The best Ken Watanabe movies
The top 3 according to 45 votes from people: The Last Samurai (2003) · Memories of Tomorrow (2006) · Batman Begins (2005). (Updated May 22, 2025.)
From The Last Samurai, Letters from Iwo Jima and Inception to Tampopo, Unforgiven and The Unbroken: Ken Watanabe's classics from Ranking.net's fan poll and Rank King's picks.
Automatically translated (original in 日本語). See the original
Top 12
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1
The Last Samurai (2003)
As Katsumoto, a role that earned him an Oscar nomination for supporting actor.
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2
Memories of Tomorrow (2006)
An advertising executive facing early-onset Alzheimer's.
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3
Batman Begins (2005)
Nolan: the decoy Ra's al Ghul of the League of Shadows.
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4
Inception (2010)
Nolan: Saito, the businessman who commissions a heist inside dreams.
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5
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
Clint Eastwood: General Tadamichi Kuribayashi.
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6
Unforgiven (2013)
Lee Sang-il: Eastwood's western remade in Meiji-era Hokkaido.
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7
Tampopo (1985)
Juzo Itami: a food comedy about saving a ramen shop.
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8
Year One in the North (2005)
Settlers from Awaji who moved to Hokkaido in the early Meiji era.
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9
Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home (2012)
The project manager of the asteroid probe Hayabusa.
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10
The Unbroken (2009)
From Toyoko Yamasaki's novel: an airline union leader's struggle.
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11
Fukushima 50 (2020)
Masao Yoshida, the plant manager who faced the Fukushima Daiichi disaster.
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12
Godzilla (2014)
Gareth Edwards: Dr. Ishiro Serizawa.
Candidates
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13
Rage (2016)
Lee Sang-il: a worried father and three stories.
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14
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Rob Marshall: the Chairman, beloved of the geisha Sayuri.
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