Biography
Ken Kaneko is a Japanese actor, TV personality and former mixed martial artist. Kaneko is best known for his role in the Takeshi Kitano film Kids Return (1996), in which he and Masanobu Ando portrayed a couple of high school dropouts trying to find purpose and direction in life. Kaneko is also notable for Himitsu (1999), Rescue Wings (2008) and Blade of the Immortal (2017). He was also a mixed martial artist in the Welterweight division and fought Charles Bennet in Pride FC Shockwave 2005.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Blade of the Immortal
2017
as Hishiyasu Shido
Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows tha...

Loser 2
2013
Sequel to 'Loser'.

Lion's Revenge
2013
The Mikasa district of Hamasaki City, Kanagawa's largest entertainment hub, is controlled by the Gensei-kai, led by the old-school yakuza Shirakawa (K...

Bloody Vengeance
2013
After taking out the chairman of the Tajima-kai—a subgroup of Kansai's largest syndicate, the Yamagami-gumi—to settle a turf dispute, Ryu Yamanaka (Ko...

Hyena
2013
Koichi Iwasaki (Oto Izaki), a moneylender, spends his days collecting money by ruthlessly chasing people. Yakuza has nothing to do with him!One day, h...

Loser
2013
Shinpei did time for his gang, but the yakuza changed and he's marked for death. He might just be desperate enough to join forces with an old enemy.

Savage Chivalry
2013
After eight years in prison, Ban makes his return to the Oyama Family. Now headed by Ouchi, a rookie the last time he saw him, the family is overrun w...

Strawberry Night
2013
as Yoshinori Kawakami
Reiko Himekawa (Yuko Takeuchi) is a female detective at the Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko doesn't come from an elite background, but she has r...

Rescue Wings
2008
Masaki Tezuka‘s live-action adaptation of “Rescue Wings” deviates from the original by centering around a female rookie pilot played by 16-year-old ac...

Nagai Nagai Satsujin
2008
A man’s body is found in the suburbs of Tokyo. The dead man was hit by a car and his head beaten by the reckless driver after the accident. The dead m...

Bizan
2007
Sakiko, works independently at a travel agent in Tokyo. She was raised by her mother, Tatsuko, is hospitalized, Sakiko returns to her hometown Tokushi...

セレンディップの奇跡
2007

Pride Shockwave 2005
2005
as Self
Pride Shockwave 2005 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on December ...

ペルソナの微笑
2004

TOKYO G.P.
2001
Two musician friends must deal with yakuzas during one long night.

Shin Gonin
2000
as Togo
Reboot of Gonin IP

Shin Gonin 2
2000
as Togo
Second Part of the Gonin IP reboot

Secret
1999
as Fumio Kajikawa
A man is shocked to find out that after a deadly car accident involving his wife and daughter, his wife died, but her mind somehow got transfered into...

Danger de mort
1999
The story of a young man and woman who set out to revenge the death of her mother. The lovers enter a mysterious world where space and time are twiste...

Free and Easy 10
1998
Su-san resigns after getting fed up with corporate life, but he finds himself back in familiar surroundings on his first assignment at a new job.

Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 2
1998
Sequel to 'Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf'

End of Our Own Real
1997

Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 7 - Underworld Horse Racing Hell
1997
as Ryohei Kawamatsu
Ginji (Kiyoshi Nakajo), a man who made a huge fortune by taking advantage of the fierce competition for survival in the Japanese political and busines...

Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 6 - Trap of Fear
1997
as Ryohei Kawamatsu
The Japanese political and business world where Chimimoryō is in control. Ginji (Kiyoshi Nakajo), a man who won the fierce competition and built a hug...

Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface
1997
“Gunro no keifu” is known as “Tale of a Scarface.” It follows the life of Kumoro, a yakuza member, who recently is released from prison after serving ...

Making-of Kids Return
1996
as Himself
Making of Takeshi Kitano's movie Kids Return.

Kids Return
1996
as Masaru
Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer,...

Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf
1996
A yakuza movie directed by Eiichi Kudo

The Girl of Silence
1995
as Shizuo
14 year old Nakamura is sexually abused by her stepfather. She invents a friend who is coming to her rescue when she really needs it.

第三の時効
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