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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 .
Momo has a celebrity crush on actor Ken Takakura, often becoming giddy whenever someone says his full name out loud. Although she and Okarun initially do not get along and constantly argue and fight with each other, after defeating Turbo Granny, they become close friends and throughout the course of the story, she develops strong feelings for ...
Episode six depicts a fight between the yōkai Acrobatic Silky and characters Momo Ayase, Ken "Okarun" Takakura, and Aira Shiratori, the latter Silky believes is her daughter. The fight is concluded in this episode, and centers around the history of Silky before she became a spirit, as well as explaining her attachment to Aira.
Momo Ayase is a high school girl who believes in ghosts but not aliens, while her friend Ken Takakura, whom Momo nicknames "Okarun", believes in aliens but not ghosts. In a bet to determine who is correct, the two decide to separately visit locations associated with both the occult and the supernatural—Momo visiting the former, and Okarun ...
Abashiri Prison is known for its titular theme song sung by its lead, Ken Takakura. A traditional folk song sung by prisoners, Ishii had first heard it played by former yakuza in a television documentary. [8] He quickly grabbed a tape recorder and recorded it, and then had the TV station identify it for him. [8]
Ken Takakura as Gouichi Takata (Japanese and T. Chinese: 高田剛一, S. Chinese: 高田刚一, Hepburn: Takata Gōichi, Pinyin: Gāotián Gāngyī), an aged Japanese father who travels to China in a quest to seek forgiveness from his son Kenichi. Shinobu Terajima as Rie Takata (高田理恵 Takata Rie, Gāotián Lǐhuì), Kenichi's wife.
Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon (ゴルゴ13 九竜の首, Gorugo Sātīn Kûron no kubi) is a 1977 Japanese-language action thriller film starring Sonny Chiba as the international assassin Golgo 13.
' 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 ...