Min Tanaka

Acting • 1945-03-10 • Tokyo, Japan

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

8.0

Godzilla Minus Zero

2026

6.2

47 Ronin

2013

6.7

Modest Heroes

2018

7.8

Perfect Days

2023

6.1

The Outsider

2018

7.8

The Twilight Samurai

2002

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Filmography

2026
Godzilla Minus ZeroFilm
Kanji Murakami
★ 8.0
2026
Sheep in the BoxFilm
Akio Yamagata
★ 6.4
2026
History's Greatest WarriorsTV
★ 7.5
2026
A Pint of InkFilm
Himself
2025
KokuhoFilm
Mangiku Onogawa
★ 7.9
2025
The 19th Medical ChartTV
Noboru Akaike • 8 episodes
★ 7.5
2025
Ryuichi Sakamoto: DiariesFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 8.0
2024
House of the OwlTV
Ryutaro 'The Owl' Ogami • 10 episodes
★ 6.5
2024
The Real YouFilm
Wakamatsu
★ 7.1
2024
Ryuichi Sakamoto's Last DaysFilm
Narrator
★ 10.0
2024
Black OxFilm
★ 7.5
2024
Who Were We?Film
[Facility director]
★ 2.0
2023
Perfect DaysFilm
Homeless
★ 7.8
2023
Father of the Milky Way RailroadFilm
Miyazawa Kisuke
★ 6.5
2023
Mom, Is That You?!Film
★ 6.1
2023
BarakamonTV
Ryuunosuke Yagami • 11 episodes
★ 6.8
2023
Some Body Comes Into the LightFilm
Dancer
★ 5.2
2022
Ghost BookFilm
★ 6.1
2022
The Pass: Last Days of the SamuraiFilm
★ 7.0
2022
GAME OF SPYTV
Naoto Kaizaki • 16 episodes
★ 6.1
2022
Amnesiac LoveFilm
Takashima Yajuro
★ 6.7
2022
The Unnameable DanceFilm
2021
HOKUSAIFilm
Hokusai Katsushika (old)
★ 6.5
2021
The Supporting Actors in ByplaywoodFilm
★ 6.7
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～TV
Rōjin • 5 episodes
★ 8.2
2021
A Morning of FarewellFilm
Tatsuro Shiraishi
★ 5.9
2020
Forgery It's tough being a manTV
2019
Children of the SeaFilm
Jimu (voice)
★ 7.1
2019
Svaha: The Sixth FingerFilm
Nechoong Tenpa
★ 6.7
2019
The Great War of ArchimedesFilm
Tadamichi Hirayama
★ 6.7
2019
Four Women Living in That HouseFilm
山田一郎
★ 7.0
2019
Ninomiya KinjirouFilm
2018
The OutsiderFilm
Akihiro
★ 6.1
2018
Modest HeroesFilm
Blind Man (voice)
★ 6.7
2018
VisionFilm
Minamoto
★ 4.9
2018
The Scythian LambFilm
Katsumi Ōno
★ 6.1
2018
The House Where the Mermaid SleepsFilm
Tatsuo Harima
★ 6.9
2018
MiraclesTV
Yoshitaka Aikawa • 10 episodes
★ 7.1
2017
Blade of the ImmortalFilm
Kagimura Habaki
★ 6.7
2017
Destiny: The Tale of KamakuraFilm
Binbogami
★ 7.5
2017
A Life: A LoveTV
Okita Isshin • 10 episodes
★ 7.0
2017
Goodbye NewspaperTV
2016
Love That Makes You CryTV
Kenji Soda • 10 episodes
★ 8.1
2016
Fukuyadou Honpo: Kyoto Love StoryTV
Oribe Kiyosaku • 12 episodes
★ 6.8
2016
Onihei Crime Files: The Final Kohen - Unryu KenFilm
★ 8.3
2016
HarunekoFilm
Manager's Father
2016
The Ark in the MirageFilm
2015
MareTV
Okesaku Ganji • 156 episodes
★ 7.9
2015
To Give a DreamTV
President • 4 episodes
★ 8.8
2015
The God of RiskTV
Takao Sekiguchi • 10 episodes
★ 7.0
2015
Summer on the Frontline: A Boy's StoryFilm
★ 5.0
2014
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto InfernoFilm
Kashiwazaki Nenji
★ 7.6
2014
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend EndsFilm
Kashiwazaki Nenji
★ 7.7
2014
Gu Gu the CatTV
Akama • 1 episodes
★ 6.0
2014
Gu Gu the CatTV
Homeless man • 2 episodes
★ 6.0
2013
47 RoninFilm
Lord Asano
★ 6.2
2013
The Eternal ZeroFilm
★ 7.0
2013
The Tale of IyaFilm
Grandpa
★ 6.9
2013
My Wife is NinjaTV
Seizan • 13 episodes
2013
Hajimari mo owari mo naiFilm
2012
Black DawnFilm
2011
RebirthFilm
Taki
★ 7.6
2011
Hokaibito: Ina no SeigetsuFilm
Seigetsu Inoue
2010
RyōmadenTV
★ 9.1
2009
Map of the Sounds of TokyoFilm
Narrator
★ 5.1
2009
Heaven's DoorFilm
Henmi
★ 6.2
2009
Osamu Dazai Short Story CollectionTV
Narrator (voice) • 1 episodes
2007
Hagetaka: Road to RebirthTV
Yukio Katou • 3 episodes
★ 8.5
2006
TekkonkinkreetFilm
Suzuki (voice)
★ 7.4
2006
Riding the MetroFilm
★ 6.9
2005
La Maison de HimikoFilm
Himiko
★ 6.2
2004
The Hidden BladeFilm
Kansai Toda
★ 7.4
2002
The Twilight SamuraiFilm
Zenemon Yogo
★ 7.8
1993
Mountain StageFilm
Self
1993
Oedipus RexFilm
Dancer (Oedipus)
1990
Butoh: Body on the Edge of CrisisFilm
Himself
★ 8.0
1986
Min Tanaka à La BordeFilm
1971
Great PerformancesTV
Oedipus Dancer • 1 episodes
★ 6.1