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Tadanobu Asano

Tadanobu Asano

Japanese actor
November 27, 1973 (50 years old)
Aust. 2021. Fantasy by Simon McQuoid with Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson. The descendant of a line of martial arts experts discovers that he must participate in a series of interplanetary battles if he wants to save the world from total annihilation.
Runtime: 110 min.
G.-B. 2020. Drama by Andrew Levitas with Johnny Depp, Minami, Akiko Iwase. War photographer W. Eugene Smith returns to Japan to document the harmful effects of mercury on the diet of coastal populations.
Runtime: 115 min.
U.S. 2019. War drama by Roland Emmerich with Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Woody Harrelson. In the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the Americans enter the war and confront the Japanese on Midway Atoll in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Runtime: 138 min.
U.S. 2016. History by Martin Scorsese with Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Yôsuke Kubozuka. In the 17th century, two Jesuit priests set out to find their mentor, who had allegedly renounced his Christian faith while on an evangelization mission in Japan.
Runtime: 161 min.

Journey to the Shore

V.O.: Kishibe no tabi
Jap. 2015. Drama by Kiyoshi Kurosawa with Tadanobu Asano, Eri Fukatsu. A woman is invited by her husband, who drowned three years earlier, on a journey through Japan to find the people who marked his life.
Runtime: 127 min.
U.S. 2013. Martial arts by Carl Rinsch with Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Kô Shibasaki. To avenge the death of their lord, forty-seven Ronin (masterless samurai) form an alliance with a half-breed warrior who was once their servant.
Runtime: 118 min.
U.S. 2012. Science-fiction by Peter Berg with Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker, Tadanobu Asano. In the Pacific Ocean, soldiers and officers of the U.S. Navy fight against powerful aliens who are preparing to invade the planet.
Runtime: 130 min.
Rus. 2007. Biography by Sergei Bodrov with Tadanobu Asano, Honglei Sun, Khulan Chuluun. The trying years of training of the future Mongol emperor Genghis Khan.
Runtime: 126 min.

Taste of Tea

V.O.: Cha no aji
Jap. 2004. Dramatic comedy by Katsuhito Ishii with Maya Banno, Takahiro Sato, Tadanobu Asano.
Runtime: 143 min.
Jap. 2003. Adventures by Takeshi Kitano with Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Michiyo Ogusu. In the 19th century, a former samurai who has gone blind fights a powerful gang to help two geisha avenge the death of their parents.
Runtime: 116 min.

Bright Future

V.O.: Akaruimirai
Jap. 2002. Drama by Kiyoshi Kurosawa with Joe Odagiri, Tadanobu Asano. An antisocial factory worker possesses a venomous jellyfish that he acclimatizes to fresh water, allowing it to proliferate in Tokyo's sewers.
Runtime: 115 min.

Ichi the Killer

V.O.: Koroshiya 1
Jap. 2001. Thriller by Takashi Miike with Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Shin'ya Tsukamoto. A Yakuza specializing in extreme torture sets out to find the mysterious murderer who is slaughtering rival gangs in a corrupt Tokyo neighbourhood.
Runtime: 130 min.

Taboo

V.O.: Gohatto
Jap. 1999. Mores drama by Nagisa Ôshima with Takeshi Kitano, Ryuhei Matsuda, Shinji Takeda. The delicate beauty of a warrior belonging to the shogun's militia triggers dissension and jealousy among the elite troop.
Runtime: 100 min.

Maborosi

V.O.: Maborosi No Hikari
Jap. 1995. Psychological drama by Hirokazu Kore-eda with Makiko Esumi, Takashi Naito, Tadanobu Asano.
Runtime: 110 min.

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