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Ken Watanabe

1959-10-21 (65 years old) in Koide, Niigata, Japan

Ken Watanabe (born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. To English-speaking audiences he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in The Last Samurai, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Among other awards, he has won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Actor twice, in 2007 for Memories of Tomorrow and in 2010 for Shizumanu Taiyō. He is also known for his roles in director Christopher Nolan's Hollywood blockbusters Batman Begins and Inception.

Movies

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All Lives
65 %|May 6, 2024
Drama
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Kensuke's Kingdom
67 %|Feb 7, 2024
Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family
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True Love: Making The Creator
80 %|Nov 14, 2023
Documentary
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The Creator
70.97 %|Sep 27, 2023
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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Fukushima 50
64.07 %|Mar 6, 2020
History, Drama, Action
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters
67.02 %|May 29, 2019
Science Fiction, Action
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Pokémon Detective Pikachu
69.31 %|May 3, 2019
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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An Artist of the Floating World
0 %|Mar 30, 2019
Drama
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The King and I
70 %|Nov 29, 2018
Drama, Music
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Bel Canto
55 %|Sep 13, 2018
Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller
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Isle of Dogs
78.53 %|Mar 23, 2018
Adventure, Comedy, Animation
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7 Guardians of the Tomb
54.34 %|Jan 19, 2018
Action, Adventure, Horror
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Transformers: The Last Knight
60.56 %|Jun 16, 2017
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween
0 %|Jan 28, 2017
Comedy
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The Memories of Happiness
0 %|Jan 8, 2017
Drama, TV Movie
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Rage
67.36 %|Sep 17, 2016
Mystery, Drama, Thriller
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The Sea of Trees
62 %|Apr 27, 2016
Drama
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Evolution Within Extinction
75 %|Sep 30, 2014
Documentary
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Snow Jack
0 %|Aug 2, 2014
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Transformers: Age of Extinction
59.39 %|Jun 25, 2014
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
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Godzilla
63 %|May 14, 2014
Action, Drama, Science Fiction
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Unforgiven
70 %|Sep 13, 2013
Action, Crime, Drama, Western
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Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home
45 %|Feb 11, 2012
Drama
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A School Behind Bars
100 %|Oct 11, 2010
Drama
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Inception
83.69 %|Jul 15, 2010
Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
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Shanghai
61 %|Jun 10, 2010
Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Crime
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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
58 %|Oct 23, 2009
Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Thriller
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The Unbroken
67 %|Oct 23, 2009
Drama
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Earth
76.14 %|Oct 10, 2007
Documentary
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Letters from Iwo Jima
75 %|Dec 9, 2006
Action, Drama, War
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Memories of Tomorrow
60 %|May 13, 2006
Drama
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Memoirs of a Geisha
77 %|Dec 6, 2005
Drama, Romance, History
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Batman Begins
77.09 %|Jun 10, 2005
Action, Crime, Drama
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Year One in the North
49 %|Jan 14, 2005
Drama, History
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The Last Samurai
76 %|Dec 5, 2003
Drama, Action, War
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Another Battle/Conspiracy
0 %|Feb 15, 2003
Crime
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T.R.Y.
70 %|Jan 11, 2003
Action, Comedy
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Drowning Fish
70 %|Feb 3, 2001
Drama, Action
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Space Travelers
55 %|Apr 8, 2000
Fantasy, Action, Comedy, Crime
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Bonds
52 %|Jun 6, 1998
Crime, Drama
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Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
75 %|Nov 8, 1997
Comedy
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Hanzo, the Razor
0 %|Jan 1, 1993
Action, Drama
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Oda Nobunaga
80 %|Jan 5, 1992
History, Action
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Commando Invasion
62 %|Jan 1, 1987
Action
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Tampopo
79 %|Nov 23, 1985
Comedy
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第三の時効
0 %|Invalid Date
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The Whispered City
0 %|Jul 7, 2000
Drama
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Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi
85 %|Jan 1, 1992
TV Movie, Action, Drama
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A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
70 %|Jul 6, 1991
Drama, Comedy
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Baian the Assassin
0 %|Dec 26, 1990
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The Sea and Poison
69 %|Oct 17, 1986
Drama, War
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The Making of "Tampopo"
0 %|Jan 1, 1986
Documentary
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Kekkon Annai Mystery
82 %|Jun 15, 1985
Mystery, Comedy
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MacArthur's Children
54 %|Jun 23, 1984
War, Drama, Comedy
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Bruce's Fists Of Vengeance
70 %|Aug 22, 1980
Action

Series

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Tokyo Vice
79 %|Apr 7, 2022
Crime, Drama
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Toubousha
70 %|Dec 5, 2020
Crime
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Segodon
82 %|Jan 7, 2018
Drama, War & Politics
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NHK WORLD PRIME
90 %|Oct 7, 2017
Documentary
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五年目のひとり
0 %|Nov 19, 2016
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Back of Father
80 %|Jul 13, 2014
Drama, Family
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Vessel of Sand
40 %|Jan 18, 2004
Drama
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Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko
0 %|Dec 28, 2002
Drama, Action & Adventure
actor
強行犯捜査第七係
0 %|Jun 29, 2002
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Hojo Tokimune
0 %|Jan 7, 2001
Drama, War & Politics
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Ikebukuro West Gate Park
78 %|Apr 14, 2000
Drama, Crime, Comedy, Action & Adventure
actor
Shimei Tehai
0 %|Nov 24, 1998
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Gokenin Zankuro
80 %|Jan 9, 1995
Drama
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The Fire Still Burns
0 %|Jun 4, 1993
Drama
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Kagi-shi
0 %|Mar 12, 1993
Drama, Family
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Waga Machi
0 %|Oct 13, 1992
Mystery
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Izakaya Chōji
0 %|Jul 10, 1992
Drama
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Baian the Assassin
100 %|Oct 9, 1991
Crime
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Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
95 %|Oct 4, 1990
Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
actor
Oda Nobunaga
0 %|Jan 1, 1989
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Masamune Shogun
92 %|Jan 4, 1987
Drama, War & Politics
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Hanekonma
80 %|Apr 7, 1986
Drama, Family