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Ken Takakura

Actor · 125 credits · 16 in highly-rated films

Best known for Black Rain (1989)

Frequent collaborators: Rinichi Yamamoto, Kenji Imai, Sumiko Fuji, Minoru Ōki, Tomisaburō Wakayama

Best Ken Takakura movies by genre

Movies (125 total, ranked by score)

  1. Black Rain

    1989 · ★ 6.6 (1,266 votes)

    Drama, Action, Thriller

    1

  2. The Yakuza

    1974 · ★ 7.1 (223 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    2

  3. Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

    2005 · ★ 7.1 (93 votes)

    Drama

    3

  4. Antarctica

    1983 · ★ 7.2 (70 votes)

    Drama, Adventure

    4

  5. The Bullet Train

    1975 · ★ 6.9 (71 votes)

    Action, Crime, Drama

    5

  6. Dagger

    1971

    6

  7. The Domain: Rising Dragon

    1970

    Crime, Drama

    7

  8. The Domain: White Blade

    1967

    8

  9. The Domain: Duel at Thunder Gate

    1966

    9

  10. Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang

    1964

    Action, Crime

    10

  11. A Distant Cry from Spring

    1980 · ★ 7.4 (30 votes)

    Drama

    11

  12. The Domain: Where The Blade Enters

    1967

    12

  13. The Sand City in Manchuria

    1960 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Drama

    13

  14. Lullaby for a Tough Guy

    1972

    Drama

    14

  15. The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown

    1966

    15

  16. Great Jailbreak

    1975 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Action, Crime

    16

  17. The Domain: Severed Relations

    1968

    17

  18. Gambler Biography

    1968 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Crime

    18

  19. The Yellow Handkerchief

    1977 · ★ 7.0 (39 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    19

  20. Japan's Top Gangster

    1973

    Action, Crime

    20

  21. The Chivalrous Life

    1967 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    21

  22. The Revolt

    1980 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    War, Drama

    22

  23. Employee Full of Fight

    1957 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)

    23

  24. The Domain: The Naniwa Story

    1965 · ★ 3.2 (2 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    24

  25. Prison Walls of Abashiri 4

    1965

    Action

    25

  26. Station

    1981 · ★ 6.4 (14 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, Romance

    26

  27. Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game

    1969 · ★ 7.3 (9 votes)

    Action, Crime, Drama

    27

  28. Devil's Nursery Rhyme

    1961

    Mystery, Horror

    28

  29. Brave Red Flower of the North

    1970 · ★ 6.0 (3 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    29

  30. Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza

    1968 · ★ 7.0 (3 votes)

    Crime

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.