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Ken Takakura (Japanese: 高倉 健, Hepburn: Takakura Ken), born Goichi Oda (小田 剛一, Oda Gōichi, February 16, 1931 – November 10, 2014), was a Japanese actor and singer who appeared in over 200 films.
Ken Takakura was a Japanese actor best known for his brooding style and the stoic, honorable presence he brought to his roles. Known as the "Clint Eastwood" of Japan, Takakura gained his streetwise swagger and tough guy persona watching yakuza turf battles over the lucrative black market and racketeering in postwar Fukuoka.
高倉 健 （たかくら けん、英︰Ken Takakura、1931年〈昭和6年〉2月16日 - 2014年〈平成26年〉11月10日）は、日本の俳優・歌手。本名は小田 剛一（おだ たけいち） だが晩年は親族に剛一郎（ごういちろう）と名乗った 。本名：小田敏政 。
Nov 19, 2014 · Ken Takakura, who became a star playing outlaws and stoic heroes in scores of Japanese films, died on Nov. 10 in Tokyo. He was 83. His office said he died at a hospital where he was being...
Nov 18, 2014 · Ken Takakura has died from lymphoma at the age of 83. The actor, who is best known for playing outlaws and stoic heroes in scores of Japanese films, died on 10 November in a Tokyo...
Nov 18, 2014 · Ken Takakura, who first rose to stardom in the 1960s playing yakuza outlaws, but later became Hollywood’s go-to actor for made-in-Japan films, died on Nov. 10 at age 83 of malignant lymphoma. A...
Ken Takakura (高倉 健, Takakura Ken), born Gouichi Oda (February 16, 1931, in Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan), was a Japanese actor best known for his brooding style and the stoic presence he brings to his roles.
Nov 19, 2014 · Perhaps best known abroad for his role as a police inspector in Ridley Scott’s 1989 film “Black Rain,” Takakura died Nov. 10 at a Tokyo hospital, where he was being treated for lymphoma,...
Nov 18, 2014 · Veteran Japanese actor Ken Takakura has died of lymphoma aged 83. The actor passed away at a Tokyo hospital on 10 November, his office said on Tuesday. Known as the "Clint Eastwood" of...
Ken Takakura was a Japanese actor best known for his brooding style and the stoic, honorable presence he brought to his roles. Known as the "Clint Eastwood" of Japan, Takakura gained his streetwise swagger and tough guy persona watching yakuza turf battles over the lucrative black market and racketeering in postwar Fukuoka.
