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Ken Takakura is a Japanese actor best known for his brooding style and the stoic, honorable presence he brings to his roles. Known as the "Clint Eastwood" of Japan, Takakura gained his streetwise swagger and tough guy persona watching yakuza turf battles over the lucrative black market and racketeering in postwar Fukuoka... See full bio »

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Goichi Oda
in Kita-Kyushu City, Japan
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2012 Dearest
Eiji Shimakura
 
2005 Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Gou-ichi Takata
 
2001 The Firefly
Yamaoka Shûji
 
1999 Railroad Man
Otomatsu Sato
 
1995 Keiji hebi ni yokogirareru (TV movie)
 
1994 47 Ronin
Kuranosuke Ôishi
 
1993 Korekara umibe no tabibitotachi (TV movie)
 
1992 Mr. Baseball
Uchiyama
 
1992 Chiroru no banka (TV series)
 
1989 Buddies
Kadokura
 
1989 Black Rain
Masahiro
 
1988 See You
 
1985 Yasha
Shuji
 
1983 Izakaya Chôji
Eiji
 
1983 Antarctica
Akira Ushioda
 
1982 Kaikyô
Go Akutsu
 
1982 Keiji monogatari
Detective Mikami
 
1981 Station
Eiji Mikami
 
1980 A Distant Cry from Spring
Kosaku Tajima
 
1980 Dôran
Keisuke Miyagi
 
1978 Never Give Up
Takeshi Ajisawa
 
1978 Winter's Flower
Hidetsugu Kano
 
1977 Aniki (TV series)
Eiji
 
1977 The Yellow Handkerchief
Yusaku Shima
 
1977 Hakkodasan
Captain Tokushima
 
1976 Kimi yo fundo no kawa wo watare
Morioka
 
1975 International Gangs of Kobe
Masato Dan
 
1975 The Bullet Train
Tetsuo Okita
 
1975 Daidatsugoku
Ichiro Kozue
 
1975 Nihon ninkyo-do: gekitotsu-hen
Ichizo Ryuzaki
 
1974 The Yakuza
Tanaka Ken (as Takakura Ken)
 
1974 The Homeless
Joukichi
 
1974 San-daime Shumei
 
1974 Mushuku
 
1973 Gendai ninkyô-shi
Ryoichi Shimaya
 
1973 Golgo 13
Golgo 13
 
1973 Yamaguchi-gumi San-daime
 
1972 Shin abashiri bangaichi: arashi yobu danpu jingi
 
1972 Cherry Blossom Fire Gang
Kuramoto
 
1972 Showa zankyo-den: Yabure-gasa
 
1972 Bokyo Komori-uta
 
1972 Bakuchi-uchi Gaiden
 
1971 Shin Abashiri Bangaichi: Fubuki no Dai-Dassou
 
1971 Ninkyo-retsuden: Otoko
 
1971 The Path of the King
Ryutaro Fudo
 
1971 Showa zankyo-den: hoero karajishi
 
1971 Shin abashiri bangaichi: Arashi yobu shiretoko-misaki
 
1971 Nihon kyokaku-den: Dosu
 
1971 Duel of Swirling Flowers
 
1971 Gorotsuki mushuku
 
1970 Too Late the Hero
Maj. Yamaguchi
 
1970 Nippon dabi katsukyu
 
1970 Bakuto-ikka
 
1970 Saigo no tokkôtai
 
1970 Yukyo-retsuden
 
1970 Sutemi no Narazu-mono
 
1970 Shôwa zankyô-den: Shinde moraimasu
 
1970 Shin Abashiri Bangaichi: Fubuki no Hagure Okami
 
1970 Shin Abashiri Bangaichi: Dai Shinrin no Ketto
 
1970 Brave Red Flower of the North
 
1970 Nihon kyokaku-den: Nobori Ryu
 
1969 Tosei-nin Retsuden
 
1969 Shôwa zankyô-den: Karajishi jingi
 
1969 Showa zankyo-den: Hito-kiri karajishi
 
1969 The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town
 
1969 Sengo Saidai no Toba
 
1969 Nihon kyokaku-den: hana to ryu
 
1969 Chivalrous Geisha
 
1969 Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony
 
1969 Hibotan bakuto: hanafuda shôbu
Shogo Hanaoka
 
1968 Bakuto retsuden
 
1968 Gion matsuri
 
1968 Jinsei-gekijô: Hishakaku to kiratsune
 
1968 Gorotsuki
 
1968 Koya no toseinin
Ken Kato
 
1968 The Man from Abashiri Jail Strikes Again
 
1968 Nihon Kyokaku-den: Zetsuenjô
 
1968 Kyokaku Retsuden
 
1968 Red Peony Gambler
Shogo Hanaoka
 
1968 Gokuchu no kaoyaku
 
1967 The Man from Abashiri Jail: Duel in the Snow Storm
 
1967 Abashiri Bangaichi: Ketto Reika 30 do
 
1967 Diaries of the Kamikaze
 
1967 Dragon Tattoo: Full of Blood
 
1967 Nihon kyokaku-den: kirikomi
 
1967 Nihon Kyokaku-den: Shira-ha no Sakazuki
 
1967 The Chivalrous Life
 
1967 Challenge for Glory
 
1966 Zigoku no okite ni asu wa nai
Ichiro Takita
 
1966 Kamikaze yarô
 
1966 Shôwa zankyô-den: Karajishi botan
 
1966 Showa zankyo-den: Ippiki okami
 
1966 Otoko no shôbu
 
1966 Nihon Kyokaku-den: Ketto Kanda-matsuri
 
1966 Nihon Kyokaku-den: Kaminari-mon no Ketto
 
1966 Abashiri Bangaichi: Nangoku no Taiketsu
 
1966 Abashiri Bangaichi: Koya no taiketsu
 
1966 Abashiri Bangaichi: Dai-setsugen no Taiketsu
 
1965 Abashiri Bangaichi: Hokkai-hen
Shinichi Tsukibana
 
1965 Abashiri bangaichi: Bôkyô hen
 
1965 Brutal Tales of Chivalry
 
1965 Miyamoto Musashi: Ganryû-jima no kettô
Sasaki Kojiro
 
1965 Zoku Abashiri bangaichi
Shinichi Tsukibana
 
1965 Prison Walls of Abashiri
Shinichi Tsukibana
 
1965 A Fugitive from the Past
Ajimura
 
1965 Kaoyaku
 
1965 Nihon Kyokaku-den: naniwa-hen
 
1965 Nihon Kyokaku-den: kanto-hen
 
1964 Wolves, Pigs & Men
Jiro, the second brother
 
1964 Ankokugai Main Street
Tetsuya Shinobu
 
1964 Irezumi totsugekitai
 
1964 Narazu-mono
Minami
 
1964 Jakoman to Tetsu
Tetsu
 
1964 Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijoji
Sasaki Kojiro
 
1964 Tôkyô gyangu tai Honkon gyangu
 
1964 Nihon kyokaku-den
Chokichi
 
1963 Gyangu chûshingura
 
1963 Two-Sword Fencing Is Born
Sasaki Kojiro
 
1963 Ankokugai saidai no kettô
Shimpei Matsuoka
 
1963 Tokyo Untouchable: Dasso
Yoshio Harada
 
1963 Ankokugai no kaoyaku: juichinin no gyangu
Sawagami
 
1963 Jinsei gekijo: hisha kaku
 
1962 Operation Diamond
 
1962 Tokyo antachaburu
Yoshio Harada
 
1962 Hell's Kitchen
 
1962 Koi to Taiyo to Gang
 
1962 Sen-hime to Hideyori
Naomori
 
1961 Hana to arashi to gyangu
 
1961 Beran me-e geisha makari tôru
 
1961 The Devil's Ballad
Kindaichi Kôsuke
 
1960 Otoko nara yattemiro
 
1960 Ôinaru tabiji
Kozo's second son
 
1960 Ôzora no muhômono
 
1960 Zoku beran me-e geisha
 
1959 Kôdo nanasen metoru: kyôfu no yojikan
 
1958 The Outsiders
Ichitaro Kazamori
 
1958 Kisetsufu no kanatani
 
1957 Daigaku no Ishimatsu
 
1956 Nippon G-men
 
1956 Bonbon ganbaru (TV series)
 
1956 Choppu sensei
 
1956 Denkô ryûsei karate uchi
Yusaku shinobu
 
1956 Denkô karate uchi
Yusaku shinobu
 
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1995 Keiji hebi ni yokogirareru (TV movie) (performer: "Yakusoku")
 
1965 Abashiri bangaichi: Bôkyô hen (performer: "Abashiri bangaichi", "Otoko no uramachi")
 
Show ShowSelf (8 titles)
2012 Professional: Shigoto no ryûgi (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Interview with Ken Takakura (2012) … Himself
– Ken Takakura (2012) … Himself
 
2012 SmaSTATION (TV series)
Himself
– Ken Takakura (2012) … Himself
 
2006 The World Heritage (TV series documentary)
Narration
– 10th Annivesary (2006) … Narration
 
2001 Today's Close Up (TV series)
Himself
– Ken Takakura (2001) … Himself
 
2000 The 23rd Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner
 
1982 The 5th Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor
 
1981 The 4th Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1978 The 1st Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
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2006 Black Rain: Making the Film - Part 1 (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1981 Chambara graffitti - Kill! (documentary)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1980-1984) TV commercials: Mitsubishi Galant Sigma

Alternate Names:

Takakura Ken

Height:

5' 10¾" (1.80 m)
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Trivia:

Known as "The Japanese Clint Eastwood." See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius