"Du Qiu, look at how blue the sky is. Keep going forward. Don't look both ways. You will melt into the blue sky." This is a classic line in the Japanese movie "The Hunt", which was released in Japan in 1976. It was released and introduced to my country in 1978.

"Duqiu, look, how blue the sky is, keep walking forward, don't look to both sides, you will melt into the blue sky."

This is a classic line in the Japanese movie " chasing ", the The movie was released in Japan in 1976 and was introduced to our country in 1978.

"The Hunt" caused quite a sensation after it was screened in our country. The classic lines in the movie were remembered by young men and women at that time, and the male protagonist Takakura Ken was also quickly known to the Chinese audience, especially the character he portrayed. The protagonist Du Qiu, who wears a windbreaker and cool toad mirrors, has a weather-beaten and resolute face that is not angry and confident, and the image of a tough guy who is cold on the outside but hot on the inside, has been imitated by many young men and is the memory of a generation.

Picture | Stills of Ken Takakura in "The Hunt"

Ken Takakura, formerly known as Goichi Oda , was born in Nakamachi, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan in 1931. In March 1954, Ken Takakura graduated from the Business Department of the Faculty of Commerce of Meiji University. Takakura Ken, who bid farewell to campus life and went into society, never thought that he would become an actor one day.

In 1955, Ken Takakura came to Tokyo to apply for a trainee in theater management at the New Arts Studio, but he met Mitsuo Makino, the affairs director of Toei Company. Mitsuo Makino pulled Ken Takakura into Toei Company's "new actor training class". In this way, Takakura Ken embarked on the road of film and television.

In 1956, Takakura Ken made his debut with "Denko Karate" and quickly became a mainstay star in Toei's chivalrous action films. Since then, he has starred in many movies and quickly established himself in the Japanese film industry.

Picture | Takakura Ken

After the movie "Pursuit" starring Takakura Ken was released in 1976, Takakura Ken's name became a household name in Japan. The great success of "Pursuit" took Takakura Ken's career to a higher level. Since then, he has starred in many classics His works include "Happy Yellow Handkerchief ", "The Call of the Mountains" (1980), "The Station" (1981), "Antarctic Story" (1983), etc.

With the release of the 1978 movie "Manhunt" in China, Takakura Ken also gained many Chinese fans. During his 58-year acting career, Takakura Ken appeared in a total of 205 movies. It is no exaggeration to say that Takakura Ken has carried the youth of several generations.

A Chinese movie fan once left such a sentence on Takakura Ken's social homepage.

"What a tough guy from Japan. He charmed my mother with "Pursuit", attracted my dad with "Abashiri Extraterrestrial", shocked me with " Shinkansen Explosion ", and finally with " Railway Man" 》made our family burst into tears.

A few words summed up the different screen images of Takakura Ken.

Pictures | Takakura Ken and his wife

Compared with the success of Takakura Ken's career

In 1956, Takakura Ken. When filming the movie "Silly Love-sang", I met the Japanese female singer Eritchi Emi . At that time, Eritoshi Emi was only 19 years old. She entered the music scene earlier and released her first album "" "Tennessee Waltz", with sales of 400,000 copies, quickly became popular in the Japanese music scene.

Faced with the young, lively and lovely Eri Chiemi, Takakura Ken fell in love with her at first sight, and Eri Chiemi was also attracted by Takakura Ken's handsomeness, and the two soon fell in love.

After falling in love for three years, in 1959, 28-year-old Takakura Ken and 22-year-old Eri Chiemi entered into marriage.

After their marriage, Eri Chiemi settled down at home to care for her husband and child, and soon became pregnant. Takakura Ken was very much looking forward to the birth of the child. , In order to better take care of his wife, Takakura Ken gave up his job.

But something unexpected happened. Eri Chiemi, who was pregnant, was diagnosed with pregnancy poisoning and had to undergo an abortion.

And the doctor also told Takakura Ken, His wife could not get pregnant again, otherwise her life would be in danger.

This incident was a huge blow to Ken Takakura. During that time, Ken Takakura was very depressed, in great pain, and drank heavily all day long.

After the depression, Takakura Ken devoted all his energy to his film career and gradually neglected his wife, so much so that Jiang Li Zhimei sighed:

"My husband's heart has gradually been taken away by the movie."

Their marriage The rift between them became wider and wider, and due to factors such as the corruption of Jiang Li Zhihui's sister-in-law, the marriage finally came to an end in 1971.

This marriage was a big blow to Eri Chiemi, because after marrying Takakura Ken, she gave up her career and chose to become the woman behind Takakura Ken. Therefore, after the divorce, Eri Chiemi could never return to the peak of her career. After the divorce, She was depressed all day long.

On February 13, 1982, Eri Chiemi was found dead in the small house where she lived alone. The cause of death was that the vomit after being drunk caused a tracheal obstruction, suffocated and died. She was only 45 years old.

Three days later, the funeral was held at Jiangli Zhihuimei's natal home. Coincidentally, that day was Takakura Ken's birthday and their wedding anniversary.

The death of Eri Chiemi made Takakura Ken extremely painful. He kept recalling every moment between himself and his ex-wife, and his heart was filled with self-blame.

On the day of the funeral, Takakura Ken did not show up. A week later, he appeared in front of his ex-wife's portrait, holding white chrysanthemums in his hand, and refused to leave for a long time.

The unfortunate death of Eritoshi Emi was a huge blow to Takakura Ken. He never remarried and had no children. For the rest of his life, he came to the grave of Eritoshi Emi every year to visit her grave.

Many years later, Takakura Ken once recalled his ex-wife and said with emotion:

"There will be no one in the world more precious than her. Knowing this, but not knowing why, he would do something that deeply hurt her."

In order to commemorate his ex-wife, In 1999, Ken Takakura took over the filming of the film "The Railway Man". The prerequisite for the filming was that the ending theme song should be "Tennessee Waltz", his wife's famous song.

Picture | Takakura Ken and his ex-wife

talked about why they chose this song. Takakura Ken said frankly:

We had disagreements in the past, but in that brief moment, a new song and a familiar scenery made me deeply moved. thousand.

In the film, the webmaster played by Ken Takakura deeply misses his wife and daughter. In this way, he also expressed his infinite regret for his deceased wife.

In Takakura Ken's heart, Eri Chiemi was the love of his life, but it was a pity that he did not cherish it.

Although he had his ex-wife in his heart, in his later years, Takakura Ken still met the woman who accompanied him to the end.

In 1996, Ken Takakura came to Hong Kong to film and lived in the luxurious Regent Hotel in Hong Kong. There he met Taka Oda, a woman who made him suffer mixed reputations throughout his life. The age gap between the two was very large. At that time, Takakura Ken was 65 years old and Oda Takashi was 32 years old!

Oda Takahara Ryoko Takakura was born in Sakata, Tokyo in 1964. When she met Takakura Ken, she was just a seventh- or eighth-tier star and was not known at all.

Oda Takashi's marriage is even more bizarre. He has been married twice. The first time he married a senior official of the United Nations organization. Later, he found out that the other party liked to eat soft rice and spend her money, so they divorced. Her second marriage was to a well-known television executive, but this man was also married for the second time like her. Her husband had to give money to his ex-wife every month, and the second marriage ended quickly.

Oda Takashi moved into Takakura Ken's mansion as a nanny and took care of Takakura Ken's daily life until Takakura Ken's death. Regarding the relationship between the two, there have been divergent opinions from the outside world. It was not until 2013 that Takakura Ken officially went through the procedures and recognized Oda Taka as his adopted daughter.

Not long after, Takakura Ken made another will, saying that "he will leave all his inheritance to the person who has always taken care of him," that is, Oda Takashi.

When Ken Takakura passed away in 2014, Taka Oda, who was both a nanny and adopted daughter, secretly buried Ken Takakura without notifying his sister and nephew, and inherited all of Ken Takakura's estate totaling 4 billion yen.

After Takakura Ken's sister and nephew learned about this, they came to question angrily, but Oda Taka said: "I am his goddaughter and have the right to deal with this."

Regarding Takakura Ken's inheritance of 4 billion, Oda Taka directly questioned Takakura Ken's Relatives said:

"This is all mine and has nothing to do with you."

What made Takakura Ken's sister even more angry was that when she asked Oda Takashi how her brother died and where he was buried, Oda Takashi did not reveal it, but said , the ashes have been scattered into the sea.

However, Oda Taka's statement has not been confirmed by others. Whether Takakura Ken's ashes were really scattered into the sea or where they were placed by Oda Taka, his whereabouts are still unknown.

This is not the only thing that made Takakura Ken's relatives angry. For example, after Takakura Ken was seriously ill and was hospitalized, Takashi Oda insisted not to allow Takakura Ken's secretary to visit. After Takakura Ken passed away, Oda Takashi actually proposed direct cremation, but the funeral home did not agree. Also, Takakura Ken's funeral was extremely extreme. Simple, Oda Taka refused to set up an altar. He said it was unnecessary. He also refused to light candles. He said it was too dangerous. He also refused to allow incense. He said he hated the smell of incense. Even the coffin was made of the most common wood, and even the photos of the deceased were not allowed. No, there were only five heavyweights in the film industry invited to attend the funeral. However, one of them was a person whom Takakura Ken said "will never meet in heaven and on earth."

In short, the standard for funerals is to come as quickly as possible. It seems that they deliberately wanted to finish the funeral before Takakura Ken's relatives knew the news. At the end of the funeral, Oda Takashi also suggested that everyone attending the funeral divide Takakura Ken's ashes and take them home. This move is really incredible.

In the end, Takakura Ken's sister and nephew went to court against Oda Takashi, but Oda Takashi produced a property inheritance certificate, and Takakura Ken's sister and nephew lost the lawsuit.

Oda Takashi, who inherited a huge inheritance, quickly sold all of Takakura Ken's assets during his lifetime and published the book "Takakura Ken, That Love" in a short period of time. In this book, she called herself "Takakura Ken's "last A woman who loves”.

Oda Taka also wrote the entire love process between him and Gao Cang, which also contained many fictional elements. Because it involves Takakura Ken's later life, the book was a hit once it was published, and Oda Taka earned a lot of royalties.

Takakura Ken's friends commented on this book: "After reading the entire book, I found that no important things were written, it was all irrelevant nonsense."

Therefore, many fans of Ken Takakura believe that the purpose of Takashi Oda's book was not to commemorate Ken Takakura, but to make money. When everything was dealt with, Takashi Oda disappeared from the public eye.

Ken Takakura may not have imagined that the last woman he met in his life would still use his fame to earn the last copper after his death.