Movies by Ken Takakura
As part of the cast:
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Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005)
Cast: Ken Takakura, Shinobu Terajima, Kiichi Nakai …
Directed by: Yimou Zhang
Hoping to mend a deep rift with his dying son, steely Japanese fisherman Gouichi Takada (Ken Takakura) sets off for a remote province in China to fulfill his son's dream in this gentle…
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47 Ronin (1994)
Cast: Ken Takakura, Kô Nishimura, Koji Ishizaka …
Directed by: Kon Ichikawa
When their leader commits ritual suicide for dishonoring nobleman Kira (Kô Nishimura), 47 samurai warriors band together, vowing to avenge him. After spending a year preparing…
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Mr. Baseball (1992)
Cast: Tom Selleck, Ken Takakura, Aya Takanashi …
Directed by: Fred Schepisi
Jack Elliott's (Tom Selleck) baseball glory days are over, or so it seems. No longer the athlete he once was, he's traded to a pro team in Japan, where he promptly angers everyone…
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Black Rain (1989)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura …
Directed by: Ridley Scott
A New York City cop (Michael Douglas) and his partner (Andy Garcia) must escort a murdering Japanese mobster to a jail in his homeland; he escapes, though, when they land on his turf. A…
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Never Give Up (1978)
Cast: Ken Takakura, Ryoko Nakano, Isao Natsuki …
Directed by: Junya Sato
After a mass murder in rural Japan, ex-special services soldier Ajisawa (Ken Takakura) adopts the young sole survivor of the massacre, who has no memory of the event. Later, in his civilian…
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The Bullet Train (1975)
Cast: Ken Takakura, Kei Yamamoto, Ken Utsui …
Directed by: Junya Sato
The idea for the blockbuster American film Speed didn't come out of thin air, as evidenced by this Japanese predecessor. A crazed man (Ken Takakura) has deposited an explosive device on…
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Bullet Train (1975)
Cast: Ken Takakura, Sonny Chiba, Kei Yamamoto …
Directed by: Junya Sato
The idea for the blockbuster American film Speed didn't come out of thin air, as evidenced by this Japanese predecessor. A crazed man (Ken Takakura) has deposited an explosive device on…
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The Yakuza (1975)
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Brian Keith …
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
World War II veteran Harry Kilmer (Robert Mitchum) returns to Japan to rescue the daughter of his employer, George Tanner (Brian Keith), in this tense thriller directed by Sydney Pollack.…
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Sympathy for the Underdog (1971)
Cast: Noboru Ando, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Koji Tsuruta …
Directed by: Kinji Fukasaku
Kinji Fukasaku's action-packed crime drama centers on aging Yakuza Gunji (Koji Tsuruta), a fierce fighter who lives by a code no longer honored by Tokyo's new breed of ruthless…
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Too Late the Hero (1970)
Cast: Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Henry Fonda …
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
As World War II rages on in Europe, a reluctant squad of British soldiers stationed in the Pacific theater find themselves tasked with destroying a Japanese radio base behind enemy lines.…
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Miyamoto Musashi V: Duel at Ganryu Island (1965)
Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ken Takakura, Wakaba Irie …
Directed by: Tomu Uchida
Director Tomu Uchida concludes his five-film epic about renowned Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi with this martial-arts extravaganza, which follows the warrior as he squares off against…
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Miyamoto Musashi IV: Duel at Ichijyo-Ji Temple (1964)
Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Wakaba Irie, Isao Kimura …
Directed by: Tomu Uchida
In the fourth and penultimate film of director Tomu Uchida's landmark series, Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi (Kinnosuke Nakamura) discovers that his defeat of a prominent…