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Ken Watanabe - news / articles
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Watanabe takes year off to rebuild Japan -
7 March 2012
-Inception star Ken Watanabe is taking a hiatus from Hollywood so he can assist with rebuilding efforts in his native Japan.-The actor has returned to the Far East to film a documentary about disaster recovery after a massive tremor struck his homeland last March (11)
Ken Watanabe - what members say
review by from the North East
A very impressive movie 24 February 2004
review by AxlReznor from Leighton Buzzard
Batman Begins: An Origin Story 10 August 2010
review by from Newport, WALES
Gushing Geisha 7 August 2006
Ken Watanabe - filmography
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Inception
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Director: Christopher Nolan
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan directs an international cast in an original sci-fi actioner that travels around the globe and into the intimate and infinite world of dreams.
Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing ..read more »
 
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from 72,193 members
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Inception - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Director: Christopher Nolan
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Visionary filmmaker Christopher Nolan (MEMENTO, THE DARK KNIGHT) writes and directs this psychological sci-fi action film about a thief who possesses the power to enter into the dreams of others. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) doesn't steal things, he steals ideas. By projecting himself deep into the ..read more »
80%
from 26,700 members
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Shanghai - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Ken Watanabe, John Cusack, Gong Li
Director: Mikael Hafstrom
Certificate: 
This period drama concerns an American (John Cusack) in Shanghai who, through the investigation of the death of a friend, ends up falling in love while stumbling upon a political conspiracy. 1408 helmer Mikael Håfström directs. Gong Li and Ken Watanabe co-star in the production, from a script ..read more »
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from 1 member
Due for release on 23rd July 2012
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The Air I Breathe
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Brendan Fraser
Director: Jieho Lee
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Four short fables in which characters collide with fate--and each other--comprise "The Air I Breathe," an ambitious and absorbing drama from debuting director/writer Jieho Lee. Boasting a brilliant ensemble cast, the film is inspired by a Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four key emotions-..read more »
59%
from 7,113 members
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Letters from Iwo Jima - HD
(2006)
Starring: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara
Director: Clint Eastwood
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
Clint Eastwood revisits familiar territory with LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA, a companion piece to his critically-acclaimed World War II drama FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS. Where the two films differ is in their version of events; FLAGS... is told from a predominantly American point-of-view, whereas LETTERS... ..read more »
72%
from 581 members
Not currently released
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Batman Begins - HD
(2005)
Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson
Director: Christopher Nolan
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Years ago, a young boy watched a street thug murder his parents. His life went cold. He left the city for the Far East, where he trained. He grew strong. But so did the darkness. And now the man is returning to Gotham City. The black, boiling drive for vengeance will cause Bruce Wayne to create a ..read more »
80%
from 3,028 members
Not currently released
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Batman Begins - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson
Director: Christopher Nolan
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Genius of mystery and intrigue Christopher Nolan (MEMENTO, FOLLOWING, INSOMNIA) helms this prequel to the Batman films based on the DC Comics series, explaining how Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) the billionaire prince of Gotham whose parents were killed in an alleyway mugging transformed into the ..read more »
85%
from 10,480 members
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Batman Begins
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson
Director: Christopher Nolan
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Years ago, a young boy watched a street thug murder his parents. His life went cold. He left the city for the Far East, where he trained. He grew strong. But so did the darkness. And now the man is returning to Gotham City. The black, boiling drive for vengeance will cause Bruce Wayne to create a ..read more »
74%
from 133,880 members
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Memoirs Of A Geisha
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh
Director: Rob Marshall
Certificate:
This epic motion picture from the director of Chicago is based on the international best-selling novel by Arthur Golden. Torn from her impoverished family before World War II and sent to work in a geisha house, a child will blossom into the legendary geisha Sayuri. Beautiful and accomplished, ..read more »
69%
from 64,622 members
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The Last Samurai - Blu-ray
(2003)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Timothy Spall
Director: Edward Zwick
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Edward Zwick directs this sumptuously designed, action-packed period epic that stars Tom Cruise as Captain Nathan Algren. Algren, a former Civil War hero, is adrift in 1870s San Francisco after the war, a lost soul struggling to stay afloat in a booze-soaked stupor. When he is recruited by the ..read more »
77%
from 3,412 members
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The Last Samurai
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Timothy Spall
Director: Edward Zwick
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Captain Nathan Algren served in the American Civil War where he risked his life for his country. He served out his career in the West where the battle was with Indians and it was here that he became disillusioned and lost... In a far-off land a celebrated Samurai warrior, Katsumoto, is learning ..read more »
70%
from 78,706 members
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Tampopo
(1985)
Starring: Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken Watanabe
Director: Juzo Itami
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Described as the 'first Japanese noodle western', this amusing tale offers a satirical view of the relationship between food and sex, one of the director's favourite topics.
82%
from 248 members
Currently unavailable
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Last Samurai - HD
Starring: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Timothy Spall
Director: Edward Zwick
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Captain Nathan Algren served in the American Civil War where he risked his life for his country. He served out his career in the West where the battle was with Indians and it was here that he became disillusioned and lost... In a far-off land a celebrated Samurai warrior, Katsumoto, is learning ..read more »
75%
from 1,134 member
Not currently released
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Ken Watanabe facts
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...s performance is borderline flawless.
Support is strong all around, especially Ken Watanabe as samurai/ronin Katsumoto, the man who gradually turns Algren's life around. B...
