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
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Movies (30)
Street Kingdom: Make your own sound.
Screenplay (Writing)
2026
Extremely Inappropriate! New Years Special
Screenplay (Writing)
2026
Seaside Serendipity
as Goro
2025
大人計画 平凡パンチライン「Wife is miracle～世界で一番アツい嫁～」
Writer (Writing)
2025
The Brightest Sun
2025
Sunset Sunrise
Writer (Writing)
2025
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
The Last Town We Saw
Screenplay (Writing)
2024
唐茄子屋 不思議国之若旦那
Writer (Writing)
2024
We're Millennials. Got a problem?: The Movie
Writer (Writing)
2023
Mom, Is That You?!
as Tomiyuki Kibe
2023
One Second Ahead, One Second Behind
Screenplay (Writing)
2023
The Dry Spell
as Fushimi
2023
Woman’s Lib Vol. 15 ”Mo Gaman Dekinai”
2023
Ichikei's Crow The Movie
2023
Ichigeki
Screenplay (Writing)
2023
The Mole Song: Final
Writer (Writing)
2021
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
as Loneliness 3
2021
大人計画ウーマンリブvol.14「もうがまんできない」
2020
Punk Samurai Slash Down
Writer (Writing)
2018
Dear Etranger
as Sawada
2017
The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio
Writer (Writing)
2016
My Uncle
as Sadao Haruyama
2016
Too Young To Die!
Director (Directing)
2016
Gamera
as Manafu's father
2015
Bakuman
as Taro Kawaguchi
2015
Piece of Cake
as Manager of Asagaya Loft (cameo)
2015
The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji
Screenplay (Writing)
2013
The Apology King
Screenplay (Writing)
2013
Maruyama, the Middle Schooler
Screenplay (Writing)
2013
TV Shows (20)
The Laughing Salesman
Screenplay (Writing)
2025
Shinjuku Field Hospital
Writer (Writing)
2024
Extremely Inappropriate!
Screenplay (Writing)
2024
A Town Without Seasons
Producer (Production)
2023
Let's Get Divorced
Writer (Writing)
2023
Because We Forget Everything
2022
Story of My Family!!!
Writer (Writing)
2021
獣道一直線！！！
2020
劇場の灯を消すな！本多劇場編
2020
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
as Murata
2020
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
Writer (Writing)
2019
遠藤憲一と宮藤官九郎の勉強させていただきます
2018
Prison Princesses
Writer (Writing)
2017
Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~
2016
We're Millennials. Got a Problem?
Teleplay (Writing)
2016
Saving My Stupid Youth
Writer (Writing)
2014
Villiany Ganbo
as Iyataro Toyotomi
2014
Manju Kowai
Writer (Writing)
2014
Washimo
Writer (Writing)
2014
Amachan
Writer (Writing)
2013