Ken Takakura
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…
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Filmography
Acting (199)
Movies (195)
Ken San
2016as Self
Dearest
2012as Eiji Shimakura
Black Rain: Making The Film
2006as Self (archive footage)
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
2005as Gou-ichi Takata
The Firefly
2001as Yamaoka Shuji
Railroad Man
1999as Otomatsu Sato
The detective whose path was crossed by a snake
1995
47 Ronin
1994as Kuranosuke Oishi
Mr. Baseball
1992as Uchiyama
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991as Self (archive footage)
Black Rain
1989as Masahiro
Buddies
1989as Kadokura
Umi e, See You
1988as Eiji Honma
Demon
1985as Shuji
A Portrait of the Author
1984as Self
Antarctica
1983as Ushioda
Choji Snack Bar
1983as Eiji
The Longest Tunnel
1982as Go Akutsu
Karate Cop
1982as Detective Mikami
Station
1981as Eiji Mikami
The Revolt
1980as Keisuke Miyagi
A Distant Cry from Spring
1980as Kosaku Tajima
Never Give Up
1978as Takeshi Ajisawa
Winter's Flower
1978as Hidetsugu Kano
Mount Hakkoda
1977as Captain Tokushima
The Yellow Handkerchief
1977as Yusaku Shima
Manhunt
1976as Morioka
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
1975
The Bullet Train
1975as Tetsuo Okita
Great Jailbreak
1975as Ichiro Kozue
The International Gang of Kobe
1975as Masato Dan
The Yakuza
1974as Tanaka Ken
The Homeless
1974as Jokichi Anabuki
Third Generation Boss
1974
Yakuza of the Present
1973as Ryoichi Shimaya
Japan's Top Gangster
1973as Kazuo Taoka
Golgo 13
1973as Duke Togo / Golgo 13
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
1972as Kuramoto
Lullaby for a Tough Guy
1972
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die
1972
The Pledge
1972
The Path of the King
1971as Ryutaro Fudo
Dagger
1971
Bloodiest Flower
1971
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
1971
Patience Has An End
1971as Isamu Tekada
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
1971
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love
1971as Hidejiro Hanada
The Man
1971
The Japan Derby Race
1970
The Last Kamikaze
1970as Koji Yashiro
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stray Wolf in Snow
1970
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny
1970
Too Late the Hero
1970as Major Yamaguchi
Yukyo-retsuden
1970
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
1970
House of Gamblers
1970
The Domain: Rising Dragon
1970
Brave Red Flower of the North
1970
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
1970
Brothers Serving Time
1969
Gambler's Legacy
1969as Tsukuda Ginjiro
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
1969
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town
1969
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1969as Saburo Aizawa
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
1969as Hanada Hidejiro
Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony
1969as Koji Yashiro
Samurai Geisha
1969as Shimada Seikichi
Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
1969as Shogo Hanaoka
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 6
1969
The Biggest Gamble
1969as Shuzo Honjo
The Domain: Flower and Dragon
1969as Kingoro Tamai
Gambler Biography
1968
Rogue
1968as Isamu Oba
Histories of the Chivalrous
1968
The Domain: Severed Relations
1968
Red Peony Gambler
1968as Naoki Katagiri
New Prison Walls of Abashiri
1968as Katsuji Suehiro
Prison Boss
1968
The Drifting Avenger
1968as Ken Kato
The Day the Sun Rose
1968
Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
1968
The Chivalrous Life
1967as Ryuma Ibuki
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
1967
The Domain: White Blade
1967
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
1967
Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
1967as Shin-ichi Tachibana
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
1967
Classmates
1967as First Lieutenant Kenmochi
A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm
1967as Shin-ichi Tachibana
Code of Chivalry
1967
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
1966
The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown
1966
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
1966
The Bullet and the Horse
1966
Showdown of Men
1966
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
1966
The Domain: Duel at Thunder Gate
1966
The Kamikaze Guy
1966as Fumio Kuroki
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Lone Wolf
1966
Glorious Fights
1966as Ichiro Takita
Abashiri Prison
1965as Shinichi Tachibana
A Fugitive from the Past
1965as Ajimura
Brutal Tales of Chivalry
1965as Seiji Terajima
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
1965as Shinichi Tachibana
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
1965
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
1965as Shin'ichi Tachibana
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
1965
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965as Sasaki Kojiro
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
1965as Shinichi Tachibana
Tokyo Untouchable
1965as Yoshio Harada
The Boss
1965
Main Street in the Underworld
1964
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964as Sasaki Kojiro
Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang
1964
Jakoman and Tetsu
1964as Tetsu
Wolves, Pigs & Men
1964as Jiro Kuroki, the second brother
An Outlaw
1964as Minami
The Domain
1964
Storm Party
1964
Blackmail
1963
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963as Asano
Duel of the Underworld
1963
Eleven Gangsters
1963as Sawagami
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
1963as Yoshio Harada
Life of Hishakaku
1963
Defeat the Boss
1963
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963as Sasaki Kojiro
The Big Boss
1963
Violent Street
1963
The Escape
1962
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
1962
365 Nights
1962
Tokyo's Business District
1962
South Pacific Waves Are High
1962
Lady Sen and Hideyori
1962as Naomori
Operation Diamond
1962
Tales of President Mito
1962as Sukesaburo Sasa
Uragirimono wa jigoku daze
1962
All Rascals
1962
Hell's Kitchen
1962
Song of Kagoshima
1962as Shuhei Tategami
Devil's Nursery Rhyme
1961as Kosuke Kindaichi
Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san
1961as Kenichi Oka
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961as Kenichi Hanamura
A Fishwife's Tale
1961
The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Whirlwind
1961as Tarō Senpū
The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
1961
Mannen Taro and His Feminine Colleagues
1961as Tarô Mannen
Flower, Storm and Gangster
1961as 'Smiley' Ken
Hell's Juggler
1961
If You're Man Enough
1960
Delinquent Angel
1960
続べらんめぇ芸者
1960
The Second Bullet is Marked
1960
The Great Road
1960
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
1960
The Sand City in Manchuria
1960as Hari
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
1960
The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Eternity
1960
The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Rush
1960 The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960
Storming Squadron
1960
The Bastards of Lawless Town
1959as Fumio Sone
A Dead Drifter
1959
The Happy Family
1959
Hell's Companion
1959
The Counterfeiters
1959
A Man's Dark Finger
1959
Four Hours of Terror
1959as Captain Yamamoto
With Songs in My Heart
1958
Monsoon Son
1958
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
Monsoon Son Pt.2
1958
The Outsiders
1958as Ichitaro Kazamori
His Pistol is Hell
1958
Sister with Sister
1958as Hiroshi Ishioka
Midair Circus
1958 Romance Freestyle
1958
No Advice Taken
1958
Detective Duel
1958
Man of Thirteen Eyes
1958
Men Fighting Whales
1957as Yosuke Yamagami
Employee Full of Fight
1957as Tani
Showdown in Blood
1957
The Deep Blue Sea
1957
Jet Air Base 101
1957as Jiro Nakata
The Chop Professor
1956
Mother Peacock
1956
G-men of Japan 4: Special Armed Unit Mobilization
1956
Manchurian Sunset
1956as Shintaro
恐怖の空中殺人
1956as 島田寿夫
Meteor Karate Strike
1956
Lightning Karate Blow
1956
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