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Kenji Tanigaki

Kenji Tanigaki

Actor and director · Born October 13, 1970 (56) · Nara, Japan

Kenji Tanigaki (谷垣 健治, Tanigaki Kenji, born 13 October 1970) is a Japanese action choreographer and film director best known for his works in Hong Kong action cinema and has expanded his career in Japanese cinema and Hollywood.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 13, 1970 (56)
From
Nara, Japan
Works as
Actor and director
Titles
47 on MovieCove · 85 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Up 28% in 30 days

What are Kenji Tanigaki's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
30%
Self
25%
Morality
21%
Survival
14%
Ideas
5%
Society
4%
Romantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 0 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 2

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 3

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 3

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Thrilling
3
Melancholic
2
Romantic
2
Absurd
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Bittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet4
  • Tragic1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Kenji Tanigaki's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 29 of their 47 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (17).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Kenji Tanigaki's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

85 credits, 47 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Living Dragon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Director · Screenplay

  • The Furious(2025)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Prosecutor(2024)

    Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Hong Kong Classics Reimagined (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director · Actor

  • Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In(2024)

    Action Director · Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Sakra(2023)

    Action Director · Actor

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Fierce Cop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Choreographer

  • Raging Fire(2021)

    Fight Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Snake Eyes(2021)

    Fight Choreographer · Second Unit Director · as Yakuza with Eye Patch

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning(2021)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final(2021)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Enter the Fat Dragon(2020)

    Director · Fight Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Big Brother(2018)

    Action Director · Martial Arts Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Hidden Man(2018)

    Fight Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Monster Hunt 2(2018)

    Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Liquidator(2017)

    Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • God of War(2017)

    Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Shinjuku Swan II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Choreographer

  • See You Tomorrow(2016)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Book of Love(2016)

    Martial Arts Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Vanished Murderer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Choreographer

  • Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends(2014)

    Action Director · Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno(2014)

    Action Director · Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Miyamoto Musashi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · Stunts

  • The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven's Palace(2014)

    Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Special ID(2013)

    Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins(2012)

    Action Director · Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Dragon(2011)

    Martial Arts Choreographer · as Xiao Ge Zi

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Lost Bladesman(2011)

    Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Nanase futatabi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Choreographer

  • Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen(2010)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Bodyguards and Assassins(2009)

    Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Kamui Gaiden(2009)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Shinjuku Incident(2009)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Fighting Express Vol 3: End of the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Stunts Coordinator

  • Fighting Express Vol 1: Battle Run (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Stunts Coordinator

  • Persona (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Stunt Coordinator

  • Flash Point(2007)

    Stunt Coordinator · as Tony's Underling #1

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Kung Fu Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Choreographer

  • Fatal Contact(2006)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Arch Angels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Choreographer

  • Legend of Seven Monks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director

  • Kill Zone(2005)

    Stunts · as Wong Po's Bodyguard

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Always: Sunset on Third Street(2005)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • 飛龍紅雲山 女ドラゴン軍団VSくの一五人衆 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director · Actor

  • Amazons Dragon Woman vs. Kunoichi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director

  • Silver Hawk(2004)

    Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Oh! My Zombie Mermaid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Action Director · Choreographer

  • Shinobi 3: Hidden Techniques (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director

  • Shinobi 4: A Way Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director

  • The Twins Effect(2003)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Shinobi 2: Runaway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • Shinobi: The Law of Shinobi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • So Close(2002)

    as Hitman

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Blade II(2002)

    as Moscow Vampire Attacking Blade (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Princess Blade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Action Director · Stunts

  • Battle of Race Queen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Director

  • Fulltime Killer(2001)

    Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Glass Tears (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Action Director · Choreographer

  • Goodbye, Mr. Cool(2001)

    as Lok

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Time and Tide(2000)

    as Little Rat

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Tokyo Raiders(2000)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Der Puma - Kämpfer mit Herz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Stunts

  • Heaven of Hope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Actor

  • Gen-X Cops(1999)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Moonlight Express(1999)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Shanghai Affairs(1998)

    as Axe Gang member

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Ballistic Kiss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Actor

  • Mortal Kombat: Annihilation(1997)

    Stunt Double

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Legend of the Wolf(1997)

    as Forest fighter

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • The Peeping Tom(1997)

    Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Wild Couple (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Actor

  • Once Upon a Time in Triad Society 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Stunts

  • Man Wanted 2: Those Were the Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Thug

  • Once Upon a Time in Triad Society (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Actor

  • Legendary Couple (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Policeman (uncredited)

  • Fist of Legend(1994)

    as Japanese Fighter

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Modern Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Actor

  • Once Upon a Time in China V(1994)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Always Be the Winners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Photographer

  • Ghost Lantern (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Actor

  • Royal Destiny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Stunts

  • The Man from Nowhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

  • The Reckoner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

  • Twilight of the Warriors: The Final Chapter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Action Director · Choreographer

Career shape

A full career of 85 titles, 82 of them dated from 1990 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Furious (2025)

$42M worldwide

Highest rated

The Furious (2025)

Midcredits 90th

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting27 of 85: 20 only acting, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score60thDirecting14 of 85: 10 only directing, 4 with another roleWriting1 of 85: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleOther crew52 of 85: 46 only other crew, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score60th

85 titles, 9 with more than one role — other crew and acting overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

1990s20 · 14 acting · 6 crew2000s31 · 8 acting · 26 crew2010s19 · 2 acting · 18 crew2020s12 · 3 acting · 12 crew

Billing

usually 17th · top billed in 0% of 12 roles
9404

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Kenji Tanigaki's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 47; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Approval · how many liked their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 47 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up14
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th17
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

20 of their 47 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Crowd Pleaser20
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed18

Most divisive · actor

Legend of the Wolf (1997)

59th percentile spread · 22% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Fist of Legend (1994)

Midcredits 93rd · 82% liked

Reviewers score the acting 64/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 38. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Kenji Tanigaki work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kenji Tanigaki's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Donnie Yen shares the most, 4.

Directors

Actors

Composers