Ken Watanabe

Name	:	Ken Watanabe

Birth Date	:	21 October 1959
Birth Place	:	Koide
Nationality	:	NA
Height	:	1.84 m
Occupation	:	Actress

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 / Drama

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.
Commando Invasion [John Gale]
During the Vietnam war, a French army convoy is ambushed and they must act before it's too late.
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.
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.
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]
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
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.
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 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 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.
Tômawari no ame [27 March 2010]
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.
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.