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"Inception" Japan Premiere

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'Inception' Los Angeles Premiere - Arrivals 2

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Ken Watanabe to feature in film about recovery process in Japan

By cosmofair on | From eastasiafair.com

Japanese stage, film and TV actor Ken Watanabe will now be featuring in a special co-production, which was recently announced by Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Discovery Communications Inc, Bang Singapore and Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The new program will have Watanabe as he witnesses the recovery process in the areas affected by earthquake and tsunami. The actor will also be revealing how Japan’s advanced bullet train’s advanced system survived the disaster on March 11, 2011...Read Full Story

Gary Old Man No Longer In ‘Akira’; Ken Watanabe Considered for Colonel Now

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Ken Watanabe is now being courted for the role of Colonel in Jaume Collet-Serra ’s Akira , according to Twitch . This is the same role that Gary Oldman is in neogitations for. However according to the report Oldman is no longer in the running and will not appear in Akira. So this is a great choice for Akira fans, as Watanabe will be able to silence Akira fans who were worried that Akira was being whitewashed at ease. With Watanabe as the new Colonel frontrunner, we should be hearing other...Read Full Story

Akira Looks to Hire Its First Non-White Actor: Ken Watanabe

By puertoriquez on | From themarysue.com

It’s sad to say, but movies studios that do not use the opportunities that lie before them to cast non-white actors in roles that would be great opportunities for non-white actors to play the sorts of roles that are rarely open to them do not surprise me. I’m much more likely to blink in astonishment and delight when studios hire non-white actors to play characters who, had they just hired a white actor, no one would have otherwise blinked at. See Thor and the upcoming Man of Steel . We need...Read Full Story

Unite For Japan with Ken Watanabe & friends

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Ken Watanabe’s ‘Unite For Japan’ was launched with the aim to raise funds for the earthquake effort. Please join them in showing Japan doesn’t stand alone by making a donation. No contribution is too small, and if we work together, we can make a difference. Here’s why Ken Watanabe started this fundraising effort: Japan was the recent victim of one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded . The magnitude 9.0 quake occurred off the coast of Sendai at 2:46pm on March 11, and triggered a...Read Full Story

Ken Watanabe & Yuji Okumoto heat up the summer with blockbuster film Inception

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This doesn’t exactly fall into the Korea-related category of news that allkpop conventionally brings to the table, but we know there are a lot of movie buffs amongst our readers that’re looking forward to this. Reported straight from our sister site TokyoHive … Already hailed as ‘mind-blowing’ and ‘close to perfection’ in early reviews, upcoming suspense thriller Inception is easily the most anticipated movie of this summer. With Christopher Nolan , the mind behind Batman Begins and The...Read Full Story

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Ken Watanabe stars in documentary on Japan recovery

Actor Ken Watanabe will appear in a documentary chronicling recovery efforts in the wake of Japan’s March 11 catastrophe. Watanabe will explore various aspects of the post-disaster landscape in northeastern Japan, introducing the revival of ...

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Watanabe to Davos: Japan on mend

Japan is gradually recovering from the March 11 catastrophe, largely because of the strong bonds people formed in the aftermath of the twin disasters, actor Ken Watanabe told the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday. "The sea, which was so beautiful and had given us much fortune, swallowed up lives and swept away everything," Watanabe told the annual WEF meeting in Switzerland. "What was left were survivors with nothing to call their...

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Watanabe to Davos: Japan on mend

DAVOS, Switzerland — Japan is gradually recovering from the March 11 catastrophe, largely because of the strong bonds people formed in the aftermath of the twin disasters, actor Ken Watanabe told the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday.

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Actor Watanabe set to attend Davos

Actor Ken Watanabe will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 25 to give a speech on the March earthquake and tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan, his office said Monday. Watanabe, 52, was invited because he has been working for ...

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Masafumi Watanabe x Converse First String Johnny DB Hi

Canadian retailer HAVEN has just taken stock of the latest Converse First String release alongside BEDWIN & THE HEARTBREAKERS founder/designer Masafumi Watanabe. Calling upon the nostalgia and aesthetics of traditional L.L.Bean Duck Boots, the sneaker/boot fusion is well-executed in a water resistant rubber and leather upper. The trademark toe cap and outsole are mocked up [...]Read more at Hypebeast.com

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