Ken Yamamura

Ken Yamamura

Ken Yamamura, born Kennosuke Yamamura (山村 憲之介, Yamamura Kennosuke, born January 21, 1986), is a Japanese actor best known for playing the younger Ichirō Yashida / Silver Samurai (sharing the main antagonist's role with Haruhiko Yamanouchi) in the 2013 film The Wolverine, and Takashi in the 2014 remake of Godzilla. Yamamura was born in Osaka on January 21, 1986. He studied drama at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia. After graduating, he has not missed a chance to have a role in a Hollywood blockbuster. In 2013, Yamamura made his first acting appearance as the younger Ichiro Yashida / Silver Samurai in the American superhero film The Wolverine, which had starred Hugh Jackman. The following year, he went on to portray the role of Takashi, the associate of Bryan Cranston's character, in the 2014 remake of Godzilla. In 2019, he then appeared to portray as the character Oguchi in the thriller crime drama film Earthquake Bird, featuring Alicia Vikander and Riley Keough, which was released by Netflix on November 15, 2019. In 2021, Yamamura has portrayed Taka in the film People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan.

  • Title: Ken Yamamura
  • Popularity: 1.577
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1986-01-21
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  • Also Known As: 山村憲之介, 山村宪之介, Kennosuke Yamamura, 山村 憲之介
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Ken Yamamura Movies

  • 2023
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    Tetris

    Tetris

    7.726 2023 HD

    In 1988, American video game salesman Henk Rogers discovers the video game Tetris. When he sets out to bring the game to the world, he enters a...

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  • 2013
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    The Wolverine

    The Wolverine

    6.4 2013 HD

    Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.

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  • 2024
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    Hyphen

    Hyphen

    1 2024 HD

    While creating the subtitles of a film, a young Filipina translator and a middle-aged Japanese director test the limits of language and understanding.

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  • 2013
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    Double Happiness Uranium

    Double Happiness Uranium

    1 2013 HD

    The newly formed Independent Republic of South Australia is the phoenix that rises from the ashes of a decaying and corrupt Australian Commonwealth,...

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  • 2021
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    Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai

    Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai

    6.563 2021 HD

    Set in the 19th century, "Moeyo Ken" follows the life of Toshizo Hijikata. He was the vice-commander of the Shinsengumi and fought against the Meiji...

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  • 2023
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    Bad Lands

    Bad Lands

    6.7 2023 HD

    A grifter and her loose-cannon brother get their hands on a massive amount of money, but their ill-gotten gains puts a huge target on their back.

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  • 2014
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    Godzilla

    Godzilla

    6.342 2014 HD

    Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father,...

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  • 2017
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    Tokyo Project

    Tokyo Project

    6.389 2017 HD

    On a business trip to Tokyo, Sebastian explores the city with a mysterious woman he keeps running into wherever he goes, discovering heartbreakingly...

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  • 2024
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    Crosspoint

    Crosspoint

    1 2024 HD

    An illegal Filipino entertainer in Japan, Manuel, meets a bankrupt Japanese businessman, Shigeru. After knowing the whereabouts of a high-profile...

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  • 2018
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    Killing for the Prosecution

    Killing for the Prosecution

    6.075 2018 HD

    Young public prosecutor Keiichiro Okino is assigned to the department of the Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office that deals with violent cases, where he...

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  • 2017
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    Sekigahara

    Sekigahara

    6.915 2017 HD

    The background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in 1600, when Tokugawa Ieyasu's Army of the East defeated...

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  • 2019
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    Earthquake Bird

    Earthquake Bird

    5.901 2019 HD

    Tokyo, Japan, 1989. Lucy Fly, a foreigner who works as a translator, begins a passionate relationship with Teiji, a mysterious man obsessed with...

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  • 2021
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    People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan

    People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan

    6.5 2021 HD

    Since the end of their pirate radio station, life has been quiet for the Kurupt FM boys, but everything is about to change. News reaches them that...

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  • 2022
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    Story Game

    Story Game

    6.2 2022 HD

    Who can tell the scariest story? Three friends try to out wit each other on a camping trip in Hawaii. But only one can win The Story Game.

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  • 2011
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    Black Mirror

    Black Mirror

    8.289 2011 HD

    Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on...

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  • 2022
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    Tokyo Vice

    Tokyo Vice

    7.9 2022 HD

    A first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat following Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who embeds himself into the Tokyo Vice...

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  • 2019
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    Giri/Haji

    Giri/Haji

    7.435 2019 HD

    Soulful thriller set in Tokyo and London, exploring the butterfly effect of a single murder across two cities. A dark, witty and daring examination...

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  • 2024
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    Dates in Real Life

    Dates in Real Life

    4 2024 HD

    Ida spends most of her life online. When her boyfriend Marvin, whom she's never met in person, announces he's dating another woman in real life, her...

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