Ken Takakura
Birthday
1931/02/16
Day of death
2014/11/10 (83 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan
Also know as
Goichi Oda, 高仓健, Кэн Такакура, کن تاکاکورا
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...Read more
Acting
(1982) The Longest Tunnel
as Go Akutsu
(1989) Black Rain
as Masahiro
(1962) Operation Diamond
as ---
(1977) The Yellow Handkerchief
as Yusaku Shima
(1994) 47 Ronin
as Kuranosuke Oishi
(1964) Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang
as ---
(1962) South Pacific Waves Are High
as ---
(1959) A Dead Drifter
as ---
(1978) Never Give Up
as Takeshi Ajisawa
(1968) Rogue
as Isamu Oba
(1974) The Yakuza
as Tanaka Ken
(1957) Men Fighting Whales
as Yosuke Yamagami
(2005) Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
as Gou-ichi Takata
(1962) Tokyo Untouchable
as Yoshio Harada
(1966) The Kamikaze Guy
as Fumio Kuroki
(1983) Antarctica
as Ushioda
(1960) Delinquent Angel
as ---
(1975) The Bullet Train
as Tetsuo Okita
(1961) Mannen Taro and His Feminine Colleagues
as Tarô Mannen
(1992) Mr. Baseball
as Uchiyama
(1961) Tenka no Kaidanji Senpū Tarō
as Tarō Senpū
(1999) Railroad Man
as Otomatsu Sato
(1963) Blackmail
as ---
(1968) Red Peony Gambler
as Naoki Katagiri
(1976) Manhunt
as Morioka
(1964) Main Street in the Underworld
as ---
(1964) An Outlaw
as Minami
(1980) A Distant Cry from Spring
as Kosaku Tajima
(1973) Golgo 13
as Duke Togo / Golgo 13
(1959) Hell's Companion
as ---
(1969) Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
as Shogo Hanaoka
(1958) The Outsiders
as Ichitaro Kazamori
(1962) Tokyo's Business District
as ---
(1970) Brave Red Flower of the North
as ---
(1965) Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
as Sasaki Kojiro
(1977) Mount Hakkoda
as Captain Tokushima
(1989) Buddies
as Kadokura
(1981) Station
as Eiji Mikami
(1965) A Fugitive from the Past
as Ajimura
(2012) Dearest
as Eiji Shimakura
(1966) Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
as ---
(1966) Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Lone Wolf
as ---
(1985) Demon
as Shuji
(1956) Manchurian Sunset
as Shintaro
(1967) Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
as ---
(1969) Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
as Hanada Hidejiro
(1970) Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny
as ---
(1965) Brutal Tales of Chivalry
as Seiji Terajima
(1957) Showdown in Blood
as ---
(1960) If You're Man Enough
as ---
(1965) Abashiri Prison
as Shinichi Tachibana
(1964) Wolves, Pigs & Men
as Jiro Kuroki, the second brother
(1962) All Rascals
as ---
(1971) The Man
as ---
(1982) Karate Cop
as Detective Mikami
(1963) Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
as Yoshio Harada
(1972) The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
as Kuramoto
(1962) Uragirimono wa jigoku daze
as ---
(1978) Winter's Flower
as Hidetsugu Kano
(2001) The Firefly
as Yamaoka Shuji
(1956) G-men of Japan 4: Special Armed Unit Mobilization
as ---
(1991) Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
as Self (archive footage)
(1964) The Domain
as ---
(1974) The Homeless
as Jokichi Anabuki
(1984) A Portrait of the Author
as Self
(1970) Too Late the Hero
as Major Yamaguchi
(1971) Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love
as Hidejiro Hanada
(1956) Lightning Karate Blow
as ---
(1968) Prison Boss
as ---
(1983) Choji Snack Bar
as Eiji
(1968) The Day the Sun Rose
as ---
(1971) The Path of the King
as Ryutaro Fudo
(1957) The Deep Blue Sea
as ---
(1967) Classmates
as First Lieutenant Kenmochi
(1970) The Last Kamikaze
as Koji Yashiro
(1960) The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
as ---
(1980) The Revolt
as Keisuke Miyagi
(1958) With Songs in My Heart
as ---
(1960) The Sand City in Manchuria
as Hari
(1965) Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
as Shin'ichi Tachibana
(1968) New Prison Walls of Abashiri
as Katsuji Suehiro
(1961) Flower, Storm and Gangster
as 'Smiley' Ken
(1958) Romance Freestyle
as ---
(1959) Four Hours of Terror
as Captain Yamamoto
(1961) Devil's Nursery Rhyme
as Kosuke Kindaichi
(1957) Jet Air Base 101
as Jiro Nakata
(1958) Detective Duel
as ---
(1958) Sister with Sister
as Hiroshi Ishioka
(1961) A Fishwife's Tale
as ---
(1966) Glorious Fights
as Ichiro Takita
(1968) Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
as ---
(1975) The International Gang of Kobe
as Masato Dan
(1962) The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
as ---
(2016) Ken San
as Self
(1962) 365 Nights
as ---
(1961) Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san
as Kenichi Oka
(1962) Tales of President Mito
as Sukesaburo Sasa
(1960) Man of the World 2
as ---
(1958) No Advice Taken
as ---
(1960) Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
as ---
(1966) The Bullet and the Horse
as ---
(1971) Patience Has An End
as Isamu Tekada
(1970) House of Gamblers
as ---
(1972) The Pledge
as ---
(1961) The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
as Kenichi Hanamura
(1960) The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
as ---
(2006) Black Rain: Making The Film
as Self (archive footage)
(1963) Eleven Gangsters
as Sawagami
(1960) The Second Bullet is Marked
as ---
(1972) Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die
as ---
(1969) Brutal Tales of Chivalry 6
as ---
(1967) The Chivalrous Life
as Ryuma Ibuki
(1969) New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
as ---
(1965) Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
as Shinichi Tachibana
(1964) Jakoman and Tetsu
as Tetsu
(1969) Samurai Geisha
as Shimada Seikichi
(1963) Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
as Sasaki Kojiro
(1964) Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
as Sasaki Kojiro
(1967) A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm
as Shin-ichi Tachibana
(1969) The Domain: Flower and Dragon
as Kingoro Tamai
(1971) New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
as ---
(1963) Life of Hishakaku
as ---
(1962) Song of Kagoshima
as Shuhei Tategami
(1968) The Drifting Avenger
as Ken Kato
(1973) Yakuza of the Present
as Ryoichi Shimaya
(1958) Beyond the Seasonal Wind
as ---
(1969) Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
as Saburo Aizawa
(1965) Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
as Shinichi Tachibana
(1974) Third Generation Boss
as ---
(1971) New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
as ---
(1969) Brothers Serving Time
as ---
(1969) Gambler's Legacy
as Tsukuda Ginjiro
(1971) Bloodiest Flower
as ---
(1969) Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony
as Koji Yashiro
(1958) Man of Thirteen Eyes
as ---
(1956) Mother Peacock
as ---
(1962) The Escape
as ---
(1969) The Biggest Gamble
as Shuzo Honjo
(1961) The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
as ---
(1960) Man of the World
as ---
(1959) The Happy Family
as ---
(1965) The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
as ---
(1963) Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
as Asano
(1975) Great Jailbreak
as Ichiro Kozue
(1970) The Japan Derby Race
as ---
(1963) The Big Boss
as ---
(1972) Lullaby for a Tough Guy
as ---
(1959) Men in a Rough Town
as Fumio Sone
(1964) Storm Party
as ---
(1957) Employee Full of Fight
as Tani
(1969) New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town
as ---
(1973) Japan's Top Gangster
as Kazuo Taoka
(1967) Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
as ---
(1966) Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
as ---
(1966) Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
as ---
(1965) The Boss
as ---
(1970) New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stray Wolf in Snow
as ---
(1967) Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
as Shin-ichi Tachibana
(1970) New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
as ---
(1972) New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
as ---
(1962) Lady Sen and Hideyori
as Naomori
(1965) The Domain: The Naniwa Story
as ---
(1970) The Domain: Rising Dragon
as ---
(1966) Showdown of Men
as ---
(1967) The Domain: White Blade
as ---
(1968) The Domain: Severed Relations
as ---
(1971) Dagger
as ---
(1966) The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown
as ---
(1967) The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
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(1966) The Domain: Duel at Thunder Gate
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(1975) Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
as ---
(1988) To the Sea, See You
as Eiji Honma
(1970) A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life
as ---
(1960) The Great Road
as ---
(1961) Hell's Juggler
as ---
(1963) Duel of the Underworld
as ---
(1962) Hell's Kitchen
as ---
(1968) Histories of the Chivalrous
as ---
(1956) The Chop Professor
as ---
(1970) Yukyo-retsuden
as ---
(1968) Gambler Biography
as ---
(1995) The detective whose path was crossed by a snake
as ---
(1956) Meteor Karate Strike
as ---
(1959) A Man's Dark Finger
as ---
(1977) Older brother
as Eiji
(1996) SMAP×SMAP
as Bistro Guest
(1992) An Elegy of Tyrole
as Tateishi Jiro
(1993) Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi
as ---