Acting
Ken Tanaka
- Titles
- 17movies12TV shows
- Career
Active from 1974 to 2022, with up to 2 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 13top three billing
- Average score
69/100
- Highest rated
The Return of Godzilla80/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Warfare5.3average 1.2
- Politics5.9average 2.6
- Violence7.1average 4.3
- Tech & Humanity4.1average 1.6
- Social Commentary7.2average 4.9
- Scare4.9average 2.6
- Fantasy3.2average 1.8
- Wonder4.9average 3.4
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.3, average 5.2
- Family Dynamics2.0, average 4.7
- Wholesome1.1, average 3.3
- Romance1.6, average 3.8
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Political Intrigue 3
- Social Commentary 3
- Historical Drama 2
- Japanese Cinema 2
- Character-Driven 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Shin TakumaActorGodzilla 1985, The Return of Godzilla, Nogaremono Orin
Keiju KobayashiActorGodzilla 1985, The Return of Godzilla, Godzilla Resurrection
Yasuko SawaguchiActorGodzilla 1985, The Return of Godzilla, Godzilla Resurrection
Yoshitami KuroiwaEditorGodzilla 1985, The Return of Godzilla, Aoi sanmyaku
Reijirō KorokuComposerGodzilla 1985, The Return of Godzilla, Bokyo
Shinobu OtakeActorOh, My Son!, A Tale of Young Elopement
Tomisaburō WakayamaActorOh, My Son!, The Phoenix
Eitarō OzawaActorGodzilla 1985, The Return of Godzilla
Masatoshi NakamuraActorOretachi no Tabi, In the City of Dawn
Raymond BurrActorGodzilla 1985, Godzilla Resurrection
Naomi HosokawaActorBokyo, The Setting Sun- KKazutami HaraCinematographerGodzilla 1985, The Return of Godzilla
Movies and TV shows
292020s
2 titles
The Setting Sun (2022)
as Wada
America ni Makenakatta Otoko - Bakayaro Souri Yoshida Shigeru (2020)
as Takeshi Yamazaki
2010s
4 titles
Godzilla Resurrection (2018)
as Goro Maki
Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor (2016)
as Ippei Komatsu
Blood on the Tracks (2014)
TV show · as Kazuto Uchida
In the City of Dawn (2011)
as Manager
2000s
4 titles
Mission To Kill (2009)
TV show
The Road to Sirius (2008)
as Tomoyuki Hanzawa
Nogaremono Orin (2006)
TV show · as Morikawa Tosanokuni
Toshiie and Matsu (2002)
TV show · as Nobumori Sakuma
1990s
7 titles
The Woman of S.R.I. (1999)
TV show · as Makoto Sakuma
The Last Song (1998)
TV show
Bonds (1998)
as Haga
What a Wonderful Life (1993)
TV show · as Kunio Nagasawa
Bokyo (1993)
as Kunimitsu
Saito Dosan: Rage of Power (1991)
as Yoriaki Toki
1980s
6 titles · average score 72
A Tale of Young Elopement (1987)
as Saotome
必殺剣劇人 (1987)
TV show
64
Godzilla 1985 (1985)
as Goro Maki
ときめきの午後 (1985)
TV show
80
The Return of Godzilla (1984)
as Goro Maki
F2 Grand Prix (1984)
as Imoto
1970s
6 titles · average score 67
Oh, My Son! (1979)
as Takeshi Kawase
Falcons of Edo (1978)
TV show · as Shinnosuke Wakasugi
58
The Phoenix (1978)
as Takeru
Aoi sanmyaku (1975)
as Yasukichi Tominaga
Oretachi no Tabi (1975)
TV show
76
Sandakan No. 8 (1974)
as Hideo Takeuchi