Best movies of Ken Takakura

Actors : Shinjirô Ebara, Ken Takakura, Naoki Sugiura, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

A killer who only hits people who deserve it is tricked into killing an innocent man. He then seeks revenge against the people who employed him.

Actors : Junko Fuji, Kôji Tsuruta, Ken Takakura, Tomisaburô Wakayama,
Directors : Masahiro Makino,

It is almost unheard of for a ninkyô or jitsuroku yakuza to have an even halfway happy ending.

Actors : Nana Kinomi, Eiji Gô, Bunta Sugawara, Ken Takakura,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri Prison.

Actors : Isao Yamagata, Yôko Minamida, Ken Takakura, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

In a village subsisting on its herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of one of the fish companies by the name of Tetsu, decides to overthrow Jakoman and his cohorts.

Actors : Shinjirô Ebara, Ken Takakura, Yoshiko Mita, Ryô Ikebe,
Directors : Kiyoshi Saeki,

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...

Actors : Nana Kinomi, Eiji Gô, Bunta Sugawara, Ken Takakura,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

One of maverick director Ishii's best pictures.

Actors : Kunie Tanaka, Ken Takakura, Naoki Sugiura, Hiroko Sakuramachi,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

Shin'Ichi returns home to visit his mother's grave. Upon returning he finds the mess that his previous reckless behavior left behind. His old boss, Asahi, was attacked after Shin'Ichi left and was forced to give up a lot of of his power.

Actors : Fumio Watanabe, Ken Takakura, Kin'ya Kitaôji, Jô Shishido,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

One of Toei's last ninkyô yakuza pictures of the 1970's.

Actors : Yôko Mihara, Ken Takakura, Naoki Sugiura, Jun Tazaki,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

A strange episode with Takakura involved with horse-breeders and, at one point, getting revenge on at the guy who killed his Shetland pony.

Actors : Ryûji Harada, Ken Takakura, Yûko Tanaka, Isao Natsuyagi,
Directors : Yasuo Furuhata,

A Japanese love story that takes place during World War 2. It follows a young Japanese man who goes to war and tries to stay connected to his true love.

Actors : Kenjirô Ishiyama, Minoru Ôki, Junko Fuji, Ken Takakura,
Directors : Masahiro Makino,

This is yet another ninkyô yakuza film that seems to be (unconsciously?) trying to deal with issues of repressed homosexuality. In any case, long-lost friend.

Actors : Yoshiko Sakuma, Eitarô Shindô, Ken Takakura, Chiezô Kataoka,
Directors : Shigehiro Ozawa,

A photo taken of Takakura and Shindo both sporting full-upper-body tattoos, something not the common in pre-1963 yakuza films.

Actors : Ken Takakura, Michiko Hoshi, Eijirô Yanagi, Mitsue Komiya,
Directors : Shigehiro Ozawa,

One of the earliest of subeban/ girl boss type eiga,

Actors : Junko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Ryô Ikebe, Yoshi Katô,
Directors : Masahiro Makino,

Fourth film in the "Shôwa Zankyôden" series. This expression means duty, obligations, and rules obeyed by gangsters and outlaws in the pre-Shôwa era.

Actors : Akiko Koyama, Kôji Tsuruta, Ken Takakura, Yoshiko Mita,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

Very moving, despite its slow start.

Actors : Michiko Araki, Junko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Ryô Ikebe,
Directors : Masahiro Makino,

Young yakuza Shujiro Hanada (Takakura) goes to prison after losing his cool in a rigged gambling game and slashing a few other players. When he's released in 1927, the world has changed. ...

Actors : Minoru Ôki, Hiroki Matsukata, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ken Takakura,
Directors : Masahiro Makino,

A timber merchant and haulage firm in late 19th century Tokyo is in trouble. The widowed lady owner is being threatened by a scheming competitor who is offering much cheaper labour. X has ...

Actors : Shigeru Amachi, Ken Takakura, Hideo Murota, Saburô Kitajima,
Directors : Sadao Nakajima,

This was one of director Nakajima's first films.

Actors : Ken Goodlet, Judith Roberts, Kevin Cooney, Ken Takakura,
Directors : Jun'ya Satô,

Ken, son of a former samurai settles with his family in the west from Japan. Soon his family is killed in front of him by stagecoach robbers, making him aim to get revenge. Marvin an experienced gunman befriends Ken and becomes his mentor.

Actors : Rentarô Mikuni, Shinjirô Ebara, Ken Takakura, Kin'ya Kitaôji,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

A lonely gangster tries recruiting men to plunder a respected and powerful gang.