Acting
Ken Watanabe
- Titles
- 54movies32TV shows
- Career
Active from 1984 to 2026, busiest in 2003 with 5 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 49top three billing
- Average score
71/100
- Highest rated
Inception90/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 30 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Wonder4.7average 3.4
- Violence5.6average 4.3
- Melancholy6.0average 4.7
- Social Commentary6.2average 4.9
- Pathos6.4average 5.2
- Politics3.8average 2.6
- Historical3.7average 2.6
- Adrenaline6.2average 5.1
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.7, average 5.2
- Situational Comedy1.6, average 2.7
- Physical Comedy1.6, average 2.5
- Pop Culture1.4, average 2.2
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 9
- Political Intrigue 9
- Character Study 4
- Japanese History 4
- Visually Stunning 4
- Moral Ambiguity 4
- Thought-Provoking 3
- Historical Drama 3
- Coming-of-Age 3
- Melancholy 3
- Japanese Cinema 3
- Slow-Burn 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Jun MihoActorBaian the Assassin, Izakaya Chōji, Baian the Assassin
Akira EmotoActorUnforgiven, Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko, A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
Sally HawkinsActorGodzilla: King of the Monsters, Godzilla, Kensuke's Kingdom
Koichi SatoActorFukushima 50, The Fire Still Burns, Unforgiven
Kyôko KishidaActorGokenin Zankuro, Kagi-shi, The Sea and Poison
Isao HashizumeActor横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS), Baian the Assassin, Baian the Assassin
Koji YakushoActorMemoirs of a Geisha, Tampopo, Bonds
Etsushi ToyokawaActorThe Fire Still Burns, Toubousha, Year One in the North
Renji IshibashiActorKagi-shi, Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home, Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS- HHaruhiko MimuraDirectorGokenin Zankuro, Izakaya Chōji, Baian the Assassin: Showdown
Hans ZimmerComposerInception, The Last Samurai, The Creator- TTsuyoshi ImaiEditorRage, Unforgiven, Year One in the North
Movies and TV shows
812020s
11 titles · average score 72
as Kinji Shinoda
TV show · as 東雲朔太郎
TV show · as Tamema Okitsugu
as Hanjiro
TV show · as Taichirou Tsujimura
70
as Kensuke (voice)
68
as Harun
79
TV show · as Hiroto Katagiri
62
as Masao Yoshida
79
TV show · as Old Gentleman
TV show
2010s
23 titles · average score 66
63
as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
66
as Lieutenant Hide Yoshida
as Ono Masuji
55
as Katsumi Hosokawa
75
as The King of Siam
61
as Takumi Nakamura
69
as Yohei Maki
63
as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
88
as Jubee Kamata
as Junichiro Kawaguchi
90
as Saito
62
as Tanaka
2000s
23 titles · average score 71
66
as Hajime Onchi
77
as Narrator (voice)
76
as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi
67
as Masayuki Saeki
75
as Chairman
as Komatsubara Hideaki
79
as Ra's al Ghul
76
as Moritsugu Katsumoto
as Masanobu Azuma
as Fujimaki Hiroaki
TV show · as Hojo Tokiyori
78
TV show · as Yokoyama
1990s
16 titles · average score 76
as Detective Sako Akio
TV show
76
as Raita Onuki
TV show · as Zankuro Matsudaira
as Dr. Baian
TV show
TV show · as Fujieda Baian
as Ryoma Sakamoto
as Dr. Baian
TV show
1980s
8 titles · average score 75
Producer
TV show
TV show · as 伊達政宗
71
as Toda
TV show · as Genzo Onodera
78
as Gun
as Tetsuo Nakai
