Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe (born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese stage, film, and television 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. Among other awards, he has won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Actor twice, in 2007 for Memories...

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Batman Begins

As Ra's al Ghul

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Letters from Iwo Jima

As General Tadamichi Kuribayashi

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The Last Samurai

As Moritsugu Katsumoto

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Tampopo

As Gun

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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

As Mr. Tall

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Inception

As Saito

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Shanghai

As Tanaka

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T.R.Y.

As Masanobu Azuma

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Space Travelers

As Sakamaki ("Crusher")

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第三の時効

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The Creator

As Harun

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Unforgiven

As Jubee Kamata

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Godzilla

As Dr. Ishiro Serizawa

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Memories of Tomorrow

As Masayuki Saeki

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The Making of "Tampopo"

As Self

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劇場の灯を消すな!PARCO劇場編

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The Unbroken

As Hajime Onchi

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A School Behind Bars

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Year One in the North

As Komatsubara Hideaki

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Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home

As Junichiro Kawaguchi

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Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

As Okubo

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Earth

As Narrator (voice)

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Transformers: Age of Extinction

As Drift (voice)

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True Love: Making 'The Creator'

As Self

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The Whispered City

As Ishida

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Drowning Fish

As Miyota

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The Sea and Poison

As Toda

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Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween

As Restaurant Patron

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MacArthur's Children

As Tetsuo Nakai

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Evolution Within Extinction

As Self

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Hanzo, the Razor

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All Lives

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Transformers: The Last Knight

As Drift (voice)

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Snow Jack

As Reiji Kurata

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Rage

As Yohei Maki

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Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi

As Kojirō

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Kekkon Annai Mystery

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The Sea of Trees

As Takumi Nakamura

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Commando Invasion

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Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -

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Oda Nobunaga

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Chronicle of the Town Magistrate

As Mochizuki Koheita

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Godzilla: King of the Monsters

As Dr. Ishiro Serizawa

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Bruce's Fists Of Vengeance

As Samurai Master

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Pokémon Detective Pikachu

As Lieutenant Hide Yoshida

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Isle of Dogs

As Head Surgeon (voice)

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Bel Canto

As Katsumi Hosokawa

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Fukushima 50

As Masao Yoshida

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The Memories of Happiness

As Taro Miura

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The King and I

As The King of Siam

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Kensuke's Kingdom

As Kensuke (voice)

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Bonds

As Detective Sako Akio

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Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

As Raita Onuki

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Baian the Assassin

As Dr. Baian

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Baian the Assassin: Showdown

As Dr. Baian

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Memoirs of a Geisha

As Chairman

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7 Guardians of the Tomb

As Father

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Another Battle/Conspiracy

As Fujimaki Hiroaki

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An Artist of the Floating World

As Ono Masuji

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A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era

As Ryoma Sakamoto

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Ikebukuro West Gate Park

As Yokoyama

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Kagi-shi

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Oda Nobunaga

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Vessel of Sand

As Shuichiro Imanishi

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Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

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川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語

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NHK WORLD PRIME

As Self - Presenter

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横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)

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Masamune Shogun

As 伊達政宗

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Segodon

As Shimazu Nariakira

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強行犯捜査第七係

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Izakaya Chōji

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Gokenin Zankuro

As Zankuro Matsudaira

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Waga Machi

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Tokyo Vice

As Hiroto Katagiri

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Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko

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Baian the Assassin

As Fujieda Baian

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五年目のひとり

As 키자키 슈지

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Shimei Tehai

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Back of Father

As Takamura Kouji

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藤田宜永サスペンス「異端の夏」

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Hanekonma

As Genzo Onodera

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Hojo Tokimune

As Hojo Tokiyori

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The Fire Still Burns

As Fujiwara Tsunekiyo

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Toubousha

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Gyoretsuno dekiru sodanjo

As Regular