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 covered in one of his most famous movies, Showa Zankyo-den (Remnants...
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The Longest Tunnel
As Go Akutsu
Black Rain
As Masahiro
Operation Diamond
The Yellow Handkerchief
As Yusaku Shima
47 Ronin
As Kuranosuke Oishi
Tokyo Gang Vs. Hong Kong Gang
South Pacific Waves Are High
A Dead Drifter
Never Give Up
As Takeshi Ajisawa
Rogue
As Isamu Oba
The Yakuza
As Tanaka Ken
Men Fighting Whales
As Yosuke Yamagami
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
As Gou-ichi Takata
Tokyo Untouchable
As Yoshio Harada
The Kamikaze Guy
Antarctica
As Ushioda
Bad Angel
The Bullet Train
As Tetsuo Okita
Mannen Taro and His Feminine Colleagues
As Tarô Mannen
Mr. Baseball
As Uchiyama
Tenka no Kaidanji Senpû Tarô
As Tarô Senpû
Railroad Man
As Otomatsu Sato
Kyôkatsu
Red Peony Gambler
As Naoki Katagiri
Manhunt
As Morioka
Main Street in the Underworld
An Outlaw
As Minami
A Distant Cry from Spring
As Kosaku Tajima
Golgo 13
As Duke Togo / Golgo 13
Hell's Companion
Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
As Shogo Hanaoka
The Outsiders
As Ichitaro Kazamori
Tokyo's Business District
Brave Red Flower of the North
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
As Sasaki Kojiro
Mount Hakkoda
As Captain Tokushima
Buddies
As Kadokura
Station
As Eiji Mikami
A Fugitive from the Past
As Ajimura
Dearest
As Eiji Shimakura
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Lone Wolf
Demon
As Shuji
Manchurian Sunset
As Shintaro
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
As Hanada Hidejiro
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny
Brutal Tales of Chivalry
As Seiji Terajima
Showdown in Blood
If You're Man Enough
Abashiri Prison
As Shinichi Tachibana
Wolves, Pigs & Men
As Jiro Kuroki, the second brother
All Rascals
The Man
Karate Cop
As Detective Mikami
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
As Yoshio Harada
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
As Kuramoto
Uragirimono wa jigoku daze
Winter's Flower
As Hidetsugu Kano
The Firefly
As Yamaoka Shuji
G-men of Japan 4: Special Armed Unit Mobilization
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
As Self (archive footage)
The Domain
The Homeless
As Jokichi Anabuki
A Portrait of the Author
As Self
Too Late the Hero
As Major Yamaguchi
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love
As Hidejiro Hanada
Lightning Karate Blow
Prison Boss
Choji Snack Bar
As Eiji
The Day the Sun Rose
The Path of the King
As Ryutaro Fudo
The Deep Blue Sea
Classmates
As First Lieutenant Kenmochi
The Last Kamikaze
As Koji Yashiro
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
The Revolt
As Keisuke Miyagi
With Songs in My Heart
The Sand City in Manchuria
As Hari
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
As Shin'ichi Tachibana
New Prison Walls of Abashiri
As Katsuji Suehiro
Flower, Storm and Gangster
As 'Smiley' Ken
Romance Freestyle
Four Hours of Terror
As Captain Yamamoto
Devil's Nursery Rhyme
As Kosuke Kindaichi
Jet Air Base 101
As Jiro Nakata
Detective Duel
Sister with Sister
As Hiroshi Ishioka
A Fishwife's Tale
Glorious Fights
As Ichiro Takita
Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
The International Gang of Kobe
As Masato Dan
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
Ken San
As Self
365 Nights
Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san
As Kenichi Oka
Tales of President Mito
As Sukesaburo Sasa
Man of the World 2
No Advice Taken
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
The Bullet and the Horse
Patience Has An End
As Isamu Tekada
House of Gamblers
The Pledge
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
As Kenichi Hanamura
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
Black Rain: Making The Film
As Self (archive footage)
Eleven Gangsters
As Sawagami
The Second Bullet is Marked
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 6
The Chivalrous Life
As Ryuma Ibuki
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
As Shinichi Tachibana
Jakoman and Tetsu
As Tetsu
Samurai Geisha
As Shimada Seikichi
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
As Sasaki Kojiro
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
As Sasaki Kojiro
A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm
As Shin-ichi Tachibana
The Domain: Flower and Dragon
As Kingoro Tamai
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
Life of Hishakaku
Song of Kagoshima
As Shuhei Tategami
The Drifting Avenger
As Ken Kato
Yakuza of the Present
As Ryoichi Shimaya
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
As Saburo Aizawa
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
As Shinichi Tachibana
Third Generation Boss
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
Brothers Serving Time
Gambler's Legacy
As Tsukuda Ginjiro
Bloodiest Flower
Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony
As Koji Yashiro
Man of Thirteen Eyes
Mother Peacock
The Escape
The Biggest Gamble
As Shuzo Honjo
The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
Man of the World
The Happy Family
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
As Asano
Great Jailbreak
As Ichiro Kozue
The Japan Derby Race
The Big Boss
Lullaby for a Tough Guy
Men in a Rough Town
As Fumio Sone
Storm Party
Employee Full of Fight
As Tani
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town
Japan's Top Gangster
As Kazuo Taoka
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
The Boss
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stray Wolf in Snow
Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
As Shin-ichi Tachibana
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
Lady Sen and Hideyori
As Naomori
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
The Domain: Rising Dragon
Showdown of Men
The Domain: White Blade
The Domain: Severed Relations
Dagger
The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
The Domain: Duel at Thunder Gate
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
See You
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
The Great Road
Hell's Juggler
Duel of the Underworld
Hell's Kitchen
Histories of the Chivalrous
The Chop Professor
Yukyo-retsuden
Gambler Biography
The detective whose path was crossed by a snake
Older brother
As Eiji
SMAP×SMAP
As Bistro Guest
An Elegy of Tyrole
As Tateishi Jiro
Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi