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Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon was bundled with The Bullet Train and Executioner in the Kill Chiba Collection Region 1 DVD set by Crash Cinema on May 18, 2004. [1] On November 20, 2007, BCI Eclipse released the film in their Sonny Chiba Collection DVD set, which also includes The Bullet Train , Dragon Princess , The Bodyguard , Karate Warriors ...
A documentary based on Takakura's life entitled Ken San premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival and was released in Japanese theaters on August 20, 2016. [13] It was directed by photographer Yuichi Hibi and features interviews with filmmakers and actors such as Martin Scorsese , Paul Schrader , Michael Douglas , John Woo , and Yoji Yamada .
' The Shinkansen's Big Explosion ') is a 1975 Japanese action thriller film [4] directed by Junya Sato and starring Ken Takakura, Sonny Chiba, and Ken Utsui. When a Shinkansen ("bullet train") is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if it slows below 80 km/h unless a ransom is paid, police race to find the bombers and to learn ...
Toei, who wanted to keep Takakura on the contract, who had hinted at independence, accepted all the conditions proposed by manga artist and creator of Golgo 13, Takao Saito, who had no interest in making the film into a movie: ``All overseas locations'' and ``Ken Takakura to play the leading role.'' Production was decided.
The Yakuza is a 1974 neo-noir crime drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura and Brian Keith.The screenplay by Paul Schrader and Robert Towne is from a story by Schrader's brother, Leonard Schrader.
Toei produced 17 sequels in the Abashiri Prison film series between 1965 and 1972, all starring Ken Takakura and scored by Masao Yagi, and with Ishii returning to direct the first nine. [4] The final eight installments were released under the title New Abashiri Prison , with Masahiro Makino directing the first two, Kiyoshi Saeki the third, and ...
This cross-cultural cop film takes rough, dirty New York cops (Douglas and Andy Garcia) to Japan, where a beleaguered Osaka officer (Ken Takakura) helps them chase down yakuza rebels, even though ...
Mr. Baseball is a 1992 American sports comedy film directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Tom Selleck, Ken Takakura, Dennis Haysbert, and Aya Takanashi.It depicts a tumultuous season in the career of veteran New York Yankees first baseman Jack Elliot, who is traded to the Chunichi Dragons of the Japanese Central League during Spring Training, and forced to contend with overwhelming expectations ...