Ken Kaneko

Acting

Ken Kaneko

Born 1935-03-30 · Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Japanese-Brazilian actor and visual artist. Kaneko was born in Yokohama in 1935 and moved to Brazil in 1960.

Acting credits

Kiss of the Spider Woman poster
7.0

The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs. The other is Molina, a gay window-dresser who fills their lonely nights by spinning romantic fantasies drawn from memories of old movies.

Kiss of the Spider Woman

1985

Freedom Station poster
5.5

Mario Kubo is a quiet man. For many, he seems lost. Disconnected from the world around him, he is not doing well. On the days where we follow his life, he seems to undergo a fundamental transformation. Mario receives a letter from Japan with undecipherable content, since he doesn’t speak Japanese. Alone, he begins a journey after something that he is not quite sure what it is.

Freedom Station

2013

Yakuza Princess poster
6.1

In Brazil, Akemi finds out that she's the heiress to the Yakuza empire. Just after that, her destiny enters a spiral of violence and mystery, where a gaijin (foreigner) who's been protecting her all this time, Shirô, may have been actually sent to kill her.

Yakuza Princess

2021

Diário de Bordo de uma Viagem à Infância: Mundo da Lua, o Documentário poster
8.2

The series “Mundo da Lua”, produced by TV Cultura in the 90s in Brazil, returns in another logbook by Lucas Silva e Silva. The documentary “Diário de Bordo de uma Viagem à Infância” is the meeting of those who were in front of and behind the cameras, telling the backstage of the series, and also the fans who followed on TV.

Diário de Bordo de uma Viagem à Infância: Mundo da Lua, o Documentário

2014

Eros, the God of Love poster
4.8

A man explores the process of formation of sexuality and is looking for a woman that does not exist.

Eros, the God of Love

1981

My Grandfather Is a Nihonjin poster
8.3

Noboru is a 10-year-old boy in search of his cultural identity. He turns to his grandfather Hideo, to find out more about his family. Despite always avoiding his past, his grandfather agrees to tell his story. As Noboru delves into his family history, he discovers he has an uncle he’s never heard about.

My Grandfather Is a Nihonjin

2025

Manual para Atropelar Cachorro poster
NR

A simple and handy manual to take the boredom under the narration of a sick mind, crazy in any big city. Mojo, a lonely young fanatic about movies and American culture, has dreams that will never come true. After spending his days holed up in a building, he decides to vent his repressed impulses by running over mutton dogs.

Manual para Atropelar Cachorro

2005

Fire and Passion poster
8.7

A bus tour to São Paulo’s touristic spots bumps into several strange people.

Fire and Passion

1989

The Great Victory poster
5.8

Independent feature film based on the biography of a Brazilian judo with a great victory that went beyond the mats and medals.

The Great Victory

2014

Boys Soccer Club poster
7.1

A 12 year old boy dreams of becoming a goalkeeper for the national Brazilian soccer team, but first he has to overcome his own fears to convince his team boys club and his father who is against competition.

Boys Soccer Club

2014

Cristina Wants to Get Married poster
6.0

Cristina still lives with her mother and wants to find her true love. She looks for help in a matrimonial agency, that arranges a meeting between her and Paulo. She likes the guy, but Paulo doesn't seem too enthusiastic. As time goes by, Chico, the owner of the agency, feels he is becoming too fond of Cristina...

Cristina Wants to Get Married

2003

Orfeu poster
5.4

Orfeu is a popular composer from a samba school. He lives in the favela and falls madly in love when he meets Euridice, a newcomer to the neighborhood. But the local drug boss Lucinho stands between them and will drastically change both their lives.

Orfeu

1999

Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am poster
7.9

In 1908, Titoe leaves her home country of Japan to try her luck in Brazil. Her intention is just to get rich and return in five years, but life has other plans for her.

Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am

2005

The Centenarian Clock poster
NR

A film by Shûsuke Kaneko

The Centenarian Clock

2012

The Warrior Didi and the Ninja Lili poster
4.4

No synopsis available yet.

The Warrior Didi and the Ninja Lili

2008

Gaijin: A Brazilian Odyssey poster
6.2

Based on fact, this is the story of the struggles of Japanese immigrants who traveled to and settled in Brazil looking for a better life.

Gaijin: A Brazilian Odyssey

1980

Shabake poster
NR

Ichitaro is a young man with weak health who has the power to see ghosts. Since the age of five, he has become friends with them, and works with them to solve mysterious incidents.

Shabake

2007

A Shot in the Fog poster
10.0

An old man and a boy exchange shots in the fog.

A Shot in the Fog

2021