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Vinony's link graph records 292 inbound references to Ken Takakura, and connects out to Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Junya Satō and China.
It sits within the topics 1931 births, 2014 deaths and Biography articles needing translation from Japanese Wikipedia.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1931
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Sō
- Nanji de qi e
- Nankyoku no pengin
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Film & TV
Nakama, Fukuoka, Japan
Ken Takakura (高倉 健, Takakura Ken), born Gouichi Oda (February 16, 1931, in Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan), was a Japanese actor best known for his brooding style and the stoic presence he brings to his roles. Takakura gained his streetwise swagger and tough-guy persona watching yakuza turf battles over the lucrative black market and racketeering in postwar Fukuoka. This subject was covered in one of…
Known for
- Ken San — Self2016
- Dearest — Eiji Shimakura2012
- Black Rain: Making The Film — Self (archive footage)2006
- Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles — Gou-ichi Takata2005
- The Firefly — Yamaoka Shuji2001
- Railroad Man — Otomatsu Sato1999
- SMAP×SMAP — Bistro Guest1996
- The detective whose path was crossed by a snake1995
- 47 Ronin — Kuranosuke Oishi1994
- Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi1993
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 180
- Total plays
- 1,657
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Empire of Japan
- Place of birth
- Kitakyūshū-shi
- Place of death
- Tokyo
- Spouse
- Chiemi Eri
- Occupation
- film actor
- Educated at
- Meiji University
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Pony Canyon
- Image
- Ken Takakura.jpg
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- end of work period
- 2014-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of death
- 2014-11-10
- date of birth
- 1931-02-16
- name in kana
- たかくら けん
- name in native language
- 高倉健
- cause of death
- lymphoma
- start of work period
- 1956-00-00
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