Cast: Ken Tanaka
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Ken Tanaka. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 17
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
Shingari: Yamaichi Shôken Saigo no Seisen (TV Miniseries)
2015 · Series · 50 min. · Japan
Direction Setsurô Wakamatsu · Yoshinori Muratani
Cast Yôsuke Eguchi · Masato Hagiwara · Kento Hayashi · Sei Matobu
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Tokkai - furyô saiken tokubetsu kaishû bu - (TV Series)
2021 · Series · 60 min. · Japan
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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Kyoaku wa nemurasenai: Tokusô Kenji no gyakushû (TV)
2016 · Movie · 120 min. · Japan
Direction Setsurô Wakamatsu
Cast Hiroshi Tamaki · Tatsuya Nakadai · Saki Aibu · Eiji Okuda
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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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Seishoku no ishibumi
1978 · Movie · 153 min. · Japan
Direction Shirô Moritani
Cast Koji Tsuruta · Shima Iwashita · Tomokazu Miura · Kinya Kitaoji
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Amerika ni Makenakatta Otoko (TV)
2020 · Movie · 144 min. · Japan
Direction Setsurô Wakamatsu
Cast Shôfukutei Tsurube · Tôma Ikuta · Yûko Araki · Mark Chinnery
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Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? : An Encounter
1975 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan
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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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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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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Lament of the Lamb
2002 · Movie · Japan
Direction Hanado Junji
Cast Reila Aphrodite · Natsuki Kato · Minami · Shun Oguri
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The Gate of Youth Part 2
1977 · Movie · 161 min. · Japan
Direction Kirio Urayama
Cast Ken Tanaka · Shinobu Otake · Ayumi Ishida · Tatsuo Umemiya
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