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Tomorowo Taguchi

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Tomorowo Taguchi

Born November 30, 1957 in Musashino, Tokyo, Japan241 films

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.

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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.

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Love Letter posterFirst watchLove Letter19957.8as Female Itsuki's FatherHiroko attends the memorial service of her fiancé, Itsuki Fujii, who died in a mountain-climbing incident. Although Itsuki's mother says that their old house is gone, Hiroko records the…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Tetsuo: The Iron Man poster7.0Tetsuo: The Iron Man1989Strange Circus poster7.2Strange Circus2005Gantz poster6.5Gantz2010Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris poster7.4Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris1999Gamera 2: Advent of Legion poster7.4Gamera 2: Advent of Legion1996Gantz: Perfect Answer poster6.6Gantz: Perfect Answer2011Bullet Ballet poster7.1Bullet Ballet1998A Snake of June poster6.8A Snake of June2003

Filmography

241 films as actor
  1. 2025UnreachableJiro Kayama
  2. 2025Welcome to the Village
  3. 2024Aimitagai
  4. 2024City of Desire No. 6 Trans Honor
  5. 2024City of Desire No. 5 Drifting Dotonbori Kids杉山高志
  6. 2024Stage 『Spirited Away』Kamaji
  7. 2024Hijacked Youth – Dare To Stop Us 2Yasunori Okatome
  8. 2023City of Desire No. 4 Outrageous and Dirty Social Network Money
  9. 2023リムジン
  10. 2023City of Desire No.3 - The Lizard of Minami
  11. 2023City of Desire No.2 - The Dark Fixer
  12. 2023City of Desire No.1 - The Road to Retribution
  13. 2023Spirited Away: Live on StageKamaji
  14. 2022Love LifeMakoto Ōsawa
  15. 2022You've Got A Friend
  16. 2021The Door into SummerProfessor Toi
  17. 2021The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
  18. 2021Lunch at a Famous Building: SpecialChiaki Uekusa
  19. 2020Midnight SwanMama Yoko
  20. 2020#HandballStriveMasashi
  21. 2020Fukushima 50Kazuhiko Fukuhara
  22. 2020Fancy
  23. 2019The WitnessYuichi Kimura
  24. 2019Parallel World Love StorySudo
  25. 2019HydraTeru Nakaya
  26. 2018Room LaunderingSaizen
  27. 2018Life in OvertimeToshihiko Aoyama
  28. 2018The Blood of WolvesHideo Doi
  29. 2018My Little MonsterShizuku's Father
  30. 2018Odd Final
  31. 2018Violence VoyagerKoike
  32. 2018Half End
  33. 2018The Many Faces of Ito
  34. 2017The Last Shot in the BarMatsuo
  35. 2017Neko Atsume HouseAsakusa
  36. 2017Policeman and MeShuichi Yamamoto
  37. 2016ひと夏の隣人鈴木次郎
  38. 2016Too Young To Die!Hato
  39. 2016Ame OnnaRika's father
  40. 2016Artist of FastingNarration (voice)
  41. 2014A Drop of the GrapevineAsahi
  42. 2014The Vancouver AsahiTadaaki Matsuda
  43. 2014Kabukicho Love HotelMasashi Kubota
  44. 2014MonsterzMr. Kumoi
  45. 2014Rose Color's BukoGangster
  46. 2013RoomMate
  47. 2013Disregarded PeoplePresident Maruyoshi
  48. 2013Detective in the BarMatsuo
  49. 2013Maruyama, the Middle SchoolerSaito
  50. 2013Nobody's PerfectShinichi Haitani
  51. 2013AIBOU: X-DAY
  52. 20121+1=11
  53. 2012The Samurai That NightNobuo Hoshi
  54. 2012Fly with the GoldYamagishi
  55. 2012A Road Stained Crimson
  56. 2012The Drudgery TrainSecondhand Bookstore Manager
  57. 2011Phone Call to the Bar
  58. 2011A Man with StyleSanada
  59. 2011The EgoistsShinji Ninomiya
  60. 2011Chivalrous Sinking
  61. 2011Gantz: Perfect AnswerYoshikazu Suzuki
  62. 2011Another GantzYoshikazu Suzuki
  63. 2011RiverMaid cafe owner
  64. 2010GantzYoshikazu Suzuki
  65. 2010Household XKenichi Hashimoto
  66. 2010Piecing Me Back TogetherKeisuke Ogi
  67. 2010Shinigami no Yaiba
  68. 2009April BrideOkuno
  69. 2009Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired MonsterShinto Priest
  70. 2009Brass Knuckle BoysJimmy
  71. 2008Ain't No TomorrowsYoshida
  72. 2008Otokotachi no uta
  73. 2008Your Friend
  74. 2008Climber's HighEnji Kishi
  75. 2008The Most Beautiful Night In The WorldKazuya Mizuno
  76. 2007The Invitation from Cinema OrionYuji Miyoshi
  77. 2007Kamen Rider: THE NEXTScissors Jaguar
  78. 2007Switching – Goodbye MeKazumi's Father
  79. 2007The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogia stuff of Toraoh
  80. 2007How to Become MyselfKoji Ueshima
  81. 2007Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
  82. 2007Yakuza: Like a DragonBarber Owner
  83. 2007Cain's Descendant
  84. 2007Prisoner/TerroristM
  85. 2007Sea of Madness
  86. 2006SOUL TRAIN
  87. 2006Love Letter So-renkaYui's father
  88. 2006MPimp
  89. 2006SwayJudge
  90. 2006God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand
  91. 2006It's Only TalkK
  92. 2006Gamera the BraveCouncilor Yoshimitsu Hitotsugi
  93. 2006Black NightDr. Kawai (segment "Dark Hole")
  94. 2006Haru, Bânîzu de
  95. 2005Strange CircusTaeko's Editor-in-Chief
  96. 2005School Days
  97. 2005Wolf Girl
  98. 2005Until the Lights Come BackRyotaro Saeki
  99. 2005Spring Snow
  100. 2005Who's Camus Anyway?Oyama
  101. 2005Young Thugs: Malaysian Tiger
  102. 2005Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Death Make
  103. 2004A Blue AutomobileRecord Store Boss
  104. 2004Girlfriend: Someone Please Stop the WorldMiho's Father
  105. 2004Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend Youkai Hel
  106. 2004KamachiSensei Komori
  107. 2004L'amantA
  108. 2004Mask de 41Tadao Kuramochi
  109. 2003VibratorCop
  110. 2003Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend Banchou Soccer
  111. 2003A Snake of JuneEditor-in-Chief
  112. 2003Cop Festival: New Beginning
  113. 2003Owl
  114. 2002Aiki
  115. 2002Barber's SorrowBarber
  116. 2002September 11Yukichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
  117. 2002Drive
  118. 2002Picaresque
  119. 2002MPD-PSYCHO/FAKE
  120. 2002Doing TimeTanabe