Movies by Ken Watanabe
As part of the cast:
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Shanghai (2010)
Cast: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, John Cusack, David Morse …
Directed by: Mikael Håfström
Four months before the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, American Paul (John Cusack) investigates the murder of his close friend in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. During his search, Paul uncovers…
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Inception (2010)
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page …
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Oscar-nominated for Best Picture, this unnerving sci-fi thriller stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Dom Cobb, who earns a tidy sum infiltrating the dreams of corporate titans to steal their most…
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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)
Cast: John C. Reilly, Josh Hutcherson, Chris Massoglia …
Directed by: Paul Weitz
Things get freaky fast for 16-year-old Darren Shan (Chris Massoglia) when his friend takes him to a circus that's chockfull of sideshow oddities. There, he meets vampire Larten Crepsley…
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Letters from Iwo Jima (2007)
Cast: Ken Watanabe, Shido Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Ihara …
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
As tens of thousands of Allied troops push further inland, the Japanese troops defending Iwo Jima during World War II prepare to meet their fate in this Clint Eastwood-directed Oscar nominee,…
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Memories of Tomorrow (2006)
Cast: Ken Watanabe, Kanako Higuchi, Kenji Sakaguchi …
Directed by: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Diagnosed at age 49 with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, successful advertising executive Masayuki Saeki (Ken Watanabe) sees his near-perfect world turn upside down as he and his wife…
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Batman Begins (2005)
Cast: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson …
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Following his parents' brutal murder, Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) trains with a skilled ninja (Ken Watanabe) and returns to Gotham City, only to find it overrun with crime and…
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Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Cast: Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Koji Yakusho …
Directed by: Rob Marshall
When 9-year-old Chiyo is sold to a Kyoto geisha house, she endures harsh treatment from the owners and the haughty head geisha, Hatsumomo -- who's envious of Chiyo's stunning beauty…
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The Last Samurai (2003)
Cast: Tom Cruise, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn …
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Tom Cruise stars as Nathan Algren -- an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare -- in this lush epic set in the 1870s, which finds Algren learning to…
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Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
Cast: Toshiaki Karasawa, Kyoka Suzuki, Masahiko Nishimura …
Directed by: Koki Mitani
Using her real-life experiences and feelings, a Japanese housewife Miyako (Kyoka Suzuki) writes the winning script in a radio drama contest. But she has some hard -- if comical -- lessons to…
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Baian the Assassin: Vol 3 (1996)
Cast: Ken Ogata, Ken Watanabe
Directed by: So Yamamura
Dr. Baian (Ken Watanabe) has the power to cure and kill with his acupuncture needles in this third volume of the popular series based on Shotaro Ikenami's tales and set in 18th-century…
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Baian the Assassin: Vol.4 (1996)
Cast: Ken Watanabe
Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai, Memoirs of a Geisha) is Dr. Baian -- acupuncturist by day, assassin by night -- in the fourth and final volume of the popular series set in feudal Japan.…
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Baian the Assassin: Vol. 2 (1992)
Cast: Ken Watanabe, Chikage Awashima, Hiroshi Abe …
Directed by: Yoshifumi Ogasawara, Rokuro Sugimura
It's Tokyo shock cinema at its finest in the second deadly installment of the Baian the Assassin series, based on the stories by Japanese writer Shotaro Ikenami. A professional…
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Baian the Assassin: Vol. 1 (1991)
Cast: Ken Watanabe, Kunie Tanaka, Kimiko Yo …
Directed by: Keichiro Yoshida, Rokuro Sugimura
During the Edo period in Japan, acupuncturist Dr. Baian (Ken Watanabe) uses his skills to kill or cure. In fact, Baian often accepts payment to extinguish evildoers -- but only so that he can…
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Tampopo (1986)
Cast: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Nobuki Miiyamoto …
Directed by: Juzo Itami
A celebration of the role of food in Japanese culture, acclaimed director Juzo Itami's hit satire was dubbed the first "noodle western" for its delightful parody of American Westerns and…