Kankuro Kudo
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
- Writing
- Born
- 1970-07-19 · Miyagi, Japan
Known for
- Tekkonkinkreet (2006) — Sawada (voice)
- Kids Return (1996) — High School Student
- Memories of Matsuko (2006) — Tetsuya Yamekawa
- Zebraman (2004) — Writer
- GO (2001) — Screenplay
- Ping Pong (2002) — Screenplay
- Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004) — Ryunosuke Oki
- Bakuman (2015) — Taro Kawaguchi
- Kamui (2009) — Screenplay
- The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji (2013) — Screenplay
- Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City (2010) — Writer
- Too Young To Die! (2016) — Director
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000) — Teleplay
- A New Love in Tokyo (1994) — Hideo Nagai
- Saving My Stupid Youth (2014) — Writer
- Welcome to the Quiet Room (2007) — Tetsuo Yakihata