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

Bayside Shakedown: Autumn Campaign for Crime Eradication

Crying Out Love in the Center of the World

A Heartful of Love

Dear Etranger

Gamera

Memories of Matsuko

Acting

2002

Rock'n'Roll Mishin

as

2003

Fukumimi

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2001

エロスの果て

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愛が世界を救います

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1994

A New Love in Tokyo

as

Hideo Nagai

2023

Mom, Is That You?!

as

Tomiyuki Kibe

2020

大人計画ウーマンリブvol.14「もうがまんできない」

as

1998

Bayside Shakedown: Autumn Campaign for Crime Eradication

as

Ikuo Kashiwada

2023

The Dry Spell

as

Fushimi

2010

Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose

as

Ikuo Kashiwada (credit only)

2023

Woman’s Lib Vol. 15 ”Mo Gaman Dekinai”

as

2023

Ichikei's Crow The Movie

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2009

SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda

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2008

The Short Films Everyone started out as a child

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2003

Thirteen Steps

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Toru Kihara

2007

Welcome to the Quiet Room

as

Tetsuo Yakihata

2009

Instant Swamp

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Detective Sawaragi

2016

My Uncle

as

Sadao Haruyama

2007

The Sword of Alexander

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Sasuke

2004

Crying Out Love in the Center of the World

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Ryunosuke Oki

2006

Tekkonkinkreet

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Sawada (voice)

2015

Bakuman

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Taro Kawaguchi

2015

Piece of Cake

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Manager of Asagaya Loft (cameo)

2005

A Heartful of Love

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Mitsuo Usui

2017

Dear Etranger

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Sawada

2010

The Wife of Gegege

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Shigeru Mura

2010

The Tragedy of W

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2015

Gamera

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Manafu's father

2006

Memories of Matsuko

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Tetsuya Yamekawa

2002

The Labor Cop

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1996

Kids Return

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High School Student

2021

Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone

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Loneliness 3

2001

Kirei kamisama to machiawase shita on'na

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2012

The Castle of Crossed Destinies

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2025

The Brightest Sun

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2025

Seaside Serendipity

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Goro

2024

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」

as

大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．７「熊沢パンキース０３」

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大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．１０「ウーマンリブ先生」

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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」

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大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．８「轟天ＶＳ港カヲル」

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大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．４「ウーマンリブ発射！」

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大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．６「キラークイーン６６６」

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大人計画「生きてるし死んでるし」

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大人計画「春子ブックセンター」

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大人計画「エロスの果て」

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Villiany Ganbo

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Iyataro Toyotomi

大人計画「サッちゃんの明日」

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獣道一直線！！！

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大人計画「まとまったお金の唄」

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劇場の灯を消すな！本多劇場編

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大人計画「母を逃がす」

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大人計画「ウェルカム・ニッポン」

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California Dreamin'

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Hajime Yamazaki

Because We Forget Everything

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遠藤憲一と宮藤官九郎の勉強させていただきます

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少年メリケンサックを探せ!!!

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Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~

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Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku

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Murata

Love & War of a Samurai

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Production

A Town Without Seasons

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Crew

Directing

2020

大人計画ウーマンリブvol.14「もうがまんできない」

as

2003

Ikebukuro West Gate Park SP

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2010

Ooedo ribingu deddo

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2023

Woman’s Lib Vol. 15 ”Mo Gaman Dekinai”

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2005

Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims

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2009

Brass Knuckle Boys

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2016

Too Young To Die!

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2013

Maruyama, the Middle Schooler

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愛が世界を救います

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2024

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」

as

2024

唐茄子屋 不思議国之若旦那

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A Town Without Seasons

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Kisarazu Cat's Eye

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Detective Lovesick

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