
Tomorowo Taguchi
Biography
Tomorowo Taguchi (born November 30, 1957) is a Japanese actor. After leaving Dokkyo University without graduating, he started to earn his living as an illustrator, writer and pornographic cartoonist. He joined a theatre called Hakken no Kai in 1978 and he made a screen debut in Zokubutsu Zukan (based on the book by Yasutaka Tsutsui) in 1982. He was also a prominent cult musician in the Tokyo underground scene with his band Bachikaburi in the 1980s and early 1990s. He is probably most well known to the West as the lead actor in Tetsuo and Tetsuo II directed by Shinya Tsukamoto. He also makes regular appearances in Takashi Miike's films. He became known to the Japanese public as a narrator for the TV documentary series Project X - Challengers which aired between 2000 and 2005 by NHK. Taguchi directed Iden & Tity in 2003 and his second film, Shikisoku Generation, is scheduled for release in 2009.
Top Rated Movies
Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Unreachable | Jiro Kayama | HIT | |
| 2024 | Hijacked Youth – Dare To Stop Us 2 | Yasunori Okatome | HIT | |
| 2023 | Spirited Away: Live on Stage | 鍋爐爺爺 | HIT | |
| 2022 | Love Life | Makoto Ōsawa | HIT | |
| 2021 | 名建築で昼食を スペシャル 横浜編 | - | HIT | |
| 2020 | #HandballStrive | Masashi | HIT | |
| 2019 | The Witness | Yuichi Kimura | HIT | |
| 2018 | Room Laundering | Saizen | HIT | |
| 2018 | Life in Overtime | Toshihiko Aoyama | HIT | |
| 2018 | The Blood of Wolves | Hideo Doi | HIT | |
| 2018 | My Little Monster | Shizuku's Father | HIT | |
| 2018 | Violence Voyager | Koike | HIT | |
| 2017 | The Last Shot in the Bar | Matsuo | HIT | |
| 2017 | Neko Atsume House | Asakusa | HIT | |
| 2017 | Policeman and Me | Shuichi Yamamoto | HIT | |
| 2016 | Ame Onna | Rika's father | HIT | |
| 2014 | The Vancouver Asahi | Tadaaki Matsuda | HIT | |
| 2014 | Rose Color's Buko | Gangster | HIT | |
| 2013 | Detective in the Bar 2 | Matsuo | HIT | |
| 2011 | Another Gantz | Yoshikazu Suzuki | HIT | |
| 2011 | YOYOCHU in the Land of the Rising Sex | Narrator (voice) | HIT | |
| 2009 | April Bride | Okuno | HIT | |
| 2009 | Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster | Shinto Priest | HIT | |
| 2007 | Kamen Rider: THE NEXT | Scissors Jaguar | HIT | |
| 2007 | Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad | - | HIT | |
| 2006 | SOUL TRAIN | - | HIT | |
| 2006 | Gamera the Brave | Councilor Yoshimitsu Hitotsugi | HIT | |
| 2005 | Strange Circus | Taeko's Editor-in-Chief | HIT | |
| 2003 | A Snake of June | Editor-in-Chief | HIT | |
| 2000 | Dead or Alive 2: Birds | - | HIT | |
| 2000 | Chinpira | - | HIT | |
| 2000 | Monday | Mitsuhiko Shima | HIT | |
| 1999 | Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris | Doctor | HIT | |
| 1998 | Bullet Ballet | Policeman | HIT | |
| 1998 | Sleepless Town | Kenji Tozawa | HIT | |
| 1998 | Sada | Kin | HIT | |
| 1997 | Tokyo Fair Weather | - | HIT | |
| 1997 | Postman Blues | Profiler | HIT | |
| 1997 | Rainy Dog | The Pursuer | HIT | |
| 1997 | The Eel | Eiji Dojima | HIT | |
| 1996 | Dangan Runner | Shinkichi Yasuda | HIT | |
| 1996 | Swallowtail Butterfly | Honda | HIT | |
| 1996 | Gamera 2: Attack of Legion | Ishida | HIT | |
| 1996 | Love Hotel Night 2 | - | HIT | |
| 1996 | Ladies Max | - | HIT | |
| 1995 | Tokyo Fist | Tattoo Artist | HIT | |
| 1995 | Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? | Yusuke's Father | HIT | |
| 1995 | Love Letter | Female Itsuki's Father | HIT | |
| 1993 | Tokyo Blood | - | HIT | |
| 1989 | Tetsuo: The Iron Man | Salaryman | HIT |




