Ken Takakura

Birth Name:

Goichi Oda

Birth Place:

Nakama, Fukuoka, Japan

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack, Music department

Won five Japanese Academy Awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014
Won a Montreal World Film Festival Award for Best Actor for "Railroad Man" in 1999
Won four Asia-Pacific Film Festival Awards for Best Actor for "The Yellow Handkerchief" in 1978, "Station" in 1982, "Buddies" in 1990, and "Railroad Man" in 1999
Earned a bachelor's degree from Meiji University in Tokyo in 1955
Was married to screen actress and singer Chiemi Eri from 1959 to 1971
Got his big break when he decided to look in on an audition at Toei Film Company in 1955
Had his breakout role as an escaped prisoner in the hit film "Abashiri Prison" in 1965
Best known for his role as Masahiro in "Black Rain" and as Gou-ichi Takata in "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles․"

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