Renowned actor Ken Takakura dies at 83

Renowned actor Ken Takakura dies at 83

YUBARI, Japan - Yellow handkerchiefs are displayed in the snow on the night of Nov. 18, 2014 in Yubari, Hokkaido in northern Japan, where the 1977 film "The Yellow Handkerchief" was shot, to express condolences over the death of actor Ken Takakura who starred in the film. (Photo taken with an exposure time of 30 seconds)

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              TOKYO, Japan - A stand is set up at a Tokyo movie theater on Nov. 19, 2014, to allow fans of late actor Ken Takakura to donate flowers. It was reported the previous day that Takakura passed away at 83. He was known to Western audiences for his role as a tough Japanese police officer alongside Michael Douglas in Ridley Scott's 1989 film "Black Rain."
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                TOKYO, Japan - Fans place flowers outside a movie theater in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Nov. 19, 2014, mourning the death of actor Ken Takakura who died Nov. 10 aged 83.
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                  YUBARI, Japan - People visit a replica of a movie set used for 1977's "The Yellow Handkerchief" (Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi) in Yubari in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Nov. 19, 2014, a day after Ken Takakura, who played the central character in the film, was reported to have passed away at 83. He was known to Western audiences for his role as a tough Japanese police officer alongside Michael Douglas in Ridley Scott's 1989 film "Black Rain." (Kyodo)
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                    TOKYO, Japan - A Tokyo bookstore sets up a special section on Nov. 19, 2014, featuring DVDs of movies of renowned actor Ken Takakura, who was reported the previous day to have passed away at 83. He was known to Western audiences for his role as a tough Japanese police officer alongside Michael Douglas in Ridley Scott's 1989 film "Black Rain," while his best-known works include 1977's "The Yellow Handkerchief" (Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi) and the 1999 movie "Poppoya" (Railroad Man).
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                      Fans mourn actor Takakura

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