Tadanobu Asano

ActorDirectorComposer Nov 27 (age 52) Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 1990–2026 (36 year career)

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Biography

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

Film

Thor: Ragnarok

Hogun

Film

Thor

Hogun

Film

Thor: The Dark World

Hogun

Film

Shōgun

Kashigi Yabushige

Film

Mortal Kombat

Lord Raiden

Film

Silence

Interpreter

Film

Midway

Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi

Film

47 Ronin

Lord Kira

Filmography

Acting (148)

Movies (141)

Mortal Kombat II

2026 Upcoming

as Lord Raiden

May 6

Morte Cucina

2026 Upcoming

Jul 2

The Box Man

2024

as Fake Doctor

7.0

Ravens

2024

as Masahisa Fukase

Broken Rage

2024

as Detective Inoue

6.7

The Women in the Lakes

Kanasando

Kubi

as Kuroda Kanbei

We're Broke, My Lord!

2023

as Heihachiro Isogai

7.5

Mugonkan

2022

as Kuboshima Seiichiro

Mortal Kombat

as Lord Raiden

Kate

as Renji

Detective Chinatown 3

as Tanaka Naoki

Minamata

as Tatsuo Matsumura

Independence of Japan

Labyrinth of Cinema

as Sako

Midway

as Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi

7.1

They Say Nothing Stays the Same

as Regular customer

Wolf's Calling

as Samurai

Chiwawa-chan

as Sakata

The Outsider

as Kiyoshi

Punk Samurai Slash Down

2018

as Hanro Chayama

5.6

The Bastard and the Beautiful World

2018

as Daimon (Mad Dog) (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)

4.2

KASANE –Beauty and Fate–

2018

as Kingo Habuta

6.8

The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers

as Christ

Thor: Ragnarok

as Hogun

Shinjuku Swan II

as Masaki Taki

Dear Etranger

as Makoto Tanaka

Silence

as Interpreter

The Wasted Times

as Watabe

Harmonium

as Sotaro Yasaka

fuji_jukai.mov

as Doctor

Nagasaki: Memories of My Son

Parasyte: Part 2

as Goto

Grasshopper

as Kujira

Journey to the Shore

as Yusuke

Kiki's Delivery Service

as Dr. Ishi

Parasyte: Part 1

as Goto

Lupin the 3rd

as Koichi Zenigata

My Man

as Jungo Kusarino

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

2014

as Self

7.2

Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore

as The Criminal

Thor: The Dark World

as Hogun

47 Ronin

as Lord Kira

The Kiyosu Conference

2013

as Toshiie Maeda

7.0

Children Who Won’t Die

2013

as Narrator (voice)

Battleship

2012

as Captain Yugi Nagata

Dearest

as Policeman

The Terminal Trust

as Noriyuki Takai

Fly with the Gold

as Kitagawa

Thor

as Hogun

Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special

A Ghost of a Chance

as Kenichi Kido

A Flawless Concierge

as The Artist

Moonlight Mask

as Taro Okamoto

That's the Way!

2011

as Fujio Akatsuka

Vengeance Can Wait

2010

as Hidenori Yamane

6.2

Wandering Home

2010

as Yasuyuki Tsukahara

42 One Dream Rush

Dumbeast

as Dekogawa

Redline

as Frisbee (voice)

The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity

as Shibasaki

Eatrip

Villon's Wife

as Otani

Snow Prince

SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda

2009

Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters

Dreaming Awake

Kabei: Our Mother

as Yamazaki Toru

Buyusenki Battle Chronicle

R246 STORY

The Capricious Robot

as Mr. N

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan

2007

as Genghis Khan / Temüjin

Sad Vacation

as Kenji Shiraishi

Hana

as Jubei Kanazawa

Cross the Lens

as Self

Invisible Waves

2006

as Kyoji

5.7

Rampo Noir

2005

as Man / Kogoro Akechi / Masaki / Fuyo's Lover

5.7

Tokyo Zombie

2005

as Fujio

5.5

My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?

2005

as Mizui

7.2

Funky Forest: The First Contact

as Masaru Tanaka

The Buried Forest

as San

Takeshis'

Portrait of the Wind

SORANO

The Thirsty Flower: Four by Four Equals One

2004

as (voice)

Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!

as Self

Café Lumière

as Hajime Takeuchi

The Taste of Tea

as Ayano Haruno

Vital

as Hiroshi Takagi

Tori

The Face of Jizo

as Mr. Kinoshita

Survive Style 5+

as Aman

Soul Dancing

Zatoichi

as Hattori Genosuke

Last Life in the Universe

as Kenji

Bright Future

as Mamoru Arita

My Grandpa

as S. Nakatoh

Iden & Tity

Dead End Run

Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

2003

as Himself

Woman of Water

as Yusaku Miyazawa

Ichi the Killer

as Kakihara

Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle

2001

as Shanao

6.8

Electric Dragon 80000V

2001

as Dragon Eye Morrison

Distance

as Sakata

Kaza-hana

as Renji Sawashiro

Ah-So Graham Norton

as Self

Party 7

as Okita Souji

Taboo

as Hyozo Tashiro

Hakuchi: The Innocent

1999

as Isawa

5.8

Gemini

1999

as Revenger with Sword

6.5

One Step on a Mine, It's All Over

1999

as Taizo Ichinose

7.0

Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl

as Kuroo Samehada

Away with Words

as Asano Takashi

Love & Pop

as Captain XX

Screwed

as Tsube

Document Love & Pop

Motorola

Falling into the Evening

Typhoon Shelter

Tokyo Fair Weather

Labyrinth of Dreams

as Tatsuo Niitaka

Swallowtail Butterfly

1996

as Customer in the Club

Helpless

as Kenji Shiraishi

Picnic

as Tsumuji

ACRI: The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius

1996

as Hisoka

wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net

as Man

Focus

as Kanemura

Maborosi

as Ikuo

Story of Four Sisters

1995

119

1994

as Satoshi Matsushita

6.0

The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark

Fried Dragon Fish

as Natsuro

The Rocking Horsemen

as Seiichi Shirai

Waiting for the Flood

1991

as Sadahito Iwata

Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star!

1990

Swimming Upstream

1990

as Ushi

1.5

Pseudo Idealist

Funky Forest: The Second Contact

All the Lovers in the Night

as Mitsutsuka

Television (7)

Shōgun

as Kashigi Yabushige

Followers

as Tamio Mochizuki

Detective Yugami

as Yukimasa Yugami

A Life

as Danjo Masao

The Long Goodbye

as Banji Masuzawa

The Private Detective Mike

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Crew (5)

Movies (5)

Otoko to Tori

2024

Director

42 One Dream Rush

2010

Director

5.0

R246 STORY

2008

Director

Tori

2004

Director

1-Ichi

2003

Original Music Composer

5.9