Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe (born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese stage, film, and television 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 director Christopher Nolan's Hollywood blockbusters Batman Begins and Inception.

  • Title: Ken Watanabe
  • Popularity: 14.08
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1959-10-21
  • Place of Birth: Koide, Niigata, Japan
  • Homepage: https://www.kenwatanabe-official.com/
  • Also Known As: 渡邊謙, 渡辺 謙
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Ken Watanabe Movies

  • 2005
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    Batman Begins

    Batman Begins

    7.7 2005 HD

    Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable...

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  • 2006
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    Letters from Iwo Jima

    Letters from Iwo Jima

    7.47 2006 HD

    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...

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  • 2003
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    The Last Samurai

    The Last Samurai

    7.6 2003 HD

    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...

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  • 1985
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    Tampopo

    Tampopo

    7.857 1985 HD

    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,...

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  • 2009
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    Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

    Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

    5.8 2009 HD

    Darren Shan is a regular teenage kid. He and his friend Steve find out about a Freak Show coming to town and work hard at trying to find tickets....

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  • 2010
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    Inception

    Inception

    8.4 2010 HD

    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...

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  • 2010
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    Shanghai

    Shanghai

    6.1 2010 HD

    An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he...

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  • 2003
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    T.R.Y.

    T.R.Y.

    7 2003 HD

    At the turn of the 20th Century amongst tension between China and Japan, a Japanese swindler in Shanghai plans to profit by selling weapons. He...

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  • 2000
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    Space Travelers

    Space Travelers

    5.5 2000 HD

    Three bank robbers, who declare themselves to be Space Travelers, take six persons as hostages when they are surrounded by the police. Among the...

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  • 1970
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    第三の時効

    第三の時効

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2023
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    The Creator

    The Creator

    7.09 2023 HD

    Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of...

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  • 2013
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    Unforgiven

    Unforgiven

    7 2013 HD

    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
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    Godzilla

    Godzilla

    6.342 2014 HD

    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,...

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  • 2006
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    Memories of Tomorrow

    Memories of Tomorrow

    6 2006 HD

    After being stricken with Alzheimer's disease in the prime of his life, a successful young businessman slips slowly away from his loving family.

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  • 1986
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    The Making of "Tampopo"

    The Making of "Tampopo"

    1 1986 HD

    Documentary about the making of Juzo Itami's film "Tampopo" (1985).

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  • 2020
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    劇場の灯を消すな!PARCO劇場編

    劇場の灯を消すな!PARCO劇場編

    7 2020 HD

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  • 2009
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    The Unbroken

    The Unbroken

    6.7 2009 HD

    Onchi was exiled to posts around Asia and Africa due to his work as head of a labor union for National Air Line. He is ordered to return to head...

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  • 2010
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    A School Behind Bars

    A School Behind Bars

    10 2010 HD

    "A School Behind Bars" centers around Asahi Junior High School, which is located within Nagano Matsumoto Boy's prison in Matsumoto City, Nagano...

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  • 2005
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    Year One in the North

    Year One in the North

    4.9 2005 HD

    In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-locate to the northern part of...

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  • 2012
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    Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home

    Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home

    4.5 2012 HD

    In May 2003, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (or JAXA) launched an unmanned spacecraft of their own development to retrieve samples from an...

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  • 2002
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    Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

    Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

    1 2002 HD

    A Japanese film that tells the tale of the birth of VHS. It follows Kagatani Shizuo, an electronics employee who rallies his coworkers to save their...

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  • 2007
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    Earth

    Earth

    7.6 2007 HD

    An epic story of adventure, starring some of the most magnificent and courageous creatures alive, awaits you in EARTH. Disneynature brings you a...

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  • 2014
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    Transformers: Age of Extinction

    Transformers: Age of Extinction

    5.941 2014 HD

    As humanity picks up the pieces after the battle of Chicago, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of...

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  • 2023
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    True Love: Making The Creator

    True Love: Making The Creator

    8 2023 HD

    Join director Gareth Edwards and crew for nearly an hour look behind the scenes. Hear from actors about the filming experience, and learn about the...

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  • 2000
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    The Whispered City

    The Whispered City

    1 2000 HD

    Director Jun Ichikawa spins this affectionate portrait of the people who populate Shimokitazawa, a bohemian corner of Tokyo filled with small theater...

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  • 2001
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    Drowning Fish

    Drowning Fish

    7 2001 HD

    When corporate executives are blackmailed into public displays of nudity on the busy streets of Shinjuku, the big guns are called out to locate...

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  • 1986
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    The Sea and Poison

    The Sea and Poison

    6.917 1986 HD

    Two interns and a nurse are interrogated by American MPs for their involvement in an atrocity during the war: the vivisections of a downed American...

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  • 2017
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    Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween

    Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween

    1 2017 HD

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  • 1984
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    MacArthur's Children

    MacArthur's Children

    5.4 1984 HD

    In this drama at the end of World War II, the inhabitants of a small Japanese fishing village must come to terms with their nation's defeat and the...

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  • 2014
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    Evolution Within Extinction

    Evolution Within Extinction

    7.5 2014 HD

    The definitive feature-length documentary on the creation of "Transformers: Age of Extinction".

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  • 1993
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    Hanzo, the Razor

    Hanzo, the Razor

    1 1993 HD

    During Tenpo period, Bakuhu announced a law regulating expenditures in order to improve the financial situation. However, Doshin of a government...

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  • 2024
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    All Lives

    All Lives

    6.5 2024 HD

    TV Tokyo's 60th anniversary special drama. This is a human drama about a doctor struggling with his life and a patient who has been told he has...

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  • 2017
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    Transformers: The Last Knight

    Transformers: The Last Knight

    6.055 2017 HD

    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...

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  • 2014
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    Snow Jack

    Snow Jack

    1 2014 HD

    A blackmail arrives at Appi ski resort. “We demand 30,000,000 yen as consolation money for the destruction of the environment. If you do not...

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  • 2016
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    Rage

    Rage

    6.725 2016 HD

    A man brutally murders a married couple and leaves the word “ikari” (“rage”) written with their blood. The killer undergoes...

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  • 1992
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    Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi

    Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi

    8.5 1992 HD

    In the 16th Year of Keityo (1611), the lord of Ogura Castle in Kyushu admitted Sasaki Kojiro's because of his great sword techniques. However, a...

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  • 1985
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    Kekkon Annai Mystery

    Kekkon Annai Mystery

    8.2 1985 HD

    A 19-year-old girl Hiroko Terasawa working in a matching agency promises her client Masakazu Sekine that she'll pose as his fiancée for a...

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  • 2016
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    The Sea of Trees

    The Sea of Trees

    6.2 2016 HD

    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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  • 1987
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    Commando Invasion

    Commando Invasion

    6.2 1987 HD

    The leader of a group of American commandos has 5 days to kidnap a VC General to prove his innocence after all his men are killed in an abortive raid.

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  • 2011
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    Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -

    Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -

    1 2011 HD

    Japanese TV movie

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  • 1992
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    Oda Nobunaga

    Oda Nobunaga

    8 1992 HD

    Among the great ‘Warlords’ in Japanese history, Oda Nobunaga holds a unique place. In effect, his military success led to the ultimate...

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  • 1992
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    Chronicle of the Town Magistrate

    Chronicle of the Town Magistrate

    1 1992 HD

    In a maelstrom of evil, can a new magistrate, samurai Mochizuki Koheita, with a reputation like an alley cat, bring order to the town of Horisoto, or...

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  • 2019
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    Godzilla: King of the Monsters

    Godzilla: King of the Monsters

    6.702 2019 HD

    Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the...

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  • 1980
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    Bruce's Fists Of Vengeance

    Bruce's Fists Of Vengeance

    7 1980 HD

    To compete in his friend Peter's martial arts tournament, Jack flies into Manila from Hong Kong and brings along a book of secret Jeet Kune Do...

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  • 2019
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    Pokémon Detective Pikachu

    Pokémon Detective Pikachu

    6.929 2019 HD

    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...

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  • 2018
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    Isle of Dogs

    Isle of Dogs

    7.854 2018 HD

    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...

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  • 2018
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    Bel Canto

    Bel Canto

    5.4 2018 HD

    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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  • 2020
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    Fukushima 50

    Fukushima 50

    6.4 2020 HD

    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...

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  • 2017
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    The Memories of Happiness

    The Memories of Happiness

    1 2017 HD

    Taro's business failed and he got divorced. He also left his family's home. 5 years later, his oldest daughter Natsumi, second daughter Yuka and...

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  • 2018
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    The King and I

    The King and I

    7 2018 HD

    Widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna...

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  • 2024
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    Kensuke's Kingdom

    Kensuke's Kingdom

    6.7 2024 HD

    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...

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  • 1998
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    Bonds

    Bonds

    5.2 1998 HD

    Tetsuro Haga is a troubled gangster, living under the assumed identity Ise for ten years, to escape jail for gunning down his cruel adoptive father....

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  • 1997
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    Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

    Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

    7.5 1997 HD

    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...

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  • 1990
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    Baian the Assassin

    Baian the Assassin

    1 1990 HD

    Fujieda Baian is admired during the day as a skilled acupuncturist. However, his nighttime persona is that of a highly skilled assassin. For money,...

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  • 1993
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    Baian the Assassin: Showdown

    Baian the Assassin: Showdown

    1 1993 HD

    Fujieda Baian is admired during the day as a skilled acupuncturist. However, at night, he is a highly skilled assassin, taking on contracts to...

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  • 2005
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    Memoirs of a Geisha

    Memoirs of a Geisha

    7.7 2005 HD

    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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  • 2018
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    7 Guardians of the Tomb

    7 Guardians of the Tomb

    5.438 2018 HD

    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...

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  • 2003
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    Another Battle/Conspiracy

    Another Battle/Conspiracy

    1 2003 HD

    Katsunori Takahashi and Ken Watanabe star in a modern yakuza tale in the classic Japanese film series, Battles Without Honor and Humanity, directed...

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  • 2019
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    An Artist of the Floating World

    An Artist of the Floating World

    1 2019 HD

    In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art solely to the celebration of physical beauty....

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  • 1991
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    A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era

    A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era

    7 1991 HD

    In the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate, there was a cute warrior, Souji Okita, who belonged to the armed police of the shogunate in Kyoto. Very...

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  • 2025
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    National Treasure

    National Treasure

    1 2025 HD

    Set after the war in Japan, when the country experienced rapid economic growth, Kikuo is born into a yakuza family. His strange fate leads him to be...

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  • 1989
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    Harimao

    Harimao

    8 1989 HD

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  • 2000
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    Ikebukuro West Gate Park

    Ikebukuro West Gate Park

    7.84 2000 HD

    Living in an area known for its juvenile crime, 21-year-old Makoto has become a member of a youth gang called the G-Boys. Known for his cool head and...

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  • 1993
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    Kagi-shi

    Kagi-shi

    1 1993 HD

    A locksmith who can open any kind of lock with his well-honed fingertip skills is caught up in a case in which his nephew is put in danger just...

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  • 1989
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    Oda Nobunaga

    Oda Nobunaga

    1 1989 HD

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  • 2004
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    Vessel of Sand

    Vessel of Sand

    4 2004 HD

    Eiryo Waga is well-known musician who has begun a rapid climb to stardom, but he must keep his terrible past a secret. One day someone who knows all...

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  • 1990
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    Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

    Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

    9.5 1990 HD

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  • 2003
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    川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語

    川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語

    1 2003 HD

    NHK's 50th-anniversary memorial drama serial. This drama consisting of several short stories starring some of the well-known actors and actress of...

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  • 2017
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    NHK WORLD PRIME

    NHK WORLD PRIME

    9 2017 HD

    NHK WORLD PRIME brings you a world of mainly documentaries, and more. Tune in to see special select programs on all sorts of topics and genres.

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  • 2002
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    横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)

    横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)

    1 2002 HD

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  • 1987
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    Masamune Shogun

    Masamune Shogun

    9.2 1987 HD

    Broadcast TV drama NHK broadcast on January 4 to December 13, 1987 (Showa 62). In the questionnaire survey conducted by NHK, it is shining in the...

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  • 2018
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    Segodon

    Segodon

    8.2 2018 HD

    Saigo Takamori, the hero of the Meiji Restoration, was born to a poor, low-ranking samurai family in the Satsuma domain (present day Kagoshima...

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  • 2002
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    強行犯捜査第七係

    強行犯捜査第七係

    1 2002 HD

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  • 1992
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    Izakaya Chōji

    Izakaya Chōji

    1 1992 HD

    The special drama depicts the sad and joyful life of a single-minded izakaya owner in a small yakitori restaurant.

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  • 1995
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    Gokenin Zankuro

    Gokenin Zankuro

    8 1995 HD

    Zankuro Matsudaira (Ken Watanabe) is a low-grade vassal of the Tokugawa Shogun, forced to moonlight as a bodyguard and executioner to make ends meet....

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  • 1992
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    Waga Machi

    Waga Machi

    1 1992 HD

    Based on Ed McBain's "87th Precinct" series. The drama series is set in Tsukishima, a popular town near downtown Tokyo, and is composed of content...

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  • 2022
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    Tokyo Vice

    Tokyo Vice

    7.9 2022 HD

    A first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat following Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who embeds himself into the Tokyo Vice...

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  • 2002
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    Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko

    Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko

    1 2002 HD

    Based on the novel by Jirō Asada, the TV movie depicts the lives of the Shinsengumi warriors during the turmoil of the late Edo period.

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  • 1991
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    Baian the Assassin

    Baian the Assassin

    10 1991 HD

    During the day, Dr. Baian is the friendly and trusted village acupuncturist. At night, he becomes Baian, the assassin. Using his acupuncture needles...

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  • 2016
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    五年目のひとり

    五年目のひとり

    1 2016 HD

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  • 1998
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    Shimei Tehai

    Shimei Tehai

    1 1998 HD

    Detective TV specials starring Ken Watanabe as a detective in search of wanted suspects.

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  • 2014
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    Back of Father

    Back of Father

    8 2014 HD

    A 10-part omnibus drama by 10 different scriptwriters on the theme of fathers and their sons and daughters.

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  • 2003
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    藤田宜永サスペンス「異端の夏」

    藤田宜永サスペンス「異端の夏」

    1 2003 HD

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  • 1986
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    Hanekonma

    Hanekonma

    8 1986 HD

    Rin Tachibana, nicknamed Hanekonma, grew up in Soma, Fukushima. Together with her parents, her sister and brother, and her grandparents, the story...

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  • 2001
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    Hojo Tokimune

    Hojo Tokimune

    1 2001 HD

    The 40th NHK Taiga Drama is Hojo Tokimune. It tells the dramatic and turbulent life of young shikken Hojo Tokimune, and his successful defense of...

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  • 1993
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    The Fire Still Burns

    The Fire Still Burns

    1 1993 HD

    This drama tells the story of the Oushu Fujiwara clan spanning generations, 140 years in the late Heian era. They established their domain in Touhoku...

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  • 2020
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    Toubousha

    Toubousha

    7 2020 HD

    A remake of the American show "The Fugitive."

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  • 2011
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    Gyoretsuno dekiru sodanjo

    Gyoretsuno dekiru sodanjo

    1 2011 HD

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  • 1970
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    Gyoretsuno dekiru sodanjo

    Gyoretsuno dekiru sodanjo

    7.9 1970 HD

    A first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat following Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who embeds himself into the Tokyo Vice...

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