Source: Xinhua News Agency
"Forever Tough Guy" Ken Takakura died on November 10, 2014, leaving behind countless unforgettable classic screen images.
Chinese audiences are most familiar with his starring roles in "The Hunt" and "Happy Yellow Handkerchief", two films that were imported from the mainland by directors Junya Sato and Yoji Yamada, who also collaborated with Ken Takakura on another classic film, The Call of the Distant Mountains, which was repeatedly replayed on television, for which Ken Takakura won the 1981 Japan Academy Award for Best Actor.
The director who cooperated the most with Ken Takakura before his death was the japanese director Yasuo Who lowered the flag, who was 3 years younger than Ken Takakura and passed away in May this year. Went to heaven to find his old buddy to drink with.
According to statistics, Ken Takakura and Yasuo have cooperated in a total of 20 films, from the early Renxia to the later warmth, and the cooperation time is as long as 50 years.
Ken Takakura collaborated on ten classic films with Yasuo Lowering the Flag
2012 To Dear You
2005 "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone" co-directed with Zhang Yimou
2001 Firefly
1999 Railroad Man
1989 How Much Do You Know about Love and Righteousness
1985 Night Fork
1983 The Tavern of Shōji
1981 The Station
1978 Winter's Flowers
1969 "New Internet Travel"