Ken Watanabe

12 films on Best Blurays8 in 4K4 in HD

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.

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Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

Leading role · Director: Clint Eastwood

Best Video:

Warner Bros Blu-ray with TrueHD audio

The Last Samurai (2003)

Leading role · Director: Edward Zwick

Best Video:

Brazilian/Hong Kong/Polish/Korea/Thai Warner Bros Blu-ray for the TrueHD track

3.8

Tampopo (1985)

Leading role · Director: Jūzō Itami

Best Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

Japan Toho Blu-ray

4.3

Inception (2010)

Leading role · Director: Christopher Nolan

4K · Solid

Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

4.2

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

Supporting role · Director: Michael Dougherty

Best Video:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

2.9

The Creator (2023)

Supporting role · Director: Gareth Edwards

Best Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

3.3

Godzilla (2014)

Supporting role · Director: Gareth Edwards

Best Video:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

3.1

Kokuho (2025)

Supporting role · Director: Sang-il Lee

Video format: HD Streaming

Best Video:

Prime Video Streaming

Upcoming Release:

Japan Amuse Soft 4K Blu-ray with English subtitles

Additional Info:

Prime Video Streaming has better encoding than Australia Madman Blu-ray. Both releases have hardcoded subtitles.

Batman Begins (2005)

Supporting role · Director: Christopher Nolan

4K · Disappointing

Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

WB 4K Blu-ray has Excessive DNR

3.8

Isle of Dogs (2018)

Small role · Director: Wes Anderson

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray, 2K DI upscale, see Chris's review

4.1

Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

Small role · Director: Michael Bay

Best Video:

Original AR: Paramount 4K Blu-ray

IMAX AR: Paramount 3D Blu-ray

2.2

Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)

Small role · Director: Michael Bay

Best English-Friendly:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Sources: tfwiki.net (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Alternate version: iTunes stream

Additional Info:

Target Exclusive Blu-ray has exclusive extras

The film has several changes internationally and on digital platforms: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers:_The_Last_Knight_(film)#Other_editions

Hound's crosses were red on the theatrical cut, but blue on home video and digital platforms.

2.1

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