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  • Ichi The Killer
  • Ichi The Killer review by from Newcastle
    Rated - 5 stars A Piece of Art. Gory art. But still art.. 1 March 2006
    ... directed. The storyline is just inspired and the performances (especially from Tadanobu Asano) are first class. Obviously do not watch this if you have ever been offended...  
  • Vital
  • Vital review by A customer from London, UK
    Rated - 4 stars Worth watching 4 March 2006
    ...esting concept for a film, very well excecuted. Acting consistently convincing, Tadanobu Asano continues to be a great actor. Worth watching if you like films like 'Last Life...  
  • Survive Style 5+
  • Survive Style 5+ review by DJM666 from Walsall, England
    Rated - 4 stars Extremely entertaining 5 June 2006
    ...ll of great looking sets, has a good soundtrack, and a good & interesting cast (Tadanobu Asano, Sonny Chiba, Vinnie Jones). Some parts of the film are hit-and-miss and feel u...  

Tadanobu Asano - filmography


  • Mongol on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Tadanobu Asano,  Khulan Chuluun,  Amadu Mamadakov
    Director: Sergei Bodrov
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    "Mongol" delves into the dramatic and harrowing early years of Genghis Khan, who was born as Temudgin in 1162. As it follows Temudgin from his perilous childhood to the battle that sealed his destiny, the film paints a multidimensional portrait of the future conqueror, revealing him not as the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 17,913 members
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  • Cafe Lumiere on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Yo Hitoto,  Tadanobu Asano,  Masato Hagiwara
    Director: Hou Hsaio-Hsien
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Hou Hsiao-Hsien, one of China's greatest filmmakers, honours the memory of the great Yasujiro Ozu in the beautiful CAFE LUMIERE. Like Ozu, Hou tries to capture honesty and reality in the film, which stars pop idol Yo Hitoto as Yoko, a young woman who makes her way through life almost casually, not ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 491 members
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  • Vital on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Tadanobu Asano,  Nami Tsukamoto,  Kiki
    Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A man awakes in a hospital after a car accident to discover that he has lost his memory. At first he is unable to even recognise his parents, but, as his memories return so does his earlier interest in medicine. After enrolling in a medical course, he soon finds himself having to dissect a female ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 1,102 member
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  • Zatoichi on DVD (2003)
    Starring: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano,  Tadanobu Asano
    Director: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Takeshi Kitano, best known for such gangster films as VIOLENT COP, BOILING POINT, and BROTHER, makes his first period drama with ZATOICHI, an updating of the classic Japanese character portrayed by Shintaro Katsu in movies and television from 1962 to 1989. Zatoichi is a blind samurai who shuffles ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 18,704 members
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  • Zatoichi - BLU-RAY Version (2003)
    Starring: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano,  Tadanobu Asano
    Director: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Takeshi Kitano, best known for such gangster films as VIOLENT COP, BOILING POINT, and BROTHER, makes his first period drama with ZATOICHI, an updating of the classic Japanese character portrayed by Shintaro Katsu in movies and television from 1962 to 1989. Zatoichi is a blind samurai who shuffles ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 466 members
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  • Ichi The Killer on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Tadanobu Asano,  Nao Omori,  Shinya Tsukamoto
    Director: Takashi Miike
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Prolific director Takashi Miike (AUDITION) keeps finding new ways to test the boundaries of on-screen violence. ICHI THE KILLER is a masterful piece of filmmaking, simultaneously funny and horrific, but it's only for viewers with strong stomachs. One character, Kakihara (Japanese indie film ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 8,349 members
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  • Gojoe on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Tadanobu Asano,  Masatoshi Nagase,  Daisuke Ryu
    Director: Sogo Ishii
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An extravagant adventure fantasy in the samurai tradition, 'Gojoe' is a special effects-filled joyride with that increasingly anomalous trait: a thoughtful story. Benkei is a former warrior who has become a Buddhist monk, but when the GoJoe Bridge turns into the scene of a massacre, with an unknown ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 803 members
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  • Gohatto on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Ryuhei Matsuda,  Shinji Takeda,  Tadanobu Asano
    Director: Nagisa Oshima
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Widely regarded as the greatest living Japanese director as well as one of the film world's foremost hierophants of transgression, Nagisa Oshima returns from a long hiatus with a film worthy of his reputation. Set in 1865 during the waning days of the Tokugawa shogunate, it focuses on an exotic ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,696 member
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  • Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (1998)
    Starring: Tadanobu Asano,  Ittoku Kishibe
    Director: Katsuhito Ishii
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Tadanobu Asano stars in this violent thriller/comedy as Samehada, the Shark Skin Man of the title. The film begins as Samehada is making a getaway from some former yakuza cohorts when his car is struck by a pretty young woman piloting an SUV. Named Toshiko, she is also on the run, and the two ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 25 members
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  • Maborosi on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Makiko Esumi,  Takashi Naito,  Tadanobu Asano
    Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant. Yumiko remarries and moves from Osaka to a small fishing village, yet continues to search for meaning in a lonely world.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 543 members
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  • The Taste Of Tea
    Starring: Tomokazu Miura,  Tadanobu Asano,  Tatsuya Gasyuin
    Director: Katsuhito Ishii
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Meet the Harunos, a rather unconventional, but happy and loving family nonetheless. They live in a small town in the mountains just out of Tokyo where life is good and quiet - but that doesn't mean they don't have their own little problems.
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 84% from 19 members
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  • Tokyo Zombie on DVD
    Starring: Tadanobu Asano,  Show Aikawa,  Erika Okuda
    Director: Sakichi Satô
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    THE JAPANESE SHAUN OF THE DEAD! Over in a forgotten corner of a near-future Tokyosits Black Fuji, a mountain of garbage and unwanted junk, from discarded appliances to the bodies of whining mothers-in-law, the mountain is home to Tokyo's dirty secrets. Through a combination of toxic waste and the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 309 members
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Tadanobu Asano - watch online


  • Zatoichi to Watch Now (2003)
    Starring: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano,  Tadanobu Asano
    Director: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
    Certificate: Certificate: 18 (TBC)
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    Run time: 111 minutes
    Takeshi Kitano, best known for such gangster films as VIOLENT COP, BOILING POINT, and BROTHER, makes his first period drama with ZATOICHI, an updating of the classic Japanese character portrayed by Shintaro Katsu in movies and television from 1962 to 1989. Zatoichi is a blind samurai who shuffles ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 80% from 5 members
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Tadanobu Asano facts

5 most recent films

Mongol - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Mongol - 3.5 stars
Invisible Waves - 3.0 stars
Cafe Lumiere - 3.0 stars
Vital - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Zatoichi - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Zatoichi - 3.5 stars
Survive Style 5+ - 3.5 stars
Mongol - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Mongol - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Kabei - Our Mother - 3 stars
Away With Words - 3.0 stars
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl - 3.0 stars
The Taste Of Tea - 4.0 stars
Gojoe - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Nao Omori - 4 times - show films
Shinya Tsukamoto - 4 times - show films
'Beat' Takeshi Kitano - 4 times - show films
Alien Sun - 4 times - show films
Susumu Terajima - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Takashi Miike - 4 times - show films
'Beat' Takeshi Kitano - 3 times - show films
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang - 2 times - show films
Katsuhito Ishii - 2 times - show films
Sergei Bodrov - 2 times - show films