Ken Takakura
Known for: Acting
Born: February 16, 1931
Died: November 10, 2014
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
The Longest Tunnel
1982
The Yellow Handkerchief
1977
47 Ronin
1994
Never Give Up
1978
Rogue
1968
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
2005
Tokyo Untouchable
1965
Antarctica
1983
The Bullet Train
1975
Mannen Taro and His Feminine Colleagues
1961
The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Whirlwind
1961
Railroad Man
1999
Blackmail
1963
Manhunt
1976
Main Street in the Underworld
1964
An Outlaw
1964
A Distant Cry from Spring
1980
Golgo 13
1973
The Outsiders
1958
Tokyo's Business District
1962
Mount Hakkoda
1977
Buddies
1989
Station
1981
Dearest
2012
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
1966
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Lone Wolf
1966
Demon
1985
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
1967
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
1969
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny
1970
Brutal Tales of Chivalry
1965
Showdown in Blood
1957
If You're Man Enough
1960
Abashiri Prison
1965
Wolves, Pigs & Men
1964
All Rascals
1962
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
1963
Winter's Flower
1978
The Firefly
2001
The Domain
1964
The Homeless
1974
A Portrait of the Author
1984
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love
1971
Lightning Karate Blow
1956
Prison Boss
1968
Choji Snack Bar
1983
The Path of the King
1971
The Revolt
1980
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
1965
New Prison Walls of Abashiri
1968
Flower, Storm and Gangster
1961
Four Hours of Terror
1959
Devil's Nursery Rhyme
1961
Glorious Fights
1966
The International Gang of Kobe
1975
Ken San
2016
365 Nights
1962
The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Rush
1960
Tales of President Mito
1962
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
1960
Patience Has An End
1971
The Bullet and the Horse
1966
House of Gamblers
1970
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 6
1969
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die
1972
The Chivalrous Life
1967
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
1969
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
1965
Jakoman and Tetsu
1964
A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm
1967
The Domain: Flower and Dragon
1969
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
1971
The Drifting Avenger
1968
Yakuza of the Present
1973
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
1965
Third Generation Boss
1974
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
1971
Brothers Serving Time
1969
The Escape
1962
The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Eternity
1960
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
1965
Great Jailbreak
1975
Lullaby for a Tough Guy
1972
Storm Party
1964
Employee Full of Fight
1957
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town
1969
Japan's Top Gangster
1973
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
1967
The Boss
1965
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
1966
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
1966
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
1970
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stray Wolf in Snow
1970
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972
Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
1967
The Domain: Rising Dragon
1970
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
1965
Dagger
1971
The Domain: White Blade
1967
The Domain: Severed Relations
1968
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
1967
The Domain: Duel at Thunder Gate
1966
The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown
1966
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
1975
Umi e, See You
1988
A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
1970
Histories of the Chivalrous
1968
The detective whose path was crossed by a snake
1995
Meteor Karate Strike
1956
A Man's Dark Finger
1959
The Counterfeiters
1959
Midair Circus
1958
Defeat the Boss
1963
Violent Street
1963
Storming Squadron
1960
The Silent Murder
1959
Night of the Suspicions
1959
Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang
1964
South Pacific Waves Are High
1962
The Yakuza
1974
Men Fighting Whales
1957
Mr. Baseball
1992
Red Peony Gambler
1968
Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
1969
Brave Red Flower of the North
1970
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965
The Deep Blue Sea
1957
Classmates
1967
The Last Kamikaze
1970
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960
With Songs in My Heart
1958
Romance Freestyle
1958
Sister with Sister
1958
Detective Duel
1958
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
1962
Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san
1961
No Advice Taken
1958
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
1960
The Second Bullet is Marked
1960
Samurai Geisha
1969
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
Bloodiest Flower
1971
Mother Peacock
1956
The Biggest Gamble
1969
The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
1961
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963
The Big Boss
1963
The Bastards of Lawless Town
1959
Lady Sen and Hideyori
1962
The Great Road
1960
続べらんめぇ芸者
1960
Black Rain
1989
A Dead Drifter
1959
The Kamikaze Guy
1966
Hell's Companion
1959
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
1972
Jet Air Base 101
1957
Man of Thirteen Eyes
1958
Duel of the Underworld
1963
His Pistol is Hell
1958
Uragirimono wa jigoku daze
1962
G-men of Japan 4: Special Armed Unit Mobilization
1956
Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
1968
Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony
1969
Monsoon Son
1958
恐怖の空中殺人
1956
Manchurian Sunset
1956
The Man
1971
Yukyo-retsuden
1970
The Sand City in Manchuria
1960
Hell's Kitchen
1962
The Chop Professor
1956
Gambler Biography
1968
Code of Chivalry
1967
Operation Diamond
1962
Monsoon Son Pt.2
1958
Black Rain: Making The Film
2006
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
Karate Cop
1982
Life of Hishakaku
1963
Hell's Juggler
1961
The Japan Derby Race
1970
Gambler's Legacy
1969
Delinquent Angel
1960
Eleven Gangsters
1963
The Day the Sun Rose
1968
Song of Kagoshima
1962
The Happy Family
1959
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961
A Fugitive from the Past
1965
Too Late the Hero
1970
Showdown of Men
1966
A Fishwife's Tale
1961
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
The Pledge
1972
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1969
Older brother
1977
SMAP×SMAP
1996
An Elegy of Tyrole
1992
Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi
1993