- Films
- 20
- Avg rating
- 7.00
- Peak run
- 1974’89
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Ken by the numbers
Average
7.00
8 rated films
Vote weighted
6.96
bigger films count more
Median
7.2
half are better
Consistency
±0.48
rating spread
Career
49y
1964 to 2012
Total votes
109K
across every film
Best
7.3
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Worst
6.1
Mr. Baseball
Newest first
Filmography
| 2012 | Dearest | Eiji Kurashima | · | 556 |
| 2005 | Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles | Gôichi Takata | 7.3 | 5,904 |
| 1999 | The Railroad Man | Otomatsu Sato | 7.1 | 1,555 |
| 1994 | 47 Ronin | Kuranosuke Ôishi | · | 620 |
| 1992 |  Mr. Baseball | Uchiyama | 6.1 | 13,047 |
| 1989 |  Black Rain | Masahiro | 6.6 | 65,734 |
| 1985 | Yasha | Shûji | · | 326 |
| 1983 | Antarctica | Akira Ushioda | 7.6 | 1,959 |
| 1981 | Station | Eiji Mikami | · | 355 |
| 1980 | A Distant Cry from Spring | Kôsaku Tajima | · | 811 |
| 1977 | The Yellow Handkerchief | Yûsaku Shima | 7.3 | 1,497 |
| 1977 | Mount Hakkoda | Captain Tokushima | · | 262 |
| 1976 | Manhunt | Morioka | · | 687 |
| 1975 | Bullet Train | Tetsuo Okita | 6.8 | 2,263 |
| 1974 |  The Yakuza | Ken Tanaka | 7.2 | 11,867 |
| 1973 | Golgo 13 | Duke Togo | · | 497 |
| 1969 | Red Peony Gambler 3: The Flower Cards Game | Shogo Hanaoka | · | 351 |
| 1965 | Abashiri Prison | Shinichi Tachibana | · | 422 |
| 1965 | Brutal Tales of Chivalry | Seiji Terajima | · | 255 |
| 1964 | Wolves, Pigs and People | Jirô, second brother | · | 397 |
Better together?
Ken Takakura's regulars
- Yasuo FuruhataDirector and actor · 4 films · 7.10 avg▲+0.05
- Chieko BaishōCo-star · 3 films · 7.30 avg▲+0.10
- Jun'ya SatōDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.80 avg●0.00
- Yōji YamadaDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.30 avg▲+0.07
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Ken Takakura
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.