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and member of the theater company ''Otona Keikaku''. He won the 'Best Screenplay' award at the

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for '' Go'', which explores problems faced by people of Korean-heritage living in Japan. He acted in ''

Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World is a 2001 Japanese melodrama novel, written by Kyoichi Katayama and published by Shogakukan, which revolves around narrator Sakutaro Matsumoto's recollections of a school classmate whom he once loved. It is also known as , which author Ka ...

'', and is also guitarist in the Japanese Comedy Rock Band

Group Tamashii is a Japanese comedy rock band. It was started by actors in a theatrical company called "Otona Keikaku" (Project Adult) in 1995. Its original members were Hakai ( Sadao Abe), Boudou (Kankuro Kudo), and Baito Kun (Seminosuke Murasugi). When it s ...

Selected filmography

Director

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Mayonaka no Yaji-san Kita-san is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Kudo Kankuro. The film stars several well-known and highly respected Japanese actors. The story follows two Edo-era gay men, Yaji Robei (Yaji) and Kita Hachi (Kita), on a pilgrimage to Ise Shrine. It is loo ...

'' (2005) *'' Shonen Merikensack'' (2008)

Writer (Movie Screenplays)

*'' Go'' (2001) *''

Ping Pong Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

'' (2002) *''

Drugstore Girl is a 2004 Japanese comedy film directed by the Japanese filmmaker Katsuhide Motoki about a young student who works in a convenience store, and five middle-aged men who develop crushes on her. The film is set in a rural town and features lacro ...

'' (2003) *'' Iden & Tity'' (2003) *'' Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Japan Series'' (2003) *'' 69'' (2004) *''

Zebraman is a 2004 Japanese tokusatsu action comedy superhero film directed by Takashi Miike, written by Kankurō Kudō and stars Shō Aikawa as the main character, a superhero named "Zebraman". A 2010 sequel, titled '' Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City ...

'' (2004) *''

'' (2005) *'' Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series'' (2006) *''

Maiko Haaaan!!! is a Japanese comedy film released in 2007. Hitoshi Ueki made his final film appearance in the film. Plot Kimihiko Onizuka ( Sadao Abe) is a salaryman infatuated with maiko (apprentice geisha) and whose greatest goal in life is to play a party ga ...

'' (2007) *'' Shonen Merikensack'' (2008) *'' Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City'' (2010) *'' Too Young To Die! (2016)

Writer (Television)

* ''

Ikebukuro West Gate Park , usually referred to by its initials IWGP, is a series of urban mystery novels by Ira Ishida. It was adapted into a drama television series directed by Tsutsumi Yukihiko. The television drama then got a manga adaptation. An anime televisio ...

'' (2000) * '' Rocket Boy'' (2001) * ''

Kisarazu Cat's Eye is a Japanese comedy television show and movie series. To date, there have been two Kisarazu Cat's Eye movies: ''Kisarazu Cat's Eye Nihon Series'' (2003) and ''Kisarazu Cat's Eye World Series'' (2006). Synopsis The story follows a 21-year-old y ...

'' (2002) * ''

Manhattan Love Story ''Manhattan Love Story'' is an American romantic comedy television series created by Jeff Lowell, who also served as an executive producer alongside Peter Traugott, Robin Schwartz, Rachel Kaplan, and Jon Liebman for ABC Studios. The series aired ...

'' (2003) * '' Boku no Mahōtsukai'' (2003) * '' Tiger and Dragon'' (2005) * '' Wagahai wa Shufu de aru'' (2006) * ''

Ryūsei no Kizuna is a detective novel by Keigo Higashino. It was serialized in Weekly Gendai from 16 September 2006 to 15 September 2007 and was published into one ''tankōbon'' volume by Kodansha on 5 March 2008. The novel was published in paperback format b ...

'' (2008) * ''

Amachan is a Japanese television drama series. It debuted on April 1, 2013, and was broadcast until September 28, 2013. It was scripted by Kankurō Kudō and starred Rena Nōnen as Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo who moves to the Sanriku Coast i ...

'' (2013) * ''

Gomen ne Seishun! , also known as ''Saving My Stupid Youth'', is a Japanese television drama written by Kankuro Kudo. The series was broadcast by TBS from 12 October to 21 December 2014. Plot Heisuke Hara ( Ryo Nishikido) teaches at his alma mater, an all-boys ...

'' (2014) * ''Kangoku no Ohimesama'' (2017) * '' Idaten'' (2019)

Actor

* ''13 Kaidan'' (2003) * ''Fukumimi'' (2003) * ''

'' (Directed by

Yukisada Isao is a Japanese film director from Kumamoto. He served as assistant director on Shunji Iwai's ''Love Letter (1995 film), Love Letter'', ''April Story'', and ''Swallowtail Butterfly (film), Swallowtail Butterfly''. Filmography Director * ''Open Ho ...

) (2004) * ''Kono Mune Ippai no Ai o'' (Directed by

Akihiko Shiota (born 11 September 1961, Maizuru, Kyoto) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Career Shiota attended Rikkyo University, where he was in a film club with other students such as Makoto Shinozaki and Shinji Aoyama and began making 8mm fil ...

) (2005) * ''

Memories of Matsuko is a 2006 Japanese musical film written and directed by Tetsuya Nakashima. It is based on a Japanese novel by Muneki Yamada. It has not yet received North American distribution, though in its North American premiere at the 2007 New York Asian Fi ...

'' (Directed by

Tetsuya Nakashima Tetsuya Nakashima (中島哲也) (born 1959) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He was born in Fukuoka, attending high school in Chikushino. His 2010 film '' Confessions'' was awarded Best Picture at the Japanese Academy Awards, where ...

) (2006) * ''

Tekkon Kinkreet , also known as ''Black & White'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Taiyō Matsumoto, originally serialized from 1993 to 1994 in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Big Comic Spirits''. The story takes place in th ...

'' oice(Directed by

Michael Arias Michael Arias (born 1968) is an American-born filmmaker active primarily in Japan. Though Arias has worked variously as visual effects artist, animation software developer, and producer, he is best known for his directorial debut, the anime f ...

) (2006) * ''

Taitei no Ken (aka: The Sword of Alexander) is a series of novels by Baku Yumemakura. They blend samurai action with sci-fi elements. The first novel was adapted into a 2007 movie directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi. Cast * Hiroshi Abe as Yorozu Genkurou *Kyōko H ...

'' (Directed by

Yukihiko Tsutsumi is a Japanese television and film director. He began directing commercials and music promotion videos as an employee of Nihon Television. After spending time abroad, he returned and started his own production company, ''Office Crescendo'', from w ...

) (2007) * ''

Welcome to the Quiet Room is a Japanese comedy-drama released in 2007 in Japan, directed by Suzuki Matsuo. It stars Yuki Uchida in the main role, and features two famous movie and anime directors in secondary roles: Hideaki Anno and Shinya Tsukamoto. Plot A patient wa ...

'' (Directed by Suzuki Matsuo) (2007) * ''

Mōryō no Hako is a Japanese novel by Natsuhiko Kyogoku. It is the second novel in the ''Kyōgokudō'' series that began with ''Summer of the Ubume''. The novel has been turned into a live action feature film, a manga, and an anime television series. S ...

'' (Directed by

Masato Harada is a Japanese film director, film critic, and sometimes an actor; he is best known to foreign audiences as Omura in ''The Last Samurai'' and as Mr Mita in ''Fearless''. In both his acting roles he portrayed the villain who wants Japan to westerni ...

) (2007) * ''

GeGeGe no Nyōbō is an autobiography written by Nunoe Mura and published in 2008. It details her life as the wife of the manga artist Shigeru Mizuki, especially their struggles against poverty before he became successful. It has sold over 500,000 copies. In 20 ...

'' (2010) * '' Piece of Cake'' (2015) * ''Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone'' (2020) * ''Because We Forget Everything'' (2022) * ''Ichikei's Crow: The Movie'' (2023)

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* 1970 births Living people Japanese male actors Japanese screenwriters {{Japan-film-bio-stub