Name
Kankuro Kudo
Known For
Writing
Birthday
1970-07-19 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Miyagi, Japan
Biography
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
Known For
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Two penniless orphans, Black and White, struggle to survive on the mean streets of Treasur...
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While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pi...
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A look at the lives of two prostitutes in Tokyo: Rei, who works as an S&M dominatrix, and ...
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Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing ...
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Pharmaceutical student, Keiko witnesses her boyfriend having an affair. Shocked and disapp...
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A record company office worker named Kanna discovers a punk rock band called Shonen Merike...
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While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void...
- 2002 Rock'n'Roll Mishin
- 2003 Fukumimi
- 2001 エロスの果て
- Soon 愛が世界を救います
- 1994 A New Love in Tokyo as Hideo Nagai
- 2023 Mom, Is That You?! as Tomiyuki Kibe
- 2020 大人計画ウーマンリブvol.14「もうがまんできない」
- 1998 Bayside Shakedown: Autumn Campaign for Crime Eradication as Ikuo Kashiwada
- 2023 The Dry Spell as Fushimi
- 2010 Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose as Ikuo Kashiwada (credit only)
- 2023 Woman’s Lib Vol. 15 ”Mo Gaman Dekinai”
- 2023 Ichikei's Crow The Movie
- 2009 SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
- 2008 The Short Films: We Were All Once Children
- 2003 Thirteen Steps as Toru Kihara
- 2007 Welcome to the Quiet Room as Tetsuo Yakihata
- 2009 Instant Swamp as Detective Sawaragi
- 2016 My Uncle as Sadao Haruyama
- 2007 The Sword of Alexander as Sasuke
- 2004 Crying Out Love in the Center of the World as Ryunosuke Oki
- 2006 Tekkonkinkreet as Sawada (voice)
- 2015 Bakuman as Taro Kawaguchi
- 2015 Piece of Cake as Manager of Asagaya Loft (cameo)
- 2005 A Heartful of Love as Mitsuo Usui
- 2017 Dear Etranger as Sawada
- 2010 The Wife of Gegege as Shigeru Mura
- 2015 Gamera as Manafu's father
- 2006 Memories of Matsuko as Tetsuya Yamekawa
- 2002 The Labor Cop
- 1996 Kids Return as High School Student
- 2020 Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone as Loneliness 3
- 2001 Kirei kamisama to machiawase shita on'na
- 2012 The Castle of Crossed Destinies
- 2026 The Brightest Sun
- 2025 Seaside Serendipity as Goro
- 2024 大人計画ウーマンリブvol.16「主婦 米田時江の免疫力がアップするコント6本」
- 2009 大パルコ人①メカロックオペラ「R2C2～サイボーグなのでバンド辞めます！～」
- 2013 大パルコ人②バカロックオペラバカ「高校中パニック！小激突！！」
- 2016 大パルコ人③ステキロックオペラ「サンバイザー兄弟」
- 2025 大パルコ人⑤オカタイロックオペラ「雨の傍聴席、おんなは裸足…」
- 2026 Look Back as Tamai
- 2009 Oh, My Buddha! as Kyoko’s father
- 1995 痴漢白書 ２
- 2003 大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．７「熊沢パンキース０３」 ( 1 episode )
- 2006 大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．１０「ウーマンリブ先生」 ( 1 episode )
- 2011 大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．１２「サッドソング・フォー・アグリードーター」 ( 1 episode )
- 2004 大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．８「轟天ＶＳ港カヲル」 ( 1 episode )
- 1999 大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．４「ウーマンリブ発射！」 ( 1 episode )
- 2001 大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．６「キラークイーン６６６」 ( 1 episode )
- 1997 大人計画「生きてるし死んでるし」 ( 1 episode )
- 2002 大人計画「春子ブックセンター」 ( 1 episode )
- 2001 大人計画「エロスの果て」 ( 1 episode )
- 2014 Villiany Ganbo ( 11 episodes ) as Iyataro Toyotomi
- 2009 大人計画「サッちゃんの明日」 ( 1 episode )
- 2020 獣道一直線！！！ ( 1 episode )
- 2006 大人計画「まとまったお金の唄」 ( 1 episode )
- 2020 劇場の灯を消すな！本多劇場編 ( 1 episode )
- 2010 大人計画「母を逃がす」 ( 1 episode )
- 2012 大人計画「ウェルカム・ニッポン」 ( 1 episode )
- 2002 California Dreamin' ( 0 episode ) as Hajime Yamazaki
- 2022 Because We Forget Everything ( 10 episodes )
- 2018 遠藤憲一と宮藤官九郎の勉強させていただきます ( 7 episodes )
- 2008 少年メリケンサックを探せ!!! ( 15 episodes )
- 2016 Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~ ( 1 episode )
- 2020 Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku ( 12 episodes ) as Murata
- 2003 Love & War of a Samurai ( 7 episodes )
