Kankuro Kudo
Kankuro Kudo
Kudo joined Suzuki Matsuo’s “Otona Keikaku” in 1991. Since he has demonstrated multiple talents as an actor, director, playwright, screenplay writer for movies and TV. He gained sudden acclaim for his script for the TV show “Ikebukuro West Gate Park. For his screenplay for the movie Kisarazu Cats’-eye he won the 2002 Minister of Culture and Science Award for Excellence in the Arts and the Japan Academy Award for Best Screenplay for the Movie Go . He his recognized for his skillful use of nonsense and black humor in fast-moving plots with lively dialogue. On the stage, he has performed as an actor with the Otona Keikaku company while also writing and directing a series of performances under the title Woman Lib. He has also formed the punk comic band “Group Tamashii” for which he is art director, songwriter (music and lyrics) and guitarist. In 2005 came the release of his first movie as director, Mayonaka no Yaji-san, Kita-san . For his play Donju he won the 49th Kishida Drama Award.
