List of the best Ken Watanabe movies: Letters From Iwo Jima(2006), Memories of Tomorrow(2006), Ikari(2016), Unforgiven(2013), Memoirs of a Geisha(2005), Hi Wa Mata Noboru(2002), Godzilla(2014), Fukushima 50(2020), The Sea of Trees(2015), Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant(2009), Sennen no Koi: Hikaru Genji Monogatari(2001), Bel Canto(2018) ... ...
7.9/10
War, Drama, History
USA|Japan
2006
141 Minutes
Ken Watanabe Kazunari Ninomiya Tsuyoshi Ihara Ryô Kase Shido Nakamura Yuki Matsuzaki Hiroshi Watanabe Takumi Bando Nobumasa Sakagami Takashi Yamaguchi Nae
soldier military officer athlete baker intense thrilling island tunnel japan cave showdown world war ii death daunting task invasion survival fall metamorphosis rivalry 1940s
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.
7.4/10
Drama
Japan
2006
122 Minutes
Executive Producer
Ken Watanabe Kanako Higuchi Kenji Sakaguchi Kazue Fukiishi Asami Mizukawa Noritake Kinashi Mitsuhiro Oikawa Eri Watanabe Teruyuki Kagawa Hideji Ôtaki
A successful businessman's family life is shattered by an early onset of Alzheimer's.
7.1/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Romance
Japan
2016
142 Minutes
Ken Watanabe Hikari Mitsushima Mirai Moriyama Aoi Miyazaki Satoshi Tsumabuki Gô Ayano Suzu Hirose Chizuru Ikewaki Mitsuki Takahata Takahiro Miura Pierre Taki
A grisly unsolved murder links three seemingly unrelated stories in three different Japanese cities.
7.1/10
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
Japan
2013
135 Minutes
Ken Watanabe Jun Kunimura Yûya Yagira Akira Emoto Koichi Sato Eiko Koike Shiori Kutsuna Ken'ichi Takitô
swordsman thrilling wild west japan corruption bounty revenge underdog 19th century
Just as Clint Eastwood's star-making spaghetti Western A Fistful of Dollars was inspired by Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo, Japanese-Korean filmmaker Sang-il Lee (Villain) has decided to ... See full summary »
7.4/10
Romance, Drama
USA|Japan|France
2005
136 Minutes
The Chairman
Zhang Ziyi Ken Watanabe Michelle Yeoh Koji Yakusho Youki Kudoh Gong Li Kaori Momoi Tsai Chin Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Suzuka Ohgo Randall Duk Kim
geisha rival mentor servant client young girl passionate spectacular gripping engaging kyoto, japan geisha house bordello house performance training servitude coming of age romance unintended consequences
Nitta Sayuri reveals how she transcended her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.
7.2/10
Drama
Japan
2002
109 Minutes
6.4/10
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
USA|Japan
2014
123 Minutes
Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
Aaron Taylor-Johnson Ken Watanabe Elizabeth Olsen Juliette Binoche Sally Hawkins David Strathairn Bryan Cranston Richard T. Jones
expert estranged father godzilla monster adversary citizen brutal dark fascinating japan sea city san francisco underground shelter airplane humanity fighting monsters fear bomb
The world is beset by the appearance of monstrous creatures, but one of them may be the only one who can save humanity.
6.3/10
Drama
Japan
2020
122 Minutes
Koichi Sato Ken Watanabe Hidetaka Yoshioka Naoto Ogata Shôhei Hino Mitsuru Hirata Masato Hagiwara Keisuke Horibe Hisahiro Ogura Masato Wada Masanori Ishii
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 an tsunami in 2011.
6.1/10
Drama
USA
2015
110 Minutes
Matthew McConaughey Ken Watanabe Naomi Watts Katie Aselton Jordan Gavaris James Saito Anna Friedman Charles Van Eman
mathematician man suicidal person japanese man businessman friend engaging emotional melodramatic heartwarming intense charming japan tokyo forest attempted suicide suicide attempt fear happiness friendship
A suicidal American befriends a Japanese man lost in a forest near Mt. Fuji and the two search for a way out.
5.8/10
Horror, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA
2009
109 Minutes
John C. Reilly Ken Watanabe Josh Hutcherson Chris Massoglia Ray Stevenson Patrick Fugit Willem Dafoe Salma Hayek Michael Cerveris Frankie Faison Jane Krakowski
teen boy best friend vampire snake boy monkey girl assistant melodramatic eerie crafty circus theater high school graveyard supernatural circus life feud survival traveling coming of age underdog
Teenager Darren Shan meets a mysterious man at a freak show who turns out to be a vampire. After a series of events, Darren must leave his normal life and go on the road with the Cirque du Freak, becoming a creature of the night.
5.8/10
Drama, Romance, Biography
Japan
2001
143 Minutes
Sayuri Yoshinaga Ken Watanabe Yuki Amami Reiko Takashima Takako Tokiwa
Based on the ancient Japanese Tale of Genji. This film is set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu. Her story begins from the death of her ... See full summary »
5.4/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2018
102 Minutes
Julianne Moore Ken Watanabe Tenoch Huerta Sebastian Koch Christopher Lambert Elsa Zylberstein Thorbjørn Harr Olek Krupa Eddie Martinez Melissa Navia Gisela Chipe
opera singer industrialist suspenseful tense south america mansion hostage situation escape rescue 21st century
A world-renowned opera singer becomes trapped in a hostage situation when she's invited to perform for a wealthy industrialist in South America.
Action
1986
84 Minutes
Gordon Mitchell Ken Watanabe Paul Vance Tetchie Agbayani Jim Gaines Bill Kipp Kung-Wu Huang Jan Jeffrey
7.9/10
Comedy
Japan
1985
114 Minutes
Gun
Tsutomu Yamazaki Nobuko Miyamoto Ken Watanabe Koji Yakusho Rikiya Yasuoka Kinzo Sakura Shuji Otaki
widower shopkeeper stranger inspiring uplifting quirky japan restaurant apartment cooking sex meaning of life discovery 1980s
A truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food.
Sports & Fitness, Adventure
1983
87 Minutes
Bruce Le Jack Lee Ken Watanabe
6.0/10
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
USA|Japan|China|Canada
2019
132 Minutes
Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
Kyle Chandler Vera Farmiga Millie Bobby Brown Ken Watanabe Zhang Ziyi Bradley Whitford Sally Hawkins Charles Dance Thomas Middleditch Aisha Hinds O'Shea Jackson Jr.
monster godzilla girl scientist soldier thrilling uneasy suspenseful bleak tense washington, d.c. laboratory ocean building creatures monsters battle humanity extinction adventure
The crypto-zoological agency Monarch faces off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah.
8.8/10
Sci-Fi, Action, Mystery & Thriller
USA|UK
2010
148 Minutes
Saito
Leonardo DiCaprio Joseph Gordon-Levitt Elliot Page Tom Hardy Ken Watanabe Dileep Rao Cillian Murphy Tom Berenger Marion Cotillard Michael Caine Pete Postlethwaite
con artist architect chemist forger billionaire wife creative engaging suspenseful intricate somber subconscious mind los angeles paris japan morocco dreamworld dreams corporate espionage guilt
A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O.
4.1/10
Sports & Fitness, Action
Italy
1988
90 Minutes
Ami Baxter Kim Rossi-Stuart Janet Agren Jared Martin Ken Watanabe
After studying martial arts in the Philippines and defeating his opponent Quino, Anthony Scott heads back to the U.S. to attend college and makes a new friend named Luke. Making the promise... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2010
105 Minutes
Tanaka
John Cusack Gong Li Chow Yun-Fat David Morse Ken Watanabe Franka Potente Jeffrey Dean Morgan Hugh Bonneville
In the months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, an American intelligence official (John Cusack) investigates a friend's death in 1941 China.
8.2/10
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
USA|UK
2005
140 Minutes
Ra's Al Ghul
Christian Bale Michael Caine Liam Neeson Katie Holmes Gary Oldman Cillian Murphy Tom Wilkinson Rutger Hauer Ken Watanabe Mark Boone Junior Linus Roache
batman mobster police officer butler villain inventor thrilling suspenseful alternate reality cave gotham city crooked cops crime revenge training coming of age superheroes sacrifice transformation discovery
After training with his mentor, Batman begins his fight to free crime-ridden Gotham City from corruption.
4.2/10
Action
USA
1988
96 Minutes
Old Mishima
John Jay Douglas Jack DeLeon Chard Hayward Cynthia Killion David Pritchard Michael Myracle Willie Olmstead Alphonse Walter Ken Watanabe
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