Life and work
Ken Watanabe is a Japanese actor. Born: 21 October 1959. Citizenship recorded in the biographical source: Japan.
Actor · 1959–
Ken Watanabe
Ken Watanabe is a Japanese actor. Born on 21 October 1959, this profile follows Ken Watanabe through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Tokyo Vice (2022). The location trail reaches Daikanyama, Park Hyatt Tokyo and シモキタ - エキマエ - シネマ『K2』, with existing stories in Tokyo. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
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Tokyo Vice · Daikanyama
Ken Watanabe is credited as cast member on Tokyo Vice. The work’s existing location story leads to Daikanyama. Daikanyama is included for city orientation. The available citation supports Tokyo Vice’s broader Tokyo connection, but does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
A life on the map.
Explore 5 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.
Park Hyatt Tokyo ↗︎
Tokyo Vice — Park Hyatt Tokyo
Park Hyatt Tokyo is included for city orientation. The available citation supports Tokyo Vice’s broader Tokyo connection, but does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
3-7-1-2 Nishi-Shinjuku, Tokyo
Open street map ↗︎Daikanyama ↗︎
Tokyo Vice — Daikanyama
Daikanyama is included for city orientation. The available citation supports Tokyo Vice’s broader Tokyo connection, but does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
Daikanyamacho, Shibuya City, Tokyo
Open street map ↗︎シモキタ - エキマエ - シネマ『K2』 ↗︎
Tokyo Vice — シモキタ - エキマエ - シネマ『K2』
シモキタ - エキマエ - シネマ『K2』 is included as verified cinema context for exploring Tokyo Vice. It is not presented as a filming or performance claim unless the cited editorial source states one.
シモキタ - エキマエ - シネマ『K2』, tokyo
Open street map ↗︎co-ba ↗︎
Tokyo Vice — co-ba
co-ba is included as verified theatre context for exploring Tokyo Vice. It is not presented as a filming or performance claim unless the cited editorial source states one.
co-ba, tokyo
Open street map ↗︎EBiS 303 ↗︎
Tokyo Vice — EBiS 303
EBiS 303 is included as verified theatre context for exploring Tokyo Vice. It is not presented as a filming or performance claim unless the cited editorial source states one.
EBiS 303, tokyo
Open street map ↗︎IN THE STORY1959-10-21
Born 21 October 1959
Explore a shared connection.
WORKS
Culture, connected.
Follow the work through its real places.
Tokyo Vice ↗︎
Tokyo Vice
KEEP EXPLORING
Cities and Worlds.
Tokyo ↗︎
Hotel windows, crossings, record districts and late-night counters. Discover Tokyo through rhythm rather than postcard shorthand.
Tokyo Vice ↗︎
Genkō: the title written into a red-ruled manuscript grid; at Hijiri Bridge let the new trains pass and roll only on an old one, as the crew did, each clean take landing a season-one place; swing at the Kabukichō batting centre and press kanji names to raise their readings.
PEOPLE IN THE STORY
Creative connections.
Follow collaborators through their work and the real places tied to it.
Ansel Elgort ↗︎
Ansel Elgort is an American actor, singer, DJ and record producer. Born on 14 March 1994, this profile follows Ansel Elgort through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Tokyo Vice (2022). The location trail reaches Daikanyama, Park Hyatt Tokyo and シモキタ - エキマエ - シネマ『K2』, with existing stories in Tokyo. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.