Ken Watanabe is a Japanese actor. To English-speaking audiences, he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in The Last Samurai, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Among other awards, he has won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Actor twice, in 2007 for Memories of Tomorrow and in 2010 for Shizumanu Taiyō. He is also known for his roles in Christopher Nolan's films Batman Begins and Inception.
Ken Watanabe
Active - 1984 - Present |
Birth - Oct 21, 1959 |
Genres - Drama, Action-Adventure, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
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Subgenres - Science Fiction Action Film, Superhero Film, Disaster Film, Farce, Kaiju
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Kensaku Watanabe-
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Science Fiction Action Film, Superhero Film, Disaster Film, Farce, Kaiju, Neo-Noir, Ninja Film, Teen Film, Action Comedy Film, Animated Film, Detective Film, Epic Film, Family Film, Heist Film, Historical Film, Jidaigeki, Martial Arts Film, Musical, Nature Documentary, Post-Apocalyptic Film, Samurai Cinema, Vampire Film