Tadanobu Asano films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 19 films and 1 TV show on Boxlist

Known for Shōgun, Silence and Thor: Ragnarok.

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Starring Tadanobu Asano

Shōgun
2024 · TV
8.4/10 · TMDB
In Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby...
Mortal Kombat II
2026 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDB
The fan favorite champions—now joined by Johnny Cage himself—are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its...
Thor: Ragnarok
2017 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the destruction of his home-world and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of a powerful new...
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Mortal Kombat
2021 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Washed-up MMA fighter Cole Young, unaware of his heritage, and hunted by Emperor Shang Tsung's best warrior, Sub-Zero, seeks out and trains with Earth's greatest champions as he prepares to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high...
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Zatoichi
2003 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Zatoichi is a 19th century blind nomad who makes his living as a gambler and masseur. However, behind this humble facade, he is a master swordsman gifted with a lightning-fast draw and breathtaking precision. While wandering, Zatoichi...
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Silence
2016 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.
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Midway
2019 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
The story of the Battle of Midway, and the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome massive odds.
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Ichi the Killer
2001 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
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Kubi
2023 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a rebellion and promptly disappears.
Minamata
2020 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.
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Parasyte: Part 2
2015 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Alien pods come to Earth and, naturally, start taking over Human Hosts. One such pod only manages to take over one human's, Shin Izumi, right arm. Together they grow and co-exist, all the while the other aliens are making meals of other...
Thor
2011 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Against his father Odin's will, The Mighty Thor - a powerful but arrogant warrior god - recklessly reignites an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to...
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Kate
2021 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
After she's irreversibly poisoned, a ruthless criminal operative has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her enemies and in the process forms an unexpected bond with the daughter of one of her past victims.
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Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan
2007 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century.
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Broken Rage
2024 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
A seemingly unremarkable man called “Mouse” is caught by the police. In exchange for his freedom, he goes undercover, infiltrates a drug ring, and arranges a fake deal, but an unexpected turn of events occurs... Director Takeshi Kitano...
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Thor: The Dark World
2013 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos… but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his...
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Thor: Love and Thunder
2022 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
After his retirement is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods, Thor Odinson enlists the help of King Valkyrie, Korg, and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who now wields Mjolnir as the Mighty...
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47 Ronin
2013 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Kai—an outcast—joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honour to their homeland, the warriors embark upon a quest...
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Battleship
2012 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones...
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Detective Chinatown 3
2021 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDB
Following the excitement of first Bangkok and then New York, a big murder case takes place in Tokyo. Chinatown master detectives Tangren (Wang Baoqiang) and Qinfeng (Liu Haoren) are invited to take up the mystery. Adding to the excitement...

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