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Ken Watanabe
Actor · born 21 October 1959 · Uonuma, Niigata, Japan
Ken Watanabe (born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. To English-speaking audiences he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in The Last Samurai, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Among other awards, he has won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Actor twice, in 2007 for Memories of Tomorrow and in 2010 for Shizumanu Taiyō. He is also known for his roles in director Christopher Nolan's Hollywood blockbusters Batman Begins and Inception.
Where to start: Inception (2010).
As actor 69
Samurai Vengeance
2026 · 8.6/10
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The Final Piece
2025 · 7.7/10
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LA PANTHÈRE DE CARTIER
2025
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Kokuho
2025 · 7.9/10
Absolute Cinema
All Lives
2024 · 7.2/10
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Kensuke's Kingdom
2024 · 7.1/10
Worth the Hype
True Love: Making The Creator
2023 · 6.2/10
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The Creator
2023 · 7.0/10
Worth the Hype
劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編
2020 · 7.0/10
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Fukushima 50
2020 · 6.4/10
Popcorn Flick
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019 · 6.7/10
Popcorn Flick
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
2019 · 6.9/10
Popcorn Flick
An Artist of the Floating World
2019
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The King and I
2018 · 7.0/10
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Bel Canto
2018 · 5.4/10
Snoozefest
Isle of Dogs
2018 · 7.9/10
Absolute Cinema
7 Guardians of the Tomb
2018 · 5.3/10
Snoozefest
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017 · 6.1/10
Popcorn Flick
Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween
2017
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The Memories of Happiness
2017
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Rage
2016 · 6.9/10
Popcorn Flick
The Sea of Trees
2016 · 6.2/10
Popcorn Flick
Evolution Within Extinction
2014 · 7.7/10
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Snow Jack
2014
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Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014 · 6.0/10
Popcorn Flick
Godzilla
2014 · 6.4/10
Popcorn Flick
Unforgiven
2013 · 7.0/10
Worth the Hype
Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home
2012 · 6.4/10
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Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -
2011
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A School Behind Bars
2010 · 10.0/10
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Inception
2010 · 8.4/10
Absolute Cinema
Shanghai
2010 · 6.1/10
Popcorn Flick
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
2009 · 5.9/10
Snoozefest
The Unbroken
2009 · 6.7/10
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Earth
2007 · 7.7/10
Worth the Hype
星ひとつの夜
2007
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Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima'
2007
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Letters from Iwo Jima
2006 · 7.5/10
Worth the Hype
Memories of Tomorrow
2006 · 6.1/10
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Memoirs of a Geisha
2005 · 7.6/10
Worth the Hype
Batman Begins
2005 · 7.7/10
Worth the Hype
Ashes and Snow
2005 · 7.3/10
Worth the Hype
Year One in the North
2005 · 5.7/10
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The Last Samurai
2003 · 7.6/10
Worth the Hype
第三の時効
2003
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Another Battle/Conspiracy
2003
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T.R.Y.
2003 · 7.2/10
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Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
2002 · 8.0/10
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Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
2001 · 5.9/10
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Drowning Fish
2001 · 7.7/10
NewProof of the Man 2001
Proof of the Man 2001
2001
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The Whispered City
2000 · 9.0/10
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Space Travelers
2000 · 6.1/10
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Bonds
1998 · 5.6/10
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Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
1997 · 7.6/10
Worth the Hype
Baian the Assassin: Showdown
1993
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Hanzo, the Razor
1993
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Chronicle of the Town Magistrate
1992
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Oda Nobunaga
1992 · 8.0/10
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Kyotojin no Hisokana Tanoshimi Rouge: Keisho
TV · 2026
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Unbound
TV · 2025 · 9.3/10
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TRUE COLORS
TV · 2025 · 8.0/10
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Tokyo Vice
TV · 2022 · 7.9/10
Absolute Cinema
Alice in Borderland
TV · 2020 · 8.1/10
Absolute Cinema
Toubousha
TV · 2020 · 7.0/10
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Segodon
TV · 2018 · 8.3/10
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The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
TV · 2015 · 8.8/10
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Vessel of Sand
TV · 2004 · 4.0/10
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川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語
TV · 2003
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Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko
TV · 2002 · 8.0/10
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横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)
TV · 2002
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Hojo Tokimune
TV · 2001 · 8.0/10
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Ikebukuro West Gate Park
TV · 2000 · 7.4/10
NewShimei Tehai
Shimei Tehai
TV · 1998
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Gokenin Zankuro
TV · 1995 · 8.0/10
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The Fire Still Burns
TV · 1993
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Waga Machi
TV · 1992
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Baian the Assassin
TV · 1991 · 10.0/10
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Musuko no Gokikan
TV · 1990
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Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
TV · 1990 · 9.5/10
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Masamune Shogun
TV · 1987 · 9.0/10
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Hanekonma
TV · 1986 · 8.0/10
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A Tale of Two Truncheons
TV · 1984
NewFrequently asked questions
What is the best Ken Watanabe movie?
By viewer score, Inception (2010) at 8.4/10.
What are Ken Watanabe’s most popular movies?
Inception, Batman Begins, Godzilla.
How many movies has Ken Watanabe made?
69 films on TMDB, 69 as actor.