Kankuro Kudo

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

Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~

Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku

Because We Forget Everything

Tekkonkinkreet

A New Love in Tokyo

Memories of Matsuko

Villiany Ganbo

Crying Out Love in the Center of the World

All Movies (41)

• The Brightest Sun2026
• 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…」2025
• Seaside Serendipity2025 · as Goro
• 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」2024
• Mom, Is That You?!2023 · as Tomiyuki Kibe
• The Dry Spell2023 · as Fushimi
• Woman’s Lib Vol. 15 ”Mo Gaman Dekinai”2023
• Ichikei's Crow The Movie2023
• Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone2020 · as Loneliness 3
• 大人計画ウーマンリブvol.14「もうがまんできない」2020
• Dear Etranger2017 · as Sawada
• 大パルコ人③ステキロックオペラ「サンバイザー兄弟」2016
• My Uncle2016 · as Sadao Haruyama
• Gamera2015 · as Manafu's father
• Bakuman2015 · as Taro Kawaguchi
• Piece of Cake2015 · as Manager of Asagaya Loft (cameo)
• 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！！」2013
• The Castle of Crossed Destinies2012
• The Wife of Gegege2010 · as Shigeru Mura
• Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose2010 · as Ikuo Kashiwada (credit only)
• The Tragedy of W2010
• SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda2009
• Instant Swamp2009 · as Detective Sawaragi
• 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！～」2009
• The Short Films: We Were All Once Children2008
• Welcome to the Quiet Room2007 · as Tetsuo Yakihata
• The Sword of Alexander2007 · as Sasuke
• Tekkonkinkreet2006 · as Sawada (voice)
• Memories of Matsuko2006 · as Tetsuya Yamekawa
• A Heartful of Love2005 · as Mitsuo Usui
• Crying Out Love in the Center of the World2004 · as Ryunosuke Oki
• Fukumimi2003
• Thirteen Steps2003 · as Toru Kihara
• Rock'n'Roll Mishin2002
• The Labor Cop2002
• Kirei kamisama to machiawase shita on'na2001
• エロスの果て2001
• Bayside Shakedown: Autumn Campaign for Crime Eradication1998 · as Ikuo Kashiwada
• Kids Return1996 · as High School Student
• A New Love in Tokyo1994 · as Hideo Nagai
• 愛が世界を救います—

All TV Shows (23)

• Because We Forget Everything2022
• 獣道一直線！！！2020
• 劇場の灯を消すな！本多劇場編2020
• Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku2020 · as Murata
• 遠藤憲一と宮藤官九郎の勉強させていただきます2018
• Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~2016
• Villiany Ganbo2014 · as Iyataro Toyotomi
• 大人計画「ウェルカム・ニッポン」2012
• 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」2011
• 大人計画「母を逃がす」2010
• 大人計画「サッちゃんの明日」2009
• 少年メリケンサックを探せ!!!2008
• 大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．１０「ウーマンリブ先生」2006
• 大人計画「まとまったお金の唄」2006
• 大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．８「轟天ＶＳ港カヲル」2004
• Love & War of a Samurai2003
• 大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．７「熊沢パンキース０３」2003
• 大人計画「春子ブックセンター」2002
• California Dreamin'2002 · as Hajime Yamazaki
• 大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．６「キラークイーン６６６」2001
• 大人計画「エロスの果て」2001
• 大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．４「ウーマンリブ発射！」1999
• 大人計画「生きてるし死んでるし」1997