Min Tanaka

📖 Biography

Min Tanaka (born March 10, 1945) is a world-renowned Japanese avant-garde Butoh dancer and veteran actor, widely revered for his distinctive physical performance art, commanding screen presence, and profound artistic philosophy. Tanaka spent decades establishing an international reputation in physical theatre and environmental dance before making an extraordinary film acting debut at age 57 in Yoji Yamada’s Oscar-nominated The Twilight Samurai (2002), which earned him two Japan Academy Film Prizes. His international filmography features notable roles in Hollywood productions such as 47 Ronin (2013), Wim Wenders' critically acclaimed Perfect Days (2023), and his role in the Japanese kaiju epic Godzilla Minus Zero (2026).