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Ken Takakura

Name in Native Language: "高倉健" (Japanese/JA)
Actor | * 02/16/1931 († 83, 11/10/2014) | Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka (Japan)
Ken Takakura (Japanese: 高倉 健, Hepburn: Takakura Ken), born Goichi Oda (小田 剛一, Oda Gōichi, February 16, 1931 – November 10, 2014), was a Japanese actor and singer who appeared in over 200 films. Affectionately referred to as "Ken-san" by audiences, he was best known for his brooding style and the stoic presence he brought to his roles. He won the Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role four times, more than any other actor. Takakura additionally received the Japanese Medal of Honor with purple ribbon in 1998, the Person of Cultural Merit award in 2006, and the Order of Culture in 2013. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Action

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The story is about a convict released from prison for an old murder who is thinking about returning to his ex-wife and his former life. If she puts a yellow handkerchief on the window, it would mean t ...

The Yellow Handkerchief

Certification unknown

1977 | 3.3/5 | 1h 49min
Comedy, Drama
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A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the railroad line is scheduled to be closed, he is offered a job at a ...

Railroad Man

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1999 | 3.5/5 | 1h 52min
Drama
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Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the winter of 1902 to prepare for war with Russia. ...

Mount Hakkoda

Certification unknown

1977 | 3.3/5 | 2h 49min
Drama
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Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manag ...

Black Rain

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1989 | 3.3/5 | 2h 5min
Drama, Action, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for Ken Takakura

Order of Culture Kikuchi Kan Prize Medal With Purple Ribbon Person of Cultural Merit 2x Kinema Junpo Awards for Best Actor Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year 2x Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor Golden Arrow Award Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor
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Movies with Ken Takakura as Actor(155)

as himself2016 Ken San
as Eiji Shimakura2012 Dearest
as Self (archive footage)2006 Black Rain: Making The Film
as Gou-ichi Takata2005 Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
as Yamaoka Shuji2001 The Firefly
as Otomatsu Sato1999 Railroad Man
as Kuranosuke Oishi1994 47 Ronin
as Uchiyama1992 Mr. Baseball
as actor 'The Yakuza' (archive footage) (uncredited)1991 Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
as Kadokura1989 Buddies
as Masahiro1989 Black Rain
1988 See You
as Shuji1985 Demon
as Eiji1983 Choji Snack Bar
as Ushioda1983 Antarctica
as Go Akutsu1982 The Longest Tunnel
as 三上英次 (Detective Mikami (Cameo))1982 Karate Cop
as Eiji Mikami1981 Station
as Kosaku Tajima1980 A Distant Cry from Spring
as Keisuke Miyagi1980 The Revolt
as Hidetsugu Kano1978 Winter's Flower
as Takeshi Ajisawa1978 Never Give Up
as Captain Tokushima1977 Mount Hakkoda
as Yusaku Shima1977 The Yellow Handkerchief
as Morioka1976 Manhunt
as Tetsuo Okita1975 The Bullet Train
as Ichiro Kozue1975 Great Jailbreak
1975 Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
as Masato Dan1975 The International Gang of Kobe
1974 Third Generation Boss
as Jokichi Anabuki1974 The Homeless
as Tanaka Ken1974 The Yakuza
as Duke Togo / Golgo 131973 Golgo 13
as Ryoichi Shimaya1973 Yakuza of the Present
1973 Japan's Top Gangster
1972 The Pledge
1972 Lullaby for a Tough Guy
1972 Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die
as Kuramoto1972 The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
1972 New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1971 Bloodiest Flower
1971 New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
1971 New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
1971 Dagger
as Hidejiro Hanada1971 Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love
as Isamu Tekada1971 Patience Has An End
as Ryutaro Fudo1971 The Path of the King
1970 The Last Kamikaze
1970 House of Gamblers
1970 The Domain: Rising Dragon
1970 Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny
1970 The Japan Derby Race
1970 Yukyo-retsuden
1970 Brave Red Flower of the North
1970 A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
as Major Yamaguchi1970 Too Late the Hero
1970 New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
1970 New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stray Wolf in Snow
as Shuzo Honjo1969 The Biggest Gamble
as Kingoro Tamai1969 The Domain: Flower and Dragon
1969 New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
as Tsukuda Ginjiro1969 Gambler's Legacy
as Hanada Hidejiro1969 Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
1969 Brutal Tales of Chivalry 6
as Shimada1969 Samurai Geisha
as Shogo Hanaoka1969 Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
as Koji Yashiro1969 Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony
1969 New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town
1969 Brothers Serving Time
1969 Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
as Isamu Oba1968 Rogue
as Ken Kato1968 The Drifting Avenger
1968 Gambler Biography
1968 The Domain: Severed Relations
1968 Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
as Naoki Katagiri1968 Red Peony Gambler
1968 The Day the Sun Rose
as Katsuji Suehiro1968 New Prison Walls of Abashiri
1968 Prison Boss
1967 Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
as Shin-ichi Tachibana1967 Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
1967 The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
as First Lieutenant Kenmochi1967 Classmates
as Ryuma Ibuki1967 The Chivalrous Life
1967 The Domain: White Blade
1967 Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
as Shin-ichi Tachibana1967 A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm
1966 Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
1966 Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
1966 The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown
1966 The Kamikaze Guy
as Ichiro Takita1966 Glorious Fights
1966 The Domain: Duel at Thunder Gate
1966 The Bullet and the Horse
1966 Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
1966 Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Lone Wolf
1966 Showdown of Men
1965 Abashiri Prison
as Seiji Terajima1965 Brutal Tales of Chivalry
1965 The Domain: The Naniwa Story
as Sasaki Kojiro1965 Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
as Shin'ichi Tachibana1965 Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
as Shinichi Tachibana1965 Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
1965 The Boss
as Shinichi Tachibana1965 Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
1965 The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
as Ajimura1965 A Fugitive from the Past
as Minami1964 An Outlaw
1964 Tokyo Gang Vs. Hong Kong Gang
1964 Storm Party
1964 Main Street in the Underworld
as Sasaki Kojiro1964 Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
as Tetsu1964 Jakoman and Tetsu
1964 The Domain
as Jiro, the second brother1964 Wolves, Pigs & Men
as Yoshio Harada1963 Tokyo aantachibiru: dasso
1963 Duel of the Underworld
as Sawagami1963 Eleven Gangsters
1963 Life of Hishakaku
as Asano1963 Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
as Sasaki Kojiro1963 Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963 The Big Boss
1962 Hell's Kitchen
1962 The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
1962 All Rascals
1962 Tokyo's Business District
as Yoshio Harada1962 Tokyo Untouchable
as Naomori1962 Lady Sen and Hideyori
1962 Operation Diamond
as Kenichi Hanamura1961 The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961 A Fishwife's Tale
1961 Hell's Juggler
as 'Smiley' Ken1961 Flower, Storm and Gangster
as Kosuke Kindaichi1961 Devil's Nursery Rhyme
1960 Man of the World 2
1960 Bad Angel
1960 The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960 Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
1960 The Second Bullet is Marked
1960 The Great Road
as Hari1960 The Sand City in Manchuria
1959 A Dead Drifter
1959 Hell's Companion
as Fumio Sone1959 Men in a Rough Town
as Captain Yamamoto1959 Four Hours of Terror
as Ichitaro Kazamori1958 The Outsiders
1958 With Songs in My Heart
1958 Detective Duel
1958 No Advice Taken
as Hiroshi Ishioka1958 Sister with Sister
1958 Romance Freestyle
1958 Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1957 The Deep Blue Sea
1956 The Chop Professor
1956 Denko karate uchi

TV Shows/Series with Ken Takakura as Actor(1)

as Eiji1977 Older brother

Full Name: Ken Takakura
Citizenship: Japan
Born: Monday, 02/16 1931 (February) in Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka (Japan)
Died: Monday, 11/10 2014 (November) in Tokyo (aged: 83)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Educated at: Meiji University
Record Label: Pony Canyon
Spouses (current/former): Chiemi Eri
Related to: Ryōko Takakura
Other names for Ken Takakura (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Goichi Oda"
"高倉健"
"高仓健"
"Кэн Такакура"
"たかくら けん" (Kana/Japanese)
Ken Takakura frequently works together with these people:
Rinichi Yamamoto (47x, Actor)
Teruo Ishii (36x, Crew)
Sumiko Fuji (32x, Actress)
Akikane Sawa (29x, Actor)
Kunie Tanaka (27x, Actor)
Kôji Sekiyama (27x, Actor)
Koji Tsuruta (26x, Actor)
Bin Amatsu (26x, Actor)
Minoru Ôki (24x, Actor)
Hiroshi Fujita (23x, Crew)
Kenji Imai (23x, Actor)
Reiko Ôhara (1x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2166, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024