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Japan actor Takakura, known for stoic heroes, dies

November 28, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Ken Takakura, a craggy-faced, quiet star known for playing outlaws and stoic heroes in scores of Japanese films, has died of lymphoma. He was 83. Perhaps best known abroad for his police inspector role in Ridley Scott’s “Black Rain” in 1989, Takakura died Nov. 10 at a […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2012, 2014, Abashiri Prison, Associated Press, Black Rain, Clint Eastwood, Imperial Palace, Japan Subculture Research Center, Montreal World Film Festival, Railroad Man, Ridley Scott, Shintaro Ishihara, Tokyo, Vol 33 No 49 | November 29 - December 5

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