Min Tanaka
Known for Acting · 75 credits
- Born
- 1945-03-10 (age 81)
- Place of birth
- Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- たなか みん · 田中 泯 · مین تاناکا
Biography
Min Tanaka is a Japanese actor and dancer. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 26th Japan Academy Prize for The Twilight Samurai.
Known For
TV Shows (21)
Great Performances
1971
as Oedipus Dancer
Ryōmaden
2010
Byplayers: 100 Days in the Forest of Supporting Actors
2021
A Life
2017
as Okita Isshin
Mare
2015
as Okesaku Ganji
House of the Owl
2024
as Ryutaro 'The Owl' Ogami
Love That Makes You Cry
2016
as Kenji Soda
Osamu Dazai Short Story Collection
2009
as Narrator (voice)
Gu Gu the Cat
2014
as Homeless man / Akama
Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth
2007
as Yukio Katou
Barakamon
2023
as Ryuunosuke Yagami
Miracles
2018
as Yoshitaka Aikawa
Fukuyadou Honpo: Kyoto Love Story
2016
as Oribe Kiyosaku
The 19th Medical Chart
2025
as Noboru Akaike
To Give a Dream
2015
as President
The God of Risk
2015
as Takao Sekiguchi
GAME OF SPY
2022
as Naoto Kaizaki
Goodbye Newspaper
2017
Forgery It's tough being a man
2020
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～
2021
as Rōjin
My Wife is Ninja
2013
as Seizan
Movies (54)
Perfect Days
2023
as Homeless
47 Ronin
2013
as Lord Asano
Svaha: The Sixth Finger
2019
as Nechoong Tenpa
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
2014
as Kashiwazaki Nenji
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
2014
as Kashiwazaki Nenji
Sheep in the Box
2026
as Akio Yamagata
The Outsider
2018
as Akihiro
Tekkonkinkreet
2006
as Suzuki (voice)
Blade of the Immortal
2017
as Kagimura Habaki
Kokuho
2025
as Mangiku Onogawa
Children of the Sea
2019
as Jimu (voice)
The Twilight Samurai
2002
as Zenemon Yogo
Modest Heroes
2018
as Blind Man (voice)
The Eternal Zero
2013
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021
The Real You
2024
as Wakamatsu
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
2017
as Binbogami
Ghost Book
2022
The Great War of Archimedes
2019
as Tadamichi Hirayama
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022
La Maison de Himiko
2005
as Himiko
Mom, Is That You?!
2023
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
2009
as Narrator
Rebirth
2011
as Taki
The Hidden Blade
2004
as Kansai Toda
The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps
2018
as Tatsuo Harima
Heaven's Door
2009
as Henmi
A Morning of Farewell
2021
as Tatsuro Shiraishi
The Scythian Lamb
2018
as Katsumi Ōno
Vision
2018
as Minamoto
Four Women Living in That House
2019
as 山田一郎
HOKUSAI
2021
as Hokusai Katsushika (old)
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
2023
as Miyazawa Kisuke
Who Were We?
2024
as [Facility director]
Ninomiya Kinjirou
2019
Riding the Metro
2006
Black Ox
2024
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
1990
as Himself
Amnesiac Love
2022
The Unnameable Dance
2022
Haruneko
2016
as Manager's Father
Onihei Crime Files: The Final Kohen - Unryu Ken
2016
Summer on the Frontline: A Boy's Story
2015
The Tale of Iya
2013
as Grandpa
Some Body Comes Into the Light
2023
as Dancer
Hajimari mo owari mo nai
2013
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Diaries
2025
as Narrator (voice)
The Ark in the Mirage
2016
Ryuichi Sakamoto's Last Days
2024
as Narrator
Hokaibito: Ina no Seigetsu
2011
as Seigetsu Inoue
Oedipus Rex
1993
as Dancer (Oedipus)
Mountain Stage
1993
as Self
Foreign Affairs Police: Don't be fooled by that man
2012
Min Tanaka à La Borde
1986
About Min Tanaka
Min Tanaka is a Japanese actor and dancer. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 26th Japan Academy Prize for The Twilight Samurai. With 75 credits spanning from 1971 to 2026, Min Tanaka has appeared in 54 films and 21 TV shows.
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Most Popular Min Tanaka Movies
- Perfect Days (2023) — as Homeless
- 47 Ronin (2013) — as Lord Asano
- Svaha: The Sixth Finger (2019) — as Nechoong Tenpa
- Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014) — as Kashiwazaki Nenji
- Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends (2014) — as Kashiwazaki Nenji
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