Filmography: Ken Watanabe

2023

The Creator Q&A (PG-13)Release Date: September 29, 2023
Cast: John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Sturgill Simpson, Madeleine Yuna Voyles
Director: Gareth Edwards
Writer: Gareth Edwards

The Creator (PG-13)Release Date: September 29, 2023
Cast: John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Sturgill Simpson, Madeleine Yuna Voyles
Director: Gareth Edwards
Writer: Gareth Edwards

The Creator - Early Access Screenings (PG-13)Release Date: September 27, 2023
Cast: John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Sturgill Simpson, Madeleine Yuna Voyle
Director: Gareth Edwards
Writer: Gareth Edwards

2019

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (PG-13)Release Date: May 31, 2019
Cast: Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Ken Watanabe, Ziyi Zhang
Director: Michael Dougherty
Writer: Michael Dougherty,Zach Shields,Max Borenstein

Pokémon Detective Pikachu (PG)Release Date: May 10, 2019
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Ken Watanabe
Director: Rob Letterman

2018

Bel Canto (NR)Release Date: September 14, 2018
Cast: Julianne Moore, Ken Watanabe, Christopher Lambert, Thorbjørn Harr, Sebastian Koch
Director: Paul Weitz
Writer: Paul Weitz, Anthony Weintraub

2016

Tampopo (NR)Release Date: October 21, 2016
Cast: Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken Watanabe, Rikiya Yasuoka, Kôji Yakusho
Director: Juzo Itami
Writer: Juzo Itami

The Sea of Trees (PG-13)Release Date: August 26, 2016
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Naomi Watts, Ken Watanabe, Jordan Gavaris, Katie Aselton
Director: Gus Van Sant
Writer: Chris Sparling

2014

Godzilla (2014) (PG-13)Release Date: May 16, 2014
Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, Sally Hawkins
Director: Gareth Edwards
Writer: Max Borenstein, Frank Darabont, Dave Callaham

2010

Inception (PG-13)Release Date: July 16, 2010
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Elliot Page
Director: Christopher Nolan
Writer: Christopher Nolan

2009

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (PG-13)Release Date: October 23, 2009
Cast: John C. Reilly, Ken Watanabe, Josh Hutcherson, Chris Massoglia, Ray Stevenson
Director: Paul Weitz
Writer: Paul Weitz, Brian Helgeland, Darren Shan

Earth (2007) (G)Release Date: April 22, 2009
Cast: James Earl Jones, Patrick Stewart, Ulrich Tukur, Ken Watanabe
Director: Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield
Writer: Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield

2008

The Air I Breathe (R)Release Date: January 25, 2008
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Diego Luna, Ken Watanabe
Director: Jieho Lee
Writer: Jieho Lee, Bob DeRosa

2007

Memories of Tomorrow (Ashita no kioku) (NR)Release Date: May 18, 2007
Cast: Ken Watanabe, Kanako Higuchi, Kenji Sakaguchi, Kazue Fukiishi, Asami Mizukawa
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Writer: Hiroshi Ogiwara, Hakaru Sunamoto

2006

Letters From Iwo Jima (R)Release Date: December 20, 2006
Cast: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Shido Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase
Director: Clint Eastwood
Writer: Iris Yamashita, Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Tsuyoko Yoshido, Paul Haggis

2005

Memoirs of a Geisha (PG-13)Release Date: December 16, 2005
Cast: Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Koji Yakusho, Yoki Kudo
Director: Rob Marshall
Writer: Akiva Goldsman, Ronald Bass, Robin Swicord

Batman Begins (PG-13)Release Date: June 15, 2005
Cast: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Katie Homes, Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson
Director: Christopher Nolan
Writer: Christopher Nolan, David S Goyer

2003

The Last Samurai (R)Release Date: December 5, 2003
Cast: Tom Cruise, Timothy Spall, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Ken Watanabe
Director: Edward Zwick
Writer: Marshall Herskovitz

Other

Ashes and Snow (NR)Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Jeanne Moreau, Enrique Rocha, Ken Watanabe
Director: Gregory Colbert
Writer: Gregory Colbert

Bakumatsu jyunjyoden ()Cast: Ken Watanabe, Riho Makise, Tetta Sugimoto, Masatô Ibu
Director: Mitsuyuki Yakushiji

Fukushima 50 ()Cast: Ken Watanabe, Takumi Saitoh, Tomorô Taguchi, Kôichi Satô, Shirô Sano
Director: Setsurô Wakamatsu
Writer: Yoichi Maekawa

Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home (Hayabusa: Harukanaru kikan) (NR)Cast: Ken Watanabe, Yosuke Eguchi, Yui Natsukawa, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Yuri Nakamura
Director: Tomoyuki Takimoto
Writer: Takuya Nishioka, Kazuma Yamane

Hi wa mata noboru (NR)Cast: Toshiyuki Nishida, Ken Watanabe, Naoto Ogata
Director: Kiyoshi Sasabe

Kekkon annai misuterî (NR)Cast: Noriko Watanabe, Ken Watanabe, Aiko Nagayama, Bengaru, Sakura Kamo
Director: Yoshikuni Matsunaga
Writer: Ryûnosuke Ono

Kensuke's Kingdom ()Cast: Cillian Murphy, Sally Hawkins, Raffey Cassidy, Ken Watanabe, Aaron MacGregor
Director: Neil Boyle, Kir Hendry
Writer: Frank Cottrell Boyce

Kizuna (NR)Cast: Kôji Yakusho, Ken Watanabe, Yumi Asô
Director: Kichitaro Negishi
Writer: Haruhiko Arai, Tooru Shirakawa

Kubi ()Cast: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Haru, Tadanobu Asano, Hidetoshi Nishijima
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Writer: Takeshi Kitano, Takehiko Minato

Ninja's Force (NR)Cast: Romano Kristoff, Mike Monty, Ken Watanabe, Gwendolyn Hung, Tony Carreon
Director: Romano Kristoff, Teddy Page
Writer: Romano Kristoff

Rage (Ikari) (NR)Cast: Ken Watanabe, Aoi Miyazaki, Go Ayano, Hikari Mitsushima, Satoshi Tsumabuki
Director: Sang-il Lee
Writer: Sang-il Lee

The Sea and Poison (Umi to dokuyaku) (NR)Cast: Eiji Okuda, Ken Watanabe, Takahiro Tamura, Kyôko Kishida, Mikio Narita
Director: Kei Kumai
Writer: Kei Kumai

T.R.Y. ()Cast: Yûji Oda, HItomi Kuroki, Ken Watanabe, Bing Shao
Director: Kazuki Ômori

The Unbroken (Shizumanu taiyô) (NR)Cast: Ken Watanabe, Erika Toda, Teruyuki Kagawa, Shun Sugata, Ren Ôsugi
Director: Setsurô Wakamatsu
Writer: Takuya Nishioka, Toyoko Yamasaki

Unforgiven (Yurusarezaru Mono) (NR)Cast: Ken Watanabe, Akira Emoto, Kôichi Satô, Yûya Yagira, Shiori Kutsuna
Director: Sang-il Lee
Writer: David Webb Peoples, Sang-il Lee