
Ken Yamamura
Acting
Ken Yamamura, born Kennosuke Yamamura (山村 憲之介, Yamamura Kennosuke, born January 21, 1986), is a Japanese actor best known for playing the younger Ichirō Yashida / Silver Samurai (sharing the main antagonist's role with Haruhiko Yamanouchi) in the 2013 film The Wolverine, and Takashi in the 2014 remake of Godzilla. Yamamura was born in Osaka on January 21, 1986. He studied drama at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia. After graduating, he has not missed a chance to have a role in a Hollywood blockbuster. In 2013, Yamamura made his first acting appearance as the younger Ichiro Yashida / Silver Samurai in the American superhero film The Wolverine, which had starred Hugh Jackman. The following year, he went on to portray the role of Takashi, the associate of Bryan Cranston's character, in the 2014 remake of Godzilla. In 2019, he then appeared to portray as the character Oguchi in the thriller crime drama film Earthquake Bird, featuring Alicia Vikander and Riley Keough, which was released by Netflix on November 15, 2019. In 2021, Yamamura has portrayed Taka in the film People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan.
Known for
2025Yakushima's Illusion
Dr. Mizuno
2024Gitling
Makoto Kanno
2024Crosspoint
Souta Kamimura
2023Tetris
Minoru Arakawa
2023Bad Lands
Yukawa
2022Story Game
Professor Emori
2021Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
Toshimaro Yoshida
2021People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan
Taka
2019Earthquake Bird
Det. Oguchi
2018Killing for the Prosecution
2017Tokyo Project
Guy giving directions
2017Sekigahara
Nobukatsu Shima
2014Godzilla
Takashi
2013The Wolverine
Young Yashida
2013Double Happiness Uranium
Mitch