---
name: "Takumi Bando"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/takumi-bando"
fi1m_id: "takumi-bando"
imdb_id: "nm2258717"
tmdb_id: 1011669
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 July 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:57:58.703812+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Takumi Bando

## Identity

Takumi Bando

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/takumi-bando
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** takumi-bando
- **IMDb ID:** nm2258717
- **TMDB ID:** 1011669
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2258717/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1011669

Actor. Born 25 July 1977 in Tokyo, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 July 1977, Tokyo, Japan
- **Also known as:** 坂東工, 坂东工
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2258717/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1011669

## Biography

Takumi Bando (坂東工) is a Japanese actor. Born on 25 July 1977 in Tokyo, he graduated from Nihon University College of Art before moving to the United States, where he studied acting at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco.

He made his Hollywood screen debut with an uncredited role as a Triad gangster in *The Departed* (2006) and appeared as Captain Tanida in *Letters from Iwo Jima* (2006). After returning to Japan he has worked in films including *Rain Fall* (2009), *Genome Hazard* (2013) and *Antiporno* (2017), and in television dramas. He has also hosted *The Bachelor Japan* and works as an artist and narrator.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, ja.wikipedia.org, takumibando.com, mydramalist.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Letters from Iwo Jima* (2006), Fi1m 84, as Captain Tanida — [page](https://film.one/film/letters-from-iwo-jima.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Kimi no Kuizu* (2026), Actor
- *Oshako, Sommelier of Fancy Homes* (2020), series, as Yūsaku Atozawa
- *Antiporno* (2017), as Aya Haraguchi
- *The Lightning Tree* (2010), as Saburota
- *Rain Fall* (2009), as Ken
- *Detective Conan Drama Special 2: Confrontation With the Men in Black* (2007), Actor
- *Best Wishes for Tomorrow* (2007), as Morisato
- *Letters from Iwo Jima* (2006), as Captain Tanida — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/letters-from-iwo-jima.md)
- *The Departed* (2006), as Triad (uncredited) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-departed.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/takumi-bando