Ken Watanabe
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: October 21, 1959
Place of Birth: Uonuma, Niigata, Japan
Known For
A School Behind Bars
"A School Behind Bars" centers around Asahi Junior High School, which is located within Nagano Matsumoto Boy's prison in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture - the only public school in Japan that is located inside a prison. The school's students are all prisoners ranging in age from 20-70. The students are carefully selected after taking an entrance exam and being selected by the school's admission board.
Baian the Assassin
During the day, Dr. Baian is the friendly and trusted village acupuncturist. At night, he becomes Baian, the assassin. Using his acupuncture needles as weapons, he takes on deadly assignments, killing evildoers with an undeniable skill and precision.
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
The Final Piece
Keisuke, a 10-year-old boy, living hard despite being abused by his father, finds a ray of light in the midst of his suffering and conflict ---- a shogi world where he fights quietly and passionately in his sharpened senses. Even though he gives up and tries to escape from the light, his passion for shogi continues to guide him thereafter. Eventually, he would learn the true meaning of life.
Masamune Shogun
Broadcast TV drama NHK broadcast on January 4 to December 13, 1987 (Showa 62). In the questionnaire survey conducted by NHK, it is shining in the most favorite river drama. The original is Yamaka Sosaichi's novel "Date Masamune", the biggest drama on the theme of the Date house was the first time in 17 years since the "Shinnogi remained" (1970), which painted Datejo in the Edo period. It depicts the life of Matsudo Date of Sengoku warrior · Date Masamune who built the foundation of Sendai clan 620,000 stones in his generation as a result of my own wisdom and talent.
Unbound
In 18th-century Edo, Tsutaya Juzaburo rises from a poor background to become a leading publisher. Despite political changes threatening his career, he works to shape Edo’s cultural scene through innovative books and collaborations with artists.
The Whispered City
Director Jun Ichikawa spins this affectionate portrait of the people who populate Shimokitazawa, a bohemian corner of Tokyo filled with small theater companies and smoky coffeehouses.
NHK WORLD PRIME
NHK WORLD PRIME brings you a world of mainly documentaries, and more. Tune in to see special select programs on all sorts of topics and genres.
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
The series depicts "Kyoto as Kyoto people love it" in dramas and documentaries.
Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi
In the 16th Year of Keityo (1611), the lord of Ogura Castle in Kyushu admitted Sasaki Kojiro's because of his great sword techniques. However, a group within the feudal clan which supported to use guns considered Kojiro an obstacle in their goals and has the well-known ronin, Miyamoto Musashi, fight him. Now because of political gain and greed, two honorable men are to fight to the death on Ganryu Island.
Filmography
as Kinji Shinoda
as Shigeyoshi Toumyo
as Hanjiro Hanai
as Tamema Okitsugu
as Taichirou Tsujimura
as Kensuke (voice)
as Harun
as Hiroto Katagiri
as Old Gentleman
as Masao Yoshida
as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
as Lieutenant Hide Yoshida
as Ono Masuji
as The King of Siam
as Katsumi Hosokawa
as Head Surgeon (voice)
as Father
as Shimazu Nariakira
as Self - Presenter
as Drift (voice)
as Restaurant Patron
as Taro Miura
as 키자키 슈지
as Yohei Maki
as Takumi Nakamura
as 東雲朔太郎
as Self
as Reiji Kurata
as Takamura Kouji
as Drift (voice)
as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
as Jubee Kamata
as Junichiro Kawaguchi
as Regular
as Saito
as Tanaka
as Hajime Onchi
as Mr. Tall
as Narrator (voice)
as Nonoyama Hiroji
as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi
as Masayuki Saeki
as Chairman
as Ra's al Ghul
as Komatsubara Hideaki
as Shuichiro Imanishi
as Moritsugu Katsumoto
as Fujimaki Hiroaki
as Masanobu Azuma
as Miyota
as Hojo Tokiyori
as Ishida
as Yokoyama
as Sakamaki ("Crusher")
as Detective Sako Akio
as Raita Onuki
as Zankuro Matsudaira
as Dr. Baian
as Fujiwara Tsunekiyo
as Mochizuki Koheita
as Kojirō
as Fujieda Baian
as Ryoma Sakamoto
as Dr. Baian
as 伊達政宗
as Toda
as Genzo Onodera
as Self
as Gun
as Tetsuo Nakai