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



