Ken Watanabe (I)

"Tetsuko no heya" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)... aka Tetsuko's Room (International: English title)     - Ken Watanabe (2009) TV episode .... Himself - www.imdb.com

Ken Watanabe (I) - Biography

Both of Ken Watanabe's parents were teachers: his mother taught general education and his dad taught calligraphy. He became interested in acting at the age of 24 when a director of England's National Theatre Company, where he was studying, told him that acting was his special gift. Ken is mostly known in Japan for playing samurais. He incorporates the samurai's values in his daily life by not amassing too many material possessions and by living his life with honor, pride and discipline. The Last Samurai (20 - us.imdb.com

Ken Watanabe Biography - Yahoo! Movies

It is no wonder that actor Ken Watanabe has played many roles as a Japanese samurai throughout much his career. Like the warriors of old, Watanabe has practiced a code of humility, honor and modesty with his approach to acting and stardom—even his first name is a common moniker meaning modesty. Watanabe has also faced death with the fearlessness of the samurai when he was diagnosed with leukemia in 1989. Though he would eventually recover, Watanabe spent the first half of the 1990s in and out of the hospi - movies.yahoo.com