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Ken Yamamura

Actor
Born January 21, 1986 (38 years)
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
  • The Wolverine
  • Earthquake Bird
  • Tokyo Project
  • Story Game

Filmography

2024
Dates in Real Life (TV Series) · as Tetsuo
2024
House of the Owl (TV Series) · as Hideyoshi Nakano
2023
Bad Lands · as Yukawa
2023
Tetris · as Minoru Arakawa
2022
Tokyo Vice (TV Series) · as Reporter
2021
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai · as Toshimaro Yoshida
2021
2020
Story Game · as Professor Emori
2019
Earthquake Bird · as Det. Oguchi
2019
Giri/Haji (TV Series) · as Eiji
2018
2017
Sekigahara · as Nobukatsu Shima
2017
Tokyo Project · as Guy Giving Directions
2015
The Hybrid: Nue no ko · as Kyogoku
2014
Massan (TV Series) · as Jiro Fujioka
2014
Godzilla · as Takashi
2013
The Wolverine · as Young Yashida
2011
Black Mirror (TV Series) · as Shou Saito

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