Acting
Ken Watanabe
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 nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Among other awards, he has won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Actor twice, in 2007 for Memories of Tomorrow and in 2010 for Shizumanu Taiyō. He is also known for his roles in director Christopher Nolan's Hollywood blockbusters Batman Begins and Inception.
Titles
Inception
2010
Alice in Borderland
2020
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
Batman Begins
2005
Tokyo Vice
2022
Isle of Dogs
2018
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
The Last Samurai
2003
The Creator
2023
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017
Hanekonma
1986
Segodon
2018
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
2019
Godzilla
2014
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005
Masamune Shogun
1987
Unbound
2025
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
2015
Letters from Iwo Jima
2006
Back of Father
2014
The Sea of Trees
2016
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
2000
Fukushima 50
2020
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
2009
Kokuho
2025
NHK WORLD PRIME
2017
Gokenin Zankuro
1995
The Fire Still Burns
1993
Tampopo
1985
7 Guardians of the Tomb
2018
Hojo Tokimune
2001
TRUE COLORS
2025
Kyotojin no Hisokana Tanoshimi Rouge: Keisho
2026
Kensuke's Kingdom
2024
Vessel of Sand
2004