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Personal Info

Known Credits 184

Gender Male

Birthdate 1931-02-16 (94 Y.O)

Place Of Birth Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan

Also Known For Goichi Oda高仓健Кэн Такакура

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 ...

Known For

Ken San

Dearest

Black Rain: Making The Film

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

The Firefly

Acting

2016 -- Ken San | Self

2012 -- Dearest | Eiji Shimakura

2006 -- Black Rain: Making The Film | Self (archive footage)

2005 -- Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles | Gou-ichi Takata

2001 -- The Firefly | Yamaoka Shuji

1999 -- Railroad Man | Otomatsu Sato

1995 -- The detective whose path was crossed by a snake |

1994 -- 47 Ronin | Kuranosuke Oishi

1992 -- Mr. Baseball | Uchiyama

1991 -- Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star | Self (archive footage)

1989 -- Buddies | Kadokura

1989 -- Black Rain | Masahiro

1988 -- See You |

1985 -- Demon | Shuji

1984 -- A Portrait of the Author | Self

1983 -- Choji Snack Bar | Eiji

1983 -- Antarctica | Ushioda

1982 -- The Longest Tunnel | Go Akutsu

1982 -- Karate Cop | Detective Mikami

1981 -- Station | Eiji Mikami

1980 -- A Distant Cry from Spring | Kosaku Tajima

1980 -- The Revolt | Keisuke Miyagi

1978 -- Never Give Up | Takeshi Ajisawa

1978 -- Winter's Flower | Hidetsugu Kano

1977 -- The Yellow Handkerchief | Yusaku Shima

1977 -- Mount Hakkoda | Captain Tokushima

1976 -- Manhunt | Morioka

1975 -- The International Gang of Kobe | Masato Dan

1975 -- The Bullet Train | Tetsuo Okita

1975 -- Great Jailbreak | Ichiro Kozue

1975 -- Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack |

1974 -- The Yakuza | Tanaka Ken

1974 -- The Homeless | Jokichi Anabuki

1974 -- Third Generation Boss |

1973 -- Golgo 13 | Duke Togo / Golgo 13

1973 -- Yakuza of the Present | Ryoichi Shimaya

1973 -- Japan's Top Gangster | Kazuo Taoka

1972 -- 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 | Kuramoto

1971 -- New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter |

1971 -- The Man |

1971 -- Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love | Hidejiro Hanada

1971 -- New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape |

1971 -- Patience Has An End | Isamu Tekada

1971 -- Dagger |

1971 -- Bloodiest Flower |

1971 -- The Path of the King | Ryutaro Fudo

1970 -- New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stray Wolf in Snow |

1970 -- The Domain: Rising Dragon |

1970 -- The Last Kamikaze | Koji Yashiro

1970 -- Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny |

1970 -- New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri |

1970 -- Yukyo-retsuden |

1970 -- Too Late the Hero | Major Yamaguchi

1970 -- The Japan Derby Race |

1970 -- A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life |

1970 -- House of Gamblers |

1970 -- Brave Red Flower of the North |

1969 -- New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town |

1969 -- Gambler's Legacy | Tsukuda Ginjiro

1969 -- Brutal Tales of Chivalry 6 |

1969 -- Memoir of Japanese Assassinations | Saburo Aizawa

1969 -- The Biggest Gamble | Shuzo Honjo

1969 -- New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2 |

1969 -- Samurai Geisha | Shimada Seikichi

1969 -- The Domain: Flower and Dragon | Kingoro Tamai

1969 -- Brothers Serving Time |

1969 -- Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony | Koji Yashiro

1969 -- Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo | Hanada Hidejiro

1969 -- Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game | Shogo Hanaoka

1968 -- Gambler Biography |

1968 -- New Prison Walls of Abashiri | Katsuji Suehiro

1968 -- The Day the Sun Rose |

1968 -- Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza |

1968 -- Rogue | Isamu Oba

1968 -- Red Peony Gambler | Naoki Katagiri

1968 -- Histories of the Chivalrous |

1968 -- The Drifting Avenger | Ken Kato

1968 -- Prison Boss |

1968 -- The Domain: Severed Relations |

1967 -- A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm | Shin-ichi Tachibana

1967 -- The Domain: Where The Blade Enters |

1967 -- Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil | Shin-ichi Tachibana

1967 -- Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4 |

1967 -- Classmates | First Lieutenant Kenmochi

1967 -- The Chivalrous Life | Ryuma Ibuki

1967 -- Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido |

1967 -- The Domain: White Blade |

1966 -- Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country |

1966 -- Glorious Fights | Ichiro Takita

1966 -- The Domain: Duel at Thunder Gate |

1966 -- Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South |

1966 -- Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Lone Wolf |

1966 -- Showdown of Men |

1966 -- The Kamikaze Guy |

1966 -- The Bullet and the Horse |

1966 -- The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown |

1966 -- Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2 |

1965 -- Prison Walls of Abashiri 4 | Shin'ichi Tachibana

1965 -- Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 | Shinichi Tachibana

1965 -- Brutal Tales of Chivalry | Seiji Terajima

1965 -- Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro | Sasaki Kojiro

1965 -- The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry |

1965 -- Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2 | Shinichi Tachibana

1965 -- Abashiri Prison | Shinichi Tachibana

1965 -- The Domain: The Naniwa Story |

1965 -- A Fugitive from the Past | Ajimura

1965 -- The Boss |

1964 -- Storm Party |

1964 -- Wolves, Pigs & Men | Jiro Kuroki, the second brother

1964 -- The Domain |

1964 -- Main Street in the Underworld |

1964 -- An Outlaw | Minami

1964 -- Jakoman and Tetsu | Tetsu

1964 -- Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple | Sasaki Kojiro

1964 -- Tokyo Gang Vs. Hong Kong Gang |

1963 -- Gang Loyalty and Vengeance | Asano

1963 -- Kyōkatsu |

1963 -- Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style | Sasaki Kojiro

1963 -- Duel of the Underworld |

1963 -- The Big Boss |

1963 -- Life of Hishakaku |

1963 -- Tokyo Untouchable: Escape | Yoshio Harada

1963 -- Eleven Gangsters | Sawagami

1962 -- Uragirimono wa jigoku daze |

1962 -- Operation Diamond |

1962 -- Tokyo Untouchable | Yoshio Harada

1962 -- Hell's Kitchen |

1962 -- 365 Nights |

1962 -- Tokyo's Business District |

1962 -- Song of Kagoshima | Shuhei Tategami

1962 -- Tales of President Mito | Sukesaburo Sasa

1962 -- Lady Sen and Hideyori | Naomori

1962 -- All Rascals |

1962 -- The Escape |

1962 -- The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka |

1962 -- South Pacific Waves Are High |

1961 -- Devil's Nursery Rhyme | Kosuke Kindaichi

1961 -- Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san | Kenichi Oka

1961 -- Mannen Taro and His Feminine Colleagues | Tarô Mannen

1961 -- The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado |

1961 -- Flower, Storm and Gangster | 'Smiley' Ken

1961 -- A Fishwife's Tale |

1961 -- Tenka no Kaidanji Senpū Tarō | Tarō Senpū

1961 -- Hell's Juggler |

1961 -- The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4 | Kenichi Hanamura

1960 -- If You're Man Enough |

1960 -- The Sand City in Manchuria | Hari

1960 -- The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3 |

1960 -- Man of the World 2 |

1960 -- Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy |

1960 -- Bad Angel |

1960 -- The Great Road |

1960 -- The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2 |

1960 -- The Second Bullet is Marked |

1960 -- Man of the World |

1959 -- Four Hours of Terror | Captain Yamamoto

1959 -- Hell's Companion |

1959 -- A Dead Drifter |

1959 -- A Man's Dark Finger |

1959 -- Men in a Rough Town | Fumio Sone

1959 -- The Happy Family |

1958 -- Sister with Sister | Hiroshi Ishioka

1958 -- The Outsiders | Ichitaro Kazamori

1958 -- With Songs in My Heart |

1958 -- Detective Duel |

1958 -- Beyond the Seasonal Wind |

1958 -- Romance Freestyle |

1958 -- Man of Thirteen Eyes |

1958 -- No Advice Taken |

1957 -- Jet Air Base 101 | Jiro Nakata

1957 -- Showdown in Blood |

1957 -- The Deep Blue Sea |

1957 -- Men Fighting Whales | Yosuke Yamagami

1957 -- Employee Full of Fight | Tani

1956 -- Mother Peacock |

1956 -- Manchurian Sunset | Shintaro

1956 -- G-men of Japan 4: Special Armed Unit Mobilization |

1956 -- The Chop Professor |

1956 -- Meteor Karate Strike |

1956 -- Lightning Karate Blow |