Ken Takakura Movies

After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keeping black-market and illegal items out of their open-air market. Taking advantage of

American private-eye Harry Kilmer returns to Japan to rescue a friend's kidnapped daughter from the clutches of the Yakuza.

Criminals plant a bomb on a high-speed train. It will explode when the train slows down, unless a ransom is paid.

Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi is a movie starring Ken Takakura, Chieko Baishô, and Kaori Momoi. Three complete strangers embark on a road-trip to Hokkaido.

A thug is released after fifteen years in prison for the murder of a yakuza gang boss. Things were never going to be simple and bygones were never going to be bygones of course, but to make matters more complicated the murdered boss

Black Rain is a movie starring Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, and Ken Takakura. Two NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he's extradited to Japan.

Mr. Baseball is a movie starring Tom Selleck, Ken Takakura, and Aya Takanashi. Jack Elliot, once a great baseball player, is forced to play in Japan where his brash, egotistical ways cause friction with his new teammates and friends.

Poppoya is a movie starring Ken Takakura, Shinobu Ôtake, and Ryôko Hirosue. The touching reminiscing of an elderly railroad-station manager is interrupted by the sudden appearance of some good-natured girls.

A prison officer hands in his resignation after his wife's death, to drive to the port where she wants her ashes scattered at sea.