Kankuro Kudo

Kankuro Kudo

Born: July 19, 1970
in Miyagi, Japan
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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Mom, Is That You?!
Title: Mom, Is That You?!
Released: September 1, 2023
Type: Movie
Akio Kanzaki’s job as head of human resources is wearing his nerves thinner and thinner. To make matters worse, he’s on the brink of divorce with his wife, and his relationship with his college-student daughter isn’t exactly smooth sailing. One day, he decides to drop in to Tokyo’s old-timey district to visit his mother Fukue. However, things seem a little off. His mother used to be always working with an apron on, but now she’s covered in stylish clothes, looking livelier than ever, and even in love! Akio becomes perplexed, feeling out of place in his own mother’s home, but after encountering kind, warm—and almost nosey—neighbors and a side of his mother he’d never seen before, Akio gradually starts to discover something he had lost sight of.
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The Dry Spell
Title: The Dry Spell
Character: Fushimi
Released: June 2, 2023
Type: Movie
The story takes place during a summer of continuous sunshine when water supply restrictions are issued in the city. Shunsaku Iwakiri works for the city's water department and his job is to visit homes and stores that are behind on their bills and either collect the money or shut off the water supply (water suspension enforcement). Shunsaku is separated from his wife and children, and his heart grows thirsty as he spends his days visiting poor households and being abhorred. One day, during a water shutoff, Shunsaku meets two young sisters who have been neglected. He sees them as his own children and offers them a helping hand.
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Woman’s Lib Vol. 15 ”Mo Gaman Dekinai”
Title: Woman’s Lib Vol. 15 ”Mo Gaman Dekinai”
Released: April 14, 2023
Type: Movie
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Ichikei's Crow The Movie
Title: Ichikei's Crow The Movie
Released: January 13, 2023
Type: Movie
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Title: Because We Forget Everything
Released: September 14, 2022
Type: TV
M, a mystery writer, has a girlfriend of five years named F, who disappeared on Halloween night. When a woman comes and claims to be her sister, M begins the search for his girlfriend. Along the way, the people he meets describe a woman very unlike the F he knew.
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Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
Title: Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
Character: Loneliness 3
Released: July 15, 2021
Type: Movie
In 1964, Momoko came by herself to Tokyo from her hometown. She met Shūzō and married him. They raised two children together, but Shūzō suddenly passes away. Momoko is dumbfounded by being alone again. She begins to go to the library and borrows books. This changes her life.
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Title: 獣道一直線!!!
Released: October 15, 2020
Type: TV
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Title: 劇場の灯を消すな!本多劇場編
Released: September 26, 2020
Type: TV
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大人計画ウーマンリブvol.14「もうがまんできない」
Title: 大人計画ウーマンリブvol.14「もうがまんできない」
Released: April 2, 2020
Type: Movie
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Title: Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
Character: Murata
Released: January 11, 2020
Type: TV
A slice of life comedy where Furutachi Kanji and Takito Kenichi play poor brothers Ichiro and Jiro respectively. Older one (Ichiro) is very serious while the younger one (Jiro) is trying to start rental father/uncle service and they have to deal with issues from their clients.
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Title: 遠藤憲一と宮藤官九郎の勉強させていただきます
Released: November 12, 2018
Type: TV
An unprecedented program in which Kenichi Endo, an actor who is active on the front lines as a famous by-player, and Kankuro Miyato, a scriptwriter who has worked on numerous movies, dramas, and stages, study "making the roles of famous actors". Broadcast. A one-situation drama written by Miyato and starring Endo. I thought that the shooting of the drama was completed safely, but due to a trouble, I decided to retake it. Instead of the co-star who has returned, a famous actor who was present at the scene will appear in a hurry. What kind of change will be made by different actors playing the same role in the same story? ??
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Dear Etranger
Title: Dear Etranger
Character: Sawada
Released: August 26, 2017
Type: Movie
Makoto Tanaka is 40-years-old and has remarried. His wife is Nanae and they care for 2 daughters from Nanae's prior marriage. Makoto tries to have an ordinary family. Nanae then becomes pregnant. Afterwards, things begin to change among the family members.
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My Uncle
Title: My Uncle
Character: Sadao Haruyama
Released: November 3, 2016
Type: Movie
Yukio Haruyama is an elementary school student. He has an uncle that teaches philosophy part-time at an university. His uncle leeches off his family. The uncle then goes on a blind date and falls in love with beautiful Eri Inaba. She is a fourth generation Japanese living in Hawaii. Sometime later, Eri goes back to Hawaii to take over a coffee farm left behind by her recently deceased grandmother. Yukio and his uncle travel to Hawaii to see Eri.
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Title: Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~
Released: October 22, 2016
Type: TV
Yuri Ishikawa and her team try to crack unresolved cold cases in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
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Gamera
Title: Gamera
Character: Manafu's father
Released: October 8, 2015
Type: Movie
GAMERA is a kaiju short film first released as a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Gamera's debut film.
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Bakuman
Title: Bakuman
Character: Taro Kawaguchi
Released: October 3, 2015
Type: Movie
Moritaka Mashiro doesn't want to follow in the path of his uncle who worked as a manga artist, but ultimately died because of exhaustion. Moritaka Mashiro figures he will graduate from school and work at an office. Things change though when falls in love with a girl at school. The girl, who hopes to become a voice actress, tells Moritaka they can marry, but only after they both achieve their dreams. Moritaka then teams up with fellow classmate Akito Takagi to publish their first manga.
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Piece of Cake
Title: Piece of Cake
Character: Manager of Asagaya Loft (cameo)
Released: September 5, 2015
Type: Movie
Shino Umemiya readily dates guys interested in her, because she believes that's better than being alone. She breaks up with her violent boyfriend after he discovered that she cheated on him. She moves to a new area to get a fresh new start on her life. There, Shino Umemiya meets her neighbor Kyoshiro Sugahara. He is also her manager at her new job. Shino Umemiya becomes interested in him, but he lives with mysterious woman Akari.
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Title: Villiany Ganbo
Character: Iyataro Toyotomi
Released: April 14, 2014
Type: TV
When Kanzaki Kaoru was young, her mother operated an Okonomiyaki restaurant. However, in just a day, her entire life as she knew it turned upside down. Her mother was declared a bankrupt, and they were plunged into a life of poverty. Moving from place to place, Kaoru started working the minute she graduated from middle high school. By scrimping and saving, today, Kaoru finally has 1 million yen in her savings account. Since she understood fully what it felt like to be poor, Kaoru lends her money to her colleague who is in financial trouble. She finds herself moneyless again, and under strange circumstances, she comes to know of someone who works for the company "Koshimizu Consultant"... and thus begins her journey into a world where betrayals are the norm, and everyone is trying to outwit the other; a world full of sly and cunning people. With her indomitable spirit, Kaoru claws her way.
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Title: 大人計画「ウェルカム・ニッポン」
Released: March 28, 2012
Type: TV
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Title: 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」
Released: June 10, 2011
Type: TV
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Title: 大人計画「母を逃がす」
Released: December 1, 2010
Type: TV
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The Wife of Gegege
Title: The Wife of Gegege
Character: Shigeru Mura
Released: November 20, 2010
Type: Movie
A woman from rural Japan marries a struggling cartoonist in Tokyo. Their life is difficult before he finds success, but at least they're together.
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Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose
Title: Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose
Character: Ikuo Kashiwada (credit only)
Released: July 3, 2010
Type: Movie
After Detective Shunsaku Aoshima is promoted to section chief he has the daunting task of dealing with eight cases at the same time, which includes a murder case, bomb threat, and a bus hijacking. Complications also arise between Detective Aoshima and his juniors.
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The Tragedy of W
Title: The Tragedy of W
Released: January 11, 2010
Type: Movie
The lakeside at Lake Yamanaka is covered with snow. In the vacation house in such a quiet area owned by the chairman of Watsuji Seiyaku, one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in Japan, the tragedy suddenly breaks out. ”I have killed my granduncle!!” says Mako, who is loved by everybody in the Watsuji family. She has stabbed her granduncle, Yohei, to death. Soon after the domestic homicide, the entire family joining together in an attempt to make it look like a crime committed by somebody outside the family, begins to engage in imitative deception...
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SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
Title: SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
Released: November 6, 2009
Type: Movie
Documentary on the life of actor Yusaku Matsuda. This is a documentary film produced on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the birth of actor Yusaku Matsuda and the 20th anniversary of his death . It is composed of newly shot interviews as well as real voice interviews and treasured videos that were not officially revealed until now.
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Title: 大人計画「サッちゃんの明日」
Released: October 3, 2009
Type: TV
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Instant Swamp
Title: Instant Swamp
Character: Detective Sawaragi
Released: May 23, 2009
Type: Movie
A woman finds out her father is not her real one after her mother falls into a coma while searching for a mythical creature. She decides to meet her real father who happens to be an off-beat antique shopkeeper.
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The Short Films Everyone started out as a child
Title: The Short Films Everyone started out as a child
Released: December 23, 2008
Type: Movie
A dream collaboration between five directors who represent the modern Japanese film industry! An omnibus work composed of five short films has been created. "The Short Films: We all started as children." The theme that runs through the five short films is "children." The styles vary from period dramas to contemporary daily life scenes, but all of the works highlight the dreams of children, who are entrusted with Japan's future, as well as the issues facing the social system surrounding children. ©ABC Television
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Title: 少年メリケンサックを探せ!!!
Released: December 7, 2008
Type: TV
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Welcome to the Quiet Room
Title: Welcome to the Quiet Room
Character: Tetsuo Yakihata
Released: October 20, 2007
Type: Movie
28 year old freelance writer Sakura Asuka wakes up tied in a white room. The white room is a protected room located in an isolated ward of a psychiatric hospital. Sakura first became unconscious because of heavy alcohol use and a druge overdose. She’s confined in the single room because of her high risk of committing suicide. Sakura tried to talk to the nurses and doctors but they didn’t listen to her. Under the circumstances another patient Miki, who suffers from an eating disorder, leads her to understand the unknown world. But, Sakura is looking for the way to get back to the real world as soon as possible.
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The Sword of Alexander
Title: The Sword of Alexander
Character: Sasuke
Released: April 7, 2007
Type: Movie
Orichalcum is a mystical metal material that gives great powers to the life form that possesses it. Many Eons ago, the Orichalcum was split into three and landed on Earth. The metal then took the form of three relics: Skanda’s Vajra, Jew’s Cross, and the Sword of Alexander. Anyone able to re-unite these three Orichalcum relics would then obtain the powers of a God. Now two rival aliens are in a heated race to reunite the Orichalcum. They land in Edo era Tokyo where the relics are thought to exist.
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Title: 大人計画ウーマンリブvol.10「ウーマンリブ先生」
Released: November 11, 2006
Type: TV
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Tekkonkinkreet
Title: Tekkonkinkreet
Character: Sawada (voice)
Released: October 21, 2006
Type: Movie
Two penniless orphans, Black and White, struggle to survive on the mean streets of Treasure Town. When a megacorporation threatens to tear down the town to build an amusement park, Black and White engage in the fight of their life.
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Memories of Matsuko
Title: Memories of Matsuko
Character: Tetsuya Yamekawa
Released: May 27, 2006
Type: Movie
While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko's life into a despairing tragedy.
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Title: 大人計画「まとまったお金の唄」
Released: May 14, 2006
Type: TV
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A Heartful of Love
Title: A Heartful of Love
Character: Mitsuo Usui
Released: October 8, 2005
Type: Movie
Hiroshi, a 30 year-old businessman, has traveled back in time 20 years. He encounters Kazumi, a young woman who was gravely ill. Hiroshi regarded this as an opportunity to help the young woman from his past, the memory of whom he had always cherished.
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Title: 大人計画ウーマンリブvol.8「轟天VS港カヲル」
Released: September 8, 2004
Type: TV
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Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
Title: Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
Character: Ryunosuke Oki
Released: May 8, 2004
Type: Movie
While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.
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Fukumimi
Title: Fukumimi
Released: September 13, 2003
Type: Movie
29-year-old Satonaka Takashi (Kudo Kankuro) is a freelancer. He falls in love at first sight with Satoru Nobunaga (Shiho Takano), who was a nurse at his previous hospitalization. He half stalks her and ends up working at the "Time Machine" restaurant in Tokyo Patio, an apartment complex for the elderly in Asakusa. On his first day of work, Takashi is approached at the entrance by a strange old man (Kunie Tanaka). However, he is told that the old man, Fujiwara Fujiro, is already dead. Fujiro, unable to give up his feelings for Chidori Kanzaki (Yoko Tsukasa), whom he loved before her death, possesses Takashi and uses his body to fulfill his feelings for her. Possessed by Fujirou, Takashi tries somehow to get rid of the spirit, but without success. However, when Fujirou discovers his feelings for Saiya, Takashi is helped by Fujirou, who has a wealth of knowledge and experience due to his age, and finally decides to allow Saiya to live with him in his body...
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Title: 大人計画ウーマンリブvol.7「熊沢パンキース03」
Released: July 30, 2003
Type: TV
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Thirteen Steps
Title: Thirteen Steps
Character: Toru Kihara
Released: February 8, 2003
Type: Movie
A released inmate is hired to solve a murder case.
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Rock'n'Roll Mishin
Title: Rock'n'Roll Mishin
Released: September 28, 2002
Type: Movie
Kenji has a dull life. He is unmotivated at the office, and unable to break off a lukewarm relationship with his girlfriend. Then, he meets an old classmate from high school, Ryoichi. Ryoichi says he's starting up a clothing brand with a group of friends. One day, Kenji visits their atelier, or workplace, and is fascinated by the sense of freedom that they share. As his relationship with them deepens, Kenji finds it harder and harder to accept the old world he comes from. One day, he punches his boss and quits his job. Now a proper member of Ryoichi's team, it's the start of a new and carefree life for him. However, it is short-lived. The clothes they make do not sell as well as they hoped for. Short on cash, energy, and ideas, the negative feedback loop forces each of them to start struggling in a search for alternative paths.
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Title: 大人計画「春子ブックセンター」
Released: May 15, 2002
Type: TV
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The Labor Cop
Title: The Labor Cop
Released: April 27, 2002
Type: Movie
Due to the effect of the prolonged great depression, finally even the police have to introduce a part-time job system for its employees. Although his main job is a steeplejack, one man is also employed as a day-laborer detective. He spends his days waiting for an incident to occur so he will be called in to investigate. On the other hand, Yasu is not only a graduate of The University of Tokyo with a successful IT business, he is also member of the Nagasaka yakuza clan. Moreover, he is a favorite of the clan leader.
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Title: California Dreamin'
Released: April 12, 2002
Type: TV
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Title: 大人計画ウーマンリブvol.6「キラークイーン666」
Released: October 19, 2001
Type: TV
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エロスの果て
Title: エロスの果て
Released: March 14, 2001
Type: Movie
A boy genius named "Kadokawa" invents the ultimate anesthetic for SM play. Kadokawa's madness is turned into reality by his childhood friends Oyamada and Saigo. "A near-future science fiction work that will burn out the "endless everyday life.
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Title: 大人計画「エロスの果て」
Released: March 14, 2001
Type: TV
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Title: 大人計画ウーマンリブvol.4「ウーマンリブ発射!」
Released: October 27, 1999
Type: TV
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Bayside Shakedown: Autumn Campaign for Crime Eradication
Title: Bayside Shakedown: Autumn Campaign for Crime Eradication
Character: Ikuo Kashiwada
Released: October 6, 1998
Type: Movie
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Title: 大人計画「生きてるし死んでるし」
Released: December 17, 1997
Type: TV
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Kids Return
Title: Kids Return
Character: High School Student
Released: July 27, 1996
Type: Movie
Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.
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A New Love in Tokyo
Title: A New Love in Tokyo
Character: Hideo Nagai
Released: December 17, 1994
Type: Movie
A look a the lives of two sex workers in Tokyo: Rei, who works as an S&M dominatrix, and Ayumi, in the more straightforward profession of call girl. In addition to their working life, the film also looks at their private lives. Rei is acting in an amateur theatre company along with the receptionist from Ayumi's escort service, while Ayumi is living with her student-boyfriend as he struggles to finally get accepted to college.
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愛が世界を救います
Title: 愛が世界を救います
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie