FrameThrower · Actors · Tadanobu Asano
Tadanobu Asano
12 films · 852 frames · top-billed in 5 · 1999–2023
Born 27 November 1973 · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Tadanobu Asano, born Tadanobu Sato is a Japanese actor. He is known for his roles as Dragon Eye Morrison in Electric Dragon 80.000 V, Kakihara in Ichi the Killer, Mamoru Arita in Bright Future, Hattori Genosuke in Zatoichi, Kenji in Last Life in the Universe, Aman in Survive Style 5+, Ayano in The Taste of Tea, and Temudjin in Mongol. Most recently, Asano appeared as Hogun in the film Thor, based on the Marvel Comics character.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 12 films · 852 frames · top-billed in 5 · 1999–2023
- Asian Film Award for Best Actor2017
- Asian Film Award for Best Supporting Actor2016
- Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor2015
- Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year1998
- Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor
How their films are shot
Measured across 852 frames from the 12 films we hold. This is the look of the work Tadanobu takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 12 films we hold, 47% of their frames are day, 47% low key — the look of the work Tadanobu takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Rampo Noir
2005 · Man / Kogoro Akechi / Masaki / Fuyo's Lover
The Taste of Tea
2004 · Ayano Haruno
Last Life in the Universe
2003 · Kenji
Ichi The Killer
2001 · Kakihara
Gohatto
1999 · Hyozo Tashiro
Kubi
2023 · Kuroda Kanbei
Kate
2021 · Renji
Mortal Kombat
2021 · Lord Raiden
Silence
2016 · Interpreter
47 Ronin
2013 · Lord Kira
Thor: The Dark World
2013 · Hogun
Battleship
2012 · Captain Yugi Nagata
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 852 frames from Tadanobu Asano's 12 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.