Portrait of Ken Tanaka

Acting

Ken Tanaka

Career

Active from 1974 to 2026, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
15
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Sandakan No. 8
Sandakan No. 8
GoodWatch score76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ken Tanaka Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.3, average 5.4
  • Family Dynamics
    2.0, average 4.8
  • Wholesome
    1.1, average 3.4
  • Romance
    1.6, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Japanese Cinema 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

36
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

5 titles
Kenzo Kitakata: SUIKODEN
Kenzo Kitakata: SUIKODEN (2026)

TV show · as Shirei

五十年目の俺たちの旅
五十年目の俺たちの旅 (2026)

as オメダ

One Last Throw
One Last Throw (2025)

as Numata Toru

The Setting Sun
The Setting Sun (2022)

as Wada

America ni Makenakatta Otoko - Bakayaro Souri Yoshida Shigeru
America ni Makenakatta Otoko - Bakayaro Souri Yoshida Shigeru (2020)

as Takeshi Yamazaki

2010s

6 titles
Mentai Piriri
Mentai Piriri (2019)

as Yoshikawa

Godzilla Resurrection
Godzilla Resurrection (2018)

as Goro Maki

Cold Case: Door of Truth
Cold Case: Door of Truth (2016)

TV show · as Minamoto Naoto

Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor
Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor (2016)

as Ippei Komatsu

Blood on the Tracks
Blood on the Tracks (2014)

TV show · as Kazuto Uchida

In the City of Dawn
In the City of Dawn (2011)

as Manager

2000s

4 titles
Mission To Kill
Mission To Kill (2009)

TV show

The Road to Sirius
The Road to Sirius (2008)

as Tomoyuki Hanzawa

Nogaremono Orin
Nogaremono Orin (2006)

TV show · as Morikawa Tosanokuni

Toshiie and Matsu
Toshiie and Matsu (2002)

TV show · as Nobumori Sakuma

1990s

7 titles
The Woman of S.R.I.
The Woman of S.R.I. (1999)

TV show · as Makoto Sakuma

The Last Song
The Last Song (1998)

TV show

Bonds
Bonds (1998)

as Haga

What a Wonderful Life
What a Wonderful Life (1993)

TV show · as Kunio Nagasawa

Bokyo
Bokyo (1993)

as Kunimitsu

Shinsengumi, Ikedaya's blood fight
Shinsengumi, Ikedaya's blood fight (1992)

TV show

Saito Dosan: Rage of Power
Saito Dosan: Rage of Power (1991)

as Yoriaki Toki

1980s

6 titles · average score 60
A Tale of Young Elopement
A Tale of Young Elopement (1987)

as Saotome

Hissatsu Kengekinin
Hissatsu Kengekinin (1987)

TV show

Godzilla 1985
Godzilla 1985 (1985)
GoodWatch score 45

as Goro Maki

ときめきの午後
ときめきの午後 (1985)

TV show

The Return of Godzilla
The Return of Godzilla (1984)
GoodWatch score 74

as Goro Maki

F2 Grand Prix
F2 Grand Prix (1984)

as Imoto

1970s

8 titles · average score 68
Oh, My Son!
Oh, My Son! (1979)

as Takeshi Kawase

蝶たちは今・・・冥土からの手紙 死者からの電話
蝶たちは今・・・冥土からの手紙 死者からの電話 (1979)

TV show

Falcons of Edo
Falcons of Edo (1978)

TV show · as Shinnosuke Wakasugi

The Phoenix
The Phoenix (1978)
GoodWatch score 60

as Takeru

Elegy
Elegy (1976)

as Mikio Hisada

Oretachi no Tabi
Oretachi no Tabi (1975)

TV show

Aoi sanmyaku
Aoi sanmyaku (1975)

as Yasukichi Tominaga

Sandakan No. 8
Sandakan No. 8 (1974)
GoodWatch score 76

as Hideo Takeuchi