Ken Watanabe : Actress Height, Weight, Age, Movies, Biography, News, Images & Videos

Ken Watanabe is a Japanese 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

Ken Watanabe Movies and TV Shows

• Akira [28 August 2008 (India)]

  Gautham Subramaniam, an Indian doctor, goes to Russia for a conference pertaining to his occupation two weeks prior to his wedding and gets framed as a criminal.

• Another Battle/Conspiracy [15 February 2003 (Japan)]

• Batman Begins [17 June 2005 (India)]

  After witnessing his parents' death, Bruce learns the art of fighting to confront injustice. When he returns to Gotham as Batman, he must stop a secret society that intends to destroy the city.

• Bel Canto [13 September 2018 (Russia)]

  A famous American soprano becomes trapped in a hostage situation when she's invited to perform for a wealthy industrialist in South America.

• Chūshingura 1/47 [28 December 2001 (Japan)]

  Chushingura 1/47 is a 2001 Japanese historical film based on the kabuki tale of the Forty-seven Ronin. The film was made for the Fuji TV Network and was directed by Shunsaku Kawamo.

• Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant [22 October 2009 (Hungary)]

  Two youngsters attend a freak show; the ringmaster turns out to be a vampire. One of the boys is bitten by his spider and in exchange for an antidote, Larten the vampire, makes a deal with Darren.

• Commando Invasion [John Gale]

  During the Vietnam war, a French army convoy is ambushed and they must act before it's too late.

• Dora and the Lost City of Gold [8 August 2019 (Russia)]

  Dora Marquez embarks on a mission with her monkey, Boots, and her friends to rescue her missing parents and solve the mystery of a fabled city of gold.

• Flags of Our Fathers [20 October 2006 (USA)]

  A young man sets out to interview his father's old fellow soldiers who were responsible for raising the flag at The Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II.

• Fukushima 50 [6 March 2020 (Japan)]

  Fukushima 50 is a 2020 Japanese drama film directed by Setsurō Wakamatsu and written by Yōichi Maekawa. Starring Koichi Sato and Ken Watanabe, it is about the titular group of employees tasked with handling the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

• Godzilla [16 May 2014 (India)]

  Ford and his father, Joe, find evidence pointing to the existence of giant creatures. When the creatures, classified as MUTO, surface, Godzilla, an ancient behemoth, rises to fight them.

• Godzilla: King of the Monsters [13 May 2019 (Beijing)]

  The members of Monarch, an crypto-zoological organisation, must rely on the Godzilla and Mothra to defeat King Ghidorah and Rodan, after the former awakens other dormant Titans to destroy the world.

• Hakugin Jack [Meiji Fujita]

• Hayabusa: Harukanaru kikan [11 February 2012]

  Hayabusa: Harukanaru Kikan is a 2012 Japanese drama film directed by Tokiyuki Takimoto based on the story of the Hayabusa asteroid probe, which collected samples from the asteroid Itokawa in 2005 and returned them to Earth in 2010. Two other films made on the same subject were Hayabusa and Welcome Home, Hayabusa.

• Hei no naka no chûgakkô [11 October 2010]

• Hi wa mata noboru [15 June 2002]

  A Japanese engineer leads the charge in the development of the VHS format. Based on a true story.

• Inception [16 July 2010 (India)]

  Cobb steals information from his targets by entering their dreams. Saito offers to wipe clean Cobb's criminal history as payment for performing an inception on his sick competitor's son.

• Isle of Dogs [23 March 2018 (USA)]

  When, by executive decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari sets off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and flies across the river in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots. There, with the assistance of a pack of newly-found mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture.… MORE

• Karate Warrior 2 [22 September 1988 (Italy)]

  Despite himself, an inept martial artist wins more victories.

• Kekkon annai misuterî [15 June 1985]

• Kensuke's Kingdom [Neil Boyle]

  Kensuke's Kingdom is an upcoming animated film based on the book of the same name by Michael Morpurgo.

• Kizuna [6 June 1998]

• Letters from Iwo Jima [15 November 2006 (Tokyo)]

  The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.

• MacArthur's Children [23 June 1984]

  After the Japanese surrender to the U.S., ending World War II, the residents of a small fishing village feel great humility in the wake of the defeat. But some of the children -- Ryuta (Takaya Yamauchi) and Saburo (Yoshiyuki Omori) in particular -- react with anger and confusion. Their uncertainty about the future is magnified when U.S. troops occupy the area and treat the villagers with kindness, adhering to Gen. MacArthur's proclamation. Tensions ease, but profound complications still linger.… MORE

• Memoirs of a Geisha [29 November 2005 (Tokyo)]

  Chiyo Sakamoto, a nine-year-old girl, is sold by her underprivileged family to a geisha house. She becomes a victim of unpleasant circumstances, but her fate changes when she meets Mameha.

• Memories of Tomorrow [13 May 2006]

  The early onset of Alzheimer's disease ruins the life of a successful businessman.

• Pokémon [Rob Letterman]

• Pokémon Detective Pikachu [8 May 2019 (Netherlands)]

  After the demise of his father, Tim travels to Ryme city where he runs into his father's Pokemon partner, Pikachu. They team up and try to work on the case left unfinished by Tim's father.

• Rage [28 May 2010 (Spain)]

  After murdering his boss, a man hides in the mansion where his girlfriend works as a maid.

• San Andreas [27 May 2015 (Belgium)]

  Following a massive earthquake, Ray, a rescue chopper pilot, and his soon to be ex-wife try to find and save their daughter before another disaster strikes.

• Sennen no Koi Story of Genji [15 December 2001]

  Sennen no Koi — Hikaru Genji monogatari is a 2001 Japanese movie, loosely based on the classical work of Heian-period Japanese literature, The Tale of Genji, directed by Tonkō Horikawa and written by Akira Hayasaka.

• Shanghai [8 June 2012 (India)]

  A group of people embark on a journey to unravel the mystery behind a social activist's death. With the government asserting it as an accident, they struggle hard to unveil the truth.

• Space Travelers [8 April 2000]

  Three orphan boys dream of living in paradise in this Japanese film that's part live action and part anime. To achieve that dream, Nishiyama (Takeshi Kaneshiro) leads his friends, anime fan Fujimoto (Masanobu Andô) and the silent Takamura (Hiroyuki Ikeuchi), into a bank robbery that's immediately botched by a silent alarm. Even as the bank is surrounded by police, the boys take hostages who, rather than try to escape, discover empathy for their three captors.… MORE

• Tampopo [23 November 1985 (Japan)]

  Two Japanese milk-truck drivers (Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken Watanabe) help a restaurant owner (Nobuko Miyamoto) learn how to cook great noodles.

• The Last Samurai [22 November 2003 (Japan)]

  Captain Nathan Algren is hired to train the Japanese army to fight a Samurai rebellion. He, however, ends up embracing the same Samurai culture which he was assigned to destroy.

• The Railway Man [13 December 2013 (Spain)]

  Eric, a POW during the World War II, is tortured by a Japanese officer. Years later, Eric is pushed by his wife to confront his oppressor when they learn that the Japanese officer is alive.

• The Sea and Poison [17 October 1986]

  The Sea and Poison is a 1986 Japanese film directed by Kei Kumai and based on a novel by Shusaku Endo. It tells the true story of downed American pilots in World War II who are vivisected by Japanese surgeons in medical experiments.

• The Sea of Trees [2015 (USA)]

  After traveling to Japan's Aokigahara Forest, a troubled teacher (Matthew McConaughey) meets a mysterious stranger (Ken Watanabe) who takes him on a life-changing journey of love, discovery and redemption.

• The Unbroken [24 October 2009 (Japan)]

  Shizumanu Taiyō is a 2009 Japanese film directed by Setsurō Wakamatsu. It is also known as The Unbroken in the United States. Shizumanu Taiyō is based on a novel by Toyoko Yamasaki which centers on Hajime Onchi, an employee of "NAL," a large national airline.

• Thor: Ragnarok [3 November 2017 (India)]

  Deprived of his mighty hammer Mjolnir, Thor must escape the other side of the universe to save his home, Asgard, from Hela, the goddess of death.

• Tômawari no ame [27 March 2010]

• Transformers: Age of Extinction [27 June 2014 (India)]

  The Autobots, a faction of robots from the planet Cybertron, are hunted down by an elite CIA black ops unit and a ruthless bounty hunter. They turn to a struggling inventor and his daughter for help.

• Transformers: The Last Knight [23 June 2017 (India)]

  Quintessa brainwashes Optimus Prime and heads to Earth to search for an ancient staff. Cade, Bumblebee and the Autobots race against time to find it, while also escaping an anti-Transformers force.

• TRY [11 January 2003]

• Unbroken [2 January 2015 (India)]

  Louis Zamperini, a US Olympic track record holder, pulls himself through a plane crash in the Second World War only to be left at the mercy of nature and eventually caged up as a prisoner of war.

• Unforgiven [13 September 2013 (Japan)]

  An old swordsman (Ken Watanabe), his former comrade and a young braggart are hired by prostitutes to track down bandits who mutilated one of the women.

• Unite for Japan [28 April 2011 (USA)]

• Violent Zone [1989]

  Professionals (John Jay Douglas, Christopher Weeks, Chard Hayward) on a rescue mission face island evil and a forgotten Japanese soldier.

• Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald [8 November 1997 (Japan)]

  A Tokyo radio play becomes increasingly more absurd as its temperamental actors (Toshiaki Karasawa, Masahiko Nishimura) improvise.

• Year One in the North [29 May 2010]

  Zatoichi: The Last is a 2010 samurai film directed by Junji Sakamoto and starring Shingo Katori in the role of Zatoichi.

• Zawa-zawa Shimo-Kitazawa [7 July 2000]