Ken Takakura
Actor
Ken Takakura, born Gouichi Oda (February 16, 1931, in Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan), is 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 his most famous movies, Showa Zankyo-den (Remnants of Chivalry in the Showa Era), in which he played an honorable old-scho...
Place of Birth: Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan
Date of Birth: Feb 16, 1931
Date of Death: Nov 10, 2014
Filmography
Actor
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