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Ken Watanabe (渡辺 謙, Watanabe Ken, born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese actor. To English-speaking audiences, he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in The Last Samurai, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Ken Watanabe. Actor: The Last Samurai. Ken Watanabe was born on October 21, 1959 in Uonuma, Japan. Both of his parents were teachers: his mother taught general education and his dad taught calligraphy.
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Actor: The Last Samurai. Ken Watanabe was born on October 21, 1959 in Uonuma, Japan. Both of his parents were teachers: his mother taught general education and his dad taught calligraphy. He became interested in acting at the age of 24, when a director of England's National Theater Company, where he was studying, told him that acting was his ...
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Ken Watanabe. Highest Rated: 100% Tampopo (1985) Lowest Rated: 4% Shanghai (2010) Birthday: Oct 21, 1959. Birthplace: Koide, Niigata, Japan. It is no wonder that actor Ken Watanabe has...
Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCredit67%76%Harun (Character)No Score YetNo Score YetUnknown (Voice)67%65%Masao Yoshida (Character)42%83%Dr. Ishiro Serizawa (Character)Ken Watanabe is a Japanese actor. To English-speaking audiences, he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in The Last Samurai, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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