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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 3.706 |
Birthday | 1986-01-21 |
Place of Birth | |
Also Known As | 山村憲之介, 山村宪之介, Kennosuke Yamamura, 山村 憲之介, |
2023
Tetris
7.7/1262
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 danger...
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Tetris
2013
The Wolverine
6.416/9522
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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The Wolverine
2024
Hyphen
0/0
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Hyphen
2013
Double Happiness Uranium
0/0
The newly formed Independent Republic of South Australia is the phoenix that rises from the ashes of a decaying and corrupt Australian Commonwealth, b...
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Double Happiness Uranium
2021
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
6.3/15
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 R...
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Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
2023
Bad Lands
6.65/20
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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Bad Lands
2014
Godzilla
6.3/9042
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, Joe....
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Godzilla
2017
Tokyo Project
6.5/34
On a business trip to Tokyo, Sebastian explores the city with a mysterious woman he keeps running into wherever he goes, discovering heartbreakingly t...
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Tokyo Project
2024
Crosspoint
0/0
An illegal Filipino entertainer in Japan, Manuel, meets a bankrupt Japanese businessman, Shigeru. After knowing the whereabouts of a high-profile seri...
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Crosspoint
2018
Killing for the Prosecution
6.1/19
Young public prosecutor Keiichiro Okino is assigned to the department of the Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office that deals with violent cases, where he w...
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Killing for the Prosecution
2017
Sekigahara
6.9/40
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 the...
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Sekigahara
2019
Earthquake Bird
5.893/427
Tokyo, Japan, 1989. Lucy Fly, a foreigner who works as a translator, begins a passionate relationship with Teiji, a mysterious man obsessed with photo...
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Earthquake Bird
2021
People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan
6.5/42
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 one...
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People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan
2022
Story Game
6.2/6
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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