Where to watch Ken Takakura in the UK
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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 of Chivalry in the Showa Era), in which he played an honorable old-school yakuza among the violent post-war gurentai. A graduate of Meiji University…
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- SMAP×SMAP (1996) as Bistro Guest
- Black Rain (1989) as Masahiro
- Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005) as Gou-ichi Takata
- Mr. Baseball (1992) as Uchiyama
- The Bullet Train (1975) as Tetsuo Okita
- Mount Hakkoda (1977) as Captain Tokushima
- Railroad Man (1999) as Otomatsu Sato
- The Yakuza (1974) as Tanaka Ken
- A Fugitive from the Past (1965) as Ajimura
- The Revolt (1980) as Keisuke Miyagi
- Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi (1993) Cast
- Dearest (2012) as Eiji Shimakura
- Antarctica (1983) as Ushioda
- Older brother (1977) as Eiji
- Ken San (2016) as Self
- Demon (1985) as Shuji
- Too Late the Hero (1970) as Major Yamaguchi
- 47 Ronin (1994) as Kuranosuke Oishi
- Station (1981) as Eiji Mikami
- Never Give Up (1978) as Takeshi Ajisawa
- The Last Kamikaze (1970) as Koji Yashiro
- Memoir of Japanese Assassinations (1969) as Saburo Aizawa
- Yakuza of the Present (1973) as Ryoichi Shimaya
- Choji Snack Bar (1983) as Eiji
- Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star (1991) as Self (archive footage)
- The Chivalrous Life (1967) as Ryuma Ibuki
- New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town (1969) Cast
- Manhunt (1976) as Morioka
- A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm (1967) as Shin-ichi Tachibana
- Classmates (1967) as First Lieutenant Kenmochi
- Third Generation Boss (1974) Cast
- New Prison Walls of Abashiri (1968) as Katsuji Suehiro
- Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido (1967) Cast
- The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) as Yusaku Shima
- Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple (1964) as Sasaki Kojiro
- The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang (1972) as Kuramoto
- Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2 (1965) as Shinichi Tachibana
- The International Gang of Kobe (1975) as Masato Dan
- Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style (1963) as Sasaki Kojiro
- Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro (1965) as Sasaki Kojiro
- The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry (1965) Cast
- The Great Road (1960) Cast
- House of Gamblers (1970) Cast
- Wolves, Pigs & Men (1964) as Jiro Kuroki, the second brother
- Buddies (1989) as Kadokura
- Winter's Flower (1978) as Hidetsugu Kano
- The Bastards of Lawless Town (1959) as Fumio Sone
- Glorious Fights (1966) as Ichiro Takita
- A Distant Cry from Spring (1980) as Kosaku Tajima
- Karate Cop (1982) as Detective Mikami
- Hell's Companion (1959) Cast
- Umi e, See You (1988) as Eiji Honma
- Golgo 13 (1973) as Duke Togo / Golgo 13
- Man of Thirteen Eyes (1958) Cast
- The Day the Sun Rose (1968) Cast
- Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2 (1966) Cast
- Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo (1969) as Hanada Hidejiro
- The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown (1966) Cast
- Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die (1972) Cast
- The Japan Derby Race (1970) Cast
- Red Peony Gambler (1968) as Naoki Katagiri
- The Domain: Flower and Dragon (1969) as Kingoro Tamai
- The Boss (1965) Cast
- Great Jailbreak (1975) as Ichiro Kozue
- Japan's Top Gangster (1973) as Kazuo Taoka
- Tokyo Untouchable: Escape (1963) as Yoshio Harada
- Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 (1965) as Shinichi Tachibana
- The Sand City in Manchuria (1960) as Hari
- The Firefly (2001) as Yamaoka Shuji
- Beyond the Seasonal Wind (1958) Cast
- Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love (1971) as Hidejiro Hanada
- Patience Has An End (1971) as Isamu Tekada
- The Drifting Avenger (1968) as Ken Kato
- Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony (1969) as Koji Yashiro
- Samurai Geisha (1969) as Shimada Seikichi
- The Outsiders (1958) as Ichitaro Kazamori
- Gang Loyalty and Vengeance (1963) as Asano
- Brave Red Flower of the North (1970) Cast
- The Longest Tunnel (1982) as Go Akutsu
- Eleven Gangsters (1963) as Sawagami
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Most-watched Ken Takakura films currently: Black Rain (1989), Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005), Mr. Baseball (1992), The Bullet Train (1975), Mount Hakkoda (1977).
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Selected TV credits: SMAP×SMAP (1996), Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi (1993), Older brother (1977), An Elegy of Tyrole (1992).
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