Best movies of Ken Takakura

Actors : Andy Garcia, Kate Capshaw, Ken Takakura, Michael Douglas,
Directors : Ridley Scott,

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

Actors : Ken Nakamoto, Kiichi Nakai, Ken Takakura, Shinobu Terajima,
Directors : Yimou Zhang,

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

Actors : Aya Takanashi, Ken Takakura, Dennis Haysbert, Tom Selleck,
Directors : Fred Schepisi,

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.

Actors : Robert Mitchum, Herb Edelman, Ken Takakura, Brian Keith,
Directors : Sydney Pollack,

Harry Kilmer returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend George's kidnapped daughter - and ends up on the wrong side of the Yakuza, the notorious Japanese mafia...

Actors : Tsunehiko Watase, Eiji Okada, Ken Takakura, Masako Natsume,
Directors : Koreyoshi Kurahara,

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 ...

Actors : Shin'ichi Chiba, Eiji Gô, Kei Yamamoto, Ken Takakura,
Directors : Jun'ya Satô,

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

Actors : Ryôko Hirosue, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Ken Takakura, Shinobu Ohtake,
Directors : Yasuo Furuhata,

A solitary middle-aged station manager is haunted by troubling memories of his past when he learns the line his station is on will be decommissioned for lack of profitability. He is visited...

Actors : Kôichi Iwaki, Kiichi Nakai, Ken Takakura, Rie Miyazawa,
Directors : Kon Ichikawa,

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

Actors : Chieko Baishô, Kaori Momoi, Tetsuya Takeda, Ken Takakura,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

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

Actors : Kanjûrô Arashi, Junko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Teruo Ishiyama,
Directors : Tai Katô,

Actors : Hisamitsu Nakamura, Kenichi Kobayashi, Ken Takakura, Ayumi Ishida,
Directors : Yasuo Furuhata,

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.

Actors : Yoshio Harada, Ken Takakura, Ryôko Nakano, Ryô Ikebe,
Directors : Jun'ya Satô,

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.

Actors : Hiroko Yakushimaru, Rentarô Mikuni, Ken Takakura, Ryôko Nakano,
Directors : Jun'ya Satô,

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

Actors : Kôichi Satô, Ken Takakura, Yûko Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi,
Directors : Yasuo Furuhata,

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.

Actors : Chieko Baishô, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Tetsuya Takeda, Ken Takakura,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

A mysterious stranger appears at the door of a farmhouse on a stormy night and asks for shelter. The young widow who owns the farm puts him up in the barn. At dawn, he helps to deliver a ...

Actors : Tôru Abe, Ken Takakura, Tetsurô Tanba, Kôji Nanbara,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

Shinichi is a good guy serving three years and approaching the end of his time. He escapes handcuffed to dangerous Gunda, who instigated the escape. Thus tethered, they start out on a journey across the desolate snow country of Hokkaido.

Actors : Ken Takakura, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Wakaba Irie, Chieko Naniwa,
Directors : Tomu Uchida,

Actors : Mohsen Sohrabi, Jaleh Sam, Ken Takakura, Yadolla Shirandami,
Directors : Jun'ya Satô,

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

Actors : Setsuko Karasuma, Chieko Baishô, Ken Takakura, Ayumi Ishida,
Directors : Yasuo Furuhata,

Constantly put to the test and faced with tragedy wherever he turns, can a man finally find solace and a modicum of love or rest with what is left of his hometown, his family, love or himself?

Actors : Kenjirô Ishiyama, Minoru Ôki, Junko Fuji, Ken Takakura,
Directors : Masahiro Makino,

This is yet another ninkyô yakuza film that seems to be (unconsciously?) trying to deal with issues of repressed homosexuality. In any case, long-lost friend.