Ken Takakura
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday16 February 1931
Died10 November 2014 (age 83)
Place of birthNakama, Fukuoka, Japan
Known credits201
Biography
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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2016 · Self
Dearest
2012 · Eiji Shimakura
Black Rain: Making The Film
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
2005 · Gou-ichi Takata
The Firefly
2001 · Yamaoka Shuji
Railroad Man
1999 · Otomatsu Sato
SMAP×SMAP
1996 · Bistro Guest
The detective whose path was crossed by a snake
1995
47 Ronin
1994 · Kuranosuke Oishi
Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi
1993
Mr. Baseball
1992 · Uchiyama
An Elegy of Tyrole
1992 · Tateishi Jiro
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991 · Self (archive footage)
Buddies
1989 · Kadokura
Black Rain
1989 · Masahiro
Umi e, See You
1988 · Eiji Honma
Demon
1985 · Shuji
A Portrait of the Author
1984 · Self
Choji Snack Bar
1983 · Eiji
Antarctica
1983 · Ushioda
The Longest Tunnel
1982 · Go Akutsu
Karate Cop
1982 · Detective Mikami
Station
1981 · Eiji Mikami
A Distant Cry from Spring
1980 · Kosaku Tajima
The Revolt
1980 · Keisuke Miyagi
Never Give Up
1978 · Takeshi Ajisawa
Winter's Flower
1978 · Hidetsugu Kano
Older brother
1977 · Eiji
The Yellow Handkerchief
1977 · Yusaku Shima
Mount Hakkoda
1977 · Captain Tokushima
Manhunt
1976 · Morioka
The International Gang of Kobe
1975 · Masato Dan
The Bullet Train
1975 · Tetsuo Okita
Great Jailbreak
1975 · Ichiro Kozue
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
1975
The Yakuza
1974 · Tanaka Ken
The Homeless
1974 · Jokichi Anabuki
Third Generation Boss
1974
Golgo 13
1973 · Duke Togo / Golgo 13
Yakuza of the Present
1973 · Ryoichi Shimaya
Japan's Top Gangster
1973 · Kazuo Taoka
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die
1972
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972
The Pledge
1972
Lullaby for a Tough Guy
1972
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
1972 · Kuramoto
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
1971
The Man
1971
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