:Tadanobu Asano
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{{Short description|Japanese actor (born 1973)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Tadanobu Asano
| native_name = 浅野 忠信
| image = Tadanobu Asano at 81st Venice International Film Festival (cropped).jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Tadanobu Asano, actor, at 81st Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy.
| birth_name = Tadanobu Satō
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|11|27}}
| birth_place = Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
| other_names =
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|director|musician}}
| years_active = 1988–present
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Chara|1995|2009|reason=div}}
- {{marriage|Kurumi Nakata|2022}}
}}
| children = 2
| website = {{URL|asanotadanobu.com}}
| module = {{Infobox Chinese | child = yes
| kanji = 浅野 忠信
| romaji = Asano Tadanobu
| hiragana = あさの ただのぶ
| katakana = アサノ タダノブ
| kanji2 = 佐藤 忠信
| hiragana2 = さとう ただのぶ
| katakana2 = サトウ タダノブ
| romaji2 = Satō Tadanobu
}}
}}
{{Nihongo|Tadanobu Satō|佐藤 忠信|Satō Tadanobu|born November 27, 1973}} better known by his stage name {{Nihongo|Tadanobu Asano|浅野 忠信|Asano Tadanobu}} is a Japanese actor, director, and musician, who has had an extensive career working in both Japanese and international cinema. He has been nominated for five Japan Academy Film Prizes, twice for Best Actor and three times for Best Supporting Actor, and winner of its Most Popular Performer award.
Among his best-known roles are in Hirokazu Kore-eda's Maboroshi no Hikari (1995) and Distance (2001), Hyozo Tashiro in Gohatto (1999), Kakihara in Ichi the Killer (2001), Hattori Genosuke in Zatoichi (2003), Kenji in Last Life in the Universe (also 2003), and Temujin in Mongol (2007). He has also appeared in Hollywood films, notably as Hogun in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Lord Kira Yoshinaka in 47 Ronin (2013),[http://www.japan-zone.com/news/2011/03/02/keanus_47_ronin_has_alist_japanese_cast.shtml Keanu's 47 Ronin has A-List Japanese Cast] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421233943/https://www.japan-zone.com/news/2011/03/02/keanus_47_ronin_has_alist_japanese_cast.shtml |date=April 21, 2023 }} Japan-Zone.com March 2, 2011 the Interpreter in Silence (2016), Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi in Midway (2019), and Raiden in Mortal Kombat (2021), based on the fighting video game of the same name. He gained additional recognition in 2024 for his portrayal of Lord Kashigi Yabushige on the American television series Shōgun, based on the James Clavell novel, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film.
Asano has worked with some of the most prominent and acclaimed directors in Japanese cinema, including Hirokazu Kore-eda, Takeshi Kitano, Nagisa Ōshima, Takashi Miike, Nobuhiko Obayashi and Kiyoshi Kurosawa, along with international directors like Martin Scorsese, Kenneth Branagh, Wong Kar-wai, Roland Emmerich, Pen-ek Ratanaruang and Sergei Bodrov. Among other accolades, he has twice won the Best Actor Award at the Yokohama Film Festival, the Upstream Prize for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival, and the Best Actor Award at the Moscow International Film Festival.
Early life
Asano was born in the Honmoku area{{cite magazine |date=October 21, 2002 |title=Tokyo Psycho |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,364425,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128090633/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,364425,00.html |archive-date=January 28, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2012 |magazine=Time Magazine}} of Yokohama, to artist {{nihongo|Yukihisa Satō|佐藤 幸久|Satō Yukihisa}} and mother Junko (順子). Through his mother, Asano is of one-quarter American ancestry. His maternal grandfather was Willard Overing, a U.S. citizen of Norwegian descent, whom Asano never met. Asano has an older brother, Kujun Satō, born in 1971,{{cite web|url=http://www.anore.co.jp/kujun/english.html|url-access=subscription|title=Profile: Kujun|website=anore|access-date=November 30, 2012|archive-date=March 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306123137/http://www.anore.co.jp/kujun/english.html|url-status=dead}} who is a musician and a partner in Anore Inc. (now Adonis A), a talent agency Asano and their father Yukihisa Satō founded.
Career
Asano's father, an actors' agent, suggested he take on his first acting role in the TV show Kinpachi Sensei at the age of 16. His film debut was in the 1990 Swimming Upstream (Bataashi Kingyo), though his first major critical success was in Shunji Iwai's Fried Dragon Fish (1993). His first critical success internationally was Hirokazu Kore-eda's Maboroshi no Hikari (1995), in which he played a man who inexplicably throws himself in front of a train, widowing his wife and orphaning his infant son. He also worked with Kore-eda in the pseudo-documentary Distance in 2001. His best known works internationally are the samurai films Gohatto (aka Taboo, 1999) and Zatoichi (2003), as well as the critically acclaimed Bright Future.
Asano acted in Katsuhito Ishii's 2003 film The Taste of Tea, which premiered at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. He appeared as the lead actor in Last Life in the Universe (2003) by Thai director Pen-Ek Ratanaruang and starred in Ratanaruang's 2006 follow-up film, Invisible Waves. In 2007, he starred as the young Genghis Khan in Sergei Bodrov's Oscar-nominated film Mongol.{{cite web |url= http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20080125-0356-oscars-kazakhstan-chuluun.html |title= Mongol actress from soldier dreams to Oscar buzz |access-date= November 10, 2008 |last= Golovnina |first= Maria |date= January 25, 2008 |work= The San Diego Union-Tribune |archive-date= October 17, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121017162751/http://legacy.utsandiego.com/news/features/20080125-0356-oscars-kazakhstan-chuluun.html |url-status= live }} In Villon's Wife (2009), he played the part of an alcoholic writer, stating that, since he doesn't drink alcohol, he based his performance on people he knows.{{cite web |url= http://www.timeout.jp/en/tokyo/feature/3938/Tadanobu-Asano-the-interview |title= Tadanobu Asano: The Interview |access-date= July 7, 2011 |last= Hadfield |first= James |date= July 7, 2011 |work= Time Out Tokyo |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120125102752/http://www.timeout.jp/en/tokyo/feature/3938/Tadanobu-Asano-the-interview |archive-date= January 25, 2012 }} In 2011, he starred in the Marvel Studios film Thor as the Asgardian warrior Hogun, a member of the Warriors Three and companion to Thor.{{cite web |url=http://marvel.com/news/moviestories.10317.Thor_Update~colon~_Warriors_Three_Cast/|title=Thor Update: Warriors Three Cast|website=Marvel |date=November 16, 2009|access-date=November 16, 2009}} He reprised the role in 2013's Thor: The Dark World{{cite news |first=Noelene |last=Clark |date=August 2, 2012 |url=http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2012/08/02/thor-the-dark-world-christopher-eccleston-is-villain-malekith/#/0 |title='Thor: The Dark World': Christopher Eccleston is villain Malekith |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=August 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808020655/http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2012/08/02/thor-the-dark-world-christopher-eccleston-is-villain-malekith/ |archive-date=August 8, 2012 |url-status=live }} and 2017's Thor: Ragnarok."Thor: Ragnarok Press Kit" (PDF). Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
Asano appeared in the 2021 Mortal Kombat reboot as Raiden.{{cite web|first1=Borys|last1=Kit|first2=Mia|last2=Galuppo|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/mortal-kombat-movie-adds-fistful-fighters-1232599|title='Mortal Kombat' Movie Adds Fistful of Fighters (Exclusive)|date=August 16, 2019|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=August 16, 2019|archive-date=August 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816212622/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/mortal-kombat-movie-adds-fistful-fighters-1232599|url-status=live}} In September 2021, Asano was announced as part of the cast of the FX limited series Shōgun, adapted from the James Clavell novel.{{Cite web|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=2021-09-30|title='Shōgun': Anna Sawai Joins Hiroyuki Sanada & Cosmo Jarvis In FX Limited Series; Full Cast Set|url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/shogun-anna-sawai-hiroyuki-sanada-cosmo-jarvis-fx-limited-series-1234847448/|access-date=2021-10-01|website=Deadline|language=en-US|archive-date=July 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714024751/https://deadline.com/2021/09/shogun-anna-sawai-hiroyuki-sanada-cosmo-jarvis-fx-limited-series-1234847448/|url-status=live}}
In addition to his acting career, Asano directed commercial TV spots for his then-wife, Chara.{{cite news |url= http://www.elmundo.es/laluna/2004/254/1075311376.html |title= Johnny Depp tiene un primo japonés (Johnny Depp has a Japanese Cousin) |access-date= October 28, 2008 |last= Donat |first= Begoña |date= January 30, 2004 |newspaper= El Mundo |language= es |archive-date= November 14, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131114002051/http://www.elmundo.es/laluna/2004/254/1075311376.html |url-status= live }} He formed the band MACH-1.67 with director Sogo Ishii in 1996 and has also played in the bands Peace Pill and Safari.{{cite web |url= http://www.midnighteye.com/interviews/tadanobu_asano.shtml |title= Tadanobu Asano |access-date= October 28, 2008 |last= Mes |first= Tom |date= June 24, 2002 |publisher= Midnight Eye |archive-date= November 6, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081106094731/http://www.midnighteye.com/interviews/tadanobu_asano.shtml |url-status= live }} He is an artist and a model, most notably for Japanese fashion designers Jun Takahashi and Takeo Kikuchi, for whom he filmed a series of commercial spots directed by Wong Kar-wai, including the short film wkw/tk/1996@7'55"hk.net.
Asano and his father left the actors' agency Anore Inc. (now Adonis A) in 2022. After leaving the agency, he continued to give it his support.{{cite news|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jun-13-et-mongol13-story.html|title= 12th century leader, 21st century ideas|access-date=October 28, 2008|last= Wallace|first= Bruce|date= June 13, 2008|newspaper= Los Angeles Times}}
Personal life
Asano met J-pop singer Chara on the set of Iwai's Picnic (1994). They were married in March 1995 while Chara was pregnant with their first child, a daughter named Sumire, who was born on July 4 that same year.{{cite web |url=http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Info/chara/biof.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001109192500/http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Info/chara/biof.html |archive-date=November 9, 2000 |title=Chara |date=November 9, 2000}}{{dl|date=April 2023}} In 1999, they had a son named Himi.{{cite web|url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2128197/|title= 浅野忠信の息子・佐藤緋美、ドラマ初出演「楽しくてとてもいい経験に」|access-date= September 12, 2021|work= Oricon|date= January 27, 2019|archive-date= February 22, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230222173025/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2128197/|url-status= live}} In July 2009, Chara announced on her website that the couple was divorcing. She received custody of both their children.{{cite web|title= Tadanobu Asano, Chara divorce|url= http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-5061|publisher= Tokyograph|date= July 24, 2009|access-date= October 17, 2009|archive-date= September 8, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120908104114/http://www.tokyograph.com/news/tadanobu-asano-chara-divorce/|url-status= live}}
In August 2022, Asano announced through his Twitter and Instagram accounts that he had married model and actress Kurumi Nakata who is eighteen years younger than him ({{abbr|b.|born}} 1991). The two had reportedly been in a relationship for over six years.{{Cite web |title=浅野忠信と中田クルミが１８歳差結婚「愛と笑顔が溢れる日々を」１４年に交際報道/デイリースポーツ online |url=https://www.daily.co.jp/gossip/2022/08/23/0015577590.shtml |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=デイリースポーツ online |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306130153/https://www.daily.co.jp/gossip/2022/08/23/0015577590.shtml |archive-date=2023-03-06
Awards
Asano won the Most Popular Performer award at the 1997 Japanese Academy Awards for Acri and was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category in 2004 for his performance in Zatôichi. He also received the Upstream Prize for Best Actor at the 2003 Venice Film Festival for his role in Last Life in the Universe.{{cite book|title= Contemporary Theatre, Film & Television|last= Riggs|first= Thomas|year= 2007|publisher= Gale Cengage Learning|isbn= 978-0-7876-9050-2|pages= 7}}{{cite web |url=https://www.screendaily.com/venice-2003-festival-winners-list/4014899.article|title=Venice 2003 festival winners list|date=6 September 2003|work=Screen Daily|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324150140/https://www.screendaily.com/venice-2003-festival-winners-list/4014899.article|archive-date=24 March 2024 |access-date=24 March 2024 }} In 2014, he won the award for Best Actor at the 36th Moscow International Film Festival for his role in My Man.{{cite web|url=http://36.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff36/eng/news/?id=520|title=36 MIFF Prizes|access-date=July 3, 2014|work=MIFF|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714162701/http://36.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff36/eng/news/?id=520|url-status=dead}} In 2024, he was nominated Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 76th Primetime Emmy Awards for his performance in Shōgun, his first nomination for the Primetime Emmy Awards.{{Cite web |date=August 16, 2024 |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/emmy-experts-warn-billy-crudup-140002581.html|title=Emmy Experts warn Billy Crudup (‘Morning Show’) that Tadanobu Asano (‘Shogun’) is coming on strong
|access-date=August 16, 2024 |website=Yahoo}}
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Nominated work ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
|---|
| scope="row"| Primetime Emmy Awards
| 2024 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | rowspan="4"| Shōgun | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |date=July 17, 2024 |url=https://www.emmys.com/sites/default/files/Downloads/76thnominations-list-v1.pdf?q=2024&q1= |title=76th Emmy Awards Complete Nominations List |access-date=July 18, 2024 |website=Television Academy}} |
| scope="row"| Golden Globe Awards
| 2025 | {{won}} | |
| scope="row"| Critics' Choice Awards
| 2025 | Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | {{won}} | |
| scope="row"| Independent Spirit Awards
| 2025 | Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series | {{nom}} | |
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1990
| Ushi | |
| 1991
| Aitsu | Sadahito Iwata | |
| 1992
| Seishun Dendekedekedeke | Seiichi Shirai | |
| 1993
| Nemuranai Machi: Shinjuku Same | Koichi Sunagami | |
| 1994
| 119 | Satoshi Matsushita | |
| rowspan="2"| 1995
| Yonshimai Monogatari | Akira Higuchi | |
| Maborosi
| Ikuo | |
| rowspan="6"| 1996
| Man | Short film |
| Picnic
| Tsumuji | |
| Helpless
| Kenji Shiraishi | |
| Acri
| Hisoka | |
| Swallowtail Butterfly
| Customer in club | |
| Focus
| Kanemura | |
| rowspan="2"| 1997
| Tatsuo Niitaka | |
| Tokyo Biyori
| | |
| rowspan="4"| 1998
| Captain XX | |
| Screwed (Neji-shiki)
| Tsube | |
| Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
| Kuroo Samehada | |
| Rakka Suru Yugata
| | |
| rowspan="5"| 1999
| Asano Takashi | |
| Gemini
| Revenger with Sword | |
| Hakuchi
| Isawa | |
| One Step on a Mine, It's All Over
| |
| Gohatto
| Samurai Hyozo Tashiro | |
| rowspan="3"| 2000
| Shanao | |
| Kaza-hana
| Sawaki | |
| Party 7
| Okita Souji | |
| rowspan="3"| 2001
| Dragon Eye Morrison | |
| Distance
| Sakata | |
| Ichi the Killer
| Kakihara | |
| 2002
| Yusaku | |
| rowspan="6"| 2003
| Mamoru Arita | |
| My Grandpa
| S. Nakatoh | |
| Last Life in the Universe
| Kenji | |
| Zatoichi
| Hattori Gennosuke | |
| Dead End Run
| | |
| Café Lumière
| Hajime Takeuchi | |
| rowspan="5"| 2004
| Tori | | Short film |
| The Taste of Tea
| Ayano, the Uncle | |
| Vital
| Hiroshi Takagi | |
| The Face of Jizo
| Kinoshita | |
| Survive Style 5+
| Aman | |
| rowspan="7"| 2005
| The Buried Forest | San-chan | |
| Takeshis'
| | |
| My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
| Mizui | |
| Portrait of the Wind
| Tamio Murase | |
| Funky Forest
| Masaru Tanaka | |
| Rampo Noir
| Kogorô Akechi/Man/Masaki | |
| Tokyo Zombie
| Fujio | |
| rowspan="2"| 2006
| Kyôji | |
| Hana
| Jubei Kanazawa | |
| rowspan="2"| 2007
| Mongol | Temujin | |
| Sad Vacation
| Kenji Shiraishi | |
| rowspan="3"|2008
| Yamazaki Toru | |
| R246 Story
| | |
| Yume no Mani Mani
| Black Marketeer | |
| rowspan="6"| 2009
| 42 One Dream Rush | | Short film |
| Mt. Tsurugidake
| Shibasaki | |
| Dumbeast
| Dekogawa | |
| Redline
| Frisbee (voice) |Japanese-language version |
| Villon's Wife
| Otani | |
| Snow Prince
| Haigo | |
| rowspan=2|2010
| Wandering Home | | |
| Vengeance Can Wait
| Hidenori Yamane | |
| rowspan="4"| 2011
| Okamoto | |
| Thor
| Hogun | |
| Korede Iinoda! Eiga Akatsuka Fujio
| Fujio Akatsuka | |
| A Ghost of a Chance
| Ken'ichi Kido | |
| rowspan="4"| 2012
| Captain Yugi Nagata | |
| Anata e
| | |
| A Terminal Trust
|Takai | |
| Fly with the Gold
| Kitagawa | |
| rowspan=3|2013
| Hogun | |
| 47 Ronin
| Lord Kira | |
| The Kiyosu Conference
| |
| rowspan=3|2014
| |
| Kiki's Delivery Service
| Dr. Ishi | |
| Parasyte: Part 1
| Goto | |
| rowspan=4|2015
| Goto | |
| Grasshopper
| Kujira | |
| Journey to the Shore
| Yūsuke | |
| Haha to Kuraseba
| Kuroda | |
| rowspan=3|2016
| Yasaka | |
| Silence
| Interpreter | |
| The Wasted Times
| Watabe | |
| rowspan=3|2017
|Dear Etranger |Makoto Tanaka | |
| Thor: Ragnarok
| Hogun | |
| Shinjuku Swan II
| Masaki Taki | |
| rowspan=4|2018
| Kiyoshi | |
| Kuso-yarō to Utsukushiki Sekai
| | |
| Punk Samurai Slash Down
| Chayama Hanrō | |
| Kasane
| Kingo Habuta | |
| rowspan=4|2019
|Chiwawa | Sakata | |
| They Say Nothing Stays the Same
| | |
| Noroshi ga Yobu
| |Short film |
| Midway
| Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi | |
| rowspan="3"|2020
|Tatsuo Matsumura | |
| Labyrinth of Cinema
|Lt. Sako | |
| Independence of Japan
| |
| rowspan="3"|2021
|Naoki Tanaka | Chinese film |
| Mortal Kombat
| |
| Kate
| Renji | |
| rowspan="2"|2023
| We're Broke, My Lord! | Isogai Heihachirō | |
| Kubi |
| rowspan="2"|2024
| Fake Doctor |
| The Women in the Lakes
| Isami |
| rowspan="4"|2025
| Ravens | Masahisa Fukase |
| Kanasando
| |
| Broken Rage
| Detective Inoue |
| Mortal Kombat 2
| Lord Raiden | Post-production |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Network ! Notes |
|---|
| 1988
| Masahiro Azuma | TBS | |
| rowspan=2|1993
| Fried Dragon Fish | Natsuro | Fuji TV | TV movie |
| Haru no Ichizoku
| Tomoki | NHK | |
| 2006
| Himself | Documentaries |
| rowspan=2|2011
| Sutekina Kakushi Dori: Kanzen Muketsu no Concierge | Artist | Fuji TV | TV movie |
| Yonimo kimyô na Monogatari
| Killer | Fuji TV | TV movie |
| 2017
|A Life: A Love | Masao Danjō | TBS | |
| 2019
| Shōjirō Kawashima | NHK |
| 2021
| Shinji Oikawa | NHK | Asadora |
| 2024
| Kashigi Yabushige | Miniseries |
= Video games =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Developer ! Notes |
|---|
| 2011
| Garcia Hotspur | Debut video game dubbing role |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{cite web |url=http://www.wdsmediafile.com/media/ThorRagnarok/writen-material/ThorRagnarok59d97e5bd2b22.pdf |title=Thor: Ragnarok Press Kit |publisher=Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |access-date=October 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103153628/http://www.wdsmediafile.com/media/ThorRagnarok/writen-material/ThorRagnarok59d97e5bd2b22.pdf |archive-date=November 3, 2018 |url-status=live }}
Bibliography
- Morris, Jerome C. "I'm Not as Whacked Out as Dragon Eye Morrison" (interview), in Asian Cult Cinema, #54.
External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{IMDb name|38355}}
- {{Official website|http://www.asanotadanobu.com/}}
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