Ken Takakura

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Ken Takakura - what members say

Demon review by from East Sussex

Cool, gritty yakuza drama 10 August 2004
...An aging gangster (Ken Takakura) runs away to a small fishing village on the north coast of Japan. All is going OK until a young Takashi Kitano turns up and starts selling... Read customer review

Riding Alone For Thousands Of Miles on DVD (2005)
Starring: Ken Takakura, Kiichi Nakai, Jiang Wen
Director: Yimou Zhang
Certificate:
An aging Japanese fisherman makes a heartfelt pilgrimage to rural China on behalf of his dying son and discovers the true meaning of kindness.

69% from 600 members

Mr Baseball (1992)
Starring: Tom Selleck, Ken Takakura, Aya Takanashi
Director: Fred Schepisi
Certificate:
An inspirational baseball movie.

49% from 140 members
Currently unavailable

Black Rain on DVD (1989)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Kate Capshaw
Director: Ridley Scott
Certificate:
Director Ridley Scott's international crime thriller stars Michael Douglas as Mike Conklin, a New York detective under investigation for corruption. When yakuza hit man Sato (Yusaku Matsuda) kills two American mobsters in New York, he's extradited to Osaka to face trial, with Conklin and Charlie ..read more »

63% from 3,569 members

Black Rain - HD (1989)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Kate Capshaw
Director: Ridley Scott
Certificate:
Director Ridley Scott's international crime thriller stars Michael Douglas as Mike Conklin, a New York detective under investigation for corruption. When yakuza hit man Sato (Yusaku Matsuda) kills two American mobsters in New York, he's extradited to Osaka to face trial, with Conklin and Charlie ..read more »

65% from 297 members
Not currently released

Black Rain - Blu-ray (1989)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Kate Capshaw
Director: Ridley Scott
Certificate:
Director Ridley Scott's international crime thriller stars Michael Douglas as Mike Conklin, a New York detective under investigation for corruption. When yakuza hit man Sato (Yusaku Matsuda) kills two American mobsters in New York, he's extradited to Osaka to face trial, with Conklin and Charlie ..read more »

64% from 801 members

Demon (1985)
Starring: Ken Takakura, Yuko Tanaka, Kunie Tanaka
Director: Yasuo Furuhata
Certificate:
When a yakuza member (Ken Takakura) renounces his criminal ways and moves to a remote fishing village, he may not be able to completely escape the brutal lifestyle, thanks to the telltale demon tattoo on his back. This intriguing film also stars Takeshi Kitano.

50% from 259 members
Currently unavailable

Golgo 13 - The Professional on DVD (1983)
Starring: Ken Takakura
Director: Osamu Dezaki
Certificate:
A father loses his son to a brutal murder and vows to avenge his death. He must first face the supreme hitman Golgo 13 who is the baddest in the land. This anime feature is adapted from the classic comic book series by Takao Saito.

58% from 756 members

Never Give Up on DVD (1978)
Starring: Ken Takakura, Ryoko Nakano, Hiroko Yakushimaru
Director: Junya Sato
Certificate:
Following a mass-murder in rural Japan, ex-special forces soldier Ajisawa adopts the only survivor of the massacre, an amnesiac young girl. Intending to put the past behind them, the pair instead find themselves in conflict with the corrupt powerful leaders of a small town. As the girl's memories ..read more »

49% from 68 members

The Yakuza on DVD (1975)
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Brian Keith
Director: Sydney Pollack
Certificate:
Sydney Pollack directed this action drama in which a Yakuza boss has kidnapped the daughter of a shipping executive named George Tanner, believing that he has cheated him in a gun deal. Tanner (Brian Keith) enlists the aid of his old army buddy, Harry Kilmer (Robert Mitchum), to go to Japan and ..read more »

69% from 332 members

Golgo 13 - Queen Bee on DVD
Starring: Ken Takakura
Director: Junya Sato
Certificate:
The professional assassin known as Golgo 13 is hired to kill the leader of a radical liberation army known as Queen Bee. However once he learns Queen Bee's true identity, Golgo realises there is more to the situation than first appears...

50% from 462 members

Riding Alone For Thousands Of Miles - 3.5 stars
Mr Baseball - 2.5 stars
Black Rain - 3.0 stars
Black Rain - HD - 3.5 stars
Black Rain - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

The Yakuza - 3.5 stars
Riding Alone For Thousands Of Miles - 3.5 stars
Black Rain - HD - 3.5 stars
Black Rain - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Black Rain - 3.0 stars

Never Give Up - 2.5 stars
Mr Baseball - 2.5 stars
Demon - 2.5 stars
Golgo 13 - Queen Bee - 2.5 stars
Golgo 13 - The Professional - 3.0 stars

Kate Capshaw - 3 times - show films
Andy Garcia - 3 times - show films
Michael Douglas - 3 times - show films
Jiang Wen - 1 times - show films
Tom Selleck - 1 times - show films

Ridley Scott - 3 times - show films
Junya Sato - 2 times - show films
Sydney Pollack - 1 times - show films
Fred Schepisi - 1 times - show films
Yasuo Furuhata - 1 times - show films