Tomorowo Taguchi
Biography
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.
Acting (230 movies)
MPD-PSYCHO/FAKE
2002
My Blood Bone
2001
Strange Circus
2005
The Eel
1997
Angel Dust
1994
Spirited Away: Live on Stage
2023
Gemini
1999
Dead or Alive 2: Birds
2000
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
2007
Brass Knuckle Boys
2009
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
1989
Full Metal Yakuza
1997
Tokyo Fist
1995
Guinea Pig Part 6: Android of Notre Dame
1989
Shinjuku Triad Society
1995
Cop Festival: New Beginning
2003
Ishoku Manga-shi 33-nen no Kiseki ~ Garo no Jidai o Yomu
1997
Gamera the Brave
2006
Tomie
1998
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5
2000
Love Hotel Night 2
1996
Drive
2002
Sway
2006
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer
1992
Love of Sawako
1990
Dr. Akagi
1998
Lie Lie Lie
1997
Reborn from Hell: Samurai Armageddon
1996
Vibrator
2003
Oshikiri
2000
The Adventure of Denchu-Kozo
1987
Prostitution Gang
1997
Until the Lights Come Back
2005
Who's Camus Anyway?
2005
Gantz: Perfect Answer
2011
Love Worker Sharaba Ya Ranko
1995
Primary Colour High School Girl Pink Picture Book
1990
White-Collar Worker Kintaro
1999
The Young Blood Typhoon
1995
The Defender
1997
How to Become Myself
2007
Kamachi
2004
Black Night
2006
Undo
1994
A Man with Style
2011
The Phantom of Regular Size
1986
Unlucky Monkey
1998
Wandering Brain
1993
Doing Time
2002
Dangan Runner
1996
A New Love in Tokyo
1994
Tokyo Mafia: Battle for Shinjuku
1996
My Little Monster
2018
Heartbreak Angels
1990
Half End
2018
Odd Final
2018
The Samurai That Night
2012
SOUL TRAIN
2006
River
2011
The Drudgery Train
2012
Prisoner/Terrorist
2007
#HandballStrive
2020
Reborn from Hell II: Jubei's Revenge
1996
Super-Coming
1995
Kiriko, A Woman Who Loved the Gangsters
1993
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
1999
Love Life
2022
Detective in the Bar 2
2013
Hijacked Youth – Dare To Stop Us 2
2024
Owl
2003
Too Young To Die!
2016
Puru Puru Angelic Holiday
1993
Kuma-chan
1993
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
2008
The Line
1999
Monsterz
2014
Kamen Rider: THE NEXT
2007
I Don't Have a Grave!
1998
You've Got A Friend
2022
Jorogumo
2000
Kawaki no machi
1997
YOYOCHU in the Land of the Rising Sex
2011
Fried Dragon Fish
1993
L'amant
2004
Girlfriend: Someone Please Stop the World
2004
Barber's Sorrow
2002
Aiki
2002
Hydra
2019
The Egoists
2011
Abnormal People: Three Legendary Rainbow Brothers
1993
Tokyo Fair Weather
1997
Tadon and Chikuwa
1998
Nobody's Perfect
2013
You Alone Can't See
1998
The Many Faces of Ito
2018
Spring Snow
2005
Swallowtail Butterfly
1996
Kamikaze Taxi
1995
Angel's Share
1995
A Road Stained Crimson
2012
Directing (3 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Piece of Cake | 2015 | Writer |