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
Mare
2015
as Okesaku Ganji
Love That Makes You Cry
2016
as Kenji Soda
House of the Owl
2024
as Ryutaro 'The Owl' Ogami
A Life
2017
as Okita Isshin
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
Barakamon
2023
as Ryuunosuke Yagami
Gu Gu the Cat
2014
as Homeless man / Akama
My Wife is Ninja
2013
as Seizan
Miracles
2018
as Yoshitaka Aikawa
GAME OF SPY
2022
as Naoto Kaizaki
Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth
2007
as Yukio Katou
Osamu Dazai Short Story Collection
2009
as Narrator (voice)
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
Goodbye Newspaper
2017
Forgery It's tough being a man
2020
History's Greatest Warriors
2026
Movies (54)
Perfect Days
2023
as Homeless
47 Ronin
2013
as Lord Asano
Sheep in the Box
2026
as Akio Yamagata
Kokuho
2025
as Mangiku Onogawa
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
2014
as Kashiwazaki Nenji
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
2014
as Kashiwazaki Nenji
The Real You
2024
as Wakamatsu
Blade of the Immortal
2017
as Kagimura Habaki
Children of the Sea
2019
as Jimu (voice)
The Outsider
2018
as Akihiro
The Ark in the Mirage
2016
Svaha: The Sixth Finger
2019
as Nechoong Tenpa
Haruneko
2016
as Manager's Father
Tekkonkinkreet
2006
as Suzuki (voice)
The Eternal Zero
2013
The Twilight Samurai
2002
as Zenemon Yogo
The Great War of Archimedes
2019
as Tadamichi Hirayama
Modest Heroes
2018
as Blind Man (voice)
Ghost Book
2022
Mountain Stage
1993
as Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto's Last Days
2024
as Narrator
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
2017
as Binbogami
La Maison de Himiko
2005
as Himiko
Foreign Affairs Police: Don't be fooled by that man
2012
The Scythian Lamb
2018
as Katsumi Ōno
The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps
2018
as Tatsuo Harima
Vision
2018
as Minamoto
The Hidden Blade
2004
as Kansai Toda
Rebirth
2011
as Taki
Hokaibito: Ina no Seigetsu
2011
as Seigetsu Inoue
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
2009
as Narrator
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Diaries
2025
as Narrator (voice)
Some Body Comes Into the Light
2023
as Dancer
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022
HOKUSAI
2021
as Hokusai Katsushika (old)
Min Tanaka à La Borde
1986
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
2023
as Miyazawa Kisuke
A Morning of Farewell
2021
as Tatsuro Shiraishi
Amnesiac Love
2022
as Takashima Yajuro
Riding the Metro
2006
Heaven's Door
2009
as Henmi
The Tale of Iya
2013
as Grandpa
Who Were We?
2024
as [Facility director]
Black Ox
2024
Mom, Is That You?!
2023
Summer on the Frontline: A Boy's Story
2015
Onihei Crime Files: The Final Kohen - Unryu Ken
2016
Four Women Living in That House
2019
as 山田一郎
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
1990
as Himself
Oedipus Rex
1993
as Dancer (Oedipus)
Ninomiya Kinjirou
2019
The Unnameable Dance
2022
Hajimari mo owari mo nai
2013
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
- Sheep in the Box (2026) — as Akio Yamagata
- Kokuho (2025) — as Mangiku Onogawa
- Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014) — as Kashiwazaki Nenji
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