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The spokesman of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hong Lei said that Takakura made significant contributions to the cultural exchange between China and Japan. [12] 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]
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.
Mrs. Takakura (高倉夫人, Takakura-fujin) Voiced by: Roko Takizawa Takakura's wife and the vice principal of Futaba Kindergarten. Semashi Nohara (野原せまし, Nohara Semashi) Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya [4] A 40-year-old man who is Hiroshi's brother and Shinnosuke and Himawari's uncle. He works as a farmer and often argues with Hiroshi.
Mark Schilling wrote that by the mid-1960s, Fuji was the leading actress for Toei, often playing the love interest for Kōji Tsuruta and Ken Takakura in Ninkyo eiga. [3] But she reached her peak in popularity between 1968 and 1972, starring as a sword-wielding gambler in the Hibotan Bakuto series of films. [3]
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 ...
Around the time of filming, Takakura was 80 years of age. His role as Kurashima was his last before his death in 2014. Hideji Ōtaki , who played Nambara's estranged father, died a few months after the film's release.
Ken Mattingly, astronaut who helped Apollo 13 crew return safely home, dies at age 87. ROBERT JABLON. November 3, 2023 at 8:57 PM.
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Ken Berry, an actor and dancer who played the affable and clumsy Capt. Wilton Parmenter in the 1960s sitcom "F Troop," has died. He was 85.