Tomorowo Taguchi
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.
Known For
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- 2025 · Unreachable as Jiro Kayama
- 2024 · Aimitagai as
- 2024 · City of Desire No. 6 Trans Honor as
- 2024 · City of Desire No. 5 Drifting Dotonbori Kids as 杉山高志
- 2024 · 新プロジェクトX〜挑戦者たち〜 as
- 2024 · Hijacked Youth – Dare To Stop Us 2 as
- 2024 · House of Ninjas as Jin Hamashima
- 2023 · City of Desire No. 4 Outrageous and Dirty Social Network Money as
- 2023 · City of Desire No.2 - The Dark Fixer as
- 2023 · City of Desire No.1 - The Road to Retribution as
- 2023 · Sanctuary as
- 2023 · Spirited Away: Live on Stage as 锅炉爷爷
- 2022 · Love Life as Makoto Ōsawa
- 2022 · You've Got A Friend as
- 2021 · The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood as
- 2021 · Byplayers: 100 Days in the Forest of Supporting Actors as
- 2020 · Midnight Swan as Mama Yoko
- 2020 · Fukushima 50 as Kazuhiko Fukuhara
- 2020 · Fancy as
- 2020 · Alive: Dr. Kokoro, The Medical Oncologist as
- 2019 · The Witness as Yuichi Kimura
- 2019 · Parallel World Love Story as Sudo
- 2019 · Hydra as Teru Nakaya
- 2019 · In Hand as Hiroshi Yamazaki
- 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 Koike
- 2018 · Half End as
- 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 · Byplayers ~ What If 6 Supporting Actors Had a Houseshare as Himself
- 2016 · Too Young To Die! as Hato
- 2016 · Ame Onna as Rika's father
- 2016 · Hibana: Spark as
- 2014 · A Drop of the Grapevine as Asahi
- 2014 · The Vancouver Asahi as Tadaaki Matsuda
- 2014 · Monsterz as Mr. Kumoi
- 2014 · Rose Color's Buko as Gangster
- 2014 · The Long Goodbye as Haneoka
- 2014 · Botanical Life of Varendar as Verandar
- 2013 · RoomMate as
- 2013 · Disregarded People as President Maruyoshi
- 2013 · Detective in the Bar 2 as Matsuo
- 2013 · Maruyama, the Middle Schooler as Saito
- 2013 · AIBOU: X-DAY as
- 2013 · Nobody's Perfect as
- 2012 · 1+1=11 as
- 2012 · The Samurai That Night as Nobuo Hoshi
- 2012 · Fly with the Gold as Yamagishi
- 2012 · A Road Stained Crimson as
- 2012 · The Drudgery Train as Secondhand Bookstore Manager
- 2011 · QP as Hiko
- 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
- 2010 · Gantz as Yoshikazu Suzuki
- 2010 · Piecing Me Back Together as Keisuke Ogi
- 2010 · Shinigami no Yaiba as
- 2009 · Midnight Diner as Lyricist
- 2009 · April Bride as Okuno
- 2009 · Brass Knuckle Boys as Jimmy
- 2008 · Ain't No Tomorrows as Yoshida
- 2008 · Otokotachi no uta as
- 2008 · Climber's High as Enji Kishi
- 2008 · The Most Beautiful Night In The World as Kazuya Mizuno
- 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 · Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad as
- 2007 · Yakuza: Like a Dragon as Barber Owner
- 2007 · Prisoner/Terrorist as M
- 2007 · Haken no Hinkaku as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · Sea of Madness as
- 2006 · Gamera the Brave as Councilor Yoshimitsu Hitotsugi
- 2006 · M as Pimp
- 2006 · Sway as Judge
- 2006 · God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand as
- 2006 · It's Only Talk as K
- 2006 · Black Night as Dr. Kawai (segment "Dark Hole")
- 2006 · Haru, Bânîzu de as
- 2005 · Strange Circus as Taeko's Editor-in-Chief
- 2005 · Wolf Girl as
- 2005 · Until the Lights Come Back as Ryotaro Saeki
- 2005 · Who's Camus Anyway? as Oyama
- 2005 · Young Thugs: Malaysian Tiger as
- 2004 · A Blue Automobile as Record Store Boss
- 2004 · Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend Youkai Hel as
- 2004 · Kamachi as Sensei Komori
- 2004 · L'amant as A
- 2003 · Vibrator as Cop
- 2003 · Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend Banchou Soccer as
- 2003 · A Snake of June as Editor-in-Chief
- 2003 · Cop Festival: New Beginning as
- 2003 · Owl as
- 2002 · Barber's Sorrow as
- 2002 · 11 Minutes, 9 Seconds, 1 Image as Yukichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
- 2002 · Drive as
- 2002 · The Private Detective Mike as
- 2002 · Doing Time as Tanabe
- 2002 · Bastoni: The Stick Handlers as
- 2001 · My Blood Bone as
- 2001 · Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend EPISODE I as
- 2001 · man-hole as
- 2000 · Dead or Alive 2: Birds as
- 2000 · Chinpira as
- 2000 · Tokyo Trash Baby as
- 2000 · Jorogumo as
- 2000 · Senrigan as
- 2000 · Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5 as
- 2000 · Monday as Mitsuhiko Shima
- 2000 · PROJECT X 〜Challengers〜 as 語り
- 2000 · Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer as
- 1999 · Taboo as Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa
- 1999 · Dead or Alive as Afro Thug
- 1999 · White-Collar Worker Kintaro as Shibamata
- 1999 · Gemini as Middle-aged Patient
- 1999 · The Line as
- 1999 · The Night the Angel Turned Away as Tawada
- 1999 · Ley Lines as Chan
- 1999 · Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris as Doctor
- 1998 · Tadon and Chikuwa as
- 1998 · Bullet Ballet as Policeman
- 1998 · Scorpion: Double Venom as
- 1998 · Three Businessmen as Noodle Shop Waiter
- 1998 · Tomie as Detective Harada
- 1998 · A Giant Monster Appears in Tokyo as
- 1998 · Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 2 as Kôshichirô Urushido (as Tomoroo Taguchi)
- 1998 · You Alone Can't See as Kimura
- 1998 · Unlucky Monkey as Miyata
- 1998 · Andromedia as Goda
- 1998 · Sleepless Town as Kenji Tozawa
- 1998 · Dr. Akagi as Nosaka
- 1998 · Sada as Kin
- 1998 · I Don't Have a Grave! as Takagi Noboru
- 1997 · Full Metal Yakuza as Genpaku Hiraga
- 1997 · Tokyo Fair Weather as
- 1997 · The Things We Liked as
- 1997 · Postman Blues as Profiler
- 1997 · Rainy Dog as The Pursuer
- 1997 · The Towers of Musahino Line as
- 1997 · Ishoku Manga-shi 33-nen no Kiseki ~ Garo no Jidai o Yomu as Self
- 1997 · Time Leap as
- 1997 · The Eel as Eiji Dojima
- 1996 · Ignatius as
- 1996 · Dangan Runner as Shinkichi Yasuda
- 1996 · Tokyo Mafia: Battle for Shinjuku as Kikura
- 1996 · San-ban Tēburu no Kyaku as
- 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 Legion as Ishida
- 1996 · Midori as
- 1996 · A Fragile Heart as
- 1996 · Reborn from Hell: Samurai Armageddon as Shôsetsu Yui
- 1996 · Sadistic Song as
- 1996 · Ladies Max as
- 1995 · Goodbye for Tomorrow as Tetsu Sasayama
- 1995 · Shinjuku Triad Society as Wang
- 1995 · Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? as Yusuke's Father
- 1995 · Ring as Jotaro Nagao
- 1995 · Angel's Share as
- 1995 · Nozokiya as
- 1995 · Kamikaze Taxi as Chaplin
- 1995 · Love Letter as Female Itsuki's Father
- 1995 · Love Worker Sharaba Ya Ranko as
- 1995 · Forever with You as
- 1994 · Level as
- 1994 · N45゜ as Detective
- 1994 · Undo as Psychiatrist
- 1994 · Evil Dream as
- 1993 · Puru Puru Angelic Holiday as
- 1993 · A Night in Nude as Kenzo
- 1993 · Wandering Brain as
- 1993 · Maohgai as
- 1993 · The Tomb & the Divorce as Tokio
- 1993 · Kuma-chan as
- 1993 · My Beloved Ultraseven as Takano
- 1992 · All Night Long as Airline Manager
- 1992 · Tetsuo II: Body Hammer as Taniguchi Tomoo
- 1991 · New Pink Curtain as
- 1991 · I Hate You... Not as
- 1990 · Love of Sawako as Ichiro Tanaka
- 1990 · Psychic Theater Mr. Maric's Super Magic V as
- 1989 · Arietta as Red Saturn Club Manager
- 1989 · Tetsuo: The Iron Man as Salaryman
- 1987 · Robinson's Garden as Man wrestling with restaurant table
- 1986 · The Phantom of Regular Size as The Man
- Future · Byplayers: What If Supporting Actors Lived On a Deserted Island for a TV Tokyo Morning Drama? as
- 2025 · Welcome to the Village as
- 2023 · リムジン as
- 2023 · City of Desire No.3 - The Lizard of Minami as
- 2021 · The Door into Summer as Professor Toi
- 2021 · 名建築で昼食を スペシャル 横浜編 as
- 2020 · Meikenchiku de Chushoku wo as
- 2020 · Meikenchiku de Chushoku wo as Uekusa Chiaki
- 2020 · #HandballStrive as Masashi
- 2018 · Happy Go Lucky as
- 2018 · Odd Final as
- 2018 · The Many Faces of Ito as
- 2017 · Policeman and Me as Shuichi Yamamoto
- 2016 · ひと夏の隣人 as 鈴木次郎
- 2016 · 吉祥寺だけが住みたい街ですか? as Mikuriya Saburo
- 2016 · Artist of Fasting as Narration (voice)
- 2014 · Kabukicho Love Hotel as Masashi Kubota
- 2011 · Chivalrous Sinking as
- 2011 · YOYOCHU in the Land of the Rising Sex as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Household X as Kenichi Hashimoto
- 2009 · Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster as Shinto Priest
- 2007 · The Invitation from Cinema Orion as Yuji Miyoshi
- 2007 · Cain's Descendant as
- 2006 · Prisoners as Self
- 2006 · SOUL TRAIN as
- 2006 · Love Letter So-renka as Yui's father
- 2005 · Spring Snow as
- 2005 · Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Death Make as
- 2004 · Girlfriend: Someone Please Stop the World as Miho's father
- 2004 · 大人計画「ドライブイン カリフォルニア」 as
- 2004 · Mask de 41 as Tadao Kuramochi
- 2002 · Aiki as
- 2002 · MPD-PSYCHO/FAKE as
- 2002 · Young Thugs: EPISODE FINAL Stand By Me as
- 2002 · Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend EPISODE II From Russia With Love as
- 2000 · Oshikiri as
- 2000 · Kamome as Akitoshi Fukuma
- 1997 · Lie Lie Lie as Party Guest
- 1997 · Prostitution Gang as
- 1997 · The Defender as Edge
- 1997 · Kawaki no machi as
- 1996 · Fudoh: The New Generation as Dealer being shot in toilet
- 1996 · Love Hotel Night 2 as
- 1995 · Tokyo Fist as Tattoo Artist
- 1995 · Super-Coming as
- 1995 · The Young Blood Typhoon as
- 1995 · Lady Poison: Beasts of the Underground as Detective Kono
- 1994 · Pu as
- 1994 · A New Love in Tokyo as Man with a Knife
- 1994 · Angel Dust as Endo
- 1994 · At the Mercy of the Darkness as
- 1993 · Tokyo Blood as
- 1993 · Kiriko, A Woman Who Loved the Gangsters as
- 1993 · Fried Dragon Fish as Delta Works Japan Sales Manager
- 1993 · Abnormal People: Three Legendary Rainbow Brothers as
- 1992 · Kirai ja nai yo 2 as
- 1992 · New Joyful Embarrassing Story 2 as
- 1992 · New Joyful Embarrassing Story as
- 1991 · One-Room Story as
- 1991 · Her 3 - Kanojyo No Sanjyou as
- 1990 · Primary Colour High School Girl Pink Picture Book as
- 1990 · Heartbreak Angels as
- 1989 · tetsuo: the iron man FIRST CUT as Salaryman
- 1989 · Guinea Pig Part 6: Android of Notre Dame as
- 1988 · Pretty Body: Frankenstein's Love as
- 1987 · The Adventure of Denchu-Kozo as Hijikata
- 1984 · More and More Love as
- 1982 · Zokubutsu zukan as
- 1971 · Kamen Rider as Amadum