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Ken Takakura. Actor: Black Rain. Ken Takakura was a Japanese actor best known for his brooding style and the stoic, honorable presence he brought 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.
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Spouse. Chiemi Eri. . . ( m. 1959; div. 1971) . 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 ...
YearTitleRoleDirector2012Eiji KurashimaYasuo Furuhata2005Gou-Ichi Takata2001The FireflyYamaoka ShûjiYasuo Furuhata1999Otomatsu SatōYasuo FuruhataIn 1954, Go Akuzu (Ken Takakura) travels to the Tsuruga Straits that separate Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido from the island of Honshu, to investigate the tragic loss of a passenger ship in the treacherous waters of the straits. Director: Shirô Moritani | Stars: Ken Takakura, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Tomokazu Miura, Naoko Ôtani. Votes: 51
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Establishing Takakura as a mainstay in the genre, the film was at the same time only the first step for Takakura to gain major stardom as a leading actor of the ninkyo eiga. A genre, which should soon become dominated by Takakura, playing the lead in literally hundreds of these films. 4. Wolves, Pigs and Men (Okami to buta to ningen, 1964)
Nov 10, 2014 · 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 ...
Feb 23, 2015 · 6. Brutal Tales of Chivalry (Showa Zankyoden, 1965) While the “Abashiri Prison” series was arguably the greatest commercial success of Ken Takakura’s entire career, it should be noted that “Brutal Tales of Chivalry”, released in the same year and directed by Toei veteran Kiyoshi Saeki, was an even more crucial film in Takakura’s career for shaping his unique type of tateyaku ...