Set in post-World War II Japan, “An Artist of the Floating World” is Japanese pubcaster NHK’s adaptation of the Kazuo Ishiguro novel of the same title. It stars Ken Watanabe in the lead role ...

Set in post-World War II Japan, “An Artist of the Floating World” is Japanese pubcaster NHK’s adaptation of the Kazuo Ishiguro novel of the same title. It stars Ken Watanabe in the lead role ...

Ken Watanabe's most famous roles, in the United States at least, have involved the military-- Katsumoto, the samurai leader in The Last Samurai, and General Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima ...

When Clint Eastwood recently told The Chronicle how he came to make "Flags of Our Fathers," his World War II epic that opened ... Eastwood chose Ken Watanabe, a Japanese actor who had been ...

When filming for “Letters From Iwo Jima” wrapped on that historic island in the Pacific, the movie’s star, Ken Watanabe ... perished in the crucial World War II battle.

Well, on top of acting, Pajiba says Watanabe might be making his directorial debut on a World War II film called 442nd. ... One of my favorite actors of all-time is Ken Watanabe.

Ken Watanabe is one of the few Japanese actors who have been successful in Hollywood, and this week he hosts an NHK documentary, 'Watanabe Ken: Amerika wo Yuku' ('Ken Watanabe Travels America ...

Actor stars in the director’s follow-up to "Flags of Our Fathers," ‘Letters from Iwo Jima,’ which tells the story of Iwo Jima from the Japanese perspective.

Ken Watanabe, 51, will make his 7th major international movie appearance in "Shanghai," a pre-World War II drama shot in China. Watanabe stars alongside John Cusack, 44, Gong Li, 45, Yun-Fat Chow, 55, ...

It was in post-WWII Japan, post-atomic bomb Japan ... Because of that, when I sat down with Ken Watanabe from the new film, the monster's origins and Japan's relationship with him and nuclear ...

Historian John McManus rates the accuracy of World War II battles in movies and TV shows. He looks at the bombing raids in "Masters of the Air," starring Austin Butler and Barry Keoghan.