Kankuro Kudo

Born: 1970-07-19

Kankurō Kudō  (宮藤 官九郎 Kudō Kankurō, born 19 July 1970) is a Japanese screenwriter, dramatist, director, actor and member of the theater company Otona Keikaku. He won the 'Best Screenplay' award at the 2002 Japanese Academy Awards for Go, which explores problems faced by people of Korean-heritage living in Japan. He acted in the hugely popular tear-jerker, Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World, and is also guitarist in the Japanese Comedy Rock Band Group Tamashii. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kankurō Kudō, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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Tekkonkinkreet

as Sawada (voice)
Released: 2006-10-21

Two penniless orphans, Black and White, struggle to survive on the mean streets of Treasure...

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Memories of Matsuko

as Tetsuya Yamekawa
Released: 2006-05-27

While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces...

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Kids Return

as High School Student
Released: 1996-07-27

Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing...

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Crying Out Love in the Center of the World

as Ryunosuke Oki
Released: 2004-05-08

While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep...

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Welcome to the Quiet Room

as Tetsuo Yakihata
Released: 2007-10-20

28 year old freelance writer Sakura Asuka wakes up tied in a white room. The white room is a...

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Bakuman

as Taro Kawaguchi
Released: 2015-10-03

Moritaka Mashiro doesn't want to follow in the path of his uncle who worked as a manga artist,...

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The Short Films Everyone started out as a child

as uncredited
Released: 2008-12-23

A dream collaboration between five directors who represent the modern Japanese film industry! An...

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Instant Swamp

as Detective Sawaragi
Released: 2009-05-23

A woman finds out her father is not her real one after her mother falls into a coma while...

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Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose

as Ikuo Kashiwada (credit only)
Released: 2010-07-03

After Detective Shunsaku Aoshima is promoted to section chief he has the daunting task of...

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Piece of Cake

as Manager of Asagaya Loft (cameo)
Released: 2015-09-05

Shino Umemiya readily dates guys interested in her, because she believes that's better than...

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A New Love in Tokyo

as Hideo Nagai
Released: 1994-12-17

A look a the lives of two sex workers in Tokyo: Rei, who works as an S&M dominatrix, and Ayumi,...

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Ichikei's Crow The Movie

as uncredited
Released: 2023-01-13

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Dear Etranger

as Sawada
Released: 2017-08-26

Makoto Tanaka is 40-years-old and has remarried. His wife is Nanae and they care for 2 daughters...

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Woman’s Lib Vol. 15 ”Mo Gaman Dekinai”

as uncredited
Released: 2023-04-14

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A Heartful of Love

as Mitsuo Usui
Released: 2005-10-08

Hiroshi, a 30 year-old businessman, has traveled back in time 20 years. He encounters Kazumi, a...

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The Tragedy of W

as uncredited
Released: 2010-01-11

The lakeside at Lake Yamanaka is covered with snow. In the vacation house in such a quiet area...

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Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone

as Loneliness 3
Released: 2021-07-15

In 1964, Momoko came by herself to Tokyo from her hometown. She met Shūzō and married him. They...

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Gamera

as Manafu's father
Released: 2015-10-08

GAMERA is a kaiju short film first released as a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Gamera's...

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Thirteen Steps

as Toru Kihara
Released: 2003-02-08

A released inmate is hired to solve a murder case.

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The Sword of Alexander

as Sasuke
Released: 2007-04-07

Orichalcum is a mystical metal material that gives great powers to the life form that possesses...

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Mom, Is That You?!

as uncredited
Released: 2023-09-01

Akio Kanzaki’s job as head of human resources is wearing his nerves thinner and thinner. To make...

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My Uncle

as Sadao Haruyama
Released: 2016-11-03

Yukio Haruyama is an elementary school student. He has an uncle that teaches philosophy...

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The Wife of Gegege

as Shigeru Mura
Released: 2010-11-20

A woman from rural Japan marries a struggling cartoonist in Tokyo. Their life is difficult...

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SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda

as uncredited
Released: 2009-11-06

Documentary on the life of actor Yusaku Matsuda. This is a documentary film produced on the...

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Fukumimi

as uncredited
Released: 2003-09-13

29-year-old Satonaka Takashi (Kudo Kankuro) is a freelancer. He falls in love at first sight...

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The Dry Spell

as Fushimi
Released: 2023-06-02

The story takes place during a summer of continuous sunshine when water supply restrictions are...

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Rock'n'Roll Mishin

as uncredited
Released: 2002-09-28

Kenji has a dull life. He is unmotivated at the office, and unable to break off a lukewarm...

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The Labor Cop

as uncredited
Released: 2002-04-27

Due to the effect of the prolonged great depression, finally even the police have to introduce a...

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Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~

as uncredited
First aired: 2016-10-22

Yuri Ishikawa and her team try to crack unresolved cold cases in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Because We Forget Everything

as uncredited
First aired: 2022-09-14

M, a mystery writer, has a girlfriend of five years named F, who disappeared on Halloween night....

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Villiany Ganbo

as Iyataro Toyotomi
First aired: 2014-04-14

When Kanzaki Kaoru was young, her mother operated an Okonomiyaki restaurant. However, in just a...

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California Dreamin'

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-04-12

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劇場の灯を消すな!本多劇場編

as uncredited
First aired: 2020-09-26

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大人計画「ウェルカム・ニッポン」

as uncredited
First aired: 2012-03-28

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Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku

as Murata
First aired: 2020-01-11

A slice of life comedy where Furutachi Kanji and Takito Kenichi play poor brothers Ichiro and...

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遠藤憲一と宮藤官九郎の勉強させていただきます

as uncredited
First aired: 2018-11-12

An unprecedented program in which Kenichi Endo, an actor who is active on the front lines as a...

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少年メリケンサックを探せ!!!

as uncredited
First aired: 2008-12-07

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大人計画「春子ブックセンター」

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-05-15

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