Fans mourn actor Takakura

Fans mourn actor Takakura

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."

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    YUBARI, Japan - A woman mourns late actor Ken Takakura in front of a flower stand set up at 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. It was reported the previous day that Takakura, who played the central character in the film, 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."
      Fans mourn actor Takakura

      Fans mourn actor Takakura

      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."
        Fans mourn actor Ken Takakura

        Fans mourn actor Ken Takakura

        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.
          Fans mourn actor Takakura

          Fans mourn actor Takakura

          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)
            Fans mourn actor Takakura

            Fans mourn actor Takakura

            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).
              Fans mourn actor Takakura

              Fans mourn actor Takakura

              YUBARI, Japan - A woman mourns late actor Ken Takakura in front of a flower stand set up at 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. It was reported the previous day that Takakura, who played the central character in the film, 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)
                Renowned actor Ken Takakura dies at 83

                Renowned actor Ken Takakura dies at 83

                TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 1959 shows Japanese actor Ken Takakura (L) and singer Chiemi Eri during their wedding reception at a Tokyo hotel. The couple divorced in 1971. Takakura, winner of multiple Japanese Academy Awards and one of the country's most recognized film stars, died on Nov. 10, 2014, at a Tokyo hospital, his office said Nov. 18. He was 83.
                  Renowned actor Ken Takakura dies at 83

                  Renowned actor Ken Takakura dies at 83

                  TOKYO, Japan - Japanese film director Yoji Yamada is interviewed at Toho Studios in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014, on the death of actor Ken Takakura, who starred in Yamada's 1977 film "The Yellow Handkerchief."
                    Japanese actor Ken Takakura dies at 83

                    Japanese actor Ken Takakura dies at 83

                    TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2013 shows renowned Japanese actor Ken Takakura speaking at a press conference following an award ceremony for the Order of Culture in Tokyo. Takakura, who starred in a number of movies including the 1977 film "The Yellow Handkerchief" (Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi) and the 1999 movie "Poppoya" (Railroad Man), died of lymphoma on Nov. 10, 2014, at 83.
                      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)