Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 20 films and 1 TV show on Boxlist

Known for Inception, Kokuho and Tokyo Vice.

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Starring Ken Watanabe

  1. Inception

    Inception

    2010 · Film

    8.3/10 · TMDB

    Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another...

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  2. Kokuho

    Kokuho

    2025 · Film

    8.0/10 · TMDB

    Nagasaki, 1964: Following the death of his yakuza father, 15-year-old Kikuo is taken under the wing of a famous kabuki actor. Alongside Shunsuke, the actor’s only son, he decides to dedicate himself to this traditional form of theatre. For...

  3. Isle of Dogs

    Isle of Dogs

    2018 · Film

    7.9/10 · TMDB

    In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island that's a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his...

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  4. Tokyo Vice

    Tokyo Vice

    2022 · TV

    7.8/10 · TMDB

    A first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat following Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who embeds himself into the Tokyo Vice police squad to reveal corruption. Based on Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction book of the same...

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  5. Batman Begins

    Batman Begins

    2005 · Film

    7.7/10 · TMDB

    Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the...

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  6. Memoirs of a Geisha

    Memoirs of a Geisha

    2005 · Film

    7.7/10 · TMDB

    A sweeping romantic epic set in Japan in the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

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  7. Earth

    Earth

    2007 · Film

    7.6/10 · TMDB

    From the acclaimed team that brought you BBC's visual feast "Planet Earth," this feature length film incorporates some of the same footage from the series with all new scenes following three remarkable, yet sadly endangered, families of...

  8. The Last Samurai

    The Last Samurai

    2003 · Film

    7.5/10 · TMDB

    Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in...

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  9. Letters from Iwo Jima

    Letters from Iwo Jima

    2006 · Film

    7.5/10 · TMDB

    The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.

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  10. The Creator

    The Creator

    2023 · Film

    7.1/10 · TMDB

    Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of...

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  11. Pokémon Detective Pikachu

    Pokémon Detective Pikachu

    2019 · Film

    7.0/10 · TMDB

    In a world where people collect pocket-size monsters (Pokémon) to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent monster who seeks to be a detective.

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  12. Godzilla: King of the Monsters

    Godzilla: King of the Monsters

    2019 · Film

    6.7/10 · TMDB

    Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed...

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  13. Kensuke's Kingdom

    Kensuke's Kingdom

    2024 · Film

    6.7/10 · TMDB

    A young boy and his family set off on a sailing trip of a lifetime until a violent storm erupts, sweeping Michael and his dog overboard. After washing up on a remote island, terrified, they struggle to survive and adjust to life alone, One...

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  14. Fukushima 50

    Fukushima 50

    2020 · Film

    6.6/10 · TMDB

    Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.

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  15. The Sea of Trees

    The Sea of Trees

    2016 · Film

    6.3/10 · TMDB

    A suicidal American befriends a Japanese man lost in a forest near Mt. Fuji and the two search for a way out.

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  16. Godzilla

    Godzilla

    2014 · Film

    6.2/10 · TMDB

    Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when an ancient alpha predator...

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  17. Transformers: The Last Knight

    Transformers: The Last Knight

    2017 · Film

    6.1/10 · TMDB

    Autobots and Decepticons are at war, with humans on the sidelines. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth.

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  18. Transformers: Age of Extinction

    Transformers: Age of Extinction

    2014 · Film

    5.9/10 · TMDB

    As humanity picks up the pieces, following the conclusion of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," Autobots and Decepticons have all but vanished from the face of the planet. However, a group of powerful, ingenious businessman and scientists...

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  19. Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

    Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

    2009 · Film

    5.7/10 · TMDB

    Darren Shan is a regular teenage kid. He and his friend Steve find out about a Freak Show coming to town and work hard at trying to find tickets. They do, and together they go to "Cirque du Freak" where they see many strange acts including...

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  20. Bel Canto

    Bel Canto

    2018 · Film

    5.7/10 · TMDB

    A famous opera singer is held hostage in South America by a guerrilla rebel group after performing at a Japanese businessman's lavish birthday party. Unexpected bonds are forged in the standoff that ensues.

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  21. 7 Guardians of the Tomb

    7 Guardians of the Tomb

    2018 · Film

    5.4/10 · TMDB

    An innocent discovery of a well-preserved mummified Emperor from 200 BC China unearths a 2000 year old nightmare - a secret that should have remained buried.

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