Ken Takakura
Born: 1931-02-16 Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan
Died: 2014-11-10
Ken Takakura (高倉 健, Takakura Ken), born Gouichi Oda (February 16, 1931, in Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan), was a Japanese actor best known for his brooding style and the stoic presence he brings to his roles. Takakura gained his streetwise swagger and tough-guy persona watching yakuza turf battles over the lucrative black market and racketeering in postwar Fukuoka. This subject was covered in one of his most famous movies, Showa Zankyo-den (Remnants of Chivalry in the Showa Era), in which he played an honorable old-school yakuza among the violent post-war gurentai. A graduate of Meiji University in Tokyo Takakura happened by an audition in 1955 ...
Acting (in our collection)
The Firefly
(2001)
The Yakuza
(1974)
Golgo 13
(1973)
The Pledge
(1972)
Too Late the Hero
(1970)
The Outsiders
(1958)