Kanji Tsuda

Tsuda Kanji
Born	津田 寛治 27 August 1965 (1965-08-27)

Kanji Tsuda (津田寛治, Tsuda Kanji, born 27 August 1965 in Fukui, Fukui) is a Japanese actor.

He played Katsuya Tokunaga in the Japanese film The Grudge. He is married and has one child. He is managed by La Sette talent agency.

Tsuda was working part-time at a coffee shop for ten years before he started his successful career. The coffee shop where Tsuda worked is located near Aoyama Studio, so many directors or movie directors often come to eat there. His first movie was Sonatine which was directed by Takeshi Kitano. Kitano often uses the shop and Tsuda knew that, so he gave his resume to Kitano directly. This act launched his successful career. After he acted in Sonatine, a lot of jobs came to him. He has played more than 130 roles in movies, TV commercials, and plays. Most of his roles are supporting roles.

Awards

• 'Supporting Actor' prize of the 45th Blue Ribbon for Mohou-han, 2002.

Filmography

Film

• Sonatine (1993)
• 119 (1994)
• Kids Return (1996)
• Hana-bi (1997)
• Bayside Shakedown: The Movie (1998)
• April Story (1998)
• Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (1999)
• Himawari (2000)
• Party 7 (2000)
• Monday (2000)
• Love Song (2001)
• Go (2001)
• Distance (2001)
• Drive (2002)
• August Illusion (2002)
• Mohou-han (2002)
• Kamen Rider Ryuki: Episode Final (2002)
• When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003)
• Ju-on (2003)
• Kamen Rider 555 Paradise Lost (2003)
• Dolls (2002)
• Last Love, First Love (2003)
• Socrates in Love (2004)
• Kiss and Kizu (2004)
• Love Kill Kill (2004)
• Survive Styles 5+ (2004)
• The Sea of Trees (2004)
• Curtain Call (2004)
• Strawberry Field (2004)
• Cromartie High - The Movie (2005)
• The Great Yokai War (2005)
• Kamen Rider The First (2005)
• Water Flower(2006)
• Antoki no Inochi (2011)

TV appearances

• Kamen Rider Ryuki
• Dr. Koto Shinryojo
• K-tai Investigator 7
• Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
• Mori no Asagao

External links

• Kanji Tsuda at the Internet Movie Database