Tadanobu Asano

Tadanobu Asano

  • Born: 1973-11-27
  • Birthplace: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
  • Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
  • Profession: Actor, director
  • Nationality: Japan
  • Representative Works: Magic Light, Fire Alarm 119, Bright Future, Picnic, SURVIVE STYLE 5+
  • Tadanobu Asano (Japanese Kana: あさのただのぶ; Japanese Romanization: Tadanobu Asano), Japanese actor and director, was born in Kanagawa Yokohama on November 27, 1973 .
    In 1990, the 17-year-old Tadanobu Asano was selected to star in the feature film "Goldfish in Water" directed by Joji Matsuoka . This was his first time on the big screen. In 1994, starred in the drama " Fire 119 " [1]  . In 1996, with the fantasy film " Picnic ", he won the 20th Japan Akadem Award Topic Award-Most Topic Actor Award.
    In 2001, he won the Best Actor Award at the Tokyo Film Festival for his romance " Kaza-hana ". In 2003, with the romantic film " เรื่องรัก น้อยนิด มหาศาล " won the 60th Venice Film Festival New Actor Award-Best Actor. In 2004, starred in the suspense thriller " SURVIVE STYLE 5+ ". In 2006, he starred in the action film " Invisible Waves ", which was invited to be the watch movie of the 30th Hong Kong International Film Festival [2-4]  . In 2008, with the family film " Kabei ", he was nominated for the best supporting actor in the 32nd Japan Akadami Awards [5-6]  . In 2009, he won the 33rd Japan Akademi Award for Best Actor with the action film " Dian no Ji " [7]  . In 2011, Tadanobu Asano entered Hollywood. The first Hollywood work was " Thor ". In 2015, with the best actor in the competition of the 36th Moscow Film Festival [8-9] with the romance film " My Man " . In 2016, he appeared in " The Wasted Times " [10] . On March 21, 2017, he won the Best Actor Award at the 11th Asian Film Awards with "Standing on the Edge" [11]    .

    Performing Experience

    In 1990, the 17-year-old Tadanobu Asano was selected to star in the feature film "Goldfish in Water" directed by Joji Matsuoka . This was his first time on the big screen. The film was adapted from the first manga of the same name by Mochizuki Minetaro.
    In 1993, he participated in the crime film " Legend of Mermaid " directed by Shunji Iwai . In 1994, Tadanobu Asano, Naoto Takenaka and Shinya Tsukamoto co-starred in the feature film "Days Waiting for Fire Fighting" . In 1995, the river angular U-ma ki , Naito Takashi jointly played by Hirokazu Koreeda romance "directed by Magicのlight ."  
    In 1996, starring in the fantasy film " Picnic " directed by Shunji Iwai , and therefore met his later wife Chara, and won the 20th Japan アカデミー Awards Topic Award-Most Topic Actor Award. In the same year, he starred in the crime film "No Help " directed by Shinji Aoyama , playing the role of an idle high school student Kenji . In addition, he also starred in the crime film " Focus " directed by Satoshi Isaka , and won the 20th Japan Akademi Awards Topic Award-Most Topic Actor Award .  
    In 1997, he cooperated with director Gakuryu Ishii for the first time in the romance thriller " Yuメノ Galaxy "   . In the same year, he co-starred with Funaki Makoto and Nagase Jungmin in the black-and-white experimental action film "The Eighty Thousand-Volt Thunderbolt Dragon ", playing a fanatical, decadent, and depressive fanatic Longyan Temple. In October, starred in the feature film " Tokyo Hiwa " with Miho Nakayama and Naoto Takenaka .
    In 1998, he co-starred with Ryuhei Matsuda and Shinji Takeda in the costume film " Gohatto " directed by Nagisa Oshima , which tells the story of the samurai in the last years of the Tokugawa Shogunate. In 1999, starred in " Návrat idiota " directed by Tezuka Ma . In October 2000, he starred in the action history film " Gojoe " directed by Gakuryu Ishii . 
    In 2001, starred in the romance film " Kaza-hana " directed by Shinji Soomai , and won the Best Actor Award at the Tokyo Film Festival. In May, he participated in the feature film "ディスタンス" directed by Hirokazu Koreeda , playing the role of a pagan Sakata.
    In April 2002, he starred with Nao Ohmori in the action crime film " Killiya 1 " directed by Takashi Miike , playing the scarred face , with hoops on both sides of his mouth, and the red wool shirt lined with a bright purple suit. The film Adapted from Hideo Yamamoto 's comic of the same name. In September, played by Sugimori Hidenori directing debut, " water girl " . 
    In January 2003, co-starring with Jô Odagiri in the feature film " Bright Future " directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa . In August, he played a suicidal librarian in the romance film " เรื่องรัก น้อยนิด มหาศาล " and won the 60th Venice Film Festival New Actor Award-Best Actor. In September, starred in the action comedy " Zatoichi " with Kitano Takeshi , and played the Hattori Genosuke, and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 27th Japan Akadem Awards . In the same year, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of director Yasujiro Ozu , he starred in the romance film " Coffee jikou " directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien .   
    In August 2004, co-starring with Vinnie Jones and Hiroshi Abe in the suspenseful thriller " SURVIVE STYLE 5+ ", playing Ishigaki who has been planning to kill his wife with a bit fierce personality.
    In 2005, co-starring with Ikewaki Chizuru in the romance film " For whom ". In the same year, he co-starred with Ryuhei Matsuda and Hiroki Narimiya in the horror science fiction film " Ranbu Hell ", a horror based on the four novels of Japanese mystery writer Edogawa Ranbu. He played the role of Akechi Kogoro walking naked in a deserted land   .
    In 2006, Tadanobu Asano, Junkun and Rie Miyazawa participated in the costume film "花よりもなほ" adapted from the novel of the same name by the Japanese classical novelist Shuhei Fujisawa . In the same year, he co-starred with Zeng Zhiwei and Ken Mitsuishi in the action film " Invisible Waves " directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang , which was invited to be the watch movie of the 30th Hong Kong International Film Festival . 
    In 2007, Tadanobu Asano and Three Wolves co-starred in the historical film " Mongol " directed by Russian film director Sergey Bodrov , which tells the early life of a generation of genius Genghis Khan   . In the same year, he co-starred with Ishida Whirlpool , MAHO TOYOTA , and Aoi Miyazaki in the feature film "サッドヴァケイション", playing the role of Shiraishi Kenji, who has a pitiful life experience and is deliberately planning to revenge his biological Kabei   .
    In January 2008, with Sayuri Yoshinaga partner Starring according to Ueno photograph on behalf of the "book adaptation of the family film Kabei ", plays AIDS Ueno students Yamazaki Toru, get the 32nd by Japan Aerosil grades video game ミーAward for best supporting actor nomination   . In the same year, he co-starred with Val Kilmer and Liv Tyler in the thriller "Baby in the Locker" adapted from the representative work of Japanese novelist Ryu Murakami   . In addition, he also directed and acted a short love documentary titled " The Story of R246 " on National Highway 246 from Tokyo to Shizuoka Prefecture , and shot a short film of 20 to 30 minutes with six directors   .
    In May 2009, and Kitamura Kazuki , Yusuke SANTAMARIA co-stars according to Kankuro Kudo adapted for the stage with a fictional small town drama " Donju ", played by writer convex Chuanlong two   . In June, co-starring with Kagawa Teruyuki and Ryuhei Matsuda in the action film " Dian no Ji ", was nominated for Best Actor in the 33rd Japan Akadem Awards  . In October, co-starring with Matsu Takako in the post-war Japan feature film " Wei Rong's Wife ", playing the talented novelist Otani, won the 33rd Japan Akadami Award for Best Actor and the 4th Asia Best Actor in the Movie Awards   .
    In October 2010, starring with Eiko Koike in the drama " Ranbô to taiki " adapted from the novel by Yukiko Honya , playing the role of Hidenori Yamane who lives in the same apartment with Ogawa Nase . The film tells the story of four men and women. A love story that is both sad and ridiculous   . In the same year, he dubbed the 2D racing animation " REDLINE " with Kimura Takuya and Yu Aoi .
    In January 2011, Tadanobu Asano co-starred in the feature film " Moonlight Noodles " with Osaki Road and Ishihara  Tatsumi , playing the role of Itao's comrade-in-arms Okamoto in the drama " Moonlight ノ仮面" set on the stage of the defeat of Japan in Showa 22   . In May, Tadanobu Asano began to enter Hollywood, starring in his first Hollywood work " Thor ", as one of the three warriors of the palace, Hogun the Grim , the film tells the story of Thor who controls storms and lightning in Norse mythology   . In October, with Eri Fukatsu and Toshiyuki Nishida, he co-starred in the comedy " Suテキな金餅り", playing the role of historian and descendant of Genko Rokubei Kido Kenichi   .
    In 2012, Tadanobu Asano, Taylor Kitsch and Liam Neeson participated in the science fiction film " Battleship " and played Nagata   . In August, he and Ken Takakura participated in the drama "あなたへ" directed by Furuhata Yasuo . In addition, he also participated in the drama " End of Trust " based on the novel of the same name in the collection "The Last Moments of Life" created by novelist Shu Limu . 
    In 2013, he starred with Keanu Reeves in the action science fiction film " 47 Ronin " based on the Genroku Ako incident , playing Kira Uenosuke who has the ambition to conspire to seize the world of the Tokugawa family   . In November, he participated in the action science fiction film " Thor: The Dark World ". In the same year, he co-starred with Koji Yakusho and Oizumi Yo in the historical film " Kyosu Meeting " directed by Kôki Mitani  .
    In 2015, he co-starred in the romantic film " My Man " with Nikaidou Fumi , and won the best actor at the 57th Blue Ribbon Award and the best actor in the 36th Moscow Film Festival competition . In the same year, he starred in the action mystery film "グラスホッパー" adapted from the novel of the same name by the Japanese novelist Kotaro Isaka , as the killer whale . In October, he also co-starred with Eri Fukatsu in the suspense film " Journey To The Shore " adapted from the novel of the same name by the Japanese novelist Yumoto Goki . On December 12th, starred in the family film " Mum と Mu せば" directed by Yoji Yamada .    
    Participated in the filming of the movie " Shinjuku Swan 2 " in 2016 . Starred in the movie " The Wasted Times " and played Watanabe. 
    On October 12, 2017, the TV series " Criminal ゆがみ" co-starring with Ryunosuke Kamiki was broadcast . In November, he participated in the Marvel movie " Thor3: Twilight of the Gods " . In the same year, he won the Best Actor Award at the 11th Asian Film Awards for his "Standing on the Edge" .   
    In April 2018, starred in the short story collection movie "クソ野郎と美しき世界" starring Inagaki Goro , Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Katori Shingo . On September 7, the movie " Tired-かさね- " in which he participated was released in Japan . In the same year, he won the Best Leading Actor Award at the 27th Japanese Film Profession Awards with the feature film " Young Nazi わらに生まれ" .   
    In 2019, he participated in the movie "チワワちゃん" starring Kadowaki Mai   . Participated in Jô Odagiri's first feature-length director work " They Say Nothing Stays the Same "   . In the same year, he participated in the film " Detective Chinatown 3 " written and directed by Chen Sicheng and played the role of Japanese policeman Naoki Tanaka . The film was originally scheduled to be broadcast during the Chinese New Year in 2020, but was forced to postpone it until February of the following year due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic. Released on the 12th; in the same year, he participated in the Hollywood war film " Midway " 
    In October 2020, the poster of the participating movie " Minamata " was exposed, and the film is expected to be released in 2021.    
    On April 16, 2021, the film " MK3: Domination " produced by Wen Ziren was released, playing the role of Raiden  . In the same year, he participated in the crime action movie "Breaking Kate". 

    Personal Life

    Kabei of Tadanobu Asano is Japanese-American   . In 1994, starred in the feature film " Picnic " directed by Shunji Iwai and became attached to Chara. Fengzi married in March 1995 and gave birth to a daughter in the same year. In 1999, gave birth to a son.
    On July 25, 2009, he announced his divorce from singer Chara, ending his 14-year marriage   .

    Character Evaluation

    Tadanobu Asano has always been known for his personality in the industry was compared by Western media to "Japan's Johnny Depp". His sober and crazy alternative qualities have long been fully confirmed by many famous directors and masterpieces .    
    " Time " magazine refers to Tadanobu Asano as "Tokyo's mental patient." With an important position in the Japanese film industry, he only watches 3-5 movies a year. For most of the time, his life has nothing to do with movies. In 2008, at the age of 35, he still stubbornly maintained his so-called "normal", that is, completely contrary to the so-called celebrity charm seen by the public: autism, indifference, and some emotional dark Invisible Waves . 
    Extended Reading
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      Everyone has their own weights and measures

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      Sometimes I just see the light

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    Maborosi quotes

    • Yumiko: It's harder to say goodbye if we keep postponing it.

    • Yumiko: [Recalling her first husband's unexplained suicide] I just... I just don't understand! Why did he kill himself? Why was he walking along the tracks? It just goes around and around in my head. Why do you think he did it?

      Tamio: [after giving it some thought] The sea has the power to beguile. Back when dad was fishing, he once saw a maborosi - a strange light - far out to sea. Something in it was beckoning to him, he said... It happens to all of us.