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KEN SAN pieces together the puzzle of the life and legacy of Japan's mythical acting icon, Ken Takakura. Collaborators, friends and family tell intimate stories of Ken's journey: how one man of quiet dignity became a cultural barrier-breaking film star.
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Audiences 72GoodWatch 70
IMDb7.2
Running time
1 h 35 min
A typical length for documentaries
typical 9695Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
2016
August 20, 2016
10 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Also spoken
KoreanEnglishcnMade in
- Japan
and 5 moreDirecting · 1
- Yûichi Hibi Director
Production · 2
- Lee Bong-ou Executive Producer
- Satoshi Mashida Producer
Camera · 1
- Yoshihisa Toda Director of Photography
Sound · 1
- Taro Iwashiro Original Music Composer
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