Ken Takakura Movies

Black Rain

66/100

Two NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he's extradited to Japan.

Mr. Baseball

59/100

Jack Elliot, once a great baseball player, is forced to play in Japan where his brash, egotistical ways cause friction with his new teammates and friends.

The Yakuza

73/100

American private-eye Harry Kilmer returns to Japan to rescue a friend's kidnapped daughter from the clutches of the Yakuza.

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

75/100

A Japanese father travels to China's Yunnan province in the place of his ailing son to film a famous folk-opera star.

Antarctica

78/100

Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica. Ushioda and Ochi eventually leave Antarctica, only to return to search ... See full summary »

Panik im Tokio-Express

69/100

Criminals plant a bomb on a high-speed train. It will explode when the train slows down, unless a ransom is paid.

The Yellow Handkerchief

75/100

Three complete strangers embark on a road-trip to Hokkaido.

Railroad Man

72/100

A solitary middle-aged station manager is haunted by troubling memories of his past when he learns the...

47 Ronin

66/100

A group of disgraced samurai plan a decade long revenge against a corrupt lord.

Manhunt

70/100

A tough police detective is falsely accused of corruption, and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted by the beautiful daughter of a rich man.

A Distant Cry from Spring

78/100

Dearest

70/100

A prison officer hands in his resignation after his wife's death, to drive to the port where she wants her ashes scattered at sea.

Golgo 13

66/100

Golgo 13 is assigned to murder a man named Boss Goa.

Yasha

67/100

Shuji was once a feared member of the Yakuza crime syndicate, but he's reformed his ways, abandoned his old life and left the city for a small coastal fishing town where he's become an honest fisherman.

Never Give Up

63/100

A Japanese Warrior leaves the secretive battalion he is apart of. As a skilled soldier, he confronts evil and serves his people.

Shôwa zankyô-den

71/100

After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keeping black-market and illegal items out of... See full summary »

Hakkodasan

71/100

Winter's Flower

70/100

Koya no toseinin

57/100

Ken, son of a former samurai settles with his family in the west from Japan. Soon his family is killed in front of him by stagecoach robbers, making him aim to get revenge. Marvin an experienced gunman befriends Ken and becomes his mentor.

The Homeless

52/100

Saigo no tokkôtai

76/100

With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step up suicide attacks on Allied ships. A Kamikaze squad leader has second thoughts about the suicide runs.

Der längste Tunnel

67/100

Dôran

68/100

Showa zankyo-den: Ippiki okami

62/100

Great Jailbreak

52/100

A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri Prison.