Personal details
Known for
Writing
Gender
Male
Born
19 Juli 1970 (56)
Place of birth
Miyagi, Japan
Also known as
宮藤官九郎 · Kankurō Kudō · Kankurô Kudô · クドカン
Biography
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
Bekannt für
7.8
Film
Look Back
Tamai
2026
7.4
Film
Tekkonkinkreet
Sawada (voice)
2006
7.6
Series
Because We Forget Everything
2022
7.8
Film
Memories of Matsuko
Tetsuya Yamekawa
2006
7.3
Series
Villiany Ganbo
Iyataro Toyotomi
2014
8.8
Series
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
Murata
2020
5.7
Film
A New Love in Tokyo
Hideo Nagai
1994
8.0
Series
Love & War of a Samurai
2003
7.1
Film
Dear Etranger
Sawada
2017
6.1
Film
Mom, Is That You?!
Tomiyuki Kibe
2023
6.6
Film
Ichikei's Crow The Movie
2023
6.4
Film
My Uncle
Sadao Haruyama
2016
7.3
Film
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
Loneliness 3
2020
8.0
Film
Seaside Serendipity
Goro
2025
7.5
Series
少年メリケンサックを探せ!!!
2008–2009
6.8
Film
The Dry Spell
Fushimi
2023
Acting credits 16 titles
Look Back
as Tamai
7.8
2026
Seaside Serendipity
as Goro
8.0
2025
The Dry Spell
as Fushimi
6.8
2023
Mom, Is That You?!
as Tomiyuki Kibe
6.1
2023
Ichikei's Crow The Movie
6.6
2023
Because We Forget Everything
7.6
2022
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
as Murata
8.8
2020
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
as Loneliness 3
7.3
2020
Dear Etranger
as Sawada
7.1
2017
My Uncle
as Sadao Haruyama
6.4
2016
Villiany Ganbo
as Iyataro Toyotomi
7.3
2014
少年メリケンサックを探せ!!!
7.5
2008–2009
Tekkonkinkreet
as Sawada (voice)
7.4
2006
Memories of Matsuko
as Tetsuya Yamekawa
7.8
2006
Love & War of a Samurai
8.0
2003
A New Love in Tokyo
as Hideo Nagai
5.7
1994