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Min Tanaka

Biography

Min Tanaka

Actor

Born
March 10, 1945
Age
81 years old
Place of birth
Tokyo, Japan
Years active
1971 – present
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74

Credits

53

Movies

21

TV series

56

Years active

7.0

Avg. rating

0

Awards won

The life and career of Min Tanaka

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Career timeline

  1. 1945 · Born

    Born in Tokyo, Japan

  2. 1971 · Screen debut

    Great Performances (TV)

  3. 2013 · Breakthrough

    47 Ronin (Movie)

  4. 2026 · Latest release

    Godzilla Minus Zero (Movie)

Career in numbers

Titles per decade
Most frequent genres
  • Drama54
  • Fantasy9
  • Action8
  • Comedy8
  • Documentary8
  • Mystery8
Highest-rated title Kokuho 2025 7.9 Most popular title Godzilla Minus Zero 2026 7.7

Known for

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Min Tanaka in our catalogue.

Filmography

  1. 2026 Godzilla Minus Zero as Kanji Murakami Movie
  2. 2026 Sheep in the Box as Akio Yamagata Movie
  3. 2026 History's Greatest Warriors TV
  4. 2025 Ryuichi Sakamoto: Diaries as Narrator (voice) Movie
  5. 2025 The 19th Medical Chart as Noboru Akaike TV
  6. 2025 Kokuho as Mangiku Onogawa Movie
  7. 2024 The Real You as Wakamatsu Movie
  8. 2024 Black Ox Movie
  9. 2024 Who Were We? as [Facility director] Movie
  10. 2024 House of the Owl as Ryutaro 'The Owl' Ogami TV
  11. 2024 Ryuichi Sakamoto's Last Days as Narrator Movie
  12. 2023 Perfect Days as Homeless Movie
  13. 2023 Some Body Comes Into the Light as Dancer Movie
  14. 2023 Mom, Is That You?! Movie
  15. 2023 Barakamon as Ryuunosuke Yagami TV
  16. 2023 Father of the Milky Way Railroad as Miyazawa Kisuke Movie
  17. 2022 Amnesiac Love as Takashima Yajuro Movie
  18. 2022 Ghost Book Movie
  19. 2022 GAME OF SPY as Naoto Kaizaki TV
  20. 2022 The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai Movie
  21. 2022 The Unnameable Dance Movie
  22. 2021 HOKUSAI as Hokusai Katsushika (old) Movie
  23. 2021 A Morning of Farewell as Tatsuro Shiraishi Movie
  24. 2021 The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood Movie
  25. 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～ as Rōjin TV
  26. 2020 Forgery It's tough being a man TV
  27. 2019 Four Women Living in That House as 山田一郎 Movie
  28. 2019 The Great War of Archimedes as Tadamichi Hirayama Movie
  29. 2019 Children of the Sea as Jimu (voice) Movie
  30. 2019 Ninomiya Kinjirou Movie
  31. 2019 Svaha: The Sixth Finger as Nechoong Tenpa Movie
  32. 2018 The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps as Tatsuo Harima Movie
  33. 2018 Miracles as Yoshitaka Aikawa TV
  34. 2018 Modest Heroes as Blind Man (segment "Invisible") (voice) Movie
  35. 2018 Vision as Minamoto Movie
  36. 2018 The Outsider as Akihiro Movie
  37. 2018 The Scythian Lamb as Katsumi Ōno Movie
  38. 2017 Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura as Binbogami Movie
  39. 2017 Goodbye Newspaper TV
  40. 2017 Blade of the Immortal as Kagimura Habaki Movie
  41. 2017 A Life: A Love as Okita Isshin TV
  42. 2016 Haruneko as Manager's Father Movie
  43. 2016 Onihei Crime Files: The Final Kohen - Unryu Ken Movie
  44. 2016 Fukuyadou Honpo: Kyoto Love Story as Oribe Kiyosaku TV
  45. 2016 The Ark in the Mirage Movie
  46. 2016 Love That Makes You Cry as Kenji Soda TV
  47. 2015 Summer on the Frontline: A Boy's Story Movie
  48. 2015 The God of Risk as Takao Sekiguchi TV
  49. 2015 To Give a Dream as President TV
  50. 2015 Mare as Okesaku Ganji TV
  51. 2014 Gu Gu the Cat as Homeless man TV
  52. 2014 Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends as Kashiwazaki Nenji Movie
  53. 2014 Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno as Kashiwazaki Nenji Movie
  54. 2013 The Eternal Zero Movie
  55. 2013 Hajimari mo owari mo nai Movie
  56. 2013 47 Ronin as Lord Asano Movie
  57. 2013 The Tale of Iya as Grandpa Movie
  58. 2013 My Wife is Ninja as Seizan TV
  59. 2012 Black Dawn Movie
  60. 2011 Rebirth as Taki Movie
  61. 2011 Hokaibito: Ina no Seigetsu as Seigetsu Inoue Movie
  62. 2010 Ryōmaden TV
  63. 2009 Map of the Sounds of Tokyo as Narrator Movie
  64. 2009 Osamu Dazai Short Story Collection as Narrator (voice) TV
  65. 2009 Heaven's Door as Henmi Movie
  66. 2007 Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth as Yukio Katou TV
  67. 2006 Tekkonkinkreet as Suzuki (voice) Movie
  68. 2006 Riding the Metro Movie
  69. 2005 La Maison de Himiko as Himiko Movie
  70. 2004 The Hidden Blade as Kansai Toda Movie
  71. 2002 The Twilight Samurai as Zenemon Yogo Movie
  72. 1993 Oedipus Rex as Dancer (Oedipus) Movie
  73. 1986 Min Tanaka à La Borde Movie
  74. 1971 Great Performances as Oedipus Dancer TV

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Quick facts

How old is Min Tanaka?

Min Tanaka is 81 years old, born on March 10, 1945.

Where was Min Tanaka born?

Min Tanaka was born in Tokyo, Japan.

What was Min Tanaka’s first screen role?

The earliest title in our catalogue featuring Min Tanaka is Great Performances (1971).

How many movies and series has Min Tanaka made?

Our catalogue lists 74 titles for Min Tanaka: 53 movies and 21 TV series.

What is Min Tanaka’s highest-rated title?

Among titles with enough votes, Kokuho has the highest audience rating, with 7.9/10 on TMDB.

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