Kankuro Kudo
July 19, 1970 (55 years old) in Miyagi, Japan
Kankurō Kudō (宮藤 官九郎 Kudō Kankurō, born 19 July 1970) is a Japanese screenwriter, dramatist, director, actor and member of the theater company Otona Keikaku. He won the 'Best Screenplay' award at the 2002 Japanese Academy Awards for Go, which explores problems faced by people of Korean-heritage living in Japan. He acted in the hugely popular tear-jerker, Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World, and is also guitarist in the Japanese Comedy Rock Band Group Tamashii. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kankurō Kudō, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · The Brightest Sun as
- 2023 · Mom, Is That You?! as Tomiyuki Kibe
- 2023 · The Dry Spell as Fushimi
- 2023 · Ichikei's Crow The Movie as
- 2022 · Because We Forget Everything as
- 2021 · Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone as Loneliness 3
- 2017 · Dear Etranger as Sawada
- 2016 · My Uncle as Sadao Haruyama
- 2016 · Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~ as
- 2015 · Bakuman as Taro Kawaguchi
- 2015 · Piece of Cake as Manager of Asagaya Loft (cameo)
- 2014 · Villiany Ganbo as Iyataro Toyotomi
- 2012 · The Castle of Crossed Destinies as
- 2010 · The Wife of Gegege as Shigeru Mura
- 2010 · The Tragedy of W as
- 2009 · SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda as
- 2009 · Instant Swamp as Detective Sawaragi
- 2008 · The Short Films Everyone started out as a child as
- 2007 · Welcome to the Quiet Room as Tetsuo Yakihata
- 2007 · The Sword of Alexander as Sasuke
- 2006 · Tekkonkinkreet as Sawada (voice)
- 2006 · Memories of Matsuko as Tetsuya Yamekawa
- 2005 · A Heartful of Love as Mitsuo Usui
- 2004 · Crying Out Love in the Center of the World as Ryunosuke Oki
- 2002 · Rock'n'Roll Mishin as
- 2002 · The Labor Cop as
- 2001 · Kirei kamisama to machiawase shita on'na as
- 2001 · エロスの果て as
- 1998 · Bayside Shakedown: Autumn Campaign for Crime Eradication as Ikuo Kashiwada
- 1996 · Kids Return as High School Student
- 1994 · A New Love in Tokyo as Hideo Nagai
- Future · 愛が世界を救います as
- 2025 · 大パルコ人⑤オカタイロックオペラ「雨の傍聴席、おんなは裸足…」 as
- 2025 · Seaside Serendipity as Goro
- 2024 · 大人計画ウーマンリブvol.16「主婦 米田時江の免疫力がアップするコント6本」 as
- 2023 · Woman’s Lib Vol. 15 ”Mo Gaman Dekinai” as
- 2020 · 獣道一直線！！！ as
- 2020 · 劇場の灯を消すな！本多劇場編 as
- 2020 · 大人計画ウーマンリブvol.14「もうがまんできない」 as
- 2020 · Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku as Murata
- 2018 · 遠藤憲一と宮藤官九郎の勉強させていただきます as
- 2016 · 大パルコ人③ステキロックオペラ「サンバイザー兄弟」 as
- 2015 · Gamera as Manafu's father
- 2013 · 大パルコ人②バカロックオペラバカ「高校中パニック！小激突！！」 as
- 2012 · 大人計画「ウェルカム・ニッポン」 as
- 2011 · 大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．１２「サッドソング・フォー・アグリードーター」 as
- 2010 · 大人計画「母を逃がす」 as
- 2010 · Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose as Ikuo Kashiwada (credit only)
- 2009 · 大人計画「サッちゃんの明日」 as
- 2009 · 大パルコ人①メカロックオペラ「R2C2～サイボーグなのでバンド辞めます！～」 as
- 2008 · 少年メリケンサックを探せ!!! as
- 2006 · 大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．１０「ウーマンリブ先生」 as
- 2006 · 大人計画「まとまったお金の唄」 as
- 2004 · 大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．８「轟天ＶＳ港カヲル」 as
- 2003 · Fukumimi as
- 2003 · Love & War of a Samurai as
- 2003 · 大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．７「熊沢パンキース０３」 as
- 2003 · Thirteen Steps as Toru Kihara
- 2002 · 大人計画「春子ブックセンター」 as
- 2002 · California Dreamin' as Hajime Yamazaki
- 2001 · 大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．６「キラークイーン６６６」 as
- 2001 · 大人計画「エロスの果て」 as
- 1999 · 大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．４「ウーマンリブ発射！」 as
- 1997 · 大人計画「生きてるし死んでるし」 as