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.
Known For
Gantz
(2010)
Yoshikazu Suzuki
Gantz: Perfect Answer
(2011)
Yoshikazu Suzuki
Another Gantz
(2011)
Yoshikazu Suzuki
Love Letter
(1995)
Female Itsuki's Father
Fukushima 50
(2020)
Kazuhiko Fukuhara
11'09''01 September 11
(2002)
Yukichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
A Snake of June
(2003)
Editor-in-Chief
The Door into Summer
(2021)
Professor Toi
Ley Lines
(1999)
Chan
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
(1989)
Salaryman
Tokyo Fist
(1995)
Tattoo Artist
The Last Shot in the Bar
(2017)
Matsuo
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
(1996)
Ishida
Love Life
(2022)
Makoto Osawa
Full Metal Yakuza
(1997)
Genpaku Hiraga
Policeman and Me
(2017)
Shuichi Yamamoto
Full Filmography
Acting
Zokubutsu zukan
(1982)
More and More Love
(1984)
The Phantom of Regular Size
(1986)
The Adventure of Denchu-Kozo
(1987)
Hijikata
Robinson's Garden
(1987)
Man wrestling with restaurant table
Pretty Body: Frankenstein's Love
(1988)
Guinea Pig Part 5: Android of Notre Dame
(1988)
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
(1989)
Salaryman
Arietta
(1989)
Red Saturn Club Manager
Heartbreak Angels
(1990)
Love of Sawako
(1990)
Ichiro Tanaka
Primary Colour High School Girl Pink Picture Book
(1990)
Her 3 - Kanojyo No Sanjyou
(1991)
New Pink Curtain
(1991)
One-Room Story
(1991)
I Hate You... Not
(1991)
Kirai ja nai yo 2
(1992)
New Joyful Embarrassing Story 2
(1992)
All Night Long
(1992)
Airline Manager
New Joyful Embarrassing Story
(1992)
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer
(1992)
Taniguchi Tomoo
Kiriko, A Woman Who Loved the Gangsters
(1993)
Kuma-chan
(1993)
Tokyo Blood
(1993)
Wandering Brain
(1993)
Maohgai
(1993)
Puru Puru Angelic Holiday
(1993)
A Night in Nude
(1993)
Kenzo
Abnormal People: Three Legendary Rainbow Brothers
(1993)
The Tomb & the Divorce
(1993)
Tokio
Fried Dragon Fish
(1993)
Delta Works Japan Sales Manager
At the Mercy of the Darkness
(1994)
Evil Dream
(1994)
Level
(1994)
Pu
(1994)
Angel Dust
(1994)
Endo
A New Love in Tokyo
(1994)
Man with a Knife
Undo
(1994)
Psychiatrist
N45゜
(1994)
Detective
Lady Poison: Beasts of the Underground
(1994)
Detective Kono
Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?
(1995)
Yusuke's Father
Forever with You
(1995)
Love Worker Sharaba Ya Ranko
(1995)
Goodbye for Tomorrow
(1995)
Tetsu Sasayama
Super-Coming
(1995)
Shinjuku Triad Society
(1995)
Wang
Tokyo Fist
(1995)
Tattoo Artist
Nozokiya
(1995)
The Young Blood Typhoon
(1995)
Ring
(1995)
Jotaro Nagao
Love Letter
(1995)
Female Itsuki's Father
Kamikaze Taxi
(1995)
Chaplin
Angel's Share
(1995)
Reborn from Hell II: Jubei's Revenge
(1996)
Shôsetsu Yui
Ladies Max
(1996)
Dangan Runner
(1996)
Yasuda
Love Hotel Night 2
(1996)
Reborn from Hell: Samurai Armageddon
(1996)
Shôsetsu Yui
Tokyo Mafia: Battle for Shinjuku
(1996)
Kikura
Ignatius
(1996)
All Night Long 3: The Final Chapter
(1996)
Kawasaki
Sadistic Song
(1996)
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
(1996)
Ishida
Midori
(1996)
Swallowtail Butterfly
(1996)
Honda
A Fragile Heart
(1996)
Watashitachi ga suki datta koto
(1997)
Postman Blues
(1997)
Profiler
Tokyo Fair Weather
(1997)
Rainy Dog
(1997)
The Pursuer
Prostitution Gang
(1997)
Time Leap
(1997)
The Defender
(1997)
Edge
Kawaki no machi
(1997)
Full Metal Yakuza
(1997)
Genpaku Hiraga
The Eel
(1997)
Eiji Dojima
The Towers of Musahino Line
(1997)
Lie Lie Lie
(1997)
Party Guest
Ishoku Manga-shi 33-nen no Kiseki ~ Garo no Jidai o Yomu
(1997)
Self
Andromedia
(1998)
Goda
Tadon and Chikuwa
(1998)
Sleepless Town
(1998)
Kenji Tozawa
Bullet Ballet
(1998)
Policeman
Unlucky Monkey
(1998)
Miyata
Sada
(1998)
Kin
Scorpion: Double Venom
(1998)
Dr. Akagi
(1998)
Nosaka
Tomie
(1998)
Detective Harada
Kiriko no fûkei
(1998)
Kimura
Ohaka ga nai!
(1998)
Takagi Noboru
Three Businessmen
(1998)
Noodle Shop Waiter
A Giant Monster Appears in Tokyo
(1998)
Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 2
(1998)
Kôshichirô Urushido (as Tomoroo Taguchi)
Ley Lines
(1999)
Chan
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
(1999)
Doctor
The Line
(1999)
White-Collar Worker Kintaro
(1999)
Shibamata
Gemini
(1999)
Middle-aged Patient
Taboo
(1999)
Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa
Dead or Alive
(1999)
Afro Thug
The Night the Angel Turned Away
(1999)
Tawada
Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer
(2000)
Oshikiri
(2000)
Senrigan
(2000)
Tokyo Trash Baby
(2000)
Monday
(2000)
Mitsuhiko Shima
Chinpira
(2000)
Jorogumo
(2000)
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5
(2000)
Dead or Alive 2: Birds
(2000)
Kamome
(2000)
Akitoshi Fukuma
My Blood Bone
(2001)
Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend EPISODE I
(2001)
man-hole
(2001)
Young Thugs: EPISODE FINAL Stand By Me
(2002)
MPD-PSYCHO/FAKE
(2002)
Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend EPISODE II From Russia With Love
(2002)
Barber's Sorrow
(2002)
11'09''01 September 11
(2002)
Yukichi Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
Bastoni: The Stick Handlers
(2002)
Aiki
(2002)
Doing Time
(2002)
Tanabe
Drive
(2002)
A Snake of June
(2003)
Editor-in-Chief
Cop Festival: New Beginning
(2003)
Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend Banchou Soccer
(2003)
Owl
(2003)
Vibrator
(2003)
Cop
A Blue Automobile
(2004)
Record Store Boss
L'amant
(2004)
A
Girlfriend: Someone Please Stop the World
(2004)
Miho's father
Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend Youkai Hel
(2004)
Mask de 41
(2004)
Tadao Kuramochi
Kamachi
(2004)
Sensei Komori
Young Thugs: Malaysian Tiger
(2005)
Who's Camus Anyway?
(2005)
Oyama
Spring Snow
(2005)
Until the Lights Come Back
(2005)
Ryotaro Saeki
Strange Circus
(2005)
Taeko's Editor-in-Chief
Wolf Girl
(2005)
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Death Make
(2005)
Love Letter So-renka
(2006)
Yui's father
M
(2006)
Pimp
Prisoners
(2006)
Self
SOUL TRAIN ソウルトレイン
(2006)
It's Only Talk
(2006)
K
Black Night
(2006)
Dr. Kawai (segment "Dark Hole")
Sway
(2006)
Judge
Gamera the Brave
(2006)
Councilor Yoshimitsu Hitotsugi
Haru, Bânîzu de
(2006)
God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand
(2006)
Kamen Rider: The Next
(2007)
Scissors Jaguar
The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi
(2007)
a stuff of Toraoh
Sea of Madness
(2007)
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
(2007)
The Invitation from Cinema Orion
(2007)
Yuji Miyoshi
Prisoner/Terrorist
(2007)
M
How to Become Myself
(2007)
Koji Ueshima
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
(2007)
Barber Owner
Switching – Goodbye Me
(2007)
Kazumi's Father
Cain's Descendant
(2007)
Climber's High
(2008)
Enji Kishi
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
(2008)
Kazuya Mizuno
Otokotachi no uta
(2008)
Ain't No Tomorrows
(2008)
Yoshida
Gehara: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster
(2009)
Shinto Priest
April Bride
(2009)
Okuno
Brass Knuckle Boys
(2009)
Jimmy
Piecing Me Back Together
(2010)
Keisuke Ogi
Gantz
(2010)
Yoshikazu Suzuki
Household X
(2010)
Kenichi Hashimoto
Shinigami no Yaiba
(2010)
YOYOCHU in the Land of the Rising Sex
(2011)
Narrator (voice)
Another Gantz
(2011)
Yoshikazu Suzuki
Chivalrous Sinking
(2011)
The Egoists
(2011)
Shinji Ninomiya
River
(2011)
Maid cafe owner
A Man with Style
(2011)
Sanada
Gantz: Perfect Answer
(2011)
Yoshikazu Suzuki
Fly with the Gold
(2012)
Yamagishi
1+1=11
(2012)
The Samurai That Night
(2012)
Nobuo Hoshi
A Road Stained Crimson
(2012)
The Drudgery Train
(2012)
Secondhand Bookstore Manager
RoomMate
(2013)
Disregarded People
(2013)
President Maruyoshi
AIBOU: X-DAY
(2013)
Maruyama, the Middle Schooler
(2013)
Saito
Nobody's Perfect
(2013)
Detective in the Bar 2
(2013)
Matsuo
Rose Color's Buko
(2014)
Gangster
The Vancouver Asahi
(2014)
Tadaaki Matsuda
A Drop of the Grapevine
(2014)
Monsterz
(2014)
Mr. Kumoi
Kabukicho Love Hotel
(2014)
Masashi Kubota
Too Young To Die!
(2016)
Hato
Artist of Fasting
(2016)
Narration (voice)
Ame Onna
(2016)
Rika's father
The Last Shot in the Bar
(2017)
Matsuo
Neko Atsume House
(2017)
Asakusa
Policeman and Me
(2017)
Shuichi Yamamoto
My Little Monster
(2018)
Shizuku's Father
Violence Voyager
(2018)
Koike
Odd Final
(2018)
Room Laundering
(2018)
Saizen
The Blood of Wolves
(2018)
Hideo Doi
Life in Overtime
(2018)
Toshihiko Aoyama
The Many Faces of Ito: The Movie
(2018)
Half End
(2018)
Hydra
(2019)
Teru Nakaya
The Witness
(2019)
Yuichi Kimura
Parallel World Love Story
(2019)
Sudo
Fukushima 50
(2020)
Kazuhiko Fukuhara
Midnight Swan
(2020)
Mama Yoko
Fancy
(2020)
#HandballStrive
(2020)
Masashi
The Door into Summer
(2021)
Professor Toi
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
(2021)
名建築で昼食を スペシャル 横浜編
(2021)
Love Life
(2022)
Makoto Osawa
You've Got A Friend
(2022)
Spirited Away: Live on Stage
(2023)
Kamaji
リムジン
(2023)
City of Desire No.2 - The Dark Fixer
(2023)
City of Desire No.3 - The Lizard of Minami
(2023)
City of Desire No. 4 Outrageous and Dirty Social Network Money
(2023)
City of Desire No.1 - The Road to Retribution
(2023)
Dare to Stop Us 2
(2024)
Directing
Writing