Min Tanaka

Min Tanaka

Known for
Acting
Born
March 10, 1945 (age 81)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Min Tanaka is a Japanese actor and dancer. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 26th Japan Academy Prize for The Twilight Samurai.

Known For

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Filmography

2026
Sheep in the Box poster

Sheep in the Box

Movie · as Akio Yamagata

2026
Godzilla Minus Zero poster

Godzilla Minus Zero

Movie · as Kanji Murakami

2026
A Pint of Ink poster

A Pint of Ink

Movie · as Himself

2026
History's Greatest Warriors poster

History's Greatest Warriors

TV · 8 eps

2025
Kokuho poster

Kokuho

Movie · as Mangiku Onogawa

2025
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Diaries poster

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Diaries

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2025
The 19th Medical Chart poster

The 19th Medical Chart

TV · as Noboru Akaike · 8 eps

2024
Black Ox poster

Black Ox

Movie

2024
Who Were We? poster

Who Were We?

Movie · as [Facility director]

2024
The Real You poster

The Real You

Movie · as Wakamatsu

2024
Ryuichi Sakamoto's Last Days poster

Ryuichi Sakamoto's Last Days

Movie · as Narrator

2024
House of the Owl poster

House of the Owl

TV · as Ryutaro 'The Owl' Ogami · 10 eps

2023
Perfect Days poster

Perfect Days

Movie · as Homeless

2023
Mom, Is That You?! poster

Mom, Is That You?!

Movie

2023
Father of the Milky Way Railroad poster

Father of the Milky Way Railroad

Movie · as Miyazawa Kisuke

2023
Some Body Comes Into the Light poster

Some Body Comes Into the Light

Movie · as Dancer

2023
Barakamon poster

Barakamon

TV · as Ryuunosuke Yagami · 11 eps

2022
The Unnameable Dance poster

The Unnameable Dance

Movie

2022
Amnesiac Love poster

Amnesiac Love

Movie · as Takashima Yajuro

2022
Ghost Book poster

Ghost Book

Movie

2022
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai poster

The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai

Movie

2022
GAME OF SPY poster

GAME OF SPY

TV · as Naoto Kaizaki · 16 eps

2021
A Morning of Farewell poster

A Morning of Farewell

Movie · as Tatsuro Shiraishi

2021
HOKUSAI poster

HOKUSAI

Movie · as Hokusai Katsushika (old)

2021
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood poster

The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood

Movie

2021
SPECサーガ黎明編『Knockin'on 冷泉's SPEC Door』~絶対預言者 冷泉俊明が守りたかった幸福の欠片~ poster

SPECサーガ黎明編『Knockin'on 冷泉's SPEC Door』~絶対預言者 冷泉俊明が守りたかった幸福の欠片~

TV · as Rōjin · 5 eps

2020
Forgery  It's tough being a man poster

Forgery It's tough being a man

TV · 4 eps

2019
Four Women Living in That House poster

Four Women Living in That House

Movie · as 山田一郎

2019
Svaha: The Sixth Finger poster

Svaha: The Sixth Finger

Movie · as Nechoong Tenpa

2019
The Great War of Archimedes poster

The Great War of Archimedes

Movie · as Tadamichi Hirayama

2019
Children of the Sea poster

Children of the Sea

Movie · as Jimu (voice)

2019
Ninomiya Kinjirou poster

Ninomiya Kinjirou

Movie

2018
The Scythian Lamb poster

The Scythian Lamb

Movie · as Katsumi Ōno

2018
The Outsider poster

The Outsider

Movie · as Akihiro

2018
Vision poster

Vision

Movie · as Minamoto

2018
Modest Heroes poster

Modest Heroes

Movie · as Blind Man (segment "Invisible") (voice)

2018
The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps poster

The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps

Movie · as Tatsuo Harima

2018
Miracles poster

Miracles

TV · as Yoshitaka Aikawa · 10 eps

2017
Blade of the Immortal poster

Blade of the Immortal

Movie · as Kagimura Habaki

2017
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura poster

Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura

Movie · as Binbogami

2017
A Life: A Love poster

A Life: A Love

TV · as Okita Isshin · 10 eps

2017
Goodbye Newspaper poster

Goodbye Newspaper

TV · 5 eps

2016
Onihei Crime Files: The Final Kohen - Unryu Ken poster

Onihei Crime Files: The Final Kohen - Unryu Ken

Movie

2016
The Ark in the Mirage

The Ark in the Mirage

Movie

2016
Haruneko poster

Haruneko

Movie · as Manager's Father

2016
Love That Makes You Cry poster

Love That Makes You Cry

TV · as Kenji Soda · 10 eps

2016
Fukuyadou Honpo: Kyoto Love Story poster

Fukuyadou Honpo: Kyoto Love Story

TV · as Oribe Kiyosaku · 12 eps

2015
Summer on the Frontline: A Boy's Story poster

Summer on the Frontline: A Boy's Story

Movie

2015
The God of Risk poster

The God of Risk

TV · as Takao Sekiguchi · 10 eps

2015
To Give a Dream poster

To Give a Dream

TV · as President · 4 eps

2015
Mare poster

Mare

TV · as Okesaku Ganji · 156 eps

2014
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno poster

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

Movie · as Kashiwazaki Nenji

2014
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends poster

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

Movie · as Kashiwazaki Nenji

2014
Gu Gu the Cat poster

Gu Gu the Cat

TV · as Homeless man, Akama · 2 eps

2013
47 Ronin poster

47 Ronin

Movie · as Lord Asano

2013
The Eternal Zero poster

The Eternal Zero

Movie

2013
The Tale of Iya poster

The Tale of Iya

Movie · as Grandpa

2013
Hajimari mo owari mo nai poster

Hajimari mo owari mo nai

Movie

2013
My Wife is Ninja poster

My Wife is Ninja

TV · as Seizan · 13 eps

2012
Black Dawn poster

Black Dawn

Movie

2011
Rebirth poster

Rebirth

Movie · as Taki

2011
Hokaibito: Ina no Seigetsu poster

Hokaibito: Ina no Seigetsu

Movie · as Seigetsu Inoue

2010
Ryōmaden poster

Ryōmaden

TV · 48 eps

2009
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo poster

Map of the Sounds of Tokyo

Movie · as Narrator

2009
Heaven's Door poster

Heaven's Door

Movie · as Henmi

2009
Osamu Dazai Short Story Collection poster

Osamu Dazai Short Story Collection

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

2007
Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth poster

Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth

TV · as Yukio Katou · 3 eps

2006
Tekkonkinkreet poster

Tekkonkinkreet

Movie · as Suzuki (voice)

2006
Riding the Metro poster

Riding the Metro

Movie

2005
La Maison de Himiko poster

La Maison de Himiko

Movie · as Himiko

2004
The Hidden Blade poster

The Hidden Blade

Movie · as Kansai Toda

2002
The Twilight Samurai poster

The Twilight Samurai

Movie · as Zenemon Yogo

1993
Mountain Stage poster

Mountain Stage

Movie · as Self

1993
Oedipus Rex poster

Oedipus Rex

Movie · as Dancer (Oedipus)

1990
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis poster

Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

Movie · as Himself

1986
Min Tanaka à La Borde poster

Min Tanaka à La Borde

Movie

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Oedipus Dancer · 1 ep