Acting
Ken Watanabe
- Titles
- 60movies34TV shows
- Career
Active from 1984 to 2026, busiest in 2003 with 5 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 53top three billing
- Average score
69/100
- Highest rated
Tampopo88/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 33 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Melancholy6.2average 4.7
- Pathos6.8average 5.2
- Wonder4.6average 3.4
- Historical3.7average 2.6
- Politics3.8average 2.6
- Social Commentary5.9average 4.9
- Violence5.2average 4.2
- Adrenaline5.7average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism4.3, average 5.4
- Situational Comedy1.7, average 2.7
- Cringe Humor1.4, average 2.2
- Physical Comedy1.7, average 2.4
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Political Intrigue 9
- Character-Driven 9
- Moral Ambiguity 5
- Japanese History 4
- Japanese Cinema 4
- Melancholy 3
- Historical Drama 3
- Coming-of-Age 3
- Character Study 3
- Educational 2
- Social Commentary 2
- Psychological Tension 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Akira EmotoActorThe Final Piece, Unforgiven, Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko, A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
Koichi SatoActorFukushima 50, The Fire Still Burns, Unforgiven
Sally HawkinsActorGodzilla: King of the Monsters, Godzilla, Kensuke's Kingdom
Takashi SasanoActorKyotojin no Hisokana Tanoshimi Rouge: Keisho, 川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語, 星ひとつの夜
Kyôko KishidaActorGokenin Zankuro, The Sea and Poison, Kagi-shi
Etsushi ToyokawaActorThe Fire Still Burns, Toubousha, Year One in the North
Koji YakushoActorMemoirs of a Geisha, Tampopo, Bonds
Jun MihoActorBaian the Assassin, Izakaya Chōji, Baian the Assassin
Isao HashizumeActor横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS), Baian the Assassin, Baian the Assassin
Renji IshibashiActorKagi-shi, Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home, Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
Pietro ScaliaEditorMemoirs of a Geisha, The Sea of Trees, Ashes and Snow- HHaruhiko MimuraDirectorGokenin Zankuro, Izakaya Chōji, Baian the Assassin: Showdown
Movies and TV shows
882020s
12 titles · average score 74
as Kinji Shinoda
TV show · as 東雲朔太郎
as Shigeyoshi Toumyo
as Hanjiro Hanai
TV show · as Tamema Okitsugu
TV show · as Taichirou Tsujimura
as Kensuke (voice)
as Harun
TV show · as Hiroto Katagiri
as Masao Yoshida
TV show · as Old Gentleman
TV show
2010s
24 titles · average score 58
as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
as Lieutenant Hide Yoshida
as Ono Masuji
as Katsumi Hosokawa
as The King of Siam
as Takumi Nakamura
as Yohei Maki
as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
as Jubee Kamata
as Junichiro Kawaguchi
as Saito
as Tanaka
2000s
27 titles · average score 71
as Hajime Onchi
as Narrator (voice)
as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi
as Masayuki Saeki
as Chairman
as Komatsubara Hideaki
as Moritsugu Katsumoto
as Masanobu Azuma
as Fujimaki Hiroaki
TV show · as Hojo Tokiyori
TV show · as Yokoyama
1990s
17 titles · average score 85
as Detective Sako Akio
as Raita Onuki
TV show · as Zankuro Matsudaira
as Dr. Baian
as Mochizuki Koheita
TV show
TV show · as Fujieda Baian
as Ryoma Sakamoto
as Narrator
TV show
1980s
8 titles · average score 74
Producer
TV show
TV show · as 伊達政宗
as Toda
TV show · as Genzo Onodera
as Gun
as Tetsuo Nakai
