Acting
Min Tanaka
Born 1945-03-10
Tokyo, Japan
Department: Acting
Biography
Min Tanaka is a Japanese actor and dancer. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 26th Japan Academy Prize for The Twilight Samurai.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Min Tanaka
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47 Ronin
2013
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Perfect Days
2023
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The Outsider
2018
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Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
2014
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Blade of the Immortal
2017
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Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
2014
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Great Performances
1971
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Tekkonkinkreet
2006
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The Twilight Samurai
2002
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Children of the Sea
2019
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (79 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Godzilla Minus Zero | Kanji Murakami | Movie | 2026 |
 | A Pint of Ink | Himself | Movie | 2026 |
 | Sheep in the Box | Akio Yamagata | Movie | 2026 |
 | History's Greatest Warriors | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2026 |
 | Ryuichi Sakamoto: Diaries | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2025 |
 | The 19th Medical Chart | Noboru Akaike | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Kokuho | Mangiku Onogawa | Movie | 2025 |
 | Black Ox | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2024 |
 | The Real You | Wakamatsu | Movie | 2024 |
 | Who Were We? | [Facility director] | Movie | 2024 |
 | House of the Owl | Ryutaro 'The Owl' Ogami | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Ryuichi Sakamoto's Last Days | Narrator | Movie | 2024 |
 | Perfect Days | Homeless | Movie | 2023 |
 | Some Body Comes Into the Light | Dancer | Movie | 2023 |
 | Mom, Is That You?! | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2023 |
 | Barakamon | Ryuunosuke Yagami | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Father of the Milky Way Railroad | Miyazawa Kisuke | Movie | 2023 |
 | Amnesiac Love | Takashima Yajuro | Movie | 2022 |
 | Ghost Book | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2022 |
 | GAME OF SPY | Naoto Kaizaki | TV Series | 2022 |
 | The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2022 |
 | The Unnameable Dance | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2022 |
 | HOKUSAI | Hokusai Katsushika (old) | Movie | 2021 |
 | A Morning of Farewell | Tatsuro Shiraishi | Movie | 2021 |
 | The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2021 |
 | SPECサーガ黎明編『Knockin'on 冷泉's SPEC Door』～絶対預言者 冷泉俊明が守りたかった幸福の欠片～ | Rōjin | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Forgery It's tough being a man | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Four Women Living in That House | 山田一郎 | Movie | 2019 |
 | The Great War of Archimedes | Tadamichi Hirayama | Movie | 2019 |
 | Children of the Sea | Jimu (voice) | Movie | 2019 |
 | Ninomiya Kinjirou | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2019 |
 | Svaha: The Sixth Finger | Nechoong Tenpa | Movie | 2019 |
 | The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps | Tatsuo Harima | Movie | 2018 |
 | Miracles | Yoshitaka Aikawa | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Modest Heroes | Blind Man (voice) | Movie | 2018 |
 | Vision | Minamoto | Movie | 2018 |
 | The Outsider | Akihiro | Movie | 2018 |
 | The Scythian Lamb | Katsumi Ōno | Movie | 2018 |
 | Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura | Binbogami | Movie | 2017 |
 | Goodbye Newspaper | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Blade of the Immortal | Kagimura Habaki | Movie | 2017 |
 | A Life: A Love | Okita Isshin | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Haruneko | Manager's Father | Movie | 2016 |
 | Onihei Crime Files: The Final Kohen - Unryu Ken | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2016 |
 | Fukuyadou Honpo: Kyoto Love Story | Oribe Kiyosaku | TV Series | 2016 |
| The Ark in the Mirage | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2016 | |
 | Love That Makes You Cry | Kenji Soda | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Summer on the Frontline: A Boy's Story | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2015 |
 | The God of Risk | Takao Sekiguchi | TV Series | 2015 |
 | To Give a Dream | President | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Mare | Okesaku Ganji | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Gu Gu the Cat | Homeless man | TV Series | 2014 |
| Gu Gu the Cat | Akama | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends | Kashiwazaki Nenji | Movie | 2014 |
 | Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno | Kashiwazaki Nenji | Movie | 2014 |
 | The Eternal Zero | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2013 |
 | Hajimari mo owari mo nai | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2013 |
 | 47 Ronin | Lord Asano | Movie | 2013 |
 | The Tale of Iya | Grandpa | Movie | 2013 |
 | My Wife is Ninja | Seizan | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Foreign Affairs Police: Don't be fooled by that man | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2012 |
 | Rebirth | Taki | Movie | 2011 |
 | Hokaibito: Ina no Seigetsu | Seigetsu Inoue | Movie | 2011 |
 | Ryōmaden | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Map of the Sounds of Tokyo | Narrator | Movie | 2009 |
 | Osamu Dazai Short Story Collection | Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Heaven's Door | Henmi | Movie | 2009 |
 | Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth | Yukio Katou | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Tekkonkinkreet | Suzuki (voice) | Movie | 2006 |
 | Riding the Metro | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2006 |
 | La Maison de Himiko | Himiko | Movie | 2005 |
 | The Hidden Blade | Kansai Toda | Movie | 2004 |
 | The Twilight Samurai | Zenemon Yogo | Movie | 2002 |
 | Mountain Stage | Self | Movie | 1993 |
 | Oedipus Rex | Dancer (Oedipus) | Movie | 1993 |
 | Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis | Himself | Movie | 1990 |
 | Min Tanaka à La Borde | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1986 |
| The Day Time Noon | Choreographer | Movie | 1986 | |
 | Great Performances | Oedipus Dancer | TV Series | 1971 |