Ken Watanabe

Stranded on an island, a young boy and his dog find companionship with a former Japanese soldier in this animated adaptation of the novel by Michael Morpurgo (War Horse).

Ansel Elgort (West Side Story) and Ken Watanabe (Inception) star in this HBO crime series based on Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction book, a first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat.

A young man teams up with Detective Pikachu (voiced by Ryan Reynolds) to find his missing father in this live action family adventure.

Radioactive giant Godzilla storms into cinemas after nearly 30 Japanese films and two prior American versions. Excitingly, this is from director Gareth Edwards - his second film after the excellent Monsters (2010).

Cryptically described as a contemporary sci-fi action thriller "set within the architecture of the mind", this is director Christopher Nolan's follow-up to smash-hit The Dark Knight. Stars Leonardo DiCaprio.

Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe (Inception) lead this hostage thriller about an opera singer and a wealthy businessman who stick together while a guerrilla rebel group take over a private performance.

Part two of Clint Eastwood’s ambitious duology about the battle at Iwo Jima.

John David Washington (Tenet), Gemma Chan (Eternals) and Oscar-winner Allison Janney (I, Tonya) star in this AI apocalyptic sci-fi from Gareth Edwards (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story).

Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare in this epic set in the 1870s. Executive produced by Vincent Ward (River Queen) and shot in New Zealand.

Christian Bale is billionaire Bruce Wayne, transforming himself into a self-made symbol of justice in this first film of Christopher Nolan's gritty Dark Knight trilogy.

A fantasy-adventure, based on the popular series of books by Darren Shan, about a teenager who unknowingly breaks a 200-year-old truce between two warring factions of vampires.

Godzilla goes up against Mothra, Rodan and the three-headed King Ghidorah in this blockbuster action sequel.

Period mystery-drama centred on an American expat and his grim return to a Japanese-occupied Shanghai, set four months before Pearl Harbour. Stars John Cusack, Chow Yun-Fat and Ken Watanabe. Written by screenwriter Hossein Amini (Drive).

Jackie Chan gets serious – producing and starring in this illegal immigrant tale which he describes as “one per-cent action… heavy drama”.

A suicidal American (Matthew McConaughey) befriends a Japanese man (Ken Watanabe) lost in Japan's Suicide Forest in this American drama directed by Gus Van Sant (Milk).

Japanese jidaigeki (meaning "period drama") remake of Clint Eastwood's 1992 western Unforgiven, starring Ken Watanabe (Inception).