People

Yoji Tanaka

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Biography

Yōji Tanaka (born August 8, 1963, in Kiso, Nagano, Japan), also credited as BoBA, is a Japanese actor and television personality. After working for Japan National Railways, he moved to Tokyo in 1990 and began working as a film extra and lighting assistant before focusing on acting from 1994. He became widely known through television dramas such as Hero (2001) and has since appeared in numerous films and television productions, including Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo, The Silent Service, and Bullet Train Explosion.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Summer Wars

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

As Crazy 88

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

As Crazy 88 #3

All About Lily Chou-Chou

As Teru Onda

Avalanche

As Tetsuji Uchimoto

Ju-on: The Grudge

As Yuji Toyama

The Taste of Tea

As Man of Prosecution Section

Mr. Straightforward

As Policeman

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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The Ghosts Our Machines Keep

A chain about virtual reality, digital afterlife and grief, beginning with Yeon Sang-ho's Paradise Lost and moving through Korean and international cinema's scr...

8 films

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