Age: 66
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Ken Watanabe (born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. To English-speaking audiences he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in The Last Samurai, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Among other awards, he has won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Actor twice, in 2007 for Memories of Tomorrow and in 2010 for Shizumanu Taiyō. He is also known for his roles in director Christopher Nolan's Hollywood blockbusters Batman Begins and Inception.
Ken Watanabe
Coach Tezuka
for Coach Tezuka in Godzilla's Slam Dunk!
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The city is in ruins, and a basketball team is struggling to find its footing. Enter Godzilla, the King of the Monsters, who emerges from the depths of the ocean with a surprising new talent - basketball. At first, Godzilla's destructive tendencies wreak havoc on the city's courts, but a former basketball coach sees potential in the monster's raw power and agility. The coach, played by a grizzled Ken Watanabe, decides to train Godzilla in the art of basketball. As Godzilla learns to harness its strength and work with its new human teammates, the team starts to win games and gain popularity. The city rallies behind the unlikely squad, and soon they're competing in the national championships. But when an evil alien warlord, played by a menacing Takeshi Kusao, threatens to destroy Earth, Godzilla must use its newfound skills to save the planet. The climactic showdown features Godzilla dunking on the alien's spaceship, securing a thrilling victory for humanity. The movie ends with Godzilla, now a beloved sports icon, leading the team to victory in the Olympics, as the crowd cheers and chants its name.
