Ken Takakura
Born in Nakama, Fukuoka, Japan — Feb 16 1931• Died Nov 10 2014
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Ken Takakura (高倉 健, Takakura Ken), born Gouichi Oda (February 16, 1931, in Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan), was a Japanese actor best known for his brooding style and the stoic presence he brings to his roles. Takakura gained his streetwise swagger and tough-guy persona watching yakuza turf battles over the lucrative black market and racketeering in postwar Fukuoka. This subject was covered in one of his most famous movies, Showa Zankyo-den (Remnants of Chivalry in the Showa Era), in which he played an honorable old-school yakuza among the violent post-war g…
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Ken Takakura's Credits
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Bistro Guest
Black Rain
Masahiro
Wolves, Pigs & Men
Jiro Kuroki, the second brother
Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi
Antarctica
Ushioda
The Bullet Train
Tetsuo Okita
Older brother
Eiji
47 Ronin
Kuranosuke Oishi
Railroad Man
Otomatsu Sato
A Fugitive from the Past
Ajimura
The Yellow Handkerchief
Yusaku Shima
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Sasaki Kojiro
Mount Hakkoda
Captain Tokushima
Manhunt
Morioka
A Distant Cry from Spring
Kosaku Tajima
Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
Shogo Hanaoka
Yakuza of the Present
Ryoichi Shimaya
Winter's Flower
Hidetsugu Kano
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Sasaki Kojiro
Karate Cop
Detective Mikami
Classmates
First Lieutenant Kenmochi
Station
Eiji Mikami
The Revolt
Keisuke Miyagi
The International Gang of Kobe
Masato Dan
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
Sasaki Kojiro
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
Kuramoto
With Songs in My Heart
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Gou-ichi Takata
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Saburo Aizawa
Brutal Tales of Chivalry
Seiji Terajima
Third Generation Boss
The Firefly
Yamaoka Shuji
Never Give Up
Takeshi Ajisawa
Patience Has An End
Isamu Tekada
New Prison Walls of Abashiri
Katsuji Suehiro
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
Hanada Hidejiro
The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
The Last Kamikaze
Koji Yashiro
Abashiri Prison
Shinichi Tachibana
Life of Hishakaku
Mr. Baseball
Uchiyama
Choji Snack Bar
Eiji
Glorious Fights
Ichiro Takita
Buddies
Kadokura
Lullaby for a Tough Guy
Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san
Kenichi Oka
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
Demon
Shuji
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
Brave Red Flower of the North
House of Gamblers
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
Shinichi Tachibana
The Japan Derby Race
The Longest Tunnel
Go Akutsu
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Asano
Sister with Sister
Hiroshi Ishioka
Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
The Chivalrous Life
Ryuma Ibuki
Flower, Storm and Gangster
'Smiley' Ken
The detective whose path was crossed by a snake
The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown
Red Peony Gambler
Naoki Katagiri
The Path of the King
Ryutaro Fudo
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
Shinichi Tachibana
Dearest
Eiji Shimakura
An Outlaw
Minami
Great Jailbreak
Ichiro Kozue
Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony
Koji Yashiro
The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Eternity
The Sand City in Manchuria
Hari
The Escape
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
Ken San
Self
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
Shin'ichi Tachibana
Too Late the Hero
Major Yamaguchi
The Yakuza
Tanaka Ken
Showdown in Blood
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny
The Domain: Duel at Thunder Gate
The Day the Sun Rose
Yukyo-retsuden
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
Prison Boss
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
The Bastards of Lawless Town
Fumio Sone
Rogue
Isamu Oba
Hell's Companion
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die
Samurai Geisha
Shimada Seikichi
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Whirlwind
Tarō Senpū
The Homeless
Jokichi Anabuki
Man of Thirteen Eyes
The Bullet and the Horse
The Deep Blue Sea
Eleven Gangsters
Sawagami
Mother Peacock
Japan's Top Gangster
Kazuo Taoka
The Biggest Gamble
Shuzo Honjo
Detective Duel
The Man
The Domain: White Blade
The Happy Family
The Big Boss
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
Umi e, See You
Eiji Honma
The Domain: Flower and Dragon
Kingoro Tamai
The Second Bullet is Marked
The Domain
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
Lightning Karate Blow
The Boss
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
Yoshio Harada
South Pacific Waves Are High
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
Jakoman and Tetsu
Tetsu
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
The Great Road
Devil's Nursery Rhyme
Kosuke Kindaichi
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Lone Wolf
Blackmail
Gambler's Legacy
Tsukuda Ginjiro
Brothers Serving Time
The Chop Professor
Dagger
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
The Counterfeiters
Showdown of Men
Mannen Taro and His Feminine Colleagues
Tarô Mannen
Gambler Biography
365 Nights
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
Kenichi Hanamura
G-men of Japan 4: Special Armed Unit Mobilization
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love
Hidejiro Hanada
Tales of President Mito
Sukesaburo Sasa
The Kamikaze Guy
Fumio Kuroki
A Man's Dark Finger
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
If You're Man Enough
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
Manchurian Sunset
Shintaro
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
All Rascals
Main Street in the Underworld
Uragirimono wa jigoku daze
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 6
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self (archive footage)
The Pledge
The Outsiders
Ichitaro Kazamori
An Elegy of Tyrole
Tateishi Jiro
No Advice Taken
Histories of the Chivalrous
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stray Wolf in Snow
Lady Sen and Hideyori
Naomori
The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Rush
Romance Freestyle
A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm
Shin-ichi Tachibana
The Drifting Avenger
Ken Kato
Golgo 13
Duke Togo / Golgo 13
Delinquent Angel
Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang
Monsoon Son
A Fishwife's Tale
A Dead Drifter
Men Fighting Whales
Yosuke Yamagami
The Domain: Severed Relations
Hell's Juggler
Duel of the Underworld
Black Rain: Making The Film
Self (archive footage)
His Pistol is Hell
Song of Kagoshima
Shuhei Tategami
Tokyo Untouchable
Yoshio Harada
Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
Shin-ichi Tachibana
Monsoon Son Pt.2
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
Tokyo's Business District
Meteor Karate Strike
Employee Full of Fight
Tani
Operation Diamond
The Domain: Rising Dragon
Midair Circus
Hell's Kitchen
Jet Air Base 101
Jiro Nakata
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
Code of Chivalry
Four Hours of Terror
Captain Yamamoto
Bloodiest Flower
Storm Party
恐怖の空中殺人
島田寿夫
A Portrait of the Author
Self
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
続べらんめぇ芸者
Defeat the Boss
Violent Street
Storming Squadron