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Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura

Japanese actor (1931-2014)
February 16, 1931 (November 10, 2014)

Riding Alone For Thousands of Miles

V.O.: Qian li Zou Dan Ji
Chin. 2005. Psychological drama by Zhang Yimou with Ken Takakura, Shinobu Terajima, Li Jiamin. In order to get closer to his dying son, a Japanese fisherman travels to China to film a popular opera singer that his son loves.
Runtime: 107 min.
U.S. 1992. Comedy by Fred Schepisi with Tom Selleck, Ken Takakura, Aya Takanashi. An American baseball player whose career is in decline is forced to play for a Japanese team.
Runtime: 108 min.
U.S. 1989. Crime drama by Ridley Scott with Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura. In the city of Osaka, two New York police officers chase a Japanese criminal who slipped through their fingers.
Runtime: 123 min.

Antarctica

V.O.: Nankyoku monogatari
Jap. 1983. Adventures by Koreyoshi Kurahara with Ken Takakura, Tsunehiko Watase, Eiji Okada. Because of weather conditions, members of a scientific expedition in Antarctica must abandon the dogs that were used to pull the sleds.
Runtime: 112 min.

Super Express 109

V.O.: Shinkansen Daibakua
Jap. 1975. Crime drama by Junya Sato with Ken Takakura, Kei Yamamoto, Ken Utsui. A man places a bomb on a bullet train and demands a large ransom to reveal its location.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1974. Crime drama by Sydney Pollack with Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Keiko Kishi. An American ex-police officer travels to Japan to find a friend's daughter kidnapped by a criminal clan.
Runtime: 112 min.

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