KEN TAKAKURA

ACTING

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.

The Longest Tunnel 1982
Black Rain 1989
The Yellow Handkerchief 1977
47 Ronin 1994
Never Give Up 1978
The International Gang of Kobe 1975
The Yakuza 1974
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles 2005
The Bullet Train 1975
Antarctica 1983
Mr. Baseball 1992
Railroad Man 1999
Red Peony Gambler 1968
An Outlaw 1964
Manhunt 1976
A Distant Cry from Spring 1980
Golgo 13 1973
Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game 1969
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro 1965
Mount Hakkoda 1977
Station 1981
Buddies 1989
A Fugitive from the Past 1965
Dearest 2012
Demon 1985
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 1965
Abashiri Prison 1965
Wolves, Pigs & Men 1964
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang 1972
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love 1971
The Firefly 2001
Winter's Flower 1978
The Homeless 1974
Too Late the Hero 1970
Choji Snack Bar 1983
The Path of the King 1971
The Last Kamikaze 1970
The Revolt 1980
Devil's Nursery Rhyme 1961
Four Hours of Terror 1959
Flower, Storm and Gangster 1961
Glorious Fights 1966
Patience Has An End 1971
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 1965
Jakoman and Tetsu 1964
Samurai Geisha 1969
The Domain: Flower and Dragon 1969
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations 1969
Yakuza of the Present 1973
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2 1965
Gambler's Legacy 1969
Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony 1969
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance 1963
Great Jailbreak 1975
Japan's Top Gangster 1973
Lady Sen and Hideyori 1962
Rogue 1968
The Outsiders 1958
Karate Cop 1982
Manchurian Sunset 1956