TF.ORG - The Films - movies download portal

Ken Watanabe

Birth name: Kensaku Watanabe

Birth date: 21.10.1959

Both of Ken Watanabe's parents were teachers: his mother taught general education and his dad taught calligraphy. He became interested in acting at the age of 24 when a director of England's National Theatre Company, where he was studying, told him that acting was his special gift. Ken is mostly known in Japan for playing samurais. He incorporates the samurai's values in his daily life by not amassing too many material possessions and by living his life with honor, pride and discipline. The Last Samurai (2003), the film that introduced him to Western audiences, was his fourth film released in 2003, and he has also starred in roles as a gangster, a businessmen and a general. Ken is currently separated from his wife and has two children, an 18-year-old daughter who is working as a model and one son who is 20 years old.

Wallpapers: available

Filmography

# Wolverine (2008) .... Kenuichio Harada/Silver Samurai # Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) .... General Tadamichi Kuribayashi # Ashita no kioku (2006) .... Masayuki Saeki ... aka Memories of Tomorrow (USA) # Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) .... The Chairman # Batman Begins (2005) (VG) (voice) .... Ra's al Ghul # Batman Begins (2005) .... Ra's Al Ghul ... aka Batman Begins: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version) # Kita no zeronen (2005) .... Hideaki Komatsubara ... aka Year One in the North (International: English title) # "Suna no utsuwa" (2004) TV Series .... Syuichiro Imanishi (unknown episodes) # The Last Samurai (2003) .... Katsumoto ... aka The Last Samurai: Bushidou (USA: poster title) # T.R.Y. (2003) .... Masanobu Azuma # Hi wa mata noboru (2002) .... Okubo # Sennen no koi - Hikaru Genji monogatari (2001) .... Fujiwara Michinaga/Fujiwara Nobutaka ... aka Genji: A Thousand-Year Love # Oboreru sakana (2001) .... Miyota # "Hojo Tokimune" (2001) TV Series # Zawa-zawa Shimokita-sawa (2000) .... Ishida # Supêsutoraberâzu (2000) .... Sakamaki ("Crusher") ... aka Space Travelers (International: English title) # "Ikebukuro West Gate park" (2000) TV Series (unknown episodes) # Kizuna (1998) .... Police Detective Sako ... aka Bonds (Japan: English title) # Rajio no jikan (1997) .... Raita Onuki, the truck driver ... aka Radio no jikan ... aka Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald # Kimitachi ga ite boku ga iru (1992) (TV) # Bakumatsu jyunjyoden (1991) .... Ryouma Sakamoto # "Takeda Shingen" (1990) (mini) TV Series .... Narrator # "Dokugan-ryu Masamune" (1987) TV Series .... Date Masamune (DokuGan-Ryu / ... (unknown episodes) # Umi to dokuyaku (1986) .... Toda ... aka The Sea and Poison (USA) # Tampopo (1985) .... Gun ... aka Dandelion # Kekkon annai mystery (1985) .... Funayama Tetsuya/Masakazu Sekine # Setouchi shonen yakyu dan (1984) .... Tetsuo ... aka MacArthur's Children # "Sanga moyu" (1984) TV Series ... aka The Burning Mountain River