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
- The Yakuza (1974) as Tanaka Ken
- The Bullet Train (1975) as Tetsuo Okita
- Manhunt (1976) as Morioka
- 47 Ronin (1994) as Kuranosuke Oishi
- The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) as Yusaku Shima
- Mount Hakkoda (1977) as Captain Tokushima
- Older brother (1977) as Eiji
- Dearest (2012) as Eiji Shimakura
- Choji Snack Bar (1983) as Eiji
- Never Give Up (1978) as Takeshi Ajisawa
- A Distant Cry from Spring (1980) as Kosaku Tajima
- Railroad Man (1999) as Otomatsu Sato
- Station (1981) as Eiji Mikami
- Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi (1993) Cast
- Antarctica (1983) as Ushioda
- The Revolt (1980) as Keisuke Miyagi
- Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple (1964) as Sasaki Kojiro
- Memoir of Japanese Assassinations (1969) as Saburo Aizawa
- Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style (1963) as Sasaki Kojiro
- A Fugitive from the Past (1965) as Ajimura
- New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town (1969) Cast
- Demon (1985) as Shuji
- Yakuza of the Present (1973) as Ryoichi Shimaya
- Winter's Flower (1978) as Hidetsugu Kano
- Brave Red Flower of the North (1970) Cast
- With Songs in My Heart (1958) Cast
- The Big Boss (1963) Cast
- Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game (1969) as Shogo Hanaoka
- Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2 (1965) as Shinichi Tachibana
- New Prison Walls of Abashiri (1968) as Katsuji Suehiro
- Classmates (1967) as First Lieutenant Kenmochi
- The Domain: Duel at Thunder Gate (1966) Cast
- The Boss (1965) Cast
- Great Jailbreak (1975) as Ichiro Kozue
- Tales of President Mito (1962) as Sukesaburo Sasa
- Rogue (1968) as Isamu Oba
- Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4 (1967) Cast
- The Firefly (2001) as Yamaoka Shuji
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Most-watched Ken Takakura films currently: Black Rain (1989), The Yakuza (1974), The Bullet Train (1975), Manhunt (1976), 47 Ronin (1994).
What TV shows has Ken Takakura appeared in?
Selected TV credits: SMAP×SMAP (1996), Older brother (1977), Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi (1993), An Elegy of Tyrole (1992).
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