Tadanobu Asano

, better known by his stage name , is a Japanese actor. He is known for his roles as Dragon Eye Morrison in ''Electric Dragon 80.000 V'', Kakihara in ''Ichi the Killer'', Mamoru Arita in ''Bright Future'', Hyozo Tashiro in ''Gohatto'', Hattori Genosuke in ''Zatoichi'', Kenji in ''Last Life in the Universe'', A man in ''Survive Style 5+'', Ayano in ''The Taste of Tea'', Temujin in ''Mongol'', Captain Yugi Nagata in ''Battleship'', Lord Kira Yoshinaka in ''47 Ronin'' and Hogun in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, based on the Marvel Comics character. In 2016, he appeared as the Interpreter in Martin Scorsese's ''Silence''. Three years later, he portrayed Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi in Roland Emmerich's ''Midway'' (2019). He portrayed the thunder god Raiden in the 2021 film ''Mortal Kombat'' and will reprise his role in the upcoming sequel.

Most recently, Asano was cast as Lord Kashigi Yabushige in the well-received and highly rated Hulu limited series '' Shōgun'' (2024), based on the book by James Clavell that was previously made into the 1980 miniseries of the same name. Provided by Wikipedia