A one-armed man in a kimono used to appear at the Oda family home each year, bowing silently with piercing eyes -- a figure the young Ken Takakura would later call "a lone wolf." Long before he became ...

Ken Takakura, a craggy-faced, quiet star known for playing outlaws and stoic heroes in scores of Japanese films, has died of lymphoma. He was 83. Perhaps best known abroad for his police inspector ...

"Ken San" is a new documentary about late actor Ken Takakura opening in local theaters next month. Described as Japan's "greatest" and "last" movie star, Takakura was respected by both the Japanese ...

before being approached for "Manhunt". After more than a decade, Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo is back in the action genre with his latest movie, "Manhunt". A remake of the 1976 Japanese movie "Kimi yo ...

Veteran Japanese actor Ken Takakura has died at the age of 83 in Tokyo hospital. Takakura, known as Japan’s “Clint Eastwood,” forged a reputation playing tough guys in a string of action and Yakuza ...

TOKYO (AP) – Ken Takakura, a craggy-faced, quiet star known for playing outlaws and stoic heroes in scores of Japanese films, has died of lymphoma. He was 83. Perhaps best known abroad for his police ...

TOKYO — Ken Takakura, a craggy-faced, quiet star known for playing outlaws and stoic heroes in scores of Japanese films, has died of lymphoma. He was 83. Perhaps best known abroad for his police ...

The death of Takakura Ken, a Japanese movie legend who rose to fame in 1960s yakuza films and later gained international recognition through appearances in Hollywood productions, was announced on ...

Ken Takakura, a quiet, craggy-faced star known for playing outlaws and stoic heroes in scores of Japanese films, has died. He was 83. Perhaps best known abroad for his role as a police inspector in ...

Ken Takakura, who first rose to stardom in the 1960s playing yakuza outlaws, but later became Hollywood's go-to actor for made-in-Japan films, died on Nov. 10 at age 83 of malignant lymphoma. A ...

Japanese actor Ken Takakura arrives on the red carpet for the opening screening of "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles" at the 18th Tokyo International Film Festival in Tokyo October 22, 2005.