is a Japanese actor.
Personal life
Tanaka married actress
Yukie Nakama
is a Japanese actress, singer and former idol.
History Biography
She was born in Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan, into a fisherman's family, the youngest of five siblings.
At the start of her career she was a gravure idol and singer (her debut single ...
on September 18, 2014, after a six-year relationship.
Selected filmography
Film
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Get Up!'' (2003)
*''
One Missed Call One Missed Call may refer to:
* ''One Missed Call'' (2003 film), a Japanese horror film, followed by two sequels
* ''One Missed Call'' (2008 film), an American remake of the Japanese film
* ''One Missed Call'' (TV series), a Japanese television ...
'' (2004)
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Umizaru
is a manga series by Shūhō Satō which was serialized by Shogakukan in ''Weekly Young Sunday'' from 1998 to 2001. Yōichi Komori is credited with the original idea for the series, and he also did the research to make the series more a ...
'' (2004)
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69'' (2004)
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Veronika Decides to Die
''Veronika Decides to Die'' ( pt, Veronika Decide Morrer) is a novel by Paulo Coelho. It tells the story of Veronika, a 24-year-old Slovenian who appears to have everything in life going for her, but who decides to kill herself. This book is pa ...
'' (2005)
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Into a Dream
is a 2005 Japanese black comedy drama film written and directed by Sion Sono. It screened at the 2009 Hong Kong Asian Film Festival. The title comes from the 1973 single by Yosui Inoue.
Plot
The movie focuses on the misadventures of low-profil ...
'' (2005)
*''
Limit of Love: Umizaru'' (2005)
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Water Flower
is a Japanese film which was released on 5 August 2005.
Synopsis
Minako is a quiet junior high school student being raised by her overworked single father. This movie is a portrait of the relationship between Minako and Yu, Minako's younger half ...
'' (2006)
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I Just Didn't Do It
is a 2007 Japanese film directed by Masayuki Suo, starring Ryo Kase, Asaka Seto and Kōji Yakusho.
Plot
Based on a true story, the film is the story of a young man charged with groping on a train. Following the events depicted in the film, whic ...
'' (2007)
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Exte
is a 2007 Japanese horror film written and directed by Sion Sono, and stars Chiaki Kuriyama, Ren Osugi, and Megumi Satō. The title is a Japanese slang shortening Romanization of the English term "extension" from "hair extension".
The plot in ...
'' (2007)
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Sakigake!! Otokojuku
, also known as simply ''Otokojuku'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Miyashita. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1985 to 1991. It is staged in an all-boys school that ...
'' (2008)
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Happy Flight
is a Japanese comedy film directed by Shinobu Yaguchi about pilots and flight attendants. All Nippon Airways (ANA) backed the creation of the film. The airline sponsored a giveaway of ''Happy Flight'' DVDs and other items to certain members of ANA ...
'' (2008)
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Rebirth
Rebirth may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Film
* ''Rebirth'' (2011 film), a 2011 Japanese drama film
* ''Rebirth'' (2016 film), a 2016 American thriller film
* ''Rebirth'', a documentary film produced by Project Rebirth
* ''The Re ...
'' (2011), Takehiro Akiyama
*''
Outrage Beyond
is a 2012 Japanese yakuza film directed by Takeshi Kitano, starring Kitano (a.k.a. "Beat Takeshi"), Toshiyuki Nishida, and Tomokazu Miura. It is a sequel to Kitano's 2010 film '' Outrage'' and is followed by the 2017 film ''Outrage Coda''.
Pl ...
'' (2012), Funaki
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Midsummer's Equation
is a 2013 Japanese police procedural film directed by Hiroshi Nishitani.
Cast
* Masaharu Fukuyama as Manabu Yukawa
* Yuriko Yoshitaka as Misa Kishitani
* Kazuki Kitamura
* Anne Watanabe
* Gin Maeda
* Jun Fubuki
Reception
The film grossed () ...
'' (2013), Keiichi Esaki
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Like Father, like Son'' (2013)
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Flying Colors'' (2015), Sayaka's Father
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The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue'' (2017), Iwashita
*''Love At Least'' (2018)
*''Louder!: Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp'' (2018)
*''Ten Years Japan'' (2018)
*''The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps'' (2018), Dr. Shindō
*''Day and Night'' (2019), Ryohei Miyake
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The Journalist'' (2019), Tada
*''Stolen Identity 2'' (2020)
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Signal the Movie'' (2021)
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Ride or Die'' (2021)
*''Your Turn to Kill: The Movie'' (2021), Masakazu Minami
*''Tombi: Father and Son'' (2022)
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Shin Ultraman
is a 2022 Japanese superhero ''kaiju'' film directed by Shinji Higuchi and written, co-produced, and co-edited by Hideaki Anno. A reimagining of ''Ultraman'', the film is a co-production between Toho Studios and Cine Bazar, and presented b ...
'' (2022), Tatsuhiko Munakata
*''The Last 10 Years'' (2022), Dr. Hirata
*''Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final'' (2023), Katsutoshi Kajiyama
Television
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Sanbiki ga Kiru!
or ''Three for the Kill!'' is a group of seven television ''jidaigeki'' series broadcast by TV Asahi in Japan. The show aired in the Thursday evening eight o'clock time slot.
Characters
The title characters are three men who wander throughout Ja ...
'' (2002)
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Shinsengumi!
is a 2004 Taiga drama historical fiction television series produced by Japanese broadcaster NHK. It was a popular drama about the Shinsengumi, a Japanese special police force from the Bakumatsu period.
Actors include Koji Yamamoto, Tatsuya Fuj ...
'' (2004),
Matsumoto Ryōjun
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Himitsu no Hanazono
is a 2007 Japanese drama series by KTV, a Kansai-based affiliate of Fuji TV. The show is also known as ''The Secret Garden'' or ''Hanazono's Secret''. The theme song is "Baby Don't Cry" by Namie Amuro.
Plot
A 28-year-old magazine editor who ...
'' (2007)
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Last Friends
is a Japanese television drama which aired on Fuji TV at 10:00 pm every Thursday from April 10, 2008, until June 17, 2008. It stars Masami Nagasawa, Juri Ueno, Eita, Asami Mizukawa and Ryo Nishikido of japanese idol group Kanjani Eight. The s ...
'' (2008)
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Bloody Monday
Bloody Monday was a series of riots on August 6, 1855, in Louisville, Kentucky, an election day, when Protestant mobs attacked Irish and German Catholic neighborhoods. These riots grew out of the bitter rivalry between the Democrats and the Nat ...
'' (2008)
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Ryōmaden
is the 49th NHK Taiga drama. It was shown on NHK from January 3 to November 28, 2010, spanning 48 episodes. The story centers on the life of 19th-century Japanese historical figures Iwasaki Yatarō and Sakamoto Ryōma. It has been announced that ...
'' (2010) -
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Prince was the 15th and last ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. He was part of a movement which aimed to reform the aging shogunate, but was ultimately unsuccessful. He resigned of his position as shogun in late 1867, while aiming ...
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Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda
is 2011 Japanese television drama starring Yūji Oda who reprised his role as Kosaku Kuroda in this sequel to '' Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess'' (2009) with a
supporting cast led by Kou Shibasaki and Kaho. South Korean actor Lee Byung-hun ma ...
'' (2011), Kazuhiko Niida
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Penance
Penance is any act or a set of actions done out of Repentance (theology), repentance for Christian views on sin, sins committed, as well as an alternate name for the Catholic Church, Catholic, Lutheran, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox s ...
'' (2012)
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Gunshi Kanbei
is a 2014 Japanese historical drama television series and the 53rd NHK ''taiga'' drama. The series was broadcast from January 5 to December 21, 2014, and ran a total of 50 episodes. The drama depicts the life of Kuroda Kanbei (played by Junichi ...
'' (2014),
Araki Murashige
was a retainer of Ikeda Katsumasa, head of the powerful "Setssu-Ikeda clan" of Settsu Province. Under Katsumasa, Murashige sided with Oda Nobunaga following Nobunaga's successful campaign to establish power in Kyoto.
Military life
Murashige bec ...
*''
Bitter Blood'' (2014), Hisashi Koga
*''Emergency Interrogation Room'' (2014–2021), Katsutoshi Kajiyama
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*'']Love Song
A love song is a song about romantic love, falling in love, heartbreak after a breakup, and the feelings that these experiences bring. A comprehensive list of even the best known performers and composers of love songs would be a large order. ...
'' (2016), Taizō Masumura
*''Crisis'' (2017), Mitsunari Yoshinaga
*''Manpuku
, sometimes romanized as ''Mampuku'', is a Japanese television drama series and the 99th Asadora series, following ''Hanbun, Aoi''. It premiered on 1 October 2018, and concluded on 30 March 2019. The series is based on the lives of Momofuku Andō ...
'' (2019)
*''Two Homelands'' (2019), Orson Aikawa
*''Your Turn to Kill
is a Japanese TV drama series. It was created by NTV and broadcast on the NNS on "" every Sunday from April 14 to September 8, 2019 at 22:30-23:25 ( JST). The abbreviation is "''Anaban''".
has been released since December 10, 2021.
Cast
*Tomo ...
'' (2019)[
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Plays
*''Hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
'' (1995)
*''A Midsummer Night's Dream
''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is a comedy written by William Shakespeare 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict amon ...
'' (1996)
*'' Amor Vincit Omnia'' (1998)
*''MacBeth
''Macbeth'' (, full title ''The Tragedie of Macbeth'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those w ...
'' (1999)
*'' Waiting for Godot'' (2000)
*''A Streetcar Named Desire
''A Streetcar Named Desire'' is a play written by Tennessee Williams and first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947. The play dramatizes the experiences of Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle who, after encountering a series of person ...
'' (2001-2003)
*''Wuthering Heights
''Wuthering Heights'' is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under her pen name Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moorland, moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their tur ...
'' (2002)
*'' Das Schloss'' (2005)
References
External links
Tetsushi Tanaka
at Dongyu
Japanese male actors
1966 births
Living people
Actors from Mie Prefecture
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