Ken Watanabe Ken Watanabe @ 2013 BIFF (photo by AsianWiki CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) Contents 1 User Rating 2 Profile 3 Actor 3.1 Movies 3.2 Drama Series 3.3 TV Movies 4 Producer 5 Awards 6 Comments User Rating Current user rating: 94/100 (228 votes) You need to enable JavaScript to vote Profile Name Ken Watanabe Japanese: 渡辺謙 (わたなべ けん) Birthdate: October 21, 1959 Birthplace: Koide, Niigata, Japan Height: 184cm Blood Type: A Family Members: Anne Watanabe (daughter), Dai Watanabe (son), Kaho Minami (wife 12/03/2005) Actor Movies Fukushima 50 (2020) - Masao Yoshida Rage | Ikari (2016) - Yohei Maki Unforgiven | Yurusarezaru Mono (2013) - Jubei Kamata Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home | Hayabusa: Harukanaru Kikan (2012) - Junichiro Kawaguchi The Unbroken | Shizumanu Taiyo (2009) Map of the Sounds of Tokyo (2009) Shanghai (2008) Cirque du Freak (2008) Hoshi hitotsu no yoru (Fuji TV / 2007) Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) - General Kuribayashi Memories of Tomorrow | Ashita no kioku (2006) - Masayuki Saeki Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) - The Chairman Batman Begins (2005) - Ra's Al Ghul Year One in the North | Kita no zeronen (2005) - Hideaki Komatsubara The Last Samurai (2003) - Katsumoto T.R.Y. (2003) - Masanobu Azuma Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS | Hi wa mata noboru (2002) - Okubo Genji: A Thousand-Year Love | Sennen no koi - Hikaru Genji monogatari (2001) - Fujiwara no Michinaga/Fujiwara no Nobutaka Oboreru sakana (2001) - Miyota Zawa-zawa Shimokita-sawa (2000) - Ishida Space Travelers (2000) - Sakamaki ("Crusher") Bonds | Kizuna (1998) - Detective Sako Akio Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald | Rajio no jikan (1997) - Raita Onuki, the truck driver Bakumatsu jyunjyoden (1991) - Ryouma Sakamoto The Sea and Poison | Umi to dokuyaku (1986) - Toda Tampopo (1985) - Gun Kekkon annai mystery (1985) - Funayama Tetsuya/Masakazu Sekine MacArthur's Children | Setouchi shonen yakyu dan (1984) - Tetsuo Drama Series Segodon (NHK / 2018) - Nariakira Shimazu Fathers | Oyaji no Senaka (TBS / 2014) - Hiroshi Takamura (ep.7) Keiji Ichidai: Hiratsuka Hachibe no Showa Jikenshi (TV Asahi / 2009) Vessel of Sand | Suna no Utsuwa (TBS / 2004) Hojo Tokimune (NHK / 2001) Local News, Section 3 | Kochira Dai San Shakaibu (TBS / 2001) Ikebukuro West Gate Park (TBS / 2000) TV Movies The Fugitive | Tobosha (TV Asahi / 2020) - Kazuki Kakurai An Artist of the Floating World | Ukiyo no Gaka (NHK / 2019) - Yoshiji Ono Shiawase no Kioku (TBS-MBS / 2017) - Taro Miura Hakugin Jack (TV Asahi / 2014) - Reiji Kurata Ai Inochi ~Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomidera~ (TV Asahi / 2011) - Hidemori Hirayama A School Behind Bars | Hei no Naka no Chuugakou (TBS / 2010) Hoshi hitotsu no yoru (Fuji TV / 2007) Producer Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home | Hayabusa: Harukanaru Kikan (2012) Awards "Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role" ("The Unbroken") - 2010 (33rd) Japan Academy Prize - March 5, 2010 "Best Actor" ("The Unbroken") - 34th Hochi Film Awards - November 2009 "Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role" ("Memories of Tomorrow") - 2007 (30th) Japan Academy Prize - February 16, 2007 "Best Actor" ("Memories of Tomorrow") - 2006 (49th) Blue Ribbon Awards - February 13, 2007 "Best Actor" ("Memories of Tomorrow") - 2006 (19th) Nikkan Sports Film Awards - December 28, 2006 "Best Actor" ("Memories of Tomorrow") - 2006 (31st) Hochi Film Awards - December, 2006 "Special Award" ("The Last Samurai") - 2003 (46th) Blue Ribbon Awards - February 6, 2004 Comments Leave a Comment Name (required) Mail (required but will not be published) WebsiteComments fuzenno Dec 08 2014 10:13 am You should add inception movie. Afiifah Jan 26 2014 5:02 am Her mother is just 163 cm ...cuz her father is so tall rabbit Oct 28 2012 10:15 am didn't he act in Inception, too? Naz Jun 16 2011 2:05 pm Wow! Ken Watanabe was Genzo! You are right, Farzaneh! I have good memories with that series, as well. I really liked it. I remember their wedding night. But if it wasn't for your comments, I would have never known that it was Ken Watanabe who played Genzo. Thanks! And thank you for the good memories, Ken! 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