"Ken San" is a new documentary about late actor Ken Takakura opening in local theaters next month. Described as Japan's "greatest" and "last" movie star, Takakura was respected by both the Japanese ...

Deaths in Japan often come in pairs. This phenomenon is especially frequent in the case of two people operating in extremely great proximity who highlight each other with their sharply contrasting ...

Actor Ken Takakura has died at the age of 83, Japanese media reported Tuesday. Takakura died of lymphoma at a hospital in Tokyo on Nov 10, NTV reported. Takakura, who made 205 screen appearances, was ...

I've long felt that the world outside Japan, with exceptions, didn't fully understand the greatness of Ken Takakura, who died on Nov. 10 at age 83 from malignant lymphoma. Unlike Toshiro Mifune, who ...

Ken Takakura, an actor who has worked in numerous movies including "Abashiri Numazu Outside" series such as rude things and "You got rid of the river of anger", "Yellow handkerchief of happiness" ...

TOKYO -- Ken Takakura, who died at the age of 83 on Nov. 10, remained a movie star until the very end of his life.

The Mainichi Newspapers and the East Japan Railway Culture Foundation will open a memorial exhibition next month for late actor Ken Takakura at Tokyo Station Gallery at Tokyo Station, with displays of ...

Actor Ken Takakura, 80, will appear in the film “Anata e” next fall. It will be Takakura's first film appearance since his work on theChinese-Japanese collaboration “Riding Alone for Thousands of ...

This photo shows Toshiko Mori in Kotake, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 11, 2025. (Kyodo) HAKODATE, Hokkaido (Kyodo) -- A one-armed man in a kimono used to appear at the Oda family home each year, bowing ...

Japanese actor Ken Takakura may have inspired some of the greatest movie lines in Asian film, but for fan Chen Danqiu the stoic actor inspired a love of trenchcoats. Japanese actor Ken Takakura [File ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from World Breaking News. Followed categories will be added to My News. HIS office and media reports said on Tuesday that Takakura died on November 10 at a Tokyo ...