1985
Ken was
26
years old
Tampopo
as Gun
In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo,…
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1997
Ken was
38
years old
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
as Raita Onuki
A love story written by an ordinary housewife is going to be broadcast as a radio drama and almost everyone among the crew insists on changing various parts of…
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2003
Ken was
44
years old
The Last Samurai
as Moritsugu Katsumoto
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the…
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2005
Ken was
46
years old
Batman Begins
as Ra's al Ghul
Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work…
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2005
Ken was
46
years old
Memoirs of a Geisha
as Le président
In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
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2005
Ken was
46
years old
Ashes and Snow
as Japanese Narrator (voice)
Ashes and Snow, a film by Gregory Colbert, uses both still and movie cameras to explore extraordinary interactions between humans and animals. The 60-minute…
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2006
Ken was
47
years old
Letters from Iwo Jima
as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought…
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2007
Ken was
48
years old
Earth
as Narrator (voice)
An epic story of adventure, starring some of the most magnificent and courageous creatures alive, awaits you in EARTH. Disneynature brings you a remarkable…
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2009
Ken was
50
years old
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
as Mr. Tall
When Darren Shan is taken to a circus that's chock-full of sideshow oddities, he meets a vampire and receives a life-changing bite on the neck.
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2010
Ken was
51
years old
Inception
as Saito
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for…
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2010
Ken was
51
years old
Shanghai
as Tanaka
An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels…
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2013
Ken was
54
years old
Unforgiven
as Jubee Kamata
An old swordsman, his former comrade and a young braggart are hired by prostitutes to track down bandits who mutilated one of the women.
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2014
Ken was
55
years old
Godzilla
as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon,…
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2014
Ken was
55
years old
Transformers: Age of Extinction
as Drift (voice)
As humanity picks up the pieces after the battle of Chicago, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history…while an ancient,…
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2016
Ken was
57
years old
Rage
as Yohei Maki
A man brutally murders a married couple and leaves the word “ikari” (“rage”) written with their blood. The killer undergoes plastic surgery and flees. At three…
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2016
Ken was
57
years old
The Sea of Trees
as Takumi Nakamura
In Japan's Aokigahara Forest, a troubled teacher meets a mysterious lost stranger who takes him on a life-changing journey of love and redemption.
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2017
Ken was
58
years old
Transformers: The Last Knight
as Drift (voice)
Humans and Transformers are at war. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of…
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2018
Ken was
59
years old
Isle of Dogs
as Head Surgeon (voice)
In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island used as a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon…
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2018
Ken was
59
years old
Bel Canto
as Katsumi Hosokawa
A famous opera singer is held hostage in South America by a guerrilla rebel group after performing at a Japanese businessman's lavish birthday party.…
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2018
Ken was
59
years old
7 Guardians of the Tomb
as Father
An innocent discovery of a well-preserved mummified Emperor from 200 BC China unearths a 2000 year old nightmare - a secret that should have remained buried.
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2019
Ken was
60
years old
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty…
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2019
Ken was
60
years old
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
as Lieutenant Hide Yoshida
In a world where people collect pocket-size monsters (Pokémon) to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent monster who seeks to be a detective.
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2020
Ken was
61
years old
Fukushima 50
as Masao Yoshida
Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is…
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2023
Ken was
64
years old
The Creator
as Harun
Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife,…
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2024
Ken was
65
years old
Kensuke's Kingdom
as Kensuke (voice)
A young boy and his family set off on a sailing trip of a lifetime until a violent storm erupts, sweeping Michael and his dog overboard. After washing up on a…
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2025
Ken was
66
years old
Kokuho
as Hanjiro Hanai
Nagasaki, 1964: Following the death of his Yakuza father, 15-year-old Kikuo is taken under the wings of a famous Kabuki actor. Alongside Shunsuke, the actor’s…
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