Ken Takakura Movies

An upstanding young man who is popular with the ladies takes on a corrupt group of men in his company.

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.

Popular geisha Shinji (Fuji Junko) must defy a gang who plot to steal a lucrative coal business from struggling miners during the turbulent Meiji...

The karashi Botan returns in the third chapter of the incredible Showa Zankoden series. This time legendary actor Ken Takakura plays Takei Shigejiro...

After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by...

Japanese movie.

Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of becoming a singer. Through dance, music, and...

Historical Yakuza gangster film set the early years of the Showa era.

Japanese film icon Ken Takakura, who has starred in over 100 films, stars in this elegiac look at war and remembrance. Hideji Yamaoka (Takakura) was...

Third part of Nihon Kyokakuden series is set in Kanto in 1924. Ken Takakura playing a ship's mate befriending fish shop owners harassed by yakuza.

1962 Japanese movie

When the aging leader of the yakuza gang Maeda-gumi decides to retire, many of the gang members have no confidence in the young man he has chosen to...

A gripping tale of friendship set against the backdrop of Hokkaido. Shinichi sets out to earn a few honest dollars with which to bail a friend out of...

Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.

A young leader of the Yamazaki family of Nagasaki, Takida (Ken Takakura) is an A-bomb survivor. He fiercely battles violent elements in southern...

Film about the 2-26 Incident.

A reporter is framed for murder while investigating organized crime. Upon being released from prison the plan for his revenge unravels.

A geisha helps a runaway who looks just like her.

The life of entertainers in Asakusa’s pleasure quarters. An exciting yakuza story with superb action.

This is the sixth film in the Brutal Tales of Chivalry series