Deceased

How Did Ken Takakura Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 83

Also known asGoichi Oda, 高仓健, Кэн Такакура, کن تاکاکورا, 小田剛一, Takeichi OdaGenderMaleNationalityEmpire of JapanBorn16/02/1931Born inNakama, Fukuoka, JapanDied10/11/2014 (aged 83)Died inTokyoCauselymphomaWikidataQ741184 ↗TMDb#73427 ↗

Ken Takakura , born Takeichi Oda , was a Japanese actor and singer who appeared in over 200 films. Affectionately referred to as "Ken-san" by audiences, he was best known for his brooding style and the stoic presence he brought to his roles. He won the Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role four times, tied with Koji Yakusho for the most ever.

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Filmography185 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2016	Ken SanMovie	Self	85
2012	DearestMovie	Eiji Shimakura	81
2006	Black Rain: Making The FilmMovie	Self (archive footage)	75
2005	Riding Alone for Thousands of MilesMovie	Gou-ichi Takata	74
2001	The FireflyMovie	Yamaoka Shuji	70
1999	Railroad ManMovie	Otomatsu Sato	68
1996	SMAP×SMAPSeries	Bistro Guest	65
1994	47 RoninMovie	Kuranosuke Oishi	63
1992	An Elegy of TyroleSeries	Tateishi Jiro	61
1992	Mr. BaseballMovie	Uchiyama	61
1991	Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant StarMovie	Self (archive footage)	60
1989	Black RainMovie	Masahiro	58
1989	BuddiesMovie	Kadokura	58
1988	Umi e, See YouMovie	Eiji Honma	57
1985	DemonMovie	Shuji	54
1983	AntarcticaMovie	Ushioda	52
1983	Choji Snack BarMovie	Eiji	52
1982	The Longest TunnelMovie	Go Akutsu	51
1982	Karate CopMovie	Detective Mikami	51
1981	StationMovie	Eiji Mikami	50
1980	The RevoltMovie	Keisuke Miyagi	49
1980	A Distant Cry from SpringMovie	Kosaku Tajima	49
1978	Winter's FlowerMovie	Hidetsugu Kano	47
1978	Never Give UpMovie	Takeshi Ajisawa	47
1977	Mount HakkodaMovie	Captain Tokushima	46
1977	The Yellow HandkerchiefMovie	Yusaku Shima	46
1976	ManhuntMovie	Morioka	45
1975	The International Gang of KobeMovie	Masato Dan	44
1975	The Bullet TrainMovie	Tetsuo Okita	44
1975	Great JailbreakMovie	Ichiro Kozue	44
1975	Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out AttackMovie	—	44
1974	The YakuzaMovie	Tanaka Ken	43
1974	Third Generation BossMovie	—	43
1974	The HomelessMovie	Jokichi Anabuki	43
1973	Yakuza of the PresentMovie	Ryoichi Shimaya	42
1973	Japan's Top GangsterMovie	Kazuo Taoka	42
1973	Golgo 13Movie	Duke Togo / Golgo 13	42
1972	Lullaby for a Tough GuyMovie	—	41
1972	Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall DieMovie	—	41
1972	The PledgeMovie	—	41
1972	New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the StormMovie	—	41
1972	The Kanto Scarlet Cherry GangMovie	Kuramoto	41
1971	Patience Has An EndMovie	Isamu Tekada	40
1971	New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy CapeMovie	—	40
1971	New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound DeserterMovie	—	40
1971	The Path of the KingMovie	Ryutaro Fudo	40
1971	Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden LoveMovie	Hidejiro Hanada	40
1971	Bloodiest FlowerMovie	—	40
1971	The ManMovie	—	40
1971	DaggerMovie	—	40
1970	Too Late the HeroMovie	Major Yamaguchi	39
1970	The Japan Derby RaceMovie	—	39
1970	The Last KamikazeMovie	Koji Yashiro	39
1970	A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His LifeMovie	—	39
1970	Yukyo-retsudenMovie	—	39
1970	New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at AbashiriMovie	—	39
1970	New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stray Wolf in SnowMovie	—	39
1970	Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's DestinyMovie	—	39
1970	Brave Red Flower of the NorthMovie	—	39
1969	The Domain: Flower and DragonMovie	Kingoro Tamai	38
1969	Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation CeremonyMovie	Koji Yashiro	38
1969	Brothers Serving TimeMovie	—	38
1969	Memoir of Japanese AssassinationsMovie	Saburo Aizawa	38
1969	Samurai GeishaMovie	Shimada Seikichi	38
1969	The Biggest GambleMovie	Shuzo Honjo	38
1969	Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi TattooMovie	Hanada Hidejiro	38
1969	Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards GameMovie	Shogo Hanaoka	38
1969	New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port TownMovie	—	38
1969	New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2Movie	—	38
1969	Gambler's LegacyMovie	Tsukuda Ginjiro	38
1969	Brutal Tales of Chivalry 6Movie	—	38
1968	New Prison Walls of AbashiriMovie	Katsuji Suehiro	37
1968	Prison BossMovie	—	37
1968	The Domain: Severed RelationsMovie	—	37
1968	Red Peony GamblerMovie	Naoki Katagiri	37
1968	The Day the Sun RoseMovie	—	37
1968	The Drifting AvengerMovie	Ken Kato	37
1968	Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two YakuzaMovie	—	37
1968	RogueMovie	Isamu Oba	37
1968	Gambler BiographyMovie	—	37
1967	Abashiri Prison: Duel in HokkaidoMovie	—	36
1967	A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow StormMovie	Shin-ichi Tachibana	36
1967	The Domain: White BladeMovie	—	36
1967	Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4Movie	—	36
1967	ClassmatesMovie	First Lieutenant Kenmochi	36
1967	The Chivalrous LifeMovie	Ryuma Ibuki	36
1967	The Domain: Where The Blade EntersMovie	—	36
1966	The Domain: Kanda Festival ShowdownMovie	—	35
1966	Glorious FightsMovie	Ichiro Takita	35
1966	The Kamikaze GuyMovie	Fumio Kuroki	35
1966	Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow CountryMovie	—	35
1966	The Bullet and the HorseMovie	—	35
1966	Abashiri Prison: Duel in the SouthMovie	—	35
1966	Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2Movie	—	35
1966	Showdown of MenMovie	—	35
1966	Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Lone WolfMovie	—	35
1966	The Domain: Duel at Thunder GateMovie	—	35
1965	A Fugitive from the PastMovie	Ajimura	34
1965	Brutal Tales of ChivalryMovie	Seiji Terajima	34
1965	Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs KojiroMovie	Sasaki Kojiro	34
1965	Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2Movie	Shinichi Tachibana	34
1965	Prison Walls of Abashiri 3Movie	Shinichi Tachibana	34
1965	Abashiri PrisonMovie	Shinichi Tachibana	34
1965	The BossMovie	—	34
1965	The Domain: Kanto Legends of ChivalryMovie	—	34
1965	Prison Walls of Abashiri 4Movie	Shin'ichi Tachibana	34
1965	Tokyo UntouchableMovie	Yoshio Harada	34
1965	The Domain: The Naniwa StoryMovie	—	34
1964	Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji TempleMovie	Sasaki Kojiro	33
1964	Main Street in the UnderworldMovie	—	33
1964	Wolves, Pigs & MenMovie	Jiro Kuroki, the second brother	33
1964	The DomainMovie	—	33
1964	An OutlawMovie	Minami	33
1964	Storm PartyMovie	—	33
1964	Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong GangMovie	—	33
1964	Jakoman and TetsuMovie	Tetsu	33
1963	Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword StyleMovie	Sasaki Kojiro	32
1963	Tokyo Untouchable: EscapeMovie	Yoshio Harada	32
1963	Violent StreetMovie	—	32
1963	Gang Loyalty and VengeanceMovie	Asano	32
1963	BlackmailMovie	—	32
1963	Eleven GangstersMovie	Sawagami	32
1963	The Big BossMovie	—	32
1963	Life of HishakakuMovie	—	32
1963	Duel of the UnderworldMovie	—	32
1963	Defeat the BossMovie	—	32
1962	Hell's KitchenMovie	—	31
1962	The EscapeMovie	—	31
1962	Tales of President MitoMovie	Sukesaburo Sasa	31
1962	All RascalsMovie	—	31
1962	365 NightsMovie	—	31
1962	Tokyo's Business DistrictMovie	—	31
1962	Uragirimono wa jigoku dazeMovie	—	31
1962	Lady Sen and HideyoriMovie	Naomori	31
1962	South Pacific Waves Are HighMovie	—	31
1962	Operation DiamondMovie	—	31
1962	Song of KagoshimaMovie	Shuhei Tategami	31
1962	The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of OsakaMovie	—	31
1961	A Fishwife's TaleMovie	—	30
1961	Devil's Nursery RhymeMovie	Kosuke Kindaichi	30
1961	The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4Movie	Kenichi Hanamura	30
1961	Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-sanMovie	Kenichi Oka	30
1961	Flower, Storm and GangsterMovie	'Smiley' Ken	30
1961	The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's WhirlwindMovie	Tarō Senpū	30
1961	Hell's JugglerMovie	—	30
1960	The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2Movie	—	29
1960	The Sand City in ManchuriaMovie	Hari	29
1960	Storming SquadronMovie	—	29
1960	The Great RoadMovie	—	29
1960	The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's RushMovie	—	29
1960	The Second Bullet is MarkedMovie	—	29
1960	Outlaw Under a Blue CanopyMovie	—	29
1960	Delinquent AngelMovie	—	29
1960	The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's EternityMovie	—	29
1960	The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3Movie	—	29
1959	Night of the SuspicionsMovie	久里 / 島	28
1959	Hell's CompanionMovie	—	28
1959	The Bastards of Lawless TownMovie	Fumio Sone	28
1959	Four Hours of TerrorMovie	Captain Yamamoto	28
1959	A Man's Dark FingerMovie	—	28
1959	The Happy FamilyMovie	—	28
1959	A Dead DrifterMovie	—	28
1958	The OutsidersMovie	Ichitaro Kazamori	27
1958	Detective DuelMovie	—	27
1958	Monsoon SonMovie	—	27
1958	Midair CircusMovie	—	27
1958	With Songs in My HeartMovie	—	27
1958	No Advice TakenMovie	—	27
1958	Romance FreestyleMovie	—	27
1958	Man of Thirteen EyesMovie	—	27
1958	His Pistol is HellMovie	—	27
1958	Sister with SisterMovie	Hiroshi Ishioka	27
1958	Beyond the Seasonal WindMovie	—	27
1958	Monsoon Son Pt.2Movie	—	27
1957	The Deep Blue SeaMovie	—	26
1957	Men Fighting WhalesMovie	Yosuke Yamagami	26
1957	Showdown in BloodMovie	—	26
1957	Employee Full of FightMovie	Tani	26
1957	Jet Air Base 101Movie	Jiro Nakata	26
1956	G-men of Japan 4: Special Armed Unit MobilizationMovie	—	25
1956	Meteor Karate StrikeMovie	—	25
1956	Manchurian SunsetMovie	Shintaro	25
1956	Lightning Karate BlowMovie	—	25
1956	Mother PeacockMovie	—	25
1956	The Chop ProfessorMovie	—	25