All movies starring Tadanobu Asano

The Outsider (2018) poster

The Outsider (2018) ★ 6.3

Genres: Action Crime Drama
In The Outsider, an unspeakable crime takes place involving the murder and violation of a small boy. Ralph Anderson is the detective on the case, and he arrests a local man, Terry Maitland. It's an easy arrest and their evidence is airtight.
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007) poster

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007) ★ 7.2

The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world in 1206.
Last Life in the Universe (2003) poster

Last Life in the Universe (2003) ★ 7.5

A mysterious, obsessive-compulsive, suicidal Japanese man living in Bangkok, Thailand, is thrown together with a Thai woman through a tragic chain of events. The woman is everything he is not. He is a neat freak who keeps his dishes washed and his books neatly stacked and categorized. She dresses like a slob, smokes pot and never picks anything up. It's a match that somehow works, though. Slowly and entertainingly, more is revealed about the Japanese man and why he's suicidal and living in Bangkok.
Ichi the Killer (2001) poster

Ichi the Killer (2001) ★ 7.0

Genres: Action Crime Drama
When a Yakuza boss named Anjo disappears with 300 million yen, his chief henchman, a sadomasochistic man named Kakihara, and the rest of his mob goons go looking for him. After capturing and torturing a rival Yakuza member looking for answers, they soon realize they have the wrong man and begin looking for the man named Jijii who tipped them off in the first place. Soon enough Kakihara and his men encounter Ichi, a psychotic, sexually-repressed young man with amazing martial arts abilities and blades that come out of his shoes. One by one Ichi takes out members of the Yakuza and all the while Kakihara intensifies his pursuit of Ichi and Ichi's controller Jijii. What will happen as the final showdown happens between the tortured and ultra-violent Ichi and the pain-craving Kakihara?