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.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 · 名建築で昼食を スペシャル 横浜編 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 · 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 · Life in Overtime as Toshihiko Aoyama
- 2018 · The Blood of Wolves as Hideo Doi
- 2018 · My Little Monster as Shizuku's Father
- 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 · The Last Shot in the Bar as Matsuo
- 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
- 2016 · Artist of Fasting as Narration (voice)
- 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
- 2013 · Nobody's Perfect as
- 2013 · AIBOU: X-DAY as
- 2012 · The Samurai That Night as Nobuo Hoshi
- 2012 · Fly with the Gold as Yamagishi
- 2012 · A Road Stained Crimson as
- 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 · 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 · Piecing Me Back Together as Keisuke Ogi
- 2009 · Midnight Diner as Lyricist
- 2009 · April Bride as Okuno
- 2009 · Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster as Shinto Priest
- 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
- 2008 · Seven Samurai as Gorobei Katayama
- 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 · Prisoner/Terrorist as M
- 2007 · Haken no Hinkaku as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · SOUL TRAIN as
- 2006 · Gamera the Brave as Councilor Yoshimitsu Hitotsugi
- 2006 · M as Pimp
- 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")
- 2006 · Haru, Bânîzu de as
- 2005 · Strange Circus as Taeko's Editor-in-Chief
- 2005 · Until the Lights Come Back as Ryotaro Saeki
- 2005 · Spring Snow as
- 2005 · Who's Camus Anyway? as Oyama
- 2004 · A Blue Automobile as Record Store Boss
- 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 · L'amant as A
- 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 · Owl as
- 2002 · Aiki as
- 2002 · Barber's Sorrow 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 · Bastoni: The Stick Handlers as
- 2001 · My Blood Bone as
- 2001 · man-hole as
- 2000 · Dead or Alive 2: Birds as
- 2000 · Chinpira as
- 2000 · Tokyo Trash Baby as
- 2000 · Oshikiri as
- 2000 · Jorogumo as
- 2000 · Monday as Mitsuhiko Shima
- 2000 · PROJECT X 〜Challengers〜 as 語り
- 2000 · Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer as
- 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 · The Night the Angel Turned Away as Tawada
- 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 · Unlucky Monkey as Miyata
- 1998 · Andromedia as Goda
- 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
- 1996 · Ignatius as
- 1996 · Dangan Runner as Shinkichi Yasuda
- 1996 · Tokyo Mafia: Battle for Shinjuku as Kikura
- 1996 · San-ban Tēburu no Kyaku as
- 1996 · Fudoh: The New Generation as Dealer being shot in toilet
- 1996 · Reborn from Hell II: Jubei's Revenge as Shôsetsu Yui
- 1996 · Swallowtail Butterfly as Honda
- 1996 · All Night Long 3: The Final Chapter as Kawasaki
- 1996 · Gamera 2: Attack of Legion as Ishida
- 1996 · Love Hotel Night 2 as
- 1996 · A Fragile Heart as
- 1996 · Reborn from Hell: Samurai Armageddon as Shôsetsu Yui
- 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 · Angel's Share as
- 1995 · The Young Blood Typhoon as
- 1995 · Nozokiya as
- 1995 · Kamikaze Taxi as Chaplin
- 1995 · Love Letter as Female Itsuki's Father
- 1995 · Forever with You as
- 1994 · Pu as
- 1994 · A New Love in Tokyo as Man with a Knife
- 1994 · Undo as Psychiatrist
- 1994 · Angel Dust as Endo
- 1994 · Evil Dream as
- 1994 · Lady Poison: Beasts of the Underground as Detective Kono
- 1993 · Puru Puru Angelic Holiday as
- 1993 · A Night in Nude as Kenzo
- 1993 · Wandering Brain as
- 1993 · Tokyo Blood as
- 1993 · Kiriko, A Woman Who Loved the Gangsters as
- 1993 · Maohgai as
- 1993 · Kuma-chan as
- 1993 · Fried Dragon Fish as Delta Works Japan Sales Manager
- 1992 · All Night Long as Airline Manager
- 1992 · Tetsuo II: Body Hammer as Taniguchi Tomoo
- 1991 · One-Room Story as
- 1990 · Love of Sawako as Ichiro Tanaka
- 1989 · Arietta as Red Saturn Club Manager
- 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 The Man
- Future · Sanctuary as Tokitsu
- 2023 · City of Desire No. 4 Outrageous and Dirty Social Network Money as
- 2023 · リムジン as
- 2023 · City of Desire No.3 - The Lizard of Minami as
- 2020 · #HandballStrive as Masashi
- 2018 · Odd Final as
- 2016 · ひと夏の隣人 as 鈴木次郎
- 2016 · Ame Onna as Rika's father
- 2012 · 1+1=11 as
- 2011 · Chivalrous Sinking as
- 2011 · River as Maid cafe owner
- 2010 · Household X as Kenichi Hashimoto
- 2010 · Shinigami no Yaiba as
- 2008 · Otokotachi no uta as
- 2007 · Cain's Descendant as
- 2007 · Sea of Madness as
- 2006 · Prisoners as Self
- 2006 · Love Letter So-renka as Yui's father
- 2005 · Wolf Girl as
- 2005 · Young Thugs: Malaysian Tiger as
- 2005 · Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Death Make as
- 2004 · Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend Youkai Hel as
- 2004 · Kamachi as Sensei Komori
- 2004 · Mask de 41 as Tadao Kuramochi
- 2003 · Cop Festival: New Beginning as
- 2002 · MPD-PSYCHO/FAKE as
- 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 · Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend EPISODE I as
- 2000 · Senrigan as
- 2000 · Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5 as
- 2000 · Kamome as Akitoshi Fukuma
- 1999 · The Line as
- 1998 · A Giant Monster Appears in Tokyo as
- 1998 · You Alone Can't See as Kimura
- 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 · The Defender as Edge
- 1997 · Kawaki no machi as
- 1996 · Midori as
- 1996 · Sadistic Song as
- 1996 · Ladies Max as
- 1995 · Super-Coming as
- 1995 · Love Worker Sharaba Ya Ranko as
- 1994 · Level as
- 1994 · N45゜ as Detective
- 1994 · At the Mercy of the Darkness as
- 1993 · The Tomb & the Divorce as Tokio
- 1993 · Abnormal People: Three Legendary Rainbow Brothers as
- 1992 · Kirai ja nai yo 2 as
- 1992 · New Joyful Embarrassing Story 2 as
- 1992 · New Joyful Embarrassing Story as
- 1991 · New Pink Curtain 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
- 1988 · Pretty Body: Frankenstein's Love as
- 1984 · More and More Love as
- 1982 · Zokubutsu zukan as
- 1971 · Kamen Rider as Amadum