Ken Takakura, born Goichi Oda, was a Japanese actor and singer who appeared in over 200 films.
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10 Facts About Ken Takakura
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Ken Takakura won the Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role four times, more than any other actor.
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Ken Takakura additionally received the Japanese Medal of Honor with purple ribbon in 1998, the Person of Cultural Merit award in 2006, and the Order of Culture in 2013.
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Ken Takakura attended Tochiku High School in nearby Yahata City, where he was a member of the boxing team and English society.
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Ken Takakura again appeared to Western audiences with the 1992 Fred Schepisi comedy Mr Baseball starring Tom Selleck.
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Ken Takakura was one of the few Japanese actors who experienced popularity in China, due to his appearance in Junya Sato's 1976 crime drama Kimi yo Fundo no Kawa o Watare, the first foreign film shown after the Cultural Revolution.
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Ken Takakura starred the titular assassin in Junya Sato's Golgo 13, a Japanese–Iranian production and the first live-action adaptation of the Japanese manga series Golgo 13.
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Ken Takakura appeared in three films since 2000: Hotaru in May 2001, Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles, by Chinese director Zhang Yimou, in late December 2005, and Yasuo Furuhata's Anata e in late August 2012, after a six-year hiatus.
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The spokesman of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hong Lei said that Ken Takakura made significant contributions to the cultural exchange between China and Japan.
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Documentary based on Takakura's life entitled Ken San premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival and was released in Japanese theaters on August 20,2016.
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