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

Tekkonkinkreet

as Sawada (voice)

Kids Return

as High School Student

Memories of Matsuko

as Tetsuya Yamekawa

Bakuman

as Taro Kawaguchi

Crying Out Love in the Center of the World

as Ryunosuke Oki

Welcome to the Quiet Room

as Tetsuo Yakihata

A New Love in Tokyo

as Hideo Nagai

Dear Etranger

as Sawada

Gamera

as Manafu's father

Piece of Cake

as Manager of Asagaya Loft (cameo)