Movies with Ken Watanabe
Movies found: 6, viewing from 1 to 6
Shanghai
Genres: Thriller, Romance, Drama
Year: 2010
Country: USA
Director: Mikael Håfström
Starring: Ronan Vibert, Ken Watanabe, Yun-Fat Chow, David Morse, Daniel Lapaine, John Cusack, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Available Quality: DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
A '40s period piece which revolves around an American expat who returns to Shanghai in the months before Pearl Harbor due to the death of his friend.
Inception
Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Year: 2010
Country: USA, UK
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Ken Watanabe, Michael Caine, Cillian Murphy, Tom Hardy, Tom Berenger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard
Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible-inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: the...
The Last Samurai
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama
Year: 2003
Country: USA
Director: Edward Zwick
Starring: Tony Goldwyn, Ken Watanabe, Tom Cruise, William Atherton, Chad Lindberg, Ray Godshall Sr., Billy Connolly
Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
In the 1870s, Captain Nathan Algren, a cynical veteran of the American Civil war who will work for anyone, is hired by Americans who want lucrative contracts with the Emperor of Japan to train the peasant conscripts for the first standing imperial army in modern warfare using firearms. The imperial Omura cabinet's first priority is to repress a rebellion of traditionalist Samurai -hereditary warriors- who remain devoted to the sacred dynasty but reject the Westernizing policy and even refuse firearms. Yet when his ill-prepared superior force sets out too soon, their panic allows the sword-wielding samurai to crush them. Badly wounded Algren's...
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Genres: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Year: 2009
Country: USA
Director: Paul Weitz
Starring: Ken Watanabe, Colleen Camp, John C. Reilly, Salma Hayek, Frankie Faison, Orlando Jones, Patrick Fugit
Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
A young boy named 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 and become a Vampire.
Letters from Iwo Jima
Year: 2006
Country: USA
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase, Shido Nakamura, Hiroshi Watanabe, Takumi Bando
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
The island of Iwo Jima stands between the American military force and the home islands of Japan. Therefore the Imperial Japanese Army is desperate to prevent it from falling into American hands and providing a launching point for an invasion of Japan. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi is given command of the forces on the island and sets out to prepare for the imminent attack. General Kuribayashi, however, does not favor the rigid traditional approach recommended by his subordinates, and resentment and resistance fester among his staff. In the lower echelons, a young soldier, Saigo, a poor baker in civilian life, strives with his friends to survi...
Batman Begins
Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller
Year: 2005
Country: USA, UK
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Christian Bale, Mark Boone Junior, Rutger Hauer, Gary Oldman, Ken Watanabe, Liam Neeson
Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
When fate prevents him from avenging the deaths of his parents, young Bruce Wayne flees to Asia where he seeks counsel from a dangerous ninja cult leader known as Ra's al Ghul. When he returns, Bruce finds that Gotham City has become overrun with crime and corruption, and that there are forces at work trying to remove him from his inherited place as the owner of Wayne Industries. Discovering a cave under Wayne Manor, Bruce assumes a new identity as a secret detective and guardian of the people of Gotham City against the criminals that plague them...