Ken Takakura Movies

KEN SAN pieces together the puzzle of the life and legacy of Japan's mythical acting icon, Ken Takakura. Collaborators, friends and family tell...

Fierce war breaks out when Shujiro’s rival clan attempts to sabotage his lucrative construction business.

The karashi Botan returns in the third chapter of the incredible Showa Zankoden series. This time legendary actor Ken Takakura plays Takei Shigejiro...

The ninth and final film in the Contemporary Tales of Chivalry series.

Yoshiko finds new life and love interests when she takes a new job as an office worker.

One of the earliest of sukeban / girl boss type eiga

Yumemi, the president of Shirayuri Tours, visits Kagoshima in an attempt to save the contract with Satsuma Inn. After learning about the abrupt...

Hidejiro is a wandering yakuza with a ‘karashi botan’ (Chinese lion and peony) tattoo. Owing a favor to the Soda Family, he kills the...

Ken Takakura's screen debut, following his admission into Toei ranks via the studio's annual New Faces program, came surprisingly enough in this pair...

A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II.

A Dead Drifter / Hyoryû shitaî

When the aging leader of the yakuza gang Maeda-gumi decides to retire, many of the gang members have no confidence in the young man he has chosen to...

This is the sixth film in the "Abashiri Series," based on an original idea by Hajime Ito, and written and directed by Teruo Ishii of "Operation Big...

Prisoner Katsuji must fend for himself and his prison mates in the fierce battle involving a family feud.

A martial arts master/detective investigates a series of murders and helps a deaf bathhouse attendant, Hisako.

The Domain: Severed Relations

When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save the lives of his townspeople.

Former soldier, Suehiro Katsuji, fights violent gangs and powerful Chinese merchants during the post-war period in Japan.