Best movies of Ken Takakura

Actors : Yoshiko Sakuma, Eitarô Shindô, Ken Takakura, Chiezô Kataoka,
Directors : Shigehiro Ozawa,

A photo taken of Takakura and Shindo both sporting full-upper-body tattoos, something not the common in pre-1963 yakuza films.

Actors : Ken Takakura, Michiko Hoshi, Eijirô Yanagi, Mitsue Komiya,
Directors : Shigehiro Ozawa,

One of the earliest of subeban/ girl boss type eiga,

Actors : Eijirô Tôno, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ken Takakura, Hibari Misora,
Directors : Masahiro Makino,

The tale of Princess Sen, daughter to Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu and wife of Toyotomi Hideyori.

Actors : Yoshiko Sakuma, Kôji Tsuruta, Ken Takakura, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Tadashi Sawashima,

Romantic ninkyô yakuza film.

Actors : Shinjirô Ebara, Ichirô Sugai, Ken Takakura, Yoshiko Mita,
Directors : Tsuneo Kobayashi,

Unrelated to director Hideo Gosha's 1974 film.

Actors : Rentarô Mikuni, Shinjirô Ebara, Ken Takakura, Kin'ya Kitaôji,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

A lonely gangster tries recruiting men to plunder a respected and powerful gang.

Actors : Shinjirô Ebara, Ken Takakura, Naoki Sugiura, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

A killer who only hits people who deserve it is tricked into killing an innocent man. He then seeks revenge against the people who employed him.

Actors : Isao Yamagata, Yôko Minamida, Ken Takakura, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

In a village subsisting on its herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of one of the fish companies by the name of Tetsu, decides to overthrow Jakoman and his cohorts.

Actors : Minoru Ôki, Hiroki Matsukata, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ken Takakura,
Directors : Masahiro Makino,

A timber merchant and haulage firm in late 19th century Tokyo is in trouble. The widowed lady owner is being threatened by a scheming competitor who is offering much cheaper labour. X has ...

Actors : Shinjirô Ebara, Ken Takakura, Yoshiko Mita, Ryô Ikebe,
Directors : Kiyoshi Saeki,

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...

Actors : Kunie Tanaka, Ken Takakura, Naoki Sugiura, Hiroko Sakuramachi,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

Shin'Ichi returns home to visit his mother's grave. Upon returning he finds the mess that his previous reckless behavior left behind. His old boss, Asahi, was attacked after Shin'Ichi left and was forced to give up a lot of of his power.

Actors : Shigeru Amachi, Ken Takakura, Hideo Murota, Saburô Kitajima,
Directors : Sadao Nakajima,

This was one of director Nakajima's first films.

Actors : Yôko Mihara, Ken Takakura, Naoki Sugiura, Jun Tazaki,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

A strange episode with Takakura involved with horse-breeders and, at one point, getting revenge on at the guy who killed his Shetland pony.

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.

Actors : Junko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Ryô Ikebe, Yoshi Katô,
Directors : Masahiro Makino,

Fourth film in the "Shôwa Zankyôden" series. This expression means duty, obligations, and rules obeyed by gangsters and outlaws in the pre-Shôwa era.

Actors : Ken Goodlet, Judith Roberts, Kevin Cooney, Ken Takakura,
Directors : Jun'ya Satô,

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.

Actors : Kaneko Iwasaki, Minoru Ôki, Ken Takakura, Takashi Shimura,
Directors : Yasuo Furuhata,

After causing problems, Ken Takahara is transferred from Abashiri to the honor factory at Tanigawa Prison. When the local yakuza gang is hired to destroy the factory, Takahara has to take violent action to save it.

Actors : Akiko Koyama, Kôji Tsuruta, Ken Takakura, Yoshiko Mita,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

Very moving, despite its slow start.

Actors : Junko Fuji, Michiko Araki, Ken Takakura, Ryô Ikebe,
Directors : Masahiro Makino,

Young yakuza Shujiro Hanada (Takakura) goes to prison after losing his cool in a rigged gambling game and slashing a few other players. When he's released in 1927, the world has changed. ...

Actors : Kôji Tsuruta, Junko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Tomisaburô Wakayama,
Directors : Masahiro Makino,

It is almost unheard of for a ninkyô or jitsuroku yakuza to have an even halfway happy ending.