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Overview
Date of Birth:
Mini Biography:
Ken Watanabe was born on October 21, 1959 in Niigata Prefecture, Japan... more
Trivia:
Already extremely tall by Japanese standards, he gained a good amount... more
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another
6 wins
&
12 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(229 articles)
First Images and Synopses for All Good Things, Pirhana 3D, Shanghai, and The Fighter
(From Collider.com. 10 November 2009, 10:54 PM, PST)
Review: ‘Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant’ just for built-in fans
(From Reel Loop. 5 November 2009, 6:53 AM, PST)
(From Collider.com. 10 November 2009, 10:54 PM, PST)
Review: ‘Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant’ just for built-in fans
(From Reel Loop. 5 November 2009, 6:53 AM, PST)
Filmography
Actor:
- Inception (2010) (filming) .... Saito
... aka Inception: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version) - Shanghai (2010) (completed)
- Shizumanu taiyô (2009)
... aka The Sun That Doesn't Set (USA: literal English title)
... aka The Unbroken (International: English title) - Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) .... Mr. Tall
... aka Circus of the Freak (International: English title: literal title) - Keiji ichidai: Hiratsuka Hachibei no Shôwa jiken shi (2009) (TV) .... Hachibei Hiratsuka
- Hoshi hitotsu no yoru (2007) (TV)
- Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) .... General Kuribayashi
- Ashita no kioku (2006) .... Masayuki Saeki
... aka Memories of Tomorrow (USA) - Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) .... Chairman
- Batman Begins (2005) (VG) (voice) .... Ra's al Ghul
- Batman Begins (2005) .... Ra's Al Ghul
... aka Batman Begins: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version) - Ashes and Snow (2005) .... Japanese Voice
- Kita no zeronen (2005) .... Hideaki Komatsubara
... aka Year One in the North (International: English title) - "Suna no utsuwa" (2004) TV series .... Syuichiro Imanishi (unknown episodes)
- The Last Samurai (2003) .... Katsumoto
... aka The Last Samurai: Bushidou (USA: poster title) - Joshi keimusho higashi 3 gô tô 4 (2003) (TV)
- Itan no natsu (2003) (TV)
- T.R.Y. (2003) .... Masanobu Azuma
- Tô-san no natsumatsuri (2002) (TV)
- Hi wa mata noboru (2002) .... Okubo
- Chûshingura 1/47 (2001) (TV)
- Sennen no koi - Hikaru Genji monogatari (2001) .... Fujiwara no Michinaga/Fujiwara no Nobutaka
... aka Genji: A Thousand-Year Love - Oboreru sakana (2001) .... Miyota
- Ningen no shômei 2001 (2001) (TV)
- "Hojo Tokimune" (2001) TV series
- Zawa-zawa Shimokita-sawa (2000) .... Ishida
- Supêsutoraberâzu (2000) .... Sakamaki ("Crusher")
... aka Space Travelers (International: English title) - Hatsuru sokonaki (2000) (TV)
- "Ikebukuro West Gate park" (2000) TV series (unknown episodes)
- Kizuna (1998) .... Detective Sako Akio
... aka Bonds (Japan: English title) - Rajio no jikan (1997) .... Raita Onuki, the truck driver
... aka Radio no jikan
... aka Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald - "Gokenin Zankurô" .... Zankurô Matsudaira (1 episode, 1997)
- Episode #2.10 (1997) TV episode .... Zankurô Matsudaira - Sushi kuinê 3: Nigire!! Tôkyô natsu no aji (1996) (TV) .... Shûzô
- "Tetsuko no heya" .... Co-emcee (1 episode, 1996)
... aka Tetsuko's Room (International: English title)
- Episode #21.1 (1996) TV episode .... Co-emcee - Kimitachi ga ite boku ga iru II (1992) (TV) .... Senjûrô Fujiwara
- Kimitachi ga ite boku ga iru (1992) (TV) .... Senjûrô Fujiwara
- Bakumatsu jyunjyoden (1991) .... Ryouma Sakamoto
- "Takeda Shingen" (1990) TV mini-series .... Narrator
- "Dokugan-ryu Masamune" .... Date Masamune (50 episodes, 1987)
- Episode #1.1 (1987) TV episode .... Date Masamune
- Episode #1.10 (1987) TV episode .... Date Masamune
- Episode #1.11 (1987) TV episode .... Date Masamune
- Episode #1.12 (1987) TV episode .... Date Masamune
- Episode #1.13 (1987) TV episode .... Date Masamune
(45 more) - Umi to dokuyaku (1986) .... Toda
... aka The Sea and Poison (USA) - Tampopo (1985) .... Gun
... aka Dandelion (International: English title) - Kekkon annai mystery (1985) .... Funayama Tetsuya/Masakazu Sekine
- Setouchi shonen yakyu dan (1984) .... Tetsuo
... aka MacArthur's Children - "Sanga moyu" (1984) TV series
... aka The Burning Mountain River - "Mibu no koiuta" (1983) TV series
Miscellaneous Crew:
- Half Kenneth (2009) (benefactor)
Producer:
- Ashita no kioku (2006) (executive producer)
... aka Memories of Tomorrow (USA)
Self:
- "Tetsuko no heya" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
... aka Tetsuko's Room (International: English title)
- Ken Watanabe (2009) TV episode .... Himself - "Waratte iitomo!" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
... aka Waratte iitomo!: Morita Kazuyoshi awâ (Japan: long title)
- Ken Watanabe (2009) TV episode .... Himself - "ETV tokushû" .... Himself (1 episode, 2007)
... aka ETV Special (Japan: literal English title)
- Kumai Kei: Sengo Nihon no yami ni idomu (2007) TV episode .... Himself - Live Earth (2007) (TV) .... Himself
... aka Live Earth 7.7.07 (International: English title: poster title)
... aka Live Earth Alert (Netherlands: festival title)
... aka Live Earth: The Concerts for a Climate in Crisis (International: English title)
... aka SOS: The Movement for a Climate in Crisis (International: English title: poster title) - "100 Nen Interview" .... Himself (1 episode, 2007)
... aka 100 nen intabyû (Japan: alternative transliteration)
- Watanabe Ken (2007) TV episode .... Himself - The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV) .... Himself - Co-Presenter: Foreign-Language Films Montage
- "Current TV" (2005) TV series .... Himself (unknown episodes, 2006)
- "HBO First Look" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
- Batman Begins: An Origin Story (2005) TV episode .... Himself - Sekai ga moshi hyaku nin no mura dattara 3 (2005) (TV) .... Himself - Narrator
- Tetsuko no heya 30nen special (2005) (TV) .... Guest
- On the Set: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) (TV) .... Himself/Chairman
- Making of 'Tampopo' (1986) (V) .... Himself
Additional Details
Other Works:
Print ad, American Express credit card, 2006
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