi's Father
- 2007 · The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi as a stuff of Toraoh
- 2007 · Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad as
- 2007 · Yakuza: Like a Dragon as Barber Owner
- 2007 · Haken no Hinkaku as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · Sea of Madness as
- 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
- 2006 · Black Night as Dr. Kawai (segment "Dark Hole")
- 2005 · Strange Circus as Taeko's Editor-in-Chief
- 2005 · Wolf Girl as
- 2005 · Until the Lights Come Back as Ryotaro Saeki
- 2005 · Spring Snow as
- 2005 · Who's Camus Anyway? as Oyama
- 2005 · Young Thugs: Malaysian Tiger as
- 2005 · Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Death Make as
- 2004 · A Blue Automobile as Record Store Boss
- 2004 · Girlfriend: Someone Please Stop the World as Miho's father
- 2004 · Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend Youkai Hel as
- 2004 · Kamachi as Sensei Komori
- 2004 · Mask de 41 as Tadao Kuramochi
- 2003 · Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend Banchou Soccer as
- 2003 · A Snake of June as Editor-in-Chief
- 2003 · Owl as
- 2002 · 11’09”01—September 11 as Yukichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
- 2002 · Drive as
- 2002 · MPD-PSYCHO/FAKE as
- 2002 · The Private Detective Mike as
- 2002 · Doing Time as Tanabe
- 2002 · Young Thugs: EPISODE FINAL Stand By Me as
- 2002 · Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend EPISODE II From Russia With Love as
- 2001 · My Blood Bone as
- 2001 · Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend EPISODE I as
- 2001 · man-hole as
- 2000 · Dead or Alive 2: Birds as
- 2000 · Tokyo Trash Baby as
- 2000 · Jorogumo as
- 2000 · Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5 as
- 2000 · Monday as Mitsuhiko Shima
- 2000 · PROJECT X 〜Challengers〜 as 語り
- 1999 · Taboo as Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa
- 1999 · Dead or Alive as Afro Thug
- 1999 · White-Collar Worker Kintaro as Shibamata
- 1999 · Gemini as Middle-aged Patient
- 1999 · Ley Lines as Chan
- 1999 · Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris as Doctor
- 1998 · Tadon and Chikuwa as
- 1998 · Bullet Ballet as Policeman
- 1998 · Scorpion: Double Venom as
- 1998 · Three Businessmen as Noodle Shop Waiter
- 1998 · Tomie as Detective Harada
- 1998 · Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 2 as Kôshichirô Urushido (as Tomoroo Taguchi)
- 1998 · Andromedia as Goda
- 1998 · Sleepless Town as Kenji Tozawa
- 1998 · Dr. Akagi as Nosaka
- 1998 · Sada as Kin
- 1997 · Full Metal Yakuza as Genpaku Hiraga
- 1997 · Tokyo Fair Weather as
- 1997 · Lie Lie Lie as Party Guest
- 1997 · The Things We Liked 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
- 1997 · Kawaki no machi as
- 1996 · Dangan Runner as Shinkichi Yasuda
- 1996 · San-ban Tēburu no Kyaku as
- 1996 · Fudoh: The New Generation as Dealer being shot in toilet
- 1996 · Swallowtail Butterfly as Honda
- 1996 · Gamera 2: Attack of Legion as Ishida
- 1996 · Love Hotel Night 2 as
- 1996 · A Fragile Heart as
- 1996 · Ladies Max as
- 1995 · Tokyo Fist as Tattoo Artist
- 1995 · Goodbye for Tomorrow as Tetsu Sasayama
- 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 · Super-Coming as
- 1995 · Angel's Share as
- 1995 · Kamikaze Taxi as Chaplin
- 1995 · Love Letter as Female Itsuki's Father
- 1995 · Love Worker Sharaba Ya Ranko as
- 1995 · Forever with You as
- 1994 · A New Love in Tokyo as Man with a Knife
- 1994 · Level as
- 1994 · N45゜ as Detective
- 1994 · Undo as Psychiatrist
- 1994 · Angel Dust as Endo
- 1994 · Evil Dream as
- 1993 · Puru Puru Angelic Holiday as
- 1993 · A Night in Nude as Kenzo
- 1993 · Wandering Brain as
- 1993 · Kiriko, A Woman Who Loved the Gangsters 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
- 1992 · Tetsuo II: Body Hammer as Taniguchi Tomoo
- 1992 · New Joyful Embarrassing Story 2 as
- 1991 · New Pink Curtain as
- 1991 · One-Room Story as
- 1991 · I Hate You... Not as
- 1991 · Her 3 - Kanojyo No Sanjyou as
- 1990 · Psychic Theater Mr. Maric's Super Magic V as
- 1990 · Primary Colour High School Girl Pink Picture Book as
- 1990 · Heartbreak Angels as
- 1989 · Arietta as Red Saturn Club Manager
- 1989 · Tetsuo: The Iron Man as Salaryman
- 1988 · Pretty Body: Frankenstein's Love as
- 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 The Man
- 1984 · More and More Love as
- 1971 · Kamen Rider as Amadum