Tomorowo Taguchi
Actor, Director, Writer
November 30, 1957 (68 years)
Tomorowo Taguchi (born November 30, 1957) is a Japanese actor. After leaving Dokkyo University without graduating, he started to earn his living as an illustrator, writer and pornographic cartoonist. He joined a theatre called Hakken no Kai in 1978 and he made a screen debut in Zokubutsu Zukan (based on the book by Yasutaka Tsutsui) in 1982. He was also a prominent cult musician in the Tokyo underground scene with his band Bachikaburi in the 1980s and early 1990s.
He is probably most well known to the West as the lead actor in Tetsuo and Tetsuo II directed by Shinya Tsukamoto. He also makes regular appearances in Takashi Miike's films. He became known to the Japanese public as a narrator for the TV documentary series Project X - Challengers which aired between 2000 and 2005 by NHK. Taguchi directed Iden & Tity in 2003 and his second film, Shikisoku Generation, is scheduled for release in 2009.
He is probably most well known to the West as the lead actor in Tetsuo and Tetsuo II directed by Shinya Tsukamoto. He also makes regular appearances in Takashi Miike's films. He became known to the Japanese public as a narrator for the TV documentary series Project X - Challengers which aired between 2000 and 2005 by NHK. Taguchi directed Iden & Tity in 2003 and his second film, Shikisoku Generation, is scheduled for release in 2009.
Known For
Filmography
| 2025 | Human Specimens · as Man Walking His Dog |
| 2025 | Unreachable · as Jiro Kayama |
| 2025 | |
| 2024 | |
| 2024 | New Project X~Challengers~ · as 語り |
| 2024 | Hijacked Youth: Dare to Stop Us 2 · as Yasunori Okatome |
| 2024 | House of Ninjas · as Jin Hamashima |
| 2023 | |
| 2023 | |
| 2022 | Spirited Away: Live on Stage · as 鍋爐爺爺 |
| 2022 | Love Life · as Makoto Ōsawa |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | The Journalist · as Cast |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | The Door Into Summer · as Professor Toi |
| 2020 | Midnight Swan · as Mama Yoko |
| 2020 | Lunch at a Famous Building · as Uekusa Chiaki |
| 2020 | #HandballStrive · as Masashi |
| 2020 | Fukushima 50 · as Kazuhiko FukuharaOn Plex |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | The Witness · as Yuichi Kimura |
| 2019 | Ichigo no uta · as Customer Of Ramen Shop |
| 2019 | Parallel World Love Story · as Sudo |
| 2019 | Hydra · as Teru NakayaOn Plex |
| 2019 | In Hand · as Hiroshi Yamazaki |
| 2019 | Idaten · as Nobuhiko Kanakuri |
| 2018 | Room Laundering · as Saizen |
| 2018 | In This Corner of the World · as Entaro Hojo |
| 2018 | Room Laundering · as Saizen |
| 2018 | Life in Overtime · as Toshihiko Aoyama |
| 2018 | The Blood of Wolves · as Hideo Doi |
| 2018 | My Little Monster · as Shizuku's Father |
| 2018 | Violence Voyager · as KoikeOn Plex |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | The Game of Business Card · as Katayama Shoji |
| 2017 | The Last Shot in the Bar · as Matsuo |
| 2017 | Neko Atsume House · as Asakusa |
| 2017 | Policeman and Me · as Shuichi Yamamoto |
| 2016 | ひと夏の隣人 · as 鈴木次郎 |
| 2016 | Cold Case (JP) · as Kensuke Kudo |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Artist of Fasting · as Narration (voice) |
| 2016 | Too Young to Die! Wakakushite shinu · as Hato |
| 2016 | Arechi no Koi · as Cast |
| 2014 | The Vancouver Asahi · as Tadaaki Matsuda |
| 2014 | A Drop of the Grapevine · as Asahi |
| 2014 | Danger Dolls · as NarratorOn Plex |
| 2014 | Kabukicho Love Hotel · as Masashi Kubota |
| 2014 | Monsutâzu · as Mr. Kumoi |
| 2014 | Barairo no Bûko · as Gangster |
| 2014 | The Long Goodbye · as Haneoka |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | Disregarded People · as President Maruyoshi |
| 2013 | Maruyama, the Middle Schooler · as Saito |
| 2013 | Phone Call to the Bar 2 · as Matsuo |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | The Samurai That Night · as Nobuo Hoshi |
| 2012 | Fly with the Gold · as Yamagishi |
| 2012 | Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon · as Narration |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Kamen Rider Wizard · as Amadum |
| 2012 | The Drudgery Train · as Secondhand Bookstore Manager |
| 2011 | QP · as Hiko |
| 2011 | The Detective Is in the Bar · as Matsuo |
| 2011 | A Man with Style · as Sanada |
| 2011 | The Egoists · as Shinji Ninomiya |
| 2011 | Gantz: Perfect Answer · as Yoshikazu Suzuki |
| 2011 | Another Gantz · as Yoshikazu Suzuki |
| 2011 | River · as Maid Cafe Owner |
| 2011 | Deka Wanko · as Tamura Kazumasa |
| 2010 | Yoyochu in the Land of the Rising Sex · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2010 | Gantz · as Yoshikazu Suzuki |
| 2010 | Family X · as Kenichi Hashimoto |
| 2010 | Piecing Me Back Together · as Keisuke Ogi |
| 2009 | Midnight Diner · as Lyricist |
| 2009 | Tetsuo: The Bullet Man · as Teeth Brushing Man |
| 2009 | Oh, My Buddha! · as Cast |
| 2009 | April Bride · as Okuno |
| 2009 | Gehara: The Dark & Long Hair Monster · as Shinto Priest |
| 2009 | Money Crazy · as Shuji Terada |
| 2008 | Ain't No Tomorrows · as Yoshida |
| 2008 | Brass Knuckle Boys · as Jimmy |
| 2008 | Your Friend · as Cast |
| 2008 | Climbers High · as Enji Kishi |
| 2008 | The Most Beautiful Night in the World · as Kazuya Mizuno |
| 2008 | Yûbae Shôjo · as Cast |
| 2007 | The Invitation from Cinema Orion · as Yuji Miyoshi |
| 2007 | Kamen Rider: The Next · as Scissors Jaguar |
| 2007 | Switching: Goodbye Me · as Kazumi's Father |
| 2007 | The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi · as A Stuff Of Toraoh |
| 2007 | How to Become Myself · as Koji Ueshima |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Yakuza: Like a Dragon · as Barber Owner |
| 2007 | The Prisoner · as M |
| 2007 | The Pride of the Temp · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | M · as Pimp |
| 2006 | Akihabara@Deep · as Detective |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | Sway · as Judge |
| 2006 | Black Night · as Dr. Kawai (segment "dark Hole") |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | Strange Circus · as Taeko's Editor-In-Chief |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | It's Only Talk · as K |
| 2005 | Until the Lights Come Back · as Ryotaro Saeki |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Who's Camus Anyway · as Oyama |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Gamera the Brave · as Councilor Yoshimitsu Hitotsugi |
| 2004 | A Blue Automobile · as Record Store Boss |
| 2004 | Girlfriend: Someone Please Stop the World · as Miho's Father |
| 2004 | The Lover · as A |
| 2003 | Vibrator · as Cop |
| 2003 | 1980 · as Manager Seto |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | A Snake of June · as Editor-In-Chief |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | September 11 · as Yukichi Furuhashi (segment "japan") |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | Doing Time · as Tanabe |
| 2002 | Bastoni: Stick Handlers · as Matsunaga |
| 2000 | By Player · as Cast |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | Monday · as Mitsuhiko Shima |
| 2000 | |
| 1999 | Taboo · as Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa |
| 1999 | Dead or Alive · as Afro Thug |
| 1999 | Salaryman Kintaro · as Shibamata |
| 1999 | Jubaku: Spellbound · as Weak Guard |
| 1999 | Gemini · as Middle-Aged Patient |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | Ley Lines · as Chan |
| 1999 | Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris · as DoctorOn Plex |
| 1999 | Reborn from Hell: Samurai Armageddon · as Shôsetsu Yui |
| 1998 | Bullet Ballet · as Policeman |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | Three Businessmen · as Noodle Shop WaiterOn Plex |
| 1998 | Tomie · as Detective Harada |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | Dr. Akagi · as Nosaka |
| 1998 | Kiriko no fûkei · as Kimura |
| 1998 | Unlucky Monkey · as Miyata |
| 1998 | Kunoichi: Lady Ninja · as Kôshichirô Urushido |
| 1998 | Andromedia · as Goda |
| 1998 | Sleepless Town · as Kenji Tozawa |
| 1998 | Sada · as Kin |
| 1998 | Ohaka ga nai! · as Takagi Noboru |
| 1997 | Full Metal gokudô · as Genpaku Hiraga |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Lie lie Lie · as Party Guest |
| 1997 | Postman Blues · as Profiler |
| 1997 | Rainy Dog · as The Pursuer |
| 1997 | The Eel · as Eiji Dojima |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Mōri Motonari · as Yoshitane Ashikaga |
| 1996 | Non-Stop · as Shinkichi Yasuda |
| 1996 | Tokyo Mafia: Battle for Shinjuku · as Kikura |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | Fudoh: The New Generation · as Dealer Being Shot In Toilet |
| 1996 | Reborn from Hell II: Jubei's Revenge · as Shôsetsu Yui |
| 1996 | Swallowtail Butterfly · as Honda |
| 1996 | All Night Long 3: The Final Chapter · as Kawasaki |
| 1996 | Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion · as IshidaOn Plex |
| 1996 | Dragon Blue · as Cast |
| 1996 | |
| 1995 | Tokyo Fist · as Tattoo Artist |
| 1995 | Goodbye for Tomorrow · as Tetsu Sasayama |
| 1995 | Shinjuku Triad Society · as Wang |
| 1995 | Ring · as Jotaro Nagao |
| 1995 | |
| 1995 | Kamikaze Taxi · as Chaplin |
| 1995 | Love Letter · as Female Itsuki's Father |
| 1995 | Powazon bodi dokufu · as Detective Kono |
| 1995 | |
| 1994 | A New Love in Tokyo · as Man With A Knife |
| 1994 | |
| 1994 | Undo · as Psychiatrist |
| 1994 | Angel Dust · as Endo |
| 1994 | The Man Who Shot the Don · as Cast |
| 1993 | Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? · as Yusuke's Father |
| 1993 | A Night in Nude · as Kenzo |
| 1993 | |
| 1993 | Fried Dragon Fish · as Delta Works Japan Sales Manager |
| 1993 | Samayoeru nouzui · as Cast |
| 1992 | All Night Long · as Airline Manager |
| 1992 | Tetsuo II: Body Hammer · as Taniguchi Tomoo |
| 1991 | |
| 1991 | Taiheiki · as Jûro Hikobe |
| 1990 | Sawako no koi · as Ichiro Tanaka |
| 1989 | Arietta · as Red Saturn Club Manager |
| 1989 | Tetsuo: The Iron Man · as Salaryman |
| 1989 | |
| 1987 | Robinson's Garden · as Man Wrestling With Restaurant Table |
| 1987 | The Adventure of Denchu-Kozo · as Hijikata |
| 1986 | Futsû saizu no kaijin · as The Man |
| 1982 | |
| 1971 | Kamen Rider · as Amadum |
| 2015 | Piece of Cake · as Screenplay |
| 2017 | The Supporting Actors · as Himself |
| 2007 | Bokura no jidai · as Self |