Cast: Ken Tanaka

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Ken Tanaka. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Women of the Night

1948 · Movie · 73 min. · Japan

Direction Kenji Mizoguchi

Cast Kinuyo Tanaka · Sanae Takasugi · Tomie Tsunoda · Mitsuo Nagata

Synopsis Fusako Owada, a young woman in postwar Japan, is the mistress of a notorious drug dealer. Fusako's tenuous grasp on meaningful life is shaken when she learns that her lover is having an affair with her sister.

7.2

339 votes

7.2

339 votes

Sandakan 8

1974 · Movie · 120 min. · Japan

Direction Kei Kumai

Cast Komaki Kurihara · Yôko Takahashi · Kinuyo Tanaka · Ken Tanaka

Synopsis An old woman tells her heartrending story of her experience as a "karayukisan," the young Japanese women sent to southeast Asia to pay off their family debts by working as prostitutes.

7.2

34 votes

7.2

34 votes

Godzilla 1985

1984 · Movie · 82 min. · Japan

Direction Koji Hashimoto

Cast Ken Tanaka · Yasuko Sawaguchi · Keiju Kobayashi · Yosuke Natsuki

Synopsis From out of the South Seas comes a gigantic monster that attacks Tokyo and devastates Japan. The American version of the film added Raymond Burr as a reporter named Steve Martin, who witnesses the destruction up close.

5.6

472 votes

5.6

472 votes

The Return of Godzilla

1985 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction R.J. Kizer · Koji Hashimoto

Cast Raymond Burr · Ken Tanaka · Yasuko Sawaguchi · Yosuke Natsuki

Synopsis Godzilla 1985 is a Japanese American science fiction kaiju film co-produced and released by New World Pictures. The film is a heavily re-edited version of the Japanese film, The Return of Godzilla, originally produced by Toho in 1984. In addition...

4.8

37 votes

4.8

37 votes

Direction Setsurô Wakamatsu · Yoshinori Muratani · Sayaka Sato

Cast Hideaki Ito · Yûma Nakayama · Ryoko Hirosue · Kenichi Yajima

Synopsis TV series (2021). 12 episodes.

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In the City of Dawn

2011 · Movie · 129 min. · Japan

Direction Setsurô Wakamatsu

Cast Goro Kishitani · Kyôko Fukada · Tae Kimura · Ken Ishiguro

Synopsis By chance, Watabe meets subordinate worker Nakanishi at batting center. A friendship occurs which leads to a heated love affair. Watabe then learns that Nakanishi is the prime suspect of a murder case that occurred 15 years - the murder...

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Direction Kenji Yoshioa

Cast Ken Tanaka · Yôko Takahashi · Akemi Negishi

Synopsis Fujishita Kumi is an ordinary office lady. Longing to escape her poor fishing village for a life in the city, she came to Tokyo. One day while alone in the office, she's spotted rolling up her pantyhose by the window...

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Oh, My Son

1979 · Movie · 129 min. · Japan

Direction Keisuke Kinoshita

Cast Tomisaburô Wakayama · Hideko Takamine · Ken Tanaka · Shinobu Otake

Synopsis Parents campaign to change the law for families who have suffered from violent crime, after their son is murdered.

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Bokyo

1993 · Movie · 110 min. · Japan

Direction Kôichi Saitô

Cast Ken Tanaka · Keiko Takeshita · Kentaro Akizuki · Naomi Hosokawa

Synopsis In 1940, Kubota Shoten, which has been in business for generations, goes bankrupt due to the debauched lifestyle of its president, Kunimitsu Kubota. Subsequently, Kunimitsu moves back to his hometown and his children are sent to live with other relatives.

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Bonds

1998 · Movie · 123 min. · Japan

Direction Kichitaro Negishi

Cast Kôji Yakusho · Ken Watanabe · Yumi Asou · Yôsuke Saitô

Synopsis 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. His life begins to unravel when a journalist following him takes an interest in the...

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The Gate of Youth

1975 · Movie · 188 min. · Japan

Direction Kirio Urayama

Cast Ken Tanaka · Tomohiro Tanabe · Ken Matsuda · Haruhiko Urayama

Synopsis Mainly the story of Shinsuke and his stepmother, ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every aspect of the life of the characters. Shinsuke's father dies while bravely using dynamite to rescue a...

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The Gate of Youth Part 2

1977 · Movie · 161 min. · Japan

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