Ken Takakura Movies

Former inmate Katsuji gets involved in the horse gambling business while lending a helping hand to a ranch operator.

Two men head a team who steal a factory payroll valued at 500 million yen. Then a hoodlum gang goes after the team for the money.

Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.

Kanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a 3-year-old daughter named Youko. Before he gave himself...

Assassin Nanjo goes on a solitary mission to take revenge on the man who trapped him into a complicated drug deal.

An elaborate criminal tango based around treasure hidden during WWII.

1958 Toei movie.

This is the sixth film in the "Abashiri Series," based on an original idea by Hajime Ito, and written and directed by Teruo Ishii of "Operation Big...

Prisoner Katsuji must fend for himself and his prison mates in the fierce battle involving a family feud.

A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri prison. This film can be considered a sequel to the Abashiri Bangaichi series, written and...

Convict son revenges innocent father's death.

Yoshiko finds new life and love interests when she takes a new job as an office worker.

From the late 1500's through the founding of the Tokugawa Shogunate many battles were fought as the great warlords vied for power over the nation....

The feud between two rival delivery companies, Kibamasa and Okiyama, heats up as the head of Kibamasa falls ill.

The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi. With all the familiar characters...

A touching action film about a young yakuza who becomes infected with evil because he has the ability to easily decipher the mechanism of a safe....