Best movies of Ken Takakura

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 : 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 : Nana Kinomi, Eiji Gô, Bunta Sugawara, Ken Takakura,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

One of maverick director Ishii's best pictures.

Actors : Fumio Watanabe, Ken Takakura, Kin'ya Kitaôji, Jô Shishido,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

One of Toei's last ninkyô yakuza pictures of the 1970's.

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 : Ryûji Harada, Ken Takakura, Yûko Tanaka, Isao Natsuyagi,
Directors : Yasuo Furuhata,

A Japanese love story that takes place during World War 2. It follows a young Japanese man who goes to war and tries to stay connected to his true love.

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

Very moving, despite its slow start.

Actors : Eijirô Tôno, Ken Takakura, Kinnosuke Nakamura, 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 : Michiko Araki, Junko Fuji, 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 : Shinjirô Ebara, Ichirô Sugai, Ken Takakura, Yoshiko Mita,
Directors : Tsuneo Kobayashi,

Unrelated to director Hideo Gosha's 1974 film.

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

This was one of director Nakajima's first films.

Actors : Kunie Tanaka, Reiko Ôhara, Ken Takakura, Tokiko Katô,
Directors : Yasuo Furuhata,

Eiji, also known as Choji, quits the shipyard to start Izakaya Choji (snack bar) with his wife Shigeko on the outskirts of Hakodate.

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

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

Actors : Nana Kinomi, Eiji Gô, Bunta Sugawara, Ken Takakura,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri Prison.

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.