Kankuro Kudo

Kankuro Kudo (55)

1970-07-19 | Miyagi, Japan

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

On Movies

  • Seaside Serendipity
  • The Brightest Sun
  • Mom, Is That You?!
  • The Dry Spell
  • Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
  • Dear Etranger
  • My Uncle
  • Gamera
  • Bakuman
  • Piece of Cake
  • The Castle of Crossed Destinies
  • The Wife of Gegege
  • Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose
  • The Tragedy of W
  • Instant Swamp
  • Welcome to the Quiet Room
  • Tekkonkinkreet
  • Memories of Matsuko
  • A Heartful of Love
  • Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
  • Fukumimi
  • Thirteen Steps
  • Rock'n'Roll Mishin
  • The Labor Cop
  • Kids Return
  • A New Love in Tokyo

Movies as Director

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