Ken Takakura: movies and TV shows
Ken Takakura has 201 credits in the archive: 197 films and 4 TV series, from 1956 to 2016. Highest rated: Demon (7.6/10).
Career timeline
1956 – 2016 · busiest year: 1958 (12 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Ken San | Self | Film | 6.7 | 85 |
| 2012 | Dearest | Eiji Shimakura | Film | 6.7 | 81 |
| 2006 | Black Rain: Making The Film | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 75 |
| 2005 | Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles | Gou-ichi Takata | Film | 7.1 | 74 |
| 2001 | The Firefly | Yamaoka Shuji | Film | 7.5 | 70 |
| 1999 | Railroad Man | Otomatsu Sato | Film | 7.1 | 68 |
| 1996 | SMAP×SMAP | Bistro Guest | TV | 8.5 | 65 |
| 1995 | The detective whose path was crossed by a snake | Film | — | 64 | |
| 1994 | 47 Ronin | Kuranosuke Oishi | Film | 7.4 | 63 |
| 1993 | Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi | TV | — | 62 | |
| 1992 | Mr. Baseball | Uchiyama | Film | 5.8 | 61 |
| 1992 | An Elegy of Tyrole | Tateishi Jiro | TV | — | 61 |
| 1991 | Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 60 |
| 1989 | Black Rain | Masahiro | Film | 6.6 | 58 |
| 1989 | Buddies | Kadokura | Film | 6.9 | 58 |
| 1988 | Umi e, See You | Eiji Honma | Film | 10.0 | 57 |
| 1985 | Demon | Shuji | Film | 7.6 | 54 |
| 1984 | A Portrait of the Author | Self | Film | — | 53 |
| 1983 | Choji Snack Bar | Eiji | Film | 7.8 | 52 |
| 1983 | Antarctica | Ushioda | Film | 7.2 | 52 |
| 1982 | Karate Cop | Detective Mikami | Film | 9.0 | 51 |
| 1982 | The Longest Tunnel | Go Akutsu | Film | 10.0 | 51 |
| 1981 | Station | Eiji Mikami | Film | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1980 | A Distant Cry from Spring | Kosaku Tajima | Film | 7.4 | 49 |
| 1980 | The Revolt | Keisuke Miyagi | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1978 | Never Give Up | Takeshi Ajisawa | Film | 6.2 | 47 |
| 1978 | Winter's Flower | Hidetsugu Kano | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1977 | Mount Hakkoda | Captain Tokushima | Film | 6.6 | 46 |
| 1977 | Older brother | Eiji | TV | — | 46 |
| 1977 | The Yellow Handkerchief | Yusaku Shima | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1976 | Manhunt | Morioka | Film | 6.2 | 45 |
| 1975 | Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack | Film | 10.0 | 44 | |
| 1975 | The Bullet Train | Tetsuo Okita | Film | 6.9 | 44 |
| 1975 | Great Jailbreak | Ichiro Kozue | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1975 | The International Gang of Kobe | Masato Dan | Film | 5.7 | 44 |
| 1974 | Third Generation Boss | Film | 8.0 | 43 | |
| 1974 | The Yakuza | Tanaka Ken | Film | 7.1 | 43 |
| 1974 | The Homeless | Jokichi Anabuki | Film | 7.8 | 43 |
| 1973 | Japan's Top Gangster | Kazuo Taoka | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1973 | Golgo 13 | Duke Togo / Golgo 13 | Film | 5.1 | 42 |
| 1973 | Yakuza of the Present | Ryoichi Shimaya | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1972 | The Pledge | Film | 5.8 | 41 | |
| 1972 | Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die | Film | 7.0 | 41 | |
| 1972 | Lullaby for a Tough Guy | Film | 10.0 | 41 | |
| 1972 | The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang | Kuramoto | Film | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1972 | New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm | Film | 10.0 | 41 | |
| 1971 | New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter | Film | 8.0 | 40 | |
| 1971 | Bloodiest Flower | Film | 6.0 | 40 | |
| 1971 | New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape | Film | 5.8 | 40 | |
| 1971 | Patience Has An End | Isamu Tekada | Film | 5.9 | 40 |
| 1971 | The Man | Film | 7.0 | 40 | |
| 1971 | The Path of the King | Ryutaro Fudo | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1971 | Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love | Hidejiro Hanada | Film | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1971 | Dagger | Film | 7.0 | 40 | |
| 1970 | Too Late the Hero | Major Yamaguchi | Film | 6.4 | 39 |
| 1970 | Brave Red Flower of the North | Film | 6.8 | 39 | |
| 1970 | Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny | Film | 7.0 | 39 | |
| 1970 | House of Gamblers | Film | 7.0 | 39 | |
| 1970 | The Last Kamikaze | Koji Yashiro | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1970 | The Japan Derby Race | Film | 7.0 | 39 | |
| 1970 | New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri | Film | 8.0 | 39 | |
| 1970 | New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stray Wolf in Snow | Film | 7.0 | 39 | |
| 1970 | Yukyo-retsuden | Film | 7.5 | 39 | |
| 1970 | A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life | Film | 9.0 | 39 | |
| 1970 | The Domain: Rising Dragon | Film | 10.0 | 39 | |
| 1969 | The Biggest Gamble | Shuzo Honjo | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1969 | Samurai Geisha | Shimada Seikichi | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1969 | New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2 | Film | 6.5 | 38 | |
| 1969 | Brothers Serving Time | Film | 8.0 | 38 | |
| 1969 | Brutal Tales of Chivalry 6 | Film | 9.0 | 38 | |
| 1969 | Gambler's Legacy | Tsukuda Ginjiro | Film | 6.7 | 38 |
| 1969 | Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo | Hanada Hidejiro | Film | 7.7 | 38 |
| 1969 | Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game | Shogo Hanaoka | Film | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1969 | Memoir of Japanese Assassinations | Saburo Aizawa | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1969 | The Domain: Flower and Dragon | Kingoro Tamai | Film | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1969 | Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony | Koji Yashiro | Film | 6.6 | 38 |
| 1969 | New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town | Film | 6.5 | 38 | |
| 1968 | Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza | Film | 7.0 | 37 | |
| 1968 | The Day the Sun Rose | Film | 8.0 | 37 | |
| 1968 | Red Peony Gambler | Naoki Katagiri | Film | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1968 | New Prison Walls of Abashiri | Katsuji Suehiro | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1968 | The Drifting Avenger | Ken Kato | Film | 6.1 | 37 |
| 1968 | Gambler Biography | Film | 6.0 | 37 | |
| 1968 | Rogue | Isamu Oba | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1968 | Prison Boss | Film | 7.7 | 37 | |
| 1968 | Histories of the Chivalrous | Film | 8.0 | 37 | |
| 1968 | The Domain: Severed Relations | Film | 10.0 | 37 | |
| 1967 | Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4 | Film | 7.5 | 36 | |
| 1967 | Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido | Film | 8.0 | 36 | |
| 1967 | Classmates | First Lieutenant Kenmochi | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1967 | The Chivalrous Life | Ryuma Ibuki | Film | 8.5 | 36 |
| 1967 | A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm | Shin-ichi Tachibana | Film | 9.0 | 36 |
| 1967 | Code of Chivalry | Film | — | 36 | |
| 1967 | The Domain: Where The Blade Enters | Film | 10.0 | 36 | |
| 1967 | Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil | Shin-ichi Tachibana | Film | 9.0 | 36 |
| 1967 | The Domain: White Blade | Film | 8.0 | 36 | |
| 1966 | Glorious Fights | Ichiro Takita | Film | 7.3 | 35 |
| 1966 | Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2 | Film | 7.5 | 35 | |
| 1966 | The Kamikaze Guy | Fumio Kuroki | Film | 7.7 | 35 |
| 1966 | The Bullet and the Horse | Film | 9.0 | 35 | |
| 1966 | Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Lone Wolf | Film | 8.0 | 35 | |
| 1966 | Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country | Film | 7.0 | 35 | |
| 1966 | Showdown of Men | Film | 7.0 | 35 | |
| 1966 | Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South | Film | 7.0 | 35 | |
| 1966 | The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown | Film | 9.0 | 35 | |
| 1966 | The Domain: Duel at Thunder Gate | Film | 9.0 | 35 | |
| 1965 | A Fugitive from the Past | Ajimura | Film | 7.3 | 34 |
| 1965 | Tokyo Untouchable | Yoshio Harada | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1965 | Prison Walls of Abashiri 4 | Shin'ichi Tachibana | Film | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1965 | Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 | Shinichi Tachibana | Film | 7.5 | 34 |
| 1965 | Brutal Tales of Chivalry | Seiji Terajima | Film | 7.4 | 34 |
| 1965 | Abashiri Prison | Shinichi Tachibana | Film | 7.2 | 34 |
| 1965 | Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2 | Shinichi Tachibana | Film | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1965 | The Boss | Film | 7.0 | 34 | |
| 1965 | Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro | Sasaki Kojiro | Film | 7.3 | 34 |
| 1965 | The Domain: The Naniwa Story | Film | 4.8 | 34 | |
| 1965 | The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry | Film | 7.5 | 34 | |
| 1964 | Jakoman and Tetsu | Tetsu | Film | 7.3 | 33 |
| 1964 | Storm Party | Film | 9.0 | 33 | |
| 1964 | Main Street in the Underworld | Film | 6.1 | 33 | |
| 1964 | Wolves, Pigs & Men | Jiro Kuroki, the second brother | Film | 8.1 | 33 |
| 1964 | An Outlaw | Minami | Film | 5.0 | 33 |
| 1964 | Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang | Film | 10.0 | 33 | |
| 1964 | Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple | Sasaki Kojiro | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1964 | The Domain | Film | 6.5 | 33 | |
| 1963 | Duel of the Underworld | Film | 7.0 | 32 | |
| 1963 | The Big Boss | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1963 | Violent Street | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1963 | Defeat the Boss | Film | 8.0 | 32 | |
| 1963 | Eleven Gangsters | Sawagami | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1963 | Life of Hishakaku | Film | 8.0 | 32 | |
| 1963 | Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style | Sasaki Kojiro | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1963 | Gang Loyalty and Vengeance | Asano | Film | 5.7 | 32 |
| 1963 | Tokyo Untouchable: Escape | Yoshio Harada | Film | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1963 | Blackmail | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1962 | All Rascals | Film | 7.0 | 31 | |
| 1962 | Tokyo's Business District | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1962 | Hell's Kitchen | Film | 7.5 | 31 | |
| 1962 | Operation Diamond | Film | 9.0 | 31 | |
| 1962 | Uragirimono wa jigoku daze | Film | 7.0 | 31 | |
| 1962 | Lady Sen and Hideyori | Naomori | Film | 8.0 | 31 |
| 1962 | The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1962 | Song of Kagoshima | Shuhei Tategami | Film | — | 31 |
| 1962 | South Pacific Waves Are High | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1962 | Tales of President Mito | Sukesaburo Sasa | Film | — | 31 |
| 1962 | 365 Nights | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1962 | The Escape | Film | 7.0 | 31 | |
| 1961 | Flower, Storm and Gangster | 'Smiley' Ken | Film | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1961 | Hell's Juggler | Film | 7.0 | 30 | |
| 1961 | Devil's Nursery Rhyme | Kosuke Kindaichi | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1961 | Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san | Kenichi Oka | Film | — | 30 |
| 1961 | The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4 | Kenichi Hanamura | Film | 10.0 | 30 |
| 1961 | The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Whirlwind | Tarō Senpū | Film | — | 30 |
| 1961 | The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1961 | Mannen Taro and His Feminine Colleagues | Tarô Mannen | Film | — | 30 |
| 1961 | A Fishwife's Tale | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1960 | The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2 | Film | 9.0 | 29 | |
| 1960 | Storming Squadron | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1960 | The Second Bullet is Marked | Film | 8.0 | 29 | |
| 1960 | The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Rush | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1960 | The Sand City in Manchuria | Hari | Film | 6.5 | 29 |
| 1960 | Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy | Film | 8.0 | 29 | |
| 1960 | 続べらんめぇ芸者 | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1960 | The Great Road | Film | 8.0 | 29 | |
| 1960 | The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Eternity | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1960 | Delinquent Angel | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1960 | The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3 | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1960 | If You're Man Enough | Film | 8.0 | 29 | |
| 1959 | Night of the Suspicions | 久里 / 島 | Film | — | 28 |
| 1959 | The Silent Murder | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1959 | Four Hours of Terror | Captain Yamamoto | Film | 6.3 | 28 |
| 1959 | A Man's Dark Finger | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1959 | The Bastards of Lawless Town | Fumio Sone | Film | — | 28 |
| 1959 | Hell's Companion | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1959 | The Happy Family | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1959 | A Dead Drifter | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1959 | The Counterfeiters | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1958 | With Songs in My Heart | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1958 | Monsoon Son | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1958 | Beyond the Seasonal Wind | Film | 9.0 | 27 | |
| 1958 | Romance Freestyle | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1958 | Midair Circus | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1958 | No Advice Taken | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1958 | Monsoon Son Pt.2 | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1958 | The Outsiders | Ichitaro Kazamori | Film | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1958 | Man of Thirteen Eyes | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1958 | Sister with Sister | Hiroshi Ishioka | Film | — | 27 |
| 1958 | Detective Duel | Film | 6.0 | 27 | |
| 1958 | His Pistol is Hell | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1957 | Employee Full of Fight | Tani | Film | 4.0 | 26 |
| 1957 | The Deep Blue Sea | Film | 5.0 | 26 | |
| 1957 | Showdown in Blood | Film | — | 26 | |
| 1957 | Men Fighting Whales | Yosuke Yamagami | Film | — | 26 |
| 1957 | Jet Air Base 101 | Jiro Nakata | Film | — | 26 |
| 1956 | The Chop Professor | Film | 8.0 | 25 | |
| 1956 | 恐怖の空中殺人 | 島田寿夫 | Film | — | 25 |
| 1956 | G-men of Japan 4: Special Armed Unit Mobilization | Film | 9.0 | 25 | |
| 1956 | Meteor Karate Strike | Film | — | 25 | |
| 1956 | Mother Peacock | Film | — | 25 | |
| 1956 | Lightning Karate Blow | Film | — | 25 | |
| 1956 | Manchurian Sunset | Shintaro | Film | — | 25 |