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Tag Archives: Tadanobu Asano
Electric Dragon 80.000 V (2001) Gakuryû Ishii, Yoshiki Arizono, Tadanobu Asano, Masakatsu Funaki

A young boy gets jolted with electricity as he’s climbing a tall cable pylon. Read More »
The Buried Forest AKA Umoregi (2005) Kôhei Oguri, Tadanobu Asano, Mai Enoki, Tokie Hidari

Machi, a young high school student from a small mountain town, is having fun with her friends Read More »
Café Lumière AKA Kôhî jikô (2003) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Yo Hitoto, Tadanobu Asano, Masato Hagiwara

The story revolves around Yoko Inoue, a pregnant woman in search for a cafe that’s frequented by a Taiwanese composer whose life she is researching. Read More »
Focus (1996) Satoshi Isaka, Tadanobu Asano, Keiko Unno, Akira Hirai

A small and intrusive reporting crew are reporting on the actions of a man who monitors transmissions in a documentary they are filming. Read More »
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (1998) Katsuhito Ishii, Tadanobu Asano, Ittoku Kishibe, Sie Kohinata

In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Read More »
My Grandpa (2003) Yôichi Higashi, Bunta Sugawara, Satomi Ishihara, Tadanobu Asano

Yoichi Higashi’s Watashi No Gurampa (My Granpa) concerns the relationship between ex-convict Kenzo (Bunta Sugawara) Read More »
Hakuchi: The Innocent (1999) Macoto Tezuka, Tadanobu Asano, Miyako Koda, Reika Hashimoto

In a future where World War II never ended, Japan is decimated by nightly bombings. Read More »
Away With Words (1999) Christopher Doyle, Tadanobu Asano, Georgina Hobson, Christa Hughes

The protagonist is Asano who has had an amazing memory since his youth spent in Okinawa. Read More »
Cha no aji / The Taste of Tea (2004) Katsuhito Ishii, Maya Banno, Takahiro Satô, Tadanobu Asano, Comedy, Fantasy

A spell of time in the life of a family living in rural Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo. Though her husband is busy working at an office, Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project at home. Read More »