Known For
Writing
Birthday
July 19, 1970 (age 56)
Place of Birth
Miyagi, Japan
Also Known As
- 宮藤官九郎
- Kankurō Kudō
- Kankurô Kudô
- クドカン
- 宮藤俊一郎（本名）
Kankuro Kudo
Biography
Kankurō Kudō (宮藤 官九郎 Kudō Kankurō, born 19 July 1970) is a Japanese screenwriter, dramatist, director, actor and member of the theater company Otona Keikaku. He won the 'Best Screenplay' award at the 2002 Japanese Academy Awards for Go, which explores problems faced by people of Korean-heritage living in Japan. He acted in the hugely popular tear-jerker, Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World, and is also guitarist in the Japanese Comedy Rock Band Group Tamashii. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kankurō Kudō, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For - Movies
Tekkonkinkreet
as Sawada (voice)
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
as Ryunosuke Oki
Memories of Matsuko
as Tetsuya Yamekawa
A New Love in Tokyo
as Hideo Nagai
Kids Return
as High School Student
Instant Swamp
as Detective Sawaragi
Welcome to the Quiet Room
as Tetsuo Yakihata
The Castle of Crossed Destinies
Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose
as Ikuo Kashiwada (credit only)
Piece of Cake
as Manager of Asagaya Loft (cameo)
