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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.
IMDb profile of Ken Watanabe, a Japanese actor who starred in The Last Samurai, Inception, Godzilla and more. Learn about his life, career, achievements and trivia.
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Learn about the life and career of Ken Watanabe, a Japanese actor who starred in The Last Samurai and other Hollywood films. Find out his birth date, height, family, trivia, quotes and more on IMDb.
- October 21, 1959
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May 20, 2022 · The fish-out-of-water crime thriller explores Tokyo’s seedy underworld during the 90s, as tattooed yakuza gangs battle it out for supremacy while seductive expats work in gaudy hostess clubs....
Ken Watanabe is a Japanese actor who has starred in many films, including Inception, Godzilla, and The Last Samurai. Learn about his career, awards, and personal life on Rotten Tomatoes, the site for movie and TV ratings and reviews.
Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCredit67%76%Harun (Character)No Score YetNo Score YetUnknown (Voice)67%65%Masao Yoshida (Character)42%83%Dr. Ishiro Serizawa (Character)Feb 9, 2024 · Ken Watanabe, who plays detective Hiroto Katagiri in HBO's Tokyo Vice, talks about his character's dilemma, his relationship with Jake Adelstein and the yakuza war. Read the interview and find out what to expect from the second season of the show based on Jake Adelstein's memoir.
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.