Ra's al Ghul (Ken Watanabe)

Ra's al Ghul (Decoy) was portrayed by Ken Watanabe in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins.

Batman Begins Time Frame


After nearly seven years, Bruce Wayne is eventually detained in China for theft (ironically, of Wayne Enterprises cargo), where he meets Henri Ducard while languishing in a Bhutanese prison. He invites Bruce to join an elite vigilante group, the League of Shadows, led by Ra's al Ghul. Wayne is freed, and travels to a mountaintop to begin his combat training with the League, who intend to use him to destroy Gotham. Bruce passes all the League's training, overcoming his childhood phobia in the process, but when ordered to execute a criminal, he turns on the League, destroying their headquarters. Ra's al Ghul dies after a brief sword-combat with Bruce, when he is hit by an explosion of gun-powder, causing wood and debris to come crashing down on him. Bruce himself survives and rescues an unconscious Ducard (who is the actual Ra's, the one killed is merely a trick to hide his true identity) from the wreckage, and leaves his mentor at a nearby village.

Web Site Links

 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_Begins
 * http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372784/
 * http://www2.warnerbros.com/batmanbegins/flash/index.html