Min Tanaka

Born: 1945-03-10

Min Tanaka  is a Japanese actor and dancer. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 26th Japan Academy Prize for The Twilight Samurai.


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Perfect Days

as Homeless
Released: 2023-11-10

Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured...

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47 Ronin

as Lord Asano
Released: 2013-12-06

Kai—an outcast—joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon...

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The Twilight Samurai

as Zenemon Yogo
Released: 2002-11-02

Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth...

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Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

as Kashiwazaki Nenji
Released: 2014-08-01

Kenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached...

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Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

as Kashiwazaki Nenji
Released: 2014-09-13

Shishio sets sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the government. In order to stop him,...

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Blade of the Immortal

as Kagimura Habaki
Released: 2017-04-29

Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle....

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Children of the Sea

as Jimu (voice)
Released: 2019-06-07

Ruka is a young girl whose parents are separated and whose father works in an aquarium. When two...

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The Outsider

as Akihiro
Released: 2018-03-09

A former American G.I. joins a yakuza family after his release from prison in post-World War II...

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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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Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura

as Binbogami
Released: 2017-12-09

Set in an alternate universe, the ancient capital of Kamakura is a vibrant town where...

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Tekkonkinkreet

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

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

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Svaha: The Sixth Finger

as Nechoong Tenpa
Released: 2019-02-20

Pastor Park, the head of a religious investigation center that exposes cults and cult leaders,...

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Modest Heroes

as Blind Man (voice)
Released: 2018-08-24

Two tiny, aquatic humanoids search for their missing father, a boy battles a lethal allergy to...

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The Great War of Archimedes

as Tadamichi Hirayama
Released: 2019-07-26

It is the early 1930s and the command of the Japanese Imperial Navy determines to construct the...

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Map of the Sounds of Tokyo

as Narrator
Released: 2009-12-02

A Japanese assassin falls in love with the Spanish wine seller she was hired to kill.

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The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood

as uncredited
Released: 2021-04-09

In a studio at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Gaku Hamada is struggling to shoot a movie with a dog in...

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The Fighter Pilot

as uncredited
Released: 2013-12-20

A brother and sister learn their biological grandfather was a kamikaze pilot who died during...

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The Scythian Lamb

as Katsumi Ōno
Released: 2018-02-03

Based on a manga written by Tatsuhiko Yamagami, the story is set in a former seaport town...

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HOKUSAI

as Hokusai Katsushika (old)
Released: 2021-05-29

The unknown life of Ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai in the Edo period, who is said to have...

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Ghost Book

as uncredited
Released: 2022-07-22

The forbidden book that will make any wish come true "The Ghostly Book of Books". However, in...

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The Hidden Blade

as Kansai Toda
Released: 2004-10-30

Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his...

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The Real You

as Wakamatsu
Released: 2024-11-08

Why had a mother who seemed happy desired to end her own life? Desperate to uncover his mother’s...

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The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai

as uncredited
Released: 2022-06-17

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Black Dawn

as Masayoshi Jo
Released: 2012-06-02

In 2011, top-secret data on nuclear power is stolen from a university facility. At the same...

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Heaven's Door

as Henmi
Released: 2009-02-07

A young man Tomoya Nagase and a girl Mayuko Fukuda both learn that they have an untreatable...

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Rebirth

as Taki
Released: 2011-04-29

After the collapse of their relationship, Kiwako abducts the 6-month old child of a man she was...

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House of Himiko

as Himiko
Released: 2005-08-27

Saori is a young woman struggling to make her way in life. Her gay father, Himiko, had abandoned...

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Vision

as Minamoto
Released: 2018-06-08

Centres on Jeanne, a journalist tracking a mysterious rare herb that appears only once every 997...

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A Morning of Farewell

as Tatsuro Shiraishi
Released: 2021-05-21

Sawako worked as an emergency physician at a university hospital. Due to to a situation, she...

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The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps

as Tatsuo Harima
Released: 2018-11-30

Kaoruko and Kazumasa Harima are a separated couple with two children. They plan to divorce once...

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National Treasure

as uncredited
Released: 2025-06-06

Set after the war in Japan, when the country experienced rapid economic growth, Kikuo is born...

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some body comes into the light

as Dancer
Released: 2023-10-26

A beautiful session between dancer Tanaka Min and director Wim Wenders that illustrates...

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Father of the Milky Way Railroad

as Miyazawa Kisuke
Released: 2023-05-05

Kenji, the eldest son of Masajiro, a wealthy moneylender, refuses to work in the family business...

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The Tale of Iya

as Grandpa
Released: 2013-10-22

As a tunnel construction project threatens the natural order of one of Japan's last untouched...

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Ninomiya Kinjirou

as uncredited
Released: 2019-06-01

Ninomiya Kinjirou is a biopic follows the life of the eponymous character, an 18th century...

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Black Ox

as uncredited
Released: 2024-11-08

In the Meiji Period, in the 19th century Japan, transitioning towards modernization, BLACK OX...

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Riding the Metro

as uncredited
Released: 2006-10-21

Shinji (Shinichi Tsutsumi) steps out of a train station to find himself transported back to 1964.

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Who Were We?

as [Facility director]
Released: 2024-05-31

On Sado Island, Kii works as a cleaner at a gold mine. One day, she finds a collapsed woman in...

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Hajimari mo owari mo nai

as uncredited
Released: 2013-12-14

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Haruneko

as Manager's Father
Released: 2016-12-17

Those who want to die seek refuge in a mysterious café in this feverishly strange Japanese debut.

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Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

as Himself
Released: 1990-01-01

"Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis" is a visually striking film portrait shot on location in...

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Four Women Living in That House

as 山田一郎
Released: 2019-09-30

A mother, daughter and two of their friends live in an old Western-style house in Suginami. As...

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Summer on the Frontline: A Boy's Story

as uncredited
Released: 2015-08-01

Keisuke, 15-year-old junior-high school boy, has been forced to live as refugees with his family...

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Amnesiac Love

as uncredited
Released: 2022-12-24

This story follows the journey of an ill-fated young man whose ambition is to be a professional...

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Invisible

as Blind man (voice)
Released: 2018-08-24

An invisible salaryman tries to become a hero.

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Hokaibito: Ina no Seigetsu

as Seigetsu Inoue
Released: 2011-03-24

Part documentary, part fiction this film revolves around the life of the haiku poet Seigetsu...

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The Unnameable Dance

as uncredited
Released: 2022-01-28

The Unnameable Dance shows the life and dance of Tanaka Min, an elderly dancer in his 70s, in a...

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Mountain Stage

as Self
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A collaborative improvisational guitar and dance set featuring backing from crickets and cicadas.

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TIME

as uncredited
Released: 2024-03-28

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Mare

as Okesaku Ganji
First aired: 2015-03-30

Mare is an elementary school student. She lives with her family in the city, but, right before...

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Ryōmaden

as uncredited
First aired: 2010-01-03

Ryōmaden is the 49th NHK Taiga drama. It was shown on NHK from January 3 to November 28, 2010...

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Great Performances

as Oedipus Dancer
First aired: 1971-01-28

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...

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Barakamon

as Ryuunosuke Yagami
First aired: 2023-07-12

A proud young calligrapher is punished for punching a critic by being sent to a faraway island...

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Miracles

as Yoshitaka Aikawa
First aired: 2018-10-09

A comical and heartwarming drama about a university lecturer on animal behavior who just loves...

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Love That Makes You Cry

as Kenji Soda
First aired: 2016-01-18

Follows the story of love, friendship and growth of six young men and women who move from...

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House of the Owl

as Ryutaro 'The Owl' Ogami
First aired: 2024-04-24

At the height of his career and powers, Japan's master fixer, who has guided politicians and...

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Gu Gu the Cat

as Akama
First aired: 2014-10-18

About a lady and her cat. The lady's cat dies and she loses all inspiration to continue living,...

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Gu Gu the Cat

as Homeless man
First aired: 2014-10-18

About a lady and her cat. The lady's cat dies and she loses all inspiration to continue living,...

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Osamu Dazai Short Story Collection

as Narrator (voice)
First aired: 2009-10-12

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GAME OF SPY

as Naoto Kaizaki
First aired: 2022-06-24

Hashiba Takeru is the leader of Global Operation Service (GOS), a secret spy organization housed...

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A Life

as Okita Isshin
First aired: 2017-01-15

When Okita Kazuaki was starting out as a doctor, he was forced to resign from the hospital. He...

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The God of Risk

as Takao Sekiguchi
First aired: 2015-07-08

Satoshi Saigyouji worked in crisis management for General Electric in the USA and the Japanese...

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Byplayers ~Meiwakiyaku no Mori no 100-nichikan~

as uncredited
First aired: 2021-01-08

Set in "Byplaywood" a large film studio surrounded by forest, far from the city. The story...

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My Wife is Ninja

as Seizan
First aired: 2013-04-05

It is the late Edo period. Futaboshi Hikoma, the Hirado domain's astronomer, is a rather...

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To Give a Dream

as President
First aired: 2015-05-17

13 years ago, the Abe family moved to a town in the suburbs, surrounded by nature. The Abe...

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Goodbye Newspaper

as uncredited
First aired: 2017-04-30

A huge Japan newspaper company decides to sell itself due to failing sales. An eager buyer for...

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Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth

as Yukio Katou
First aired: 2007-02-17

A Japanese bank is being targeted by Horizon, an American financial group that takes advantage...

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Forgery It's tough being a man

as uncredited
First aired: 2020-01-05

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