Best movies of Tadanobu Asano

Actors : Tadanobu Asano, Andrew Alfieri, Hideaki Anno, Moyoco Anno,

An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.

Actors : Yoshiki Arizono, Tadanobu Asano, Masakatsu Funaki, Masatoshi Nagase,
Directors : Gakuryû Ishii,

A violent, guitar-playing, electrically charged boxer faces off against an electronic wizard half-merged with a metallic Buddha.

Actors : Tadanobu Asano, Arata Furuta, Erika Okuda, Shô Aikawa,
Directors : Sakichi Satô,

A horror-comedy manga feature about two blue-collar factory workers (who happen to be jiu-jitsu experts) dealing with a ravenous, flesh-eating zombie uprising in Tokyo.

Actors : Eric Tsang, Tadanobu Asano, Maria Cordero, Hye-jeong Kang,
Directors : Pen-Ek Ratanaruang,

After inadvertently killing his girlfriend, a man (Asano) flees Macau for Thailand in an attempt to cope with his guilt, and avoid possible arrest. But the relocation doesn't prevent his problems from following him, as his new friends could be potential enemies.

Actors : Chara, Naomasa Musaka, Koichi Hashizume, Tadanobu Asano,
Directors : Shunji Iwai,

Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Walking upon the tops of the walls of the city, they seek to find a ...

Actors : Tadanobu Asano, Yûko Daike, Chisako Hara, Masami Horiuchi,

This four-part anthology takes its cue from the short fiction of legendary horror writer Edogawa Rampo.

Actors : Chieko Baishô, Tadanobu Asano, Mayumi Tanaka, Denden,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

Based on childhood days of Teruyo Nogami.

Actors : Chun Du, Ziyi Zhang, Tadanobu Asano, You Ge,
Directors : Er Cheng,

Over the course of several decades, a deal between the Japanese army and criminals in Shanghai plays out with violence and betrayal.

Actors : Tadanobu Asano, Daisuke Ryû, Masakatsu Funaki, Masatoshi Nagase,
Directors : Gakuryû Ishii,

Benkei, a master fighter and killer, vows never to take another life after his conversion to Buddhism. His faith in pacifism, however, is shaken and ultimately broken by the attacks from a ...

Actors : Megumi Hayashibara, Tadanobu Asano, Akira Ishida, Mitsuru Fukikoshi,
Directors : Hideaki Anno,

Teenage drama; schoolgirls, enjo-kosai (compensated dating)

Actors : Tadanobu Asano, Yuka Itaya, Kaori Fujimitsu, Eri Ishida,
Directors : Shinji Aoyama,

Kenji, abandoned by his mother, scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs including driving bar hostesses and their customers home. Besides this he takes care of the sister of an old ...

Actors : Shigeru Muroi, Masatô Ibu, Tadanobu Asano, Takako Matsu,
Directors : Kichitaro Negishi,

This enticing period melodrama depicts a long-suffering woman's relationship with her brilliant but self-destructive writer husband in postwar Tokyo. Based on a semi-autobiographical 1947 ...

Actors : Minako Kotobuki, Machiko Ono, Tadanobu Asano, Rie Miyazawa,
Directors : Takashi Shimizu,

A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.

Actors : Tadanobu Asano, Takahiro Miura, Fumi Nikaidô, Tatsuya Fuji,
Directors : Kazuyoshi Kumakiri,

After losing everything in a tsunami, 10-year-old Hana is taken in by 26-year-old distant relative Jungo Kusarino. They live as father and daughter but share a profound sense of loss. Jungo...

Actors : Tomoka Kurotani, Rena Komine, Kotomi Kyôno, Tadanobu Asano,
Directors : Gakuryû Ishii,

Bus conductor Tomiko falls in love with driver Niitaka, even though she also suspects him of being a serial killer who killed his female conductors after tiring of them.

Actors : Tadanobu Asano, Christa Hughes, Kevin Sherlock, Georgina Hobson,
Directors : Christopher Doyle,

The protagonist is Asano who has had an amazing memory since his youth spent in Okinawa. Words have tangible shapes, tastes and colours for him. This goes so far that he is not even able to...

Actors : Kumiko Asô, Kyôko Koizumi, Tadanobu Asano, Akira Emoto,
Directors : Shinji Sômai,

Actors : Hikaru, Yutaka Enatsu, Tadanobu Asano, Ua,
Directors : Hidenori Sugimori,

Actors : Tadanobu Asano, Mikako Ichikawa, Yûsuke Iseya, Urara Awata,
Directors : Gakuryû Ishii,

Dead End Run is de eerste film van Ishii sinds het overweldigende Electric Dragon 80.000 V (vertoond op het festival in 2001), waar sommige argelozen nog altijd met verbaasde oren aan ...

Actors : Tadanobu Asano, Yoshio Harada, Rie Miyazawa,
Directors : Kazuo Kuroki,

Based on a play by Hisashi Inoue, it focuses on the sufferings of the survivors of Hiroshima. The film takes place during 4 days in the summer of 1948, as the ghost of her father visits ...