Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe

October 21, 1959 · 66 years old

Ken Watanabe (born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. To English-speaking audiences he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in The Last Samurai, for which he was nomina…

Known For

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Inception

Inception

2010 · 2h 28m · Movie

A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a CEO, but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.

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Batman Begins

Batman Begins

2005 · 2h 20m · Movie

After witnessing his parents' death, billionaire Bruce Wayne learns the art of fighting to confront injustice. When he returns to Gotham as Batman, he must stop a secret society that intends to destroy the city.

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Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs

2018 · 1h 41m · Movie

Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy's odyssey in search of his lost dog.

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Pokémon: Detective Pikachu

Pokémon: Detective Pikachu

2019 · 1h 44m · Movie

In a world where people collect Pokémon to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent talking Pikachu who seeks to be a detective.

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Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

2019 · 2h 12m · Movie

The crypto-zoological agency Monarch faces off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah.

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The Creator

The Creator

2023 · 2h 13m · Movie

Against the backdrop of a war between humans and robots with artificial intelligence, a former soldier finds the robots' secret weapon to end the conflict, an AI in the form of a child.

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The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai

2003 · 2h 34m · Movie

In 19th century Japan, Nathan Algren, a US army captain, is hired by the Japanese emperor to train his army in the modern warfare techniques. Captain Algren finds himself trapped in a struggle between two eras and two worlds.

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Godzilla

Godzilla

2014 · 2h 3m · Movie

Following the 1999 Janjira nuclear disaster that claimed his wife Sandra, Joe Brody seeks answers. His Navy officer son Ford accompanies him to Japan, where they discover the devastating truth and see ancient monsters emerge.

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Transformers: Age of Extinction

Transformers: Age of Extinction

2014 · 2h 45m · Movie

When humanity allies with a bounty hunter in pursuit of Optimus Prime, the Autobots turn to a mechanic and his family for help.

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Letters from Iwo Jima

Letters from Iwo Jima

2006 · 2h 21m · Movie

The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.

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Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha

2005 · 2h 25m · Movie

The heartwarming tale of Nitta Sayuri, a young Japanese woman who transcended from her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.

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Tokyo Vice

Tokyo Vice

2022 · TV Show

A Western journalist working for a publication in Tokyo takes on one of the city's most powerful crime bosses.

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13
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

2009 · 1h 49m · Movie

Teenager Darren Shan meets a mysterious man at a freak show who turns out to be a vampire. After a series of events, Darren must leave his normal life and go on the road with the Cirque du Freak, becoming a creature of the night.

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The Sea of Trees

The Sea of Trees

2016 · 1h 50m · Movie

A suicidal American befriends a Japanese man lost in a forest near Mt. Fuji and the two search for a way out.

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Tampopo

Tampopo

1985 · 1h 54m · Movie

A truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food.

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Earth

Earth

2007 · 1h 30m · Movie

Feature-length version of the documentary TV series Planet Earth (2006), following the migration paths of four animal families.

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Shanghai

Shanghai

2010 · 1h 45m · Movie

A '40s period piece which revolves around an American expat who returns to Shanghai in the months before Pearl Harbor due to the death of his friend.

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Bel Canto

Bel Canto

2018 · 1h 40m · Movie

A world-renowned opera singer becomes trapped in a hostage situation when she's invited to perform for a wealthy industrialist in South America.

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Fukushima 50

Fukushima 50

2020 · 2h 2m · Movie

Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.

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Memories of Tomorrow

Memories of Tomorrow

2006 · 2h 2m · Movie

A successful businessman's family life is shattered by an early onset of Alzheimer's.

7.5
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Kensuke's Kingdom

Kensuke's Kingdom

2024 · 1h 25m · Movie

Young Michael, shipwrecked on a remote island, must adapt to life alone. Over time, he feels another presence, learning that this world is home to both unimaginable danger and beauty.

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The Sea and Poison

The Sea and Poison

1986 · 2h 3m · Movie

Downed American fliers in WWII are vivisected by Japanese surgeons in cruel medical experiments.

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The Memories of Happiness

The Memories of Happiness

2017 · 2h 3m · Movie

Taro's business failed and he got divorced. He also left his family's home. 5 years later, his oldest daughter Natsumi, second daughter Yuka and ex-wife Junko still live in the same house which Taro left. One day, Taro, who has be...

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