
Tadanobu Asano
Filmography

Redline
Animation Action Science Fiction Anime Vehicle-Driven Action2009•1h 42min
Japan
Director: Takeshi Koike
A daredevil driver is determined to compete in Redline, the most popular race in the galaxy. The race only occurs every five years, but in order to participate he must overcome the mafia, the government and even love.
A young man awakens in the hospital after an accident wipes his memory. Fascinated by a textbook full of drawings of dissections, Hiroshi is drawn to medical school. There he catches the eye of a fellow student, but it's another who becomes his obsession: the dead woman on the cadaver table.

Survive Style 5+
Mystery Comedy Thriller Parody Mindbender Mystery2004•2h
Japan
Director: Gen Sekiguchi
Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one another eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.

The Taste of Tea
Comedy Drama Fantasy Family Drama Supernatural Fantasy2004•2h 23min
Japan
Director: Katsuhito Ishii
A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.

Zatoichi
Adventure Drama Action Martial Arts Action Adventure Epic2003•1h 56min
France, Japan
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.

Last Life in the Universe
Drama Action Thriller Psychological Drama Mind Game Thriller2003•1h 52min
Thailand, Japan
Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
An obsessive-compulsive Japanese librarian living in Bangkok spends most of his days contemplating suicide in his apartment. His life changes when he witnesses the death of a young girl and becomes acquainted with her elder sister.

Ichi the Killer
Action Crime Horror Serial Killer Crime Gore Horror2001•2h 9min
Japan
Director: Takashi Miike
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.


