Kankuro Kudo
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August 28, 2026 Drama
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
Filmography
Tekkonkinkreet
as Sawada (voice)
Kids Return
as High School Student
Memories of Matsuko
as Tetsuya Yamekawa
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
as Ryunosuke Oki
Bakuman
as Taro Kawaguchi
A New Love in Tokyo
as Hideo Nagai
Welcome to the Quiet Room
as Tetsuo Yakihata
Dear Etranger
as Sawada
Instant Swamp
as Detective Sawaragi
Piece of Cake
as Manager of Asagaya Loft (cameo)
Gamera
as Manafu's father
Mom, Is That You?!
as Tomiyuki Kibe
Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose
as Ikuo Kashiwada (credit only)
The Sword of Alexander
as Sasuke
Thirteen Steps
as Toru Kihara
My Uncle
as Sadao Haruyama
The Dry Spell
as Fushimi
A Heartful of Love
as Mitsuo Usui
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
as Loneliness 3