Acting
Ken Watanabe
- Titles
- 58movies33TV shows
- Career
Active from 1984 to 2026, busiest in 2003 with 5 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 52top three billing
- Average score
68/100
- 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
- Historical3.9average 2.6
- Pathos6.5average 5.2
- Wonder4.7average 3.4
- Social Commentary6.1average 4.9
- Politics3.8average 2.6
- Violence5.4average 4.3
- Adrenaline5.9average 5.1
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.9, average 5.2
- Situational Comedy1.6, average 2.7
- Physical Comedy1.7, average 2.5
- Cringe Humor1.5, average 2.2
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 10
- Political Intrigue 9
- Moral Ambiguity 4
- Visually Stunning 4
- Japanese History 4
- Japanese Cinema 4
- Character Study 4
- Historical Drama 3
- Coming-of-Age 3
- Melancholy 3
- Power Struggles 2
- Character-Driven Narrative 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Akira EmotoActorThe Final Piece, Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko, Unforgiven, A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
Jun MihoActorBaian the Assassin, Izakaya Chōji, Baian the Assassin
Sally HawkinsActorGodzilla: King of the Monsters, Godzilla, Kensuke's Kingdom
Koichi SatoActorFukushima 50, The Fire Still Burns, Unforgiven
Isao HashizumeActor横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS), Baian the Assassin, Baian the Assassin
Kyôko KishidaActorGokenin Zankuro, Kagi-shi, The Sea and Poison
Koji YakushoActorMemoirs of a Geisha, Tampopo, Bonds
Etsushi ToyokawaActorThe Fire Still Burns, Year One in the North, Toubousha
Takashi SasanoActor川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語, Kyotojin no Hisokana Tanoshimi Rouge: Keisho, 星ひとつの夜
Renji IshibashiActorKagi-shi, Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home, Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
Hans ZimmerComposerInception, The Last Samurai, The Creator
Pietro ScaliaEditorMemoirs of a Geisha, The Sea of Trees, Ashes and Snow
Movies and TV shows
862020s
12 titles · average score 74
as Kinji Shinoda
TV show · as 東雲朔太郎
as Shigeyoshi Toumyo
77
as Hanjiro Hanai
TV show · as Tamema Okitsugu
TV show · as Taichirou Tsujimura
74
as Kensuke (voice)
66
as Harun
82
TV show · as Hiroto Katagiri
65
as Masao Yoshida
78
TV show · as Old Gentleman
TV show
2010s
24 titles · average score 57
57
as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
66
as Lieutenant Hide Yoshida
as Ono Masuji
51
as Katsumi Hosokawa
75
as The King of Siam
37
as Takumi Nakamura
75
as Yohei Maki
67
as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
69
as Jubee Kamata
as Junichiro Kawaguchi
83
as Saito
37
as Tanaka
2000s
26 titles · average score 70
69
as Hajime Onchi
74
as Narrator (voice)
85
as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi
69
as Masayuki Saeki
60
as Chairman
as Komatsubara Hideaki
76
as Japanese Narrator (voice)
69
as Moritsugu Katsumoto
as Masanobu Azuma
TV show · as Hojo Tokiyori
76
TV show · as Yokoyama
1990s
16 titles · average score 85
as Detective Sako Akio
85
as Raita Onuki
TV show · as Zankuro Matsudaira
TV show · as Fujiwara Tsunekiyo
TV show
as Mochizuki Koheita
TV show
TV show · as Fujieda Baian
as Ryoma Sakamoto
TV show
1980s
8 titles · average score 73
Producer
TV show
TV show · as 伊達政宗
71
as Toda
TV show · as Genzo Onodera
88
as Gun
62
as Tetsuo Nakai
