Ken Watanabe is unsure if the roles on his IMDB ... of opportunity really opened up for me [after this movie].” “ ‘Gokenin Zankuro’ was produced by someone that had cast me quite often ...

Zankuro Matsudaira (Ken Watanabe) is a low-grade vassal of the Tokugawa Shogun, forced to moonlight as a bodyguard and executioner to make ends meet. He also has a drinking problem, an overeating ...

2003-11-30 04:00:00 PDT Los Angeles-- Tom Cruise gets top billing in "The Last Samurai," of course, but it's Ken Watanabe, in the title role, who commands the opening scene of the $100 million ...

Ken Watanabe (born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. To English-speaking audiences he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi ...

Watanabe, 56, became the first Japanese to be nominated for a Tony Award for his 2015 performance as the King in The King and I on Broadway. He had been set to reprise the role, starting from ...