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|character =[[Ishiro Serizawa]] | |character =[[Ishiro Serizawa]] | ||
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|birthplace = | |birthplace =Kitauonuma, Niigata, [[Japan]] | ||
|first =''MacArthur's Children'' (1984) | |first =''MacArthur's Children'' (1984) | ||
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'''Ken Watanabe''' {{Nihongo|渡辺謙|Watanabe Ken}} is a | '''Ken Watanabe''' {{Nihongo|渡辺謙|Watanabe Ken}} is a [[Japan]]ese actor. He portrayed Dr. [[Ishiro Serizawa]] in [[Legendary Pictures]]' ''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]'' and ''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]''. | ||
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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===[[Godzillamovie.com]]=== | ===[[Godzillamovie.com]]=== | ||
KEN WATANABE (Dr. Ishiro Serizawa) made his American film debut in Edward Zwick’s “The Last Samurai,” opposite Tom Cruise, for which Watanabe received Oscar®, Screen Actors Guild Award®, Critics’ Choice Award and Golden Globe Award nominations. Since then, the actor has collaborated with some of most significant filmmakers of our time. In 2006, Watanabe portrayed the courageous Japanese General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Clint Eastwood’s award-winning World War II drama “Letters from Iwo Jima.” Watanabe first worked with director Christopher Nolan on the 2005 blockbuster “Batman Begins,” and subsequently on “Inception.” For Rob Marshall, Watanabe starred in “Memoirs of a Geisha,” the lush screen adaptation of Arthur Golden’s best-selling novel. | {{Quote|<poem>KEN WATANABE (Dr. Ishiro Serizawa) made his American film debut in Edward Zwick’s “The Last Samurai,” opposite Tom Cruise, for which Watanabe received Oscar®, Screen Actors Guild Award®, Critics’ Choice Award and Golden Globe Award nominations. Since then, the actor has collaborated with some of most significant filmmakers of our time. In 2006, Watanabe portrayed the courageous Japanese General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Clint Eastwood’s award-winning World War II drama “Letters from Iwo Jima.” Watanabe first worked with director Christopher Nolan on the 2005 blockbuster “Batman Begins,” and subsequently on “Inception.” For Rob Marshall, Watanabe starred in “Memoirs of a Geisha,” the lush screen adaptation of Arthur Golden’s best-selling novel. | ||
Later this year, Watanabe begins work on “Sea of Trees” for director Gus Van Sant. “Sea of Trees” is the story of a suicidal American (Matthew McConaughey) who befriends a Japanese man (Watanabe) lost in a forest near Mt. Fuji. At the end of the year, Watanabe stars with Liam Neeson, Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver in Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s acclaimed novel “Silence.” Set in the 17th century, “Silence” follows two Jesuit priests who face violence and persecution when they travel to Japan to locate their mentor and to spread the gospel of Christianity. | Later this year, Watanabe begins work on “Sea of Trees” for director Gus Van Sant. “Sea of Trees” is the story of a suicidal American (Matthew McConaughey) who befriends a Japanese man (Watanabe) lost in a forest near Mt. Fuji. At the end of the year, Watanabe stars with Liam Neeson, Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver in Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s acclaimed novel “Silence.” Set in the 17th century, “Silence” follows two Jesuit priests who face violence and persecution when they travel to Japan to locate their mentor and to spread the gospel of Christianity. | ||
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Last year, Watanabe returned to the Tokyo and Osaka stages in the comedy “Dialogue with Horowitz” by Koki Mitani. The critically acclaimed productions were sold out and later broadcast on television. | Last year, Watanabe returned to the Tokyo and Osaka stages in the comedy “Dialogue with Horowitz” by Koki Mitani. The critically acclaimed productions were sold out and later broadcast on television. | ||
Currently as of 2015, Mr. Watanabe is performing on-tour in a revival of the classic musical ''The King and I'' as the King of Saim. | Currently as of 2015, Mr. Watanabe is performing on-tour in a revival of the classic musical ''The King and I'' as the King of Saim.</poem>}} | ||
===[[Godzilla-Movie.jp]]=== | ===[[Godzilla-Movie.jp]]=== | ||
1987年、NHK 大河ドラマ「独眼竜政宗」に主演。他、数々のTVドラマ、映画、舞台に出演。2003年『ラスト サムライ』で、アカデミー賞、ゴールデン・グローブ賞の助演男優賞にノミネートされる。その後『バットマン ビギンズ』(05)と『インセプション』(10)でクリストファー・ノーランと、『SAYURI』(05)でロブ・マーシャルと、アカデミー賞作品賞にノミネートされた『硫黄島からの手紙』(06)でクリント・イーストウッドと組むなど、ハリウッドの名匠とコラボレーションを重ねてきた。次回作は、2014年アカデミー賞主演男優賞を受賞したマシュー・マコノヒーと共に、『グッド・ウィル・ハンティング/旅立ち』(97)のガス・ヴァン・サント監督最新作『Sea of Trees』が控える。 | {{Quote|it=no|1987年、NHK 大河ドラマ「独眼竜政宗」に主演。他、数々のTVドラマ、映画、舞台に出演。2003年『ラスト サムライ』で、アカデミー賞、ゴールデン・グローブ賞の助演男優賞にノミネートされる。その後『バットマン ビギンズ』(05)と『インセプション』(10)でクリストファー・ノーランと、『SAYURI』(05)でロブ・マーシャルと、アカデミー賞作品賞にノミネートされた『硫黄島からの手紙』(06)でクリント・イーストウッドと組むなど、ハリウッドの名匠とコラボレーションを重ねてきた。次回作は、2014年アカデミー賞主演男優賞を受賞したマシュー・マコノヒーと共に、『グッド・ウィル・ハンティング/旅立ち』(97)のガス・ヴァン・サント監督最新作『Sea of Trees』が控える。}} | ||
==Selected | ==Selected filmography== | ||
*[[Godzilla (2014 film)|''Godzilla'']] (2014) as | *[[Godzilla (2014 film)|''Godzilla'']] (2014) as Dr. [[Ishiro Serizawa]] | ||
*''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'' (2019) as | *''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'' (2019) as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery widths= | <gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small"> | ||
Ken Watanabe and Godzilla.png | Ken Watanabe and Godzilla.png | ||
G14 - Ken Watanabe and Godzilla again.jpg | G14 - Ken Watanabe and Godzilla again.jpg | ||
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Ken Watanabe and Gareth Edwards.jpg|Watanabe with [[Gareth Edwards]] | Ken Watanabe and Gareth Edwards.jpg|Watanabe with [[Gareth Edwards]] | ||
Godzilla and Ken Watanabe.jpg|Watanabe with [[Godzilla | Godzilla and Ken Watanabe.jpg|Watanabe with [[Godzilla (Monsterverse)|Godzilla]] | ||
Ken Watanabe and Michael Dougherty.jpg|Watanabe with [[Michael Dougherty]] | Ken Watanabe and Michael Dougherty.jpg|Watanabe with [[Michael Dougherty]] | ||
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{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">C5NFVySCSaY</youtube>|''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' press junket interview alongside [[Michael Dougherty]]}} | {{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">C5NFVySCSaY</youtube>|''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' press junket interview alongside [[Michael Dougherty]]}} | ||
{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">r0JJJb3Eeuk</youtube>|''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' Collider interview alongside [[Michael Dougherty]]}} | {{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">r0JJJb3Eeuk</youtube>|''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' Collider interview alongside [[Michael Dougherty]]}} | ||
{{vid|<vimeo width="300" height="169">338784032</vimeo>|''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' Toho Kingdom interview}} | {{vid|<vimeo width="300" height="169">338784032</vimeo>|''Godzilla: King of the Monsters''<br>Toho Kingdom interview}} | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Ken Watanabe re-recorded his own lines for the Japanese dubs of ''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]'' and ''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]''. | *Ken Watanabe re-recorded his own lines for the Japanese dubs of ''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]'' and ''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]''. | ||
*A mosquito landed on Watanabe's nose during filming of his "let them fight" line in ''Godzilla'', prompting him to quip "let them bite" afterwards.<ref name="G14 Watchalong4">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/GodzillaMovie/status/1248423743782715399 |title=So when we shot this scene a mosquito landed on Ken's nose and he carried on like a true pro. Afterwards he said 'Let them Bite' #MonsterverseWatchalong #TrueStory |author=Gareth Edwards |date=9 April 2020 |work=Twitter}}</ref> | |||
*In an interview with ''Excite'', Watanabe revealed that he preferred [[Gamera]] to [[Godzilla]] as a child, and had never thought of starring in Godzilla movies when he was younger.<ref>[https://www.excite.co.jp/News/entertainment_g/20140719/Shueishapn_20140719_32916.html 新ハリウッド版『GODZILLA ゴジラ』にメインキャストで出演、渡辺謙「震災が日本に投げかけた問いを、ゴジラが世界に突きつける!」]</ref> | *In an interview with ''Excite'', Watanabe revealed that he preferred [[Gamera]] to [[Godzilla]] as a child, and had never thought of starring in Godzilla movies when he was younger.<ref>[https://www.excite.co.jp/News/entertainment_g/20140719/Shueishapn_20140719_32916.html 新ハリウッド版『GODZILLA ゴジラ』にメインキャストで出演、渡辺謙「震災が日本に投げかけた問いを、ゴジラが世界に突きつける!」]</ref> | ||
*Watanabe's second ex-wife, Kaho Minami, starred as Colonel Kumi Emori in ''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]''. | *Watanabe's second ex-wife, Kaho Minami, starred as Colonel Kumi Emori in ''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]''. | ||
==External | ==External links== | ||
*[https://twitter.com/watanabe Twitter account] | *[https://twitter.com/watanabe Twitter account] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Ken Watanabe (渡辺謙 is a Watanabe Ken)Japanese actor. He portrayed Dr. Ishiro Serizawa in Legendary Pictures' Godzilla and Godzilla: King of the Monsters.
Biography
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KEN WATANABE (Dr. Ishiro Serizawa) made his American film debut in Edward Zwick’s “The Last Samurai,” opposite Tom Cruise, for which Watanabe received Oscar®, Screen Actors Guild Award®, Critics’ Choice Award and Golden Globe Award nominations. Since then, the actor has collaborated with some of most significant filmmakers of our time. In 2006, Watanabe portrayed the courageous Japanese General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Clint Eastwood’s award-winning World War II drama “Letters from Iwo Jima.” Watanabe first worked with director Christopher Nolan on the 2005 blockbuster “Batman Begins,” and subsequently on “Inception.” For Rob Marshall, Watanabe starred in “Memoirs of a Geisha,” the lush screen adaptation of Arthur Golden’s best-selling novel. |
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1987年、NHK 大河ドラマ「独眼竜政宗」に主演。他、数々のTVドラマ、映画、舞台に出演。2003年『ラスト サムライ』で、アカデミー賞、ゴールデン・グローブ賞の助演男優賞にノミネートされる。その後『バットマン ビギンズ』(05)と『インセプション』(10)でクリストファー・ノーランと、『SAYURI』(05)でロブ・マーシャルと、アカデミー賞作品賞にノミネートされた『硫黄島からの手紙』(06)でクリント・イーストウッドと組むなど、ハリウッドの名匠とコラボレーションを重ねてきた。次回作は、2014年アカデミー賞主演男優賞を受賞したマシュー・マコノヒーと共に、『グッド・ウィル・ハンティング/旅立ち』(97)のガス・ヴァン・サント監督最新作『Sea of Trees』が控える。
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Selected filmography
- Godzilla (2014) as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
Gallery
Watanabe with Gareth Edwards
Watanabe with Godzilla
Watanabe with Michael Dougherty
Videos
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Trivia
- Ken Watanabe re-recorded his own lines for the Japanese dubs of Godzilla and Godzilla: King of the Monsters.
- A mosquito landed on Watanabe's nose during filming of his "let them fight" line in Godzilla, prompting him to quip "let them bite" afterwards.[1]
- In an interview with Excite, Watanabe revealed that he preferred Gamera to Godzilla as a child, and had never thought of starring in Godzilla movies when he was younger.[2]
- Watanabe's second ex-wife, Kaho Minami, starred as Colonel Kumi Emori in Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack.
External links
References
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