
Biography
Tomorowo Taguchi (born November 30, 1957) is a Japanese actor. After leaving Dokkyo University without graduating, he started to earn his living as an illustrator, writer and pornographic cartoonist. He joined a theatre called Hakken no Kai in 1978 and he made a screen debut in Zokubutsu Zukan (based on the book by Yasutaka Tsutsui) in 1982. He was also a prominent cult musician in the Tokyo underground scene with his band Bachikaburi in the 1980s and early 1990s. He is probably most well known to the West as the lead actor in Tetsuo and Tetsuo II directed by Shinya Tsukamoto. He also makes regular appearances in Takashi Miike's films. He became known to the Japanese public as a narrator for the TV documentary series Project X - Challengers which aired between 2000 and 2005 by NHK. Taguchi directed Iden & Tity in 2003 and his second film, Shikisoku Generation, is scheduled for release in 2009.
Filmography35 titles

Midnight Diner

Hibana: Spark

Spirited Away: Live on Stage

Sanctuary

Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

The Pride of the Temp

House of Ninjas

Love Life

The Blood of Wolves

Strange Circus

Gamera the Brave

Bullet Ballet

Sada

Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Dead or Alive 2: Birds

Violence Voyager

A Snake of June

Rainy Dog

Tokyo Fist

Fudoh: The New Generation

Fukushima 50

Ley Lines

The Door Into Summer

September 11

Dead or Alive

Kamen Rider

Shinjuku Triad Society

Tetsuo II: Body Hammer

Three Businessmen

Human Specimens

Full Metal Yakuza

Monsutâzu

Hydra

Tomie