Movies: Ken Takakura

Japanese drama film....

Japanese comedy film....

Popular geisha Koharu suspects that Yusaku, a handsome stranger she falls in love with, is involved in a robbery of precious diamond....

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Daughter of a lumber shop in Edo strives to protect her family business from the competitor....

A street vendor who eloped with his girlfriend and injured her brother loses her to illness, and now has to confront the brother and some dirty local yakuza....

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Starring Ken Takakura, this TV special depicts a detective (Akira Hayasaka) who lives in a harsh life with pride and conviction. Minoru Akiba, Chief of the Investigation Division 1 of the Metropolitan Police Department, is a veteran detective who ha...

Based on Ito Hajime's original story, this is the seventh installment in the "Bangaichi" series, adapted jointly by Kamba Fumio and Matsuda Hiroo, and directed by Ishii Teruo of "Kamba 101: Killing Bouncer" fame. The film was shot by Kiichi Inada, wh...

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Yoshiko finds new life and love interests when she takes a new job as an office worker....

Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of becoming a singer. Through dance, music, and songs, this story shows how a girl raised on a farm was able to make her dream a reality, with the love ...

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One of the earliest of sukeban / girl boss type eiga...

The fourth installment of G-men of Japan...

Japanese mystery film....

Sequel to the movie Denko karate uchi....

An upstanding young man who is popular with the ladies takes on a corrupt group of men in his company....

Many outlaws are gathered at the front line of the Japanese Army in a shock troop....

Ken Takakura's screen debut, following his admission into Toei ranks via the studio's annual New Faces program, came surprisingly enough in this pair of Okinawa karate films. The two-parter was released on Jan. 29, 1956 as two thirds of a triple feat...