Where to watch Ken Takakura in the UK
Find every Ken Takakura film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 17 June 2026.
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…
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- SMAP×SMAP (1996) as Bistro Guest
- Black Rain (1989) as Masahiro
- The Bullet Train (1975) as Tetsuo Okita
- Railroad Man (1999) as Otomatsu Sato
- The Yakuza (1974) as Tanaka Ken
- The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) as Yusaku Shima
- Dearest (2012) as Eiji Shimakura
- Tokyo's Business District (1962) Cast
- 47 Ronin (1994) as Kuranosuke Oishi
- Mr. Baseball (1992) as Uchiyama
- Older brother (1977) as Eiji
- Antarctica (1983) as Ushioda
- Manhunt (1976) as Morioka
- Mount Hakkoda (1977) as Captain Tokushima
- The Big Boss (1963) Cast
- Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi (1993) Cast
- Never Give Up (1978) as Takeshi Ajisawa
- A Distant Cry from Spring (1980) as Kosaku Tajima
- Demon (1985) as Shuji
- Memoir of Japanese Assassinations (1969) as Saburo Aizawa
- Station (1981) as Eiji Mikami
- Prison Boss (1968) Cast
- Main Street in the Underworld (1964) Cast
- A Fugitive from the Past (1965) as Ajimura
- The Longest Tunnel (1982) as Go Akutsu
- House of Gamblers (1970) Cast
- The Biggest Gamble (1969) as Shuzo Honjo
- Duel of the Underworld (1963) Cast
- Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game (1969) as Shogo Hanaoka
- Too Late the Hero (1970) as Major Yamaguchi
- Red Peony Gambler (1968) as Naoki Katagiri
- The Chivalrous Life (1967) as Ryuma Ibuki
- The Pledge (1972) Cast
- Rogue (1968) as Isamu Oba
- Choji Snack Bar (1983) as Eiji
- Japan's Top Gangster (1973) as Kazuo Taoka
- Yakuza of the Present (1973) as Ryoichi Shimaya
- The International Gang of Kobe (1975) as Masato Dan
- Winter's Flower (1978) as Hidetsugu Kano
- The Domain: The Naniwa Story (1965) Cast
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Most-watched Ken Takakura films currently: Black Rain (1989), The Bullet Train (1975), Railroad Man (1999), The Yakuza (1974), The Yellow Handkerchief (1977).
What TV shows has Ken Takakura appeared in?
Selected TV credits: SMAP×SMAP (1996), Older brother (1977), Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi (1993).
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