Kanji Tsuda
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is a Japanese actor.
He played Katsuya Tokunaga in the Japanese film The Grudge
. He is married and has one child. He is managed by La Sette talent agency.
Tsuda was working part-time at a coffee shop for ten years before he started his successful career. The coffee shop where Tsuda worked is located near Aoyama Studio, so many directors or movie directors often come to eat there. His first movie was Sonatine which was directed by Takeshi Kitano
. Kitano often uses the shop and Tsuda knew that, so he gave his resume to Kitano directly. This act launched his successful career. After he acted in Sonatine
, a lot of jobs came to him. He has played more than 130 roles in movies, TV commercials, and plays. Most of his roles are supporting roles.
He played Katsuya Tokunaga in the Japanese film The Grudge
Ju-on: The Grudge
is a 2003 Japanese horror film written and directed by Takashi Shimizu. The film is the third entry in the Ju-on series and is the first film theatrically released...
. He is married and has one child. He is managed by La Sette talent agency.
Tsuda was working part-time at a coffee shop for ten years before he started his successful career. The coffee shop where Tsuda worked is located near Aoyama Studio, so many directors or movie directors often come to eat there. His first movie was Sonatine which was directed by Takeshi Kitano
Takeshi Kitano
is a Japanese filmmaker, comedian, singer, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter, and one-time video game designer who has received critical acclaim, both in his native Japan and abroad, for his highly idiosyncratic cinematic work. The famed Japanese film critic...
. Kitano often uses the shop and Tsuda knew that, so he gave his resume to Kitano directly. This act launched his successful career. After he acted in Sonatine
Sonatine
is a 1993 Japanese film by Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano. It won numerous awards and became one of Kitano's most successful and praised films, garnering him a sizable international fan base.-Plot:Kitano plays Murakawa, a Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life...
, a lot of jobs came to him. He has played more than 130 roles in movies, TV commercials, and plays. Most of his roles are supporting roles.
Film
- SonatineSonatineis a 1993 Japanese film by Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano. It won numerous awards and became one of Kitano's most successful and praised films, garnering him a sizable international fan base.-Plot:Kitano plays Murakawa, a Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life...
(1993) - 119 (1994)
- Kids ReturnKids ReturnAll compositions by Joe Hisaishi.#"Meet Again" 5:02#"Graduation" 1:07#"Angel Doll" 2:21#"Alone" 1:15#"As a Rival" 1:29#"Promise... for Us" 5:08#"Next Round" 1:28#"Destiny" 3:31#"I Don't Care" 2:18#"High Spirits" 2:03#"Defeat" 2:29#"Break Down" 3:46...
(1996) - Hana-biHana-bi, released in the US as "Fireworks", is a 1997 Japanese film written, directed and edited by, and starring Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano. The film's score was composed by renowned Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi. This was their fourth collaboration...
(1997) - Bayside Shakedown: The MovieBayside Shakedown: The Moviewas a Japanese police drama / comedy movie released in October 1998. The movie was based on the hit TV series Bayside Shakedown which had just finished airing roughly a year and a half before...
(1998) - April StoryApril StoryApril Story is a Japanese short film directed by Shunji Iwai starring Takako Matsu.-Plot:Uzuki Nireno, a shy girl from the countryside of northern Hokkaidō leaves her family and gets on a train bound for Tokyo so she can attend the university of her choice; to be near the boy she fell in love...
(1998) - Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip GirlShark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girlis a 1999 Japanese film directed by Katsuhito Ishii and starring Tadanobu Asano. It is based on a manga of the same name by Minetaro Mochizuki which was originally serialized in Mister Magazine circa 1993 under the title "Daisharin"...
(1999) - Himawari (2000)
- Party 7 (2000)
- Monday (2000)
- Love Song (2001)
- GoGo (2001 film)Go is a 2001 Japanese movie by Isao Yukisada, based on the novel of the same title by Kazuki Kaneshiro. The film stars Kubozuka Yōsuke and Kou Shibasaki . It tells the story of a Korean boy born and raised in Japan and his love story with a Japanese girl...
(2001) - Distance (2001)
- Drive (2002)
- August Illusion (2002)
- Mohou-han (2002)
- Kamen Rider Ryuki: Episode FinalKamen Rider Ryuki: Episode Finalis the theatrical film adaptation of the Japanese 2002 Kamen Rider series, Kamen Rider Ryuki, directed by Ryuta Tasaki and written by Toshiki Inoue....
(2002) - When the Last Sword Is DrawnWhen the Last Sword Is Drawnis a 2003 Japanese movie directed by Yōjirō Takita loosely based on real historical events. When the Last Sword Is Drawn won the Best Film award at the 2004 Japanese Academy Awards, as well as the prizes for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor . It received a further eight...
(2003) - Ju-onJu-onis the title of a series of horror films by Japanese director Takashi Shimizu. Shimizu attended the Film School of Tokyo, where he studied under Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Kurosawa helped Shimizu shepherd the Ju-on projects to fruition.-History:...
(2003) - Kamen Rider 555 Paradise Lost (2003)
- DollsDolls (film)is a 2002 Japanese film written, edited and directed by Japanese director Takeshi Kitano. A highly stylized art film, Dolls is part of Kitano's non-crime film oeuvre, like 1991's A Scene at the Sea, and unlike most of his other films, he does not act in it...
(2002) - Last Love, First Love (2003)
- Socrates in LoveSocrates in LoveSocrates in Love, also known as is a Japanese novel written by Kyoichi Katayama. It was published by Shogakukan in April 2001. The novel and the manga adaptation are published in the United States by VIZ Media under the title Socrates in Love...
(2004) - Kiss and Kizu (2004)
- Love Kill Kill (2004)
- Survive Styles 5+ (2004)
- The Sea of Trees (2004)
- Curtain CallCurtain callA curtain call occurs at the end of a performance when individuals return to the stage to be recognized by the audience for their performance. In musical theater, the performers typically recognize the orchestra and its conductor at the end of the curtain call...
(2004) - Strawberry FieldStrawberry FieldStrawberry Field was a Salvation Army children's home in Woolton, a suburb of Liverpool, England.The earliest reference to 'Strawberry Field' dates from 1870. In 1912 it was transferred to a wealthy merchant whose widow sold the estate to the Salvation Army in 1934. It opened on 7 July 1936...
(2004) - Cromartie High - The MovieCromartie High - The Movieis a 2005 Japanese live-action film directed by Yūdai Yamaguchi and starring Takamasa Suga. The film is based on the manga Cromartie High School by Eiji Nonaka which had also been previously adapted as an anime series.-Plot synopsis:The film opens with a black-and-white documentary-like section...
(2005) - The Great Yokai War (2005)
- Kamen Rider The FirstKamen Rider the Firstis a 2005 Japanese tokusatsu film. The film is an adaptation of the television series Kamen Rider, though there are many differences between the film and the original programme; some of these, however, are due to a closer reliance on the original Kamen Rider manga by Shotaro Ishinomori...
(2005) - Water FlowerWater Floweris a Japanese film which was released on 5 August 2006.-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-sister who loves to ballet dance.Minako is at the age...
(2006) - Antoki no InochiAntoki no Inochiis an upcoming Japanese film directed by Takahisa Zeze and scheduled to be released in Japan in November 2011. It is based on the novel of the same name by Masashi Sada.-Cast:* Masaki Okada, as Kyohei Nagashima* Nana Eikura, as Yuki Kubota...
(2011)
TV appearances
- Kamen Rider RyukiKamen Rider Ryukiis a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It was the twelfth installment in the Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu shows. It was a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei, and it was shown on TV Asahi from February 3, 2002 to January 19, 2003. The catchphrase for the series is...
- Dr. Koto ShinryojoDr. Koto Shinryojois a manga series by Takatoshi Yamada that was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Young Sunday until the magazines cancellation, at that point it moved to Big Comic Original in 2008....
- K-tai Investigator 7K-tai Investigator 7is a 2008 Japanese television drama that aired from April 2, 2008 to March 18, 2009. It was a joint collaboration between WIZ and Production I.G. Directed by Takashi Miike, it is described as a science fiction tokusatsu action drama. It was replaced in its time slot by an animated cartoon, Mainichi...
- Samurai Sentai ShinkengerSamurai Sentai Shinkengeris the title of Toei Company's thirty-third entry in its long-running Super Sentai Series of Japanese tokusatsu television series. It premiered on February 15, 2009, the week following the finale of Engine Sentai Go-onger, and ended on February 7, 2010...
- Mori no AsagaoMori no Asagaois a Japanese manga series by Mamora Gōda. It won the 11th Grand Prize for manga at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2007. It will be adapted into a live-action television drama in 2010.-Synopsis:...