Ken Takakura — Actor (128)
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The Big Boss (1963)
最後の顔役 IMDb TMDB
Yasushi Sasaki actor: Chiezo Kataoka / Ken Takakura …
other title: 最後の顔役
A shooting incident occurs at the Asahina family gambling hall in Tokyo's Joto district. It is the work of Gaijin boss Brown and his henchman Yamaoka, whose territory is in the Jonan district, in response to Kikuya, the head of the Asahina family, refusing to join the Syndicate. Yamaoka relentlessly pursues the Asahina family and uses his brother Komatsu to kill Shibaki, Kikuya's brother, who owns Nagoya territory. When Kikuya receives information that a general meeting of the Brown and Yamaoka Syndicate is to be held in Nagoya, he is determined to root out the syndicate and rushes to Nagoya, ready to die...
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365 Nights (1962)
三百六十五夜 TMDB
Kunio Watanabe actor: Ken Takakura / Yukiji Asaoka …
other title: 三百六十五夜
A touching drama about a love triangle between a young architect, Koroku, and two women, Ranko and Teruko. Ranko comes from a wealthy family and is offering to repay Koroku’s family debts in exchange for marriage, but Koroku is in love with his landlord’s daughter, Teruko. Things are further complicated when the wicked Tsugawa takes interest in both women, for his own marriage.
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Operation Diamond (1962)
遊民街の銃弾 IMDb TMDB
Masuichi Iizuka actor: Tetsuro Tamba / Yoshiko Sakuma …
other title: Notti roventi a Tokyo / 遊民街の銃弾
Un gangster americano viene fatto evadere da colleghi giapponesi, che hanno intenzione di servirsi di lui per un furto in una base statunitense. Lo scoppio d'un ordigno seminerà la strage tra i malviventi.
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Detective Duel (1958)
ひばりの花形探偵合戦 IMDb TMDB
Yasushi Sasaki actor: Hibari Misora / Ken Takakura …
other title: ひばりの花形探偵合戦
A friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome private eye named Mitamura while both are investigating the missing person's case from a wealthy family.
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With Songs in My Heart (1958)
希望の乙女 IMDb TMDB
Yasushi Sasaki actor: Hibari Misora / Ken Takakura …
other title: 希望の乙女
Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of becoming a singer. Through dance, music, and songs, this story shows how a girl raised on a farm was able to make her dream a reality, with the love of those around her.
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The Chop Professor (1956)
チョップ先生 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Eiichi Koishi actor: Eiji Okada / Yuriko Tashiro …
other title: チョップ先生
Junpei Kihara, a young president of the University's wrestling club, is nicknamed "Mr. Chop". One day, on the way back from visiting the hospital after being thrown by Nobuyoshi Shinohara during practice and injured, he met Asako, the sister of Arisawa's mother, Katsuko. When they entering a coffee shop run by Asako's best friend Hisako, Hisako misunderstood them as lovers...
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The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado (1961)
ひばり民謡の旅シリーズ　べらんめぇ藝者佐渡へ行く IMDb TMDB
Kunio Watanabe actor: Hibari Misora / Ken Takakura …
other title: ひばり民謡の旅シリーズ　べらんめぇ藝者佐渡へ行く
Koharu, a flamboyant geisha, unexpectedly wins a trip to Sado Island in a TV contest. She is accompanied by three people. Koharu had been dreaming of a handsome young man, but when she gets into the first-class car, she meets Tashiro, a pretentious young man with rimless glasses, Sugimura, who has a mean look in his eyes, and Ryuta, a young man she had a scuffle with in a boxing match the other day and hated. After countless misunderstandings, Koharu vows to defeat Tomoe-gumi's leader, Yamada's gang...