but it's Ken Watanabe, in the title role, who commands the opening scene of the $100 million historical epic. A veteran of Japanese-language films and television, Watanabe, 44, never appeared in ...

But while the likes of Sebastian Koch, Christopher Lambert and Julianne Moore were attracted to its dramatic story of a famous American ... wealthy industrialist (Ken Watanabe) in South America ...

International Television Production and Japan ... 60th anniversary. Ken Watanabe (“The Last Samurai,” “Godzilla,” “Inception”) will star in the title role made famous by David ...

While playing a samurai warrior, Ken Watanabe found out that his most formidable opponent was the English language. “It was difficult,” acknowledges the Japanese actor who matches Tom Cruise ...

Japanese actor Ken Watanabe shared top billing with Tom Cruise ... an agent with the Japanese SIS who assists 007. Japan's most famous monster made its debut in 1954 with director Ishirō Honda's ...

Ken Watanabe (Inception, The Last Samurai), arguably the most famous Japanese actor on international shores, is set to take the lead in Warner Japan’s upcoming remake of Clint Eastwood’s Oscar ...

Source: The Associated Press Having starred in several TV series and films about samurais, Ken Watanabe understands sacrifice, honor and fierce battles to the death. So playing a Japanese general ...

Actor Ken Watanabe, 51, and screenwriter Kundo Koyama ... Messages are currently being collected from Watanabe's famous friends worldwide, including Tom Cruise, 48, and Leonardo DiCaprio, 36. On the ...

For millions of Japanese viewers as well as ... Back then, his father, Professor Sato (Gedde Watanabe), was the first Ultraman, and now it’s Ken’s turn to pick up the legacy, even if he ...

Here’s how it works. Watanabe is one of the most famous Japanese actors here in America, so of course we're all going to respond with "Yeah, he's perfect!" But I'm assuming that audiences in ...