高仓健

高仓健大概是打入中国市场的第一个日本演员。

Ken Takakura is perhaps the first Japanese character to make his way into the Chinese market .

高仓健因经常在日本电影中饰演不法之徒与坚忍英雄而成为影星，他于11月10日于东京逝世，享年83岁。

Ken Takakura , who became a star playing outlaws and stoic heroes in scores of Japanese films , died on Nov. 10 in Tokyo . He was 83 .

高仓健原名小田刚一（GoichiOda），1931年2月16日出生于日本福冈，他本来并没有打算成为演员，但去一家大型电影公司应聘管理职务时，被公司招募为演员。

Born Goichi Oda in Fukuoka , Japan , on Feb. 16 , 1931 , he did not set out to be an actor but was recruited by a major film production company while applying for a managerial position .

高仓健因其安静深沉的银幕形象，经常被拿来与克林特·伊斯特伍德（ClintEastwood）相比较。1956年他开始出演电影，20世纪60年代以《网走番外地》（1965）等犯罪影片而获得声誉。

Mr. Takakura , who because of his quiet , brooding screen presence was often compared to Clint Eastwood , made his screen debut in 1956 and rose to fame in the 1960s in crime films like Abashiri Prison ( 1965 ) .

尽管高仓健经常饰演不法之徒，但他说自己对现代黑帮片不感兴趣。

Though he often played outlaws , Mr. Takakura said contemporary gangster movies did not interest him .

去年，高仓健在日本皇宫获得了日本艺术界的最高荣誉文化勋章，他指出，自己赖以成名的角色与这个高贵的地方相去甚远。

Last year , when Mr. Takakura received one of Japan 's highest honors in the arts , the Order of Culture , at the Imperial Palace , he noted that he was best known for playing characters far removed from thse exalted precincts .