Kankuro Kudo

Biography

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

Known For

Villiany Ganbo

Iyataro Toyotomi

Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~

Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku

Murata

少年メリケンサックを探せ!!!

Memories of Matsuko

Tetsuya Yamekawa

Kids Return

High School Student

Tekkonkinkreet

Sawada (voice)

Because We Forget Everything

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	The Brightest Sun
2025	Seaside Serendipity	Goro
2023	Mom, Is That You?!
2023	The Dry Spell	Fushimi
2023	Woman’s Lib Vol. 15 ”Mo Gaman Dekinai”
2023	Ichikei's Crow The Movie
2021	Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone	Loneliness 3
2020	大人計画ウーマンリブvol.14「もうがまんできない」
2017	Dear Etranger	Sawada
2016	My Uncle	Sadao Haruyama
2015	Bakuman	Taro Kawaguchi
2015	Piece of Cake	Manager of Asagaya Loft (cameo)
2015	Gamera	Manafu's father
2012	The Castle of Crossed Destinies
2010	Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose	Ikuo Kashiwada (credit only)
2010	The Wife of Gegege	Shigeru Mura
2010	The Tragedy of W
2009	SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
2009	Instant Swamp	Detective Sawaragi
2008	The Short Films Everyone started out as a child
2007	Welcome to the Quiet Room	Tetsuo Yakihata
2007	The Sword of Alexander	Sasuke
2006	Tekkonkinkreet	Sawada (voice)
2006	Memories of Matsuko	Tetsuya Yamekawa
2005	A Heartful of Love	Mitsuo Usui
2004	Crying Out Love in the Center of the World	Ryunosuke Oki
2003	Fukumimi
2003	Thirteen Steps	Toru Kihara
2002	Rock'n'Roll Mishin
2002	The Labor Cop
2001	エロスの果て
2001	Kirei kamisama to machiawase shita on'na
1998	Bayside Shakedown: Autumn Campaign for Crime Eradication	Ikuo Kashiwada
1996	Kids Return	High School Student
1994	A New Love in Tokyo	Hideo Nagai
	愛が世界を救います

Year	TV Show	Role
2022	Because We Forget Everything
2020	獣道一直線！！！
2020	劇場の灯を消すな！本多劇場編
2020	Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku	Murata
2018	遠藤憲一と宮藤官九郎の勉強させていただきます
2016	Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~
2014	Villiany Ganbo	Iyataro Toyotomi
2012	大人計画「ウェルカム・ニッポン」
2011	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」
2010	大人計画「母を逃がす」
2009	大人計画「サッちゃんの明日」
2008	少年メリケンサックを探せ!!!
2006	大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．１０「ウーマンリブ先生」
2006	大人計画「まとまったお金の唄」
2004	大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．８「轟天ＶＳ港カヲル」
2003	大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．７「熊沢パンキース０３」
2003	Love & War of a Samurai
2002	大人計画「春子ブックセンター」
2002	California Dreamin'
2001	大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．６「キラークイーン６６６」
2001	大人計画「エロスの果て」
1999	大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．４「ウーマンリブ発射！」
1997	大人計画「生きてるし死んでるし」