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	Ken Watanabe at Hollywood.com
		Watanabe has also faced death with the fearlessness of the samurai when he was diagnosed with leukemia in 1989.
		Watanabe was born on October 21, 1959 and grew up in the small mountain village of Niigata, Japan.
		Watanabe spent his childhood exploring and skiing the surrounding mountains of his village with older brother, Jun. Watanabe attempted to play the trumpet, but his musical abilities were limited.
	www.hollywood.com /celebrity/Ken_Watanabe/1586509 (1484 words)

	VH1.com : Movies : Person : Ken Watanabe : Biography
		Watanabe has been a mainstay of Japanese cinema beloved by legions of older fans overseas, but his performance as the last in a long line of ancient warriors in The Last Samurai is what finally found the modest actor courting international success.
		Watanabe was born in Niigata to schoolteacher parents -- his father taught calligraphy and his mother general education.
		Watanabe's son is an actor and his daughter a model.
	www.vh1.com /movies/person/65875/bio.jhtml (376 words)

	Ken Watanabe
		Born in Japan, Ken Watanabe graduated from high school in 1978.
		Watanabe received nominations for both a Golden Globe and an Oscar for his supporting performance.
		Ken is currently separated from his wife and has two adult children.
	www.tribute.ca /bio.asp?id=9682 (213 words)

	Ken Watanabe News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ken Watanabe, the Japanese star of "Memoirs of a Geisha," is defending the casting of Chinese actresses for the film's main roles, saying talent is the most important consideration.
		Ken Watanabe has defended the casting of ethnic Chinese actresses for the main roles in Memoirs of a Geisha.
		Ken Watanabe, an actor internationally recognized for his roles in Hollywood movies, married actress Kaho Minami on Saturday, their production firms announced Wednesday.
	www.topix.net /who/ken-watanabe (742 words)

	Modern Japan - Famous Japanese - Watanabe Ken
		Casting Watanabe Ken as the "Last Samurai" in the Hollywood movie of the same name was the perfect choice, as he had firmly established himself in the 1980s as the ideal actor for such roles.
		Born in the snowy recesses of Niigata Prefecture, Watanabe came to Tokyo after graduating high school in 1978 looking to be an actor and started studying with the En training studio, which he would belong to for over 20 years.
		Watanabe played the led role of the legendary daimyo (warlord) Date Masamune, easily recognized by his crescent moon helmet decoration, and won over many new fans with his powerful performance.
	www.japan-zone.com /modern/watanabe_ken.shtml (1135 words)

	Ken Watanabe Picture, Profile, Gossip, and News at CelebrityWonder.com
		As of 2004, he became the sixth Asian actor to be nominated for an Academy Award.
		The first and second Asian actors were Miyoshi Umeki, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for SAYONARA (1957), and Sessue Hayakawa, nominated the same year for THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957).
		Was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in 1989.
	www.celebritywonder.com /html/kenwatanabe.html (451 words)

	USATODAY.com - Japanese star Ken Watanabe follows way of the samurai (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Earlier this November morning, Watanabe coincidentally tuned in a Japanese cable channel on his hotel TV and caught one of his samurai performances from a miniseries shot 15 years ago.
		Watanabe was born in the snowy countryside of Niigata, Japan, to parents who worked as teachers.
		Because he is going through a complicated divorce, Watanabe prefers to keep talk of his son, 20, and daughter, 18, to a minimum.
	www.usatoday.com /life/movies/news/2003-12-11-watanabe-ken_x.htm (867 words)

	SAMURAI GUY / Famous in Japan, Ken Watanabe is charging into Hollywood armed with charm and grit Samurai
		Watanabe acknowledged that he felt somewhat intimidated about the prospect of holding his own opposite Cruise, who is just as popular in Japan as he is in the United States.
		Even though Watanabe had not performed in English-language productions before "Samurai," he did work with European directors at the start of his career 23 years ago, when he was learning his craft as a member of the Madoka theater company in Tokyo.
		Watanabe's "Samurai" performance is already generating talk about a best supporting actor Oscar nomination, and although the actor acknowledges he wouldn't mind doing more American films, he downplays the potential kudos that may be coming his way.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2003/11/30/PKGGT38H5L1.DTL&type=movies (1226 words)

	Biography of Ken Watanabe, "Katsumoto" in "The Last Samurai"
		Ken was sent to study English in the United States for a period of time before filming started for the epic in 2002.
		Ken seperated from his wife in 2002 after he discovered she "borrowed" 450 million yen from a religious organization, as well as from personal friends of the couple.
		Ken Watanabe confirmed during an interview with USA Today at red-carpet cermonies at the Screen Actors' Guild Awards that he will, indeed, be playing a villan in the 5th BATMAN movie.
	www.tmsdancer.com /ken_watanabe/biography_ken_watanabe.html (2829 words)

	Ken Watanabe picture, Profile, postcards, biography (Site not responding. Last check: )
		While he was still a trainee of EN, he was unusually chosen as the main role of "Shitaya mannencho monogatari" directed by Yukio Ninagawa.
		Ken also starred in another of Ninagawa's stages, "Hamlet" in 1988.
		He was awarded with a Japanese Academy Award for the role, Okubo, the sidekick of the main charactor in the film "Hiwa mata noboru (The Sun Will Rise Again)" Before the release, Ken's performance in "The Last Samurai" is already generating talk about a best supporting actor Oscar nomination.
	www.esilverscreen.com /celeb/biography.php?id=241 (474 words)

	TIMEasia Magazine: Asia's Heroes - Ken Watanabe
		Watanabe's regal posture, his severe good looks, the appraising glint of his stare, all expressed an aristocracy of machismo.
		In December Watanabe will be seen as the Chairman in Rob Marshall's movie of the international best seller, Memoirs of a Geisha—another protective power figure, another meaty part in a Hollywood mega-film.
		Surely it's time for this charismatic character actor to star in a movie, which he is doing—finally!—in Memories of Tomorrow, about a salaryman who develops early Alzheimer's disease.
	www.time.com /time/asia/2005/heroes/ken_watanabe.html (371 words)

	Ken Watanabe (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Best known for his role of Katsumoto in the US production The Last Samurai, for which he got an Academy Award nomination for, Ken Watanabe is quickly becoming of one Japan's most popular actors, and it's easy to see why.
		No matter the part, Watanabe always seems to have a knack for demanding attention to his roles, and always seem to give a memorable performance.
		In recent years, Watanabe appears to be shifting his career more to the states, as he landed roles in the 2005 US films Batman Begins and Memoirs of a Geisha.
	www.tohokingdom.com /web_pages/actors/ken_watanabe.htm (149 words)

	NEWSARAMA - KEN WATANABE JOINS BATMAN: INTIMIDATION
		Sticking Watanabe in there basically turns Ra's into Fu Manchu, with a bizarre ecological bent, in which case you are likely to get some Asian American organization decrying the movie for perpetuating the Yellow Peril stereotype.
		Just because the actor is Japanese, and so presumably is Ra's, doesn't mean he had to stay in the country very long.
		Liam could play a good bad guy, but I like Ken as Ra's, he was an honorable "foe" in last samurai, and Ra's is something of a Magneto like villian, whereas he's not totally evil, he just has a good point, with a twisted way of getting it across.
	www.newsarama.com /forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9637 (1405 words)

	Ken Watanabe
		Based on the novel by Arthur Golden, and starring Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh, Koji Yakusho, and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, "Memoirs" is "a sweeping romantic epic set in a mysterious and exotic world that still casts a potent spell today.
		The story begins in the years before WWII when a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
		Actors Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Liam Neeson, "Insomnia" director Christopher Nolan and "Blade" writer David Goyer are just a few of the incredibly robust and talented people involved in the making of a...
	www.rottentomatoes.com /p/ken_watanabe/news.php (1463 words)

	Ken Watanabe Actor Profile from All Info About the Family Screen Scene (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ken Watanabe (Katsumoto in Last Samurai) began his career on stage, with the Tokyo-based theater troupe Madoka.
		Additionally, Watanabe's consummate skills have contributed to such projects as Ikebukuro West Gate Park, Anata ga Hoshii (I Want You) for television and the movies Space Travelers, Oboreru Sakana (Drowning Fish) and The Sun Rises Again.
		In February 2003, Watanabe was seen in Shin Jinginaki Tatakai/Bosatsu (Fight Without Loyalty/Murder) an updated version of the popular Yakuza movie series.
	familyscreenscene.allinfoabout.com /bios/ken_watanabe.html (293 words)

	Ken Watanabe as "Katsumoto" in "The Last Samurai": Quotes about "The Last Samurai" and Ken Watanabe
		Ken Watanabe is incredibly captivating; you see in his face power, compassion, humor and sadness...We felt some trepidation over casting the role initially and did a fair amount of searching before we came upon Ken Watanabe.
		TV series veteran Ken Watanabe is forceful and charismatic, all while going, as Zwick points out, "toe-to-toe with the biggest movie star in the world".
		"Ken Watanabe is superb as Katsumoto, however...The man's presence, both physical and spiritual, is palpable.
	www.tmsdancer.com /ken_watanabe/quotes_ken_watanabe.html (2455 words)

	USATODAY.com - 'Last Samurai' star Ken Watanabe marries (Site not responding. Last check: )
		TOKYO (AP) — Ken Watanabe has wed Kaho Minami, the actor said Wednesday.
		The 46-year-old Watanabe — who received an Oscar nomination for his role in The Last Samurai opposite Tom Cruise — tied the knot with Japanese film actress Minami, 41, according to a statement issued by the couple.
		Watanabe, who worked mainly in Japanese films before 2003's The Last Samurai, co-stars in the upcoming Memoirs of a Geisha, which hits limited theaters Friday, and expands nationally Dec. 23.
	www.usatoday.com /life/people/2005-12-07-watanabe-marries_x.htm (257 words)

	TomCruiseFan.com - Comments on Ken Watanabe (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Watanabe is AWSOME and stole the film from Tom.
		Ken Watanabe is the most sexy man I have ever seen.
		I was most pleased to see Mr.Watanabe in the powerful role of the samurai leader Katsumoto, and I wait (most impatiently) for his upcomming role in Batman 5, and for his future roles.
	www.tomcruisefan.com /?comments_popup=332 (315 words)

	Ken Watanabe Worldwide Fans/Sekaijuu ni Watanabe Ken no fan
		I made an announcement several weeks ago that I was ready to re-open the fan club, and that I would get new membership cards along with the first issue of Watanabe Zensen in the mail in about one to two weeks.
		I read a whole bunch of news articles about five possible upcoming movies, including three for which Ken was said to already be assigned a role.
		I have links to some great, recent video of Ken, both English and Japanese, plus news and reviews, that I will post as soon as I can.
	www.kenfans.us (406 words)

	Ken Watanabe - The Superhero Hype! Boards (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Even though Ken's an awesome actor, I think his ethnicity a bit much to swallow.
		The most important fact about the departed Ken is that he was able to figure out the identity of Batman simply by fighting with both Bruce Wayne and Batman.
		Ken Watanabe's a bad mother****er, but he's just not Ra's Al Ghul.
	www.superherohype.com /forums/showthread.php?t=99744 (1133 words)

	The Last Samurai movie review * out of ** - Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe
		Actor Ken Watanabe, who played Algren's early enemy Katsumoto, delivered an equally strong, if not stronger performance than Tom Cruise.
		It did not pay homage to a mockery of the Samurai way of life.
		Even though through no fault of his own, Captain Algren reminded me a little too much of "Tom Cruise" at times, The Last Samurai was strong film on many levels.
	www.chasingthefrog.com /Reviews/03/last_samurai_review.htm (567 words)

	Goldsea Interactive -> Batman Begins - With Some Bad Asian Stereotypes
		Ken Watanabe's pathetic role as Ra's al Ghul.
		Well, Mifune did make some Hollywood movies, Hollywood didn't know what to do with an Asian actor then, and they don't know what to do with one today; As someone who's seen Watanabe shine in many roles in Japanese dramas...
		Anyway, although I like Liam Neeson as an actor, it's too bad they didn't make Ken Watanabe into the real main villain, or atleast saved his death until the end too.
	goldsea.com /PAC/index.php?act=ST&f=6&t=390 (882 words)

	Ken Watanabe weds Japanese actress - Celebrity News - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The ‘Last Samurai’ star was divorced from his former wife earlier this year
		Dima Gavrysh / AP Actors Ken Watanabe, right, arrives with a guest at the world premiere of "Memoirs of Geisha."
		TOKYO - Ken Watanabe has wed Kaho Minami, the actor said Wednesday.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/10367032 (312 words)

	FilmStew.com • Gellar to Breathe Deep
		Oscar-nominated actor Ken Watanabe and Diego Luna are also negotiating to join the cast of Jieho Lee crime thriller.
		Former Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar, Oscar nominee Ken Watanabe and Diego Luna have all started negotiations to star in The Air I Breathe, which will be produced by Emilio Diez Barroso's Nala Films and Paul Schiff Prods.
		Gellar, repped by UTA, will soon be seen in Richard Kelly's Southland Tales, while the Endeavor-repped Watanabe has a role in Rob Marshall's highly-anticipated Memoirs of a Geisha.
	www.filmstew.com /Content/Article.asp?ContentID=12616 (224 words)

	HSX : Movies : Market : Options : A4 - Ken Watanabe as Best Sup. Actor for The Last Samauri (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Even though The Last Samurai star Tom Cruise is a three-time Oscar nominee, it was the film's most memorable supporting player that landed an acting nod.
		Japanese thesp Ken Watanabe has received critical acclaim for his impressive turn as the pic's mighty samurai warrior Katsumoto.
		For the full list of Best Supporting Actor Award Options, click here.
	movies.hsx.com /servlet/SecurityDetail?symbol=A4KWA (178 words)

	The Last Samurai
		Set in the late 1870s, this epic film depicts the beginnings of the modernization of Japan, as the island nation evolved past a feudal society, as symbolized by the eradication of the samurai way of life.
		He is captured and kept so that he can teach Katsumoto (a very impressive Ken Watanabe) the ways of the Americans and the Western world.
		The rest of the movie involves the process of each main character learning about each other and their cultures, planning an assault and the ultimate battle to save their honour.
	www.girl.com.au /the_last_samurai.htm (348 words)

	Ken Watanabe - Actor Movie Reviews at TopTenReviews.com
		In Japan, Civil War veteran Captain Nathan Algren trains the Emperor's troops to use modern weapons as they prepare to defeat the last of the country's samurais.
		In 1929 an impoverished nine-year-old named Chiyo from a fishing village is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo.
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	movies.toptenreviews.com /actors/reviews/a968.htm (360 words)

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