Kankuro Kudo
Known for Writing
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
2006
as Sawada (voice)
A New Love in Tokyo
1994
as Hideo Nagai
Memories of Matsuko
2006
as Tetsuya Yamekawa
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
2004
as Ryunosuke Oki
Kids Return
1996
as High School Student
Bakuman
2015
as Taro Kawaguchi
Thirteen Steps
2003
as Toru Kihara
Welcome to the Quiet Room
2007
as Tetsuo Yakihata
Ichikei's Crow The Movie
2023
A Heartful of Love
2005
as Mitsuo Usui
The Brightest Sun
2026
Mom, Is That You?!
2023
as Tomiyuki Kibe
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
2021
as Loneliness 3
The Tragedy of W
2010
Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose
2010
as Ikuo Kashiwada (credit only)
Dear Etranger
2017
as Sawada
Rock'n'Roll Mishin
2002
Piece of Cake
2015
as Manager of Asagaya Loft (cameo)
The Castle of Crossed Destinies
2012
Bayside Shakedown: Autumn Campaign for Crime Eradication
1998
as Ikuo Kashiwada