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Actor:

• In Production
• 2000s
• 1990s
• 1980s

1. Inception (2010) (filming) .... Saito
   ... aka Inception: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
2. Shanghai (2010) (completed)
   
   
3. Shizumanu taiyô (2009)
   ... aka The Sun That Doesn't Set (USA: literal English title)
   ... aka The Unbroken (International: English title)
4. Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) .... Mr. Tall
   ... aka Circus of the Freak (International: English title: literal title)
5. Keiji ichidai: Hiratsuka Hachibei no Shôwa jiken shi (2009) (TV) .... Hachibei Hiratsuka
6. Hoshi hitotsu no yoru (2007) (TV)
7. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) .... General Kuribayashi
8. Ashita no kioku (2006) .... Masayuki Saeki
   ... aka Memories of Tomorrow (USA)
9. Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) .... Chairman
10. Batman Begins (2005) (VG) (voice) .... Ra's al Ghul
11. Batman Begins (2005) .... Ra's Al Ghul
    ... aka Batman Begins: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
12. Ashes and Snow (2005) .... Japanese Voice
13. Kita no zeronen (2005) .... Hideaki Komatsubara
    ... aka Year One in the North (International: English title)
14. "Suna no utsuwa" (2004) TV series .... Syuichiro Imanishi (unknown episodes)
15. The Last Samurai (2003) .... Katsumoto
    ... aka The Last Samurai: Bushidou (USA: poster title)
16. Joshi keimusho higashi 3 gô tô 4 (2003) (TV)
17. Itan no natsu (2003) (TV)
18. T.R.Y. (2003) .... Masanobu Azuma
19. Tô-san no natsumatsuri (2002) (TV)
20. Hi wa mata noboru (2002) .... Okubo
21. Chûshingura 1/47 (2001) (TV)
22. Sennen no koi - Hikaru Genji monogatari (2001) .... Fujiwara no Michinaga/Fujiwara no Nobutaka
    ... aka Genji: A Thousand-Year Love
23. Oboreru sakana (2001) .... Miyota
24. Ningen no shômei 2001 (2001) (TV)
25. "Hojo Tokimune" (2001) TV series
26. Zawa-zawa Shimokita-sawa (2000) .... Ishida
27. Supêsutoraberâzu (2000) .... Sakamaki ("Crusher")
    ... aka Space Travelers (International: English title)
28. Hatsuru sokonaki (2000) (TV)
29. "Ikebukuro West Gate park" (2000) TV series (unknown episodes)
    
    
30. Kizuna (1998) .... Detective Sako Akio
    ... aka Bonds (Japan: English title)
31. Rajio no jikan (1997) .... Raita Onuki, the truck driver
    ... aka Radio no jikan
    ... aka Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
32. "Gokenin Zankurô" .... Zankurô Matsudaira (1 episode, 1997)
        - Episode #2.10 (1997) TV episode .... Zankurô Matsudaira
33. Sushi kuinê 3: Nigire!! Tôkyô natsu no aji (1996) (TV) .... Shûzô
34. "Tetsuko no heya" .... Co-emcee (1 episode, 1996)
    ... aka Tetsuko's Room (International: English title)
        - Episode #21.1 (1996) TV episode .... Co-emcee
35. Kimitachi ga ite boku ga iru II (1992) (TV) .... Senjûrô Fujiwara
36. Kimitachi ga ite boku ga iru (1992) (TV) .... Senjûrô Fujiwara
37. Bakumatsu jyunjyoden (1991) .... Ryouma Sakamoto
38. "Takeda Shingen" (1990) TV mini-series .... Narrator
    
    
39. "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)
40. Umi to dokuyaku (1986) .... Toda
    ... aka The Sea and Poison (USA)
41. Tampopo (1985) .... Gun
    ... aka Dandelion (International: English title)
42. Kekkon annai mystery (1985) .... Funayama Tetsuya/Masakazu Sekine
43. Setouchi shonen yakyu dan (1984) .... Tetsuo
    ... aka MacArthur's Children
44. "Sanga moyu" (1984) TV series
    ... aka The Burning Mountain River
45. "Mibu no koiuta" (1983) TV series
    

Miscellaneous Crew:

1. Half Kenneth (2009) (benefactor)
   

Producer:

1. Ashita no kioku (2006) (executive producer)
   ... aka Memories of Tomorrow (USA)
   

Self:

• 2000s
• 1980s

1. "Tetsuko no heya" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
   ... aka Tetsuko's Room (International: English title)
       - Ken Watanabe (2009) TV episode .... Himself
2. "Waratte iitomo!" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
   ... aka Waratte iitomo!: Morita Kazuyoshi awâ (Japan: long title)
       - Ken Watanabe (2009) TV episode .... Himself
3. "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
4. 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)
5. "100 Nen Interview" .... Himself (1 episode, 2007)
   ... aka 100 nen intabyû (Japan: alternative transliteration)
       - Watanabe Ken (2007) TV episode .... Himself
6. The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV) .... Himself - Co-Presenter: Foreign-Language Films Montage
7. "Current TV" (2005) TV series .... Himself (unknown episodes, 2006)
8. "HBO First Look" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
       - Batman Begins: An Origin Story (2005) TV episode .... Himself
9. Sekai ga moshi hyaku nin no mura dattara 3 (2005) (TV) .... Himself - Narrator
10. Tetsuko no heya 30nen special (2005) (TV) .... Guest
11. On the Set: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) (TV) .... Himself/Chairman
    
    
12. Making of 'Tampopo' (1986) (V) .... Himself
    

Archive Footage:

1. Alberto Iglesias, el músico fiel (2006) (TV) (uncredited) .... The Chairman