Eiji Okuda (奥田瑛二, Okuda Eiji, born 18 March 1950) is a Japanese actor and film director. Born in Kasugai, Aichi, he was nominated for the Best Actor award at the 1990 Japanese Academy Awards for his performance in Sen no Rikyu. He won the award for best actor at the 37th Blue Ribbon Awards for Like a Rolling Stone.[1]
Eiji Okuda | |
|---|---|
 Okuda in 2023 | |
| Born | Toyoake Andō 18 March 1950 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor and film director |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Momoko Ando Sakura Ando |
| Relatives | Takeru Inukai (father-in-law) Tasuku Emoto (son-in-law) |
He made his directing debut in 2001, and has taken leading roles in front of the camera in the three films he has directed as of 2006.
He appeared in the Brazilian soap opera Morde & Assopra, of 2011, as a scientist in the first chapter. He also appeared in the film Dirty Hearts, also released in 2011, this time as the character Colonel Watanabe, officer of the Japanese Imperial Army, leader of Shindo Renmei and the great villain of the film.
Selected filmography
editActor
editFilms
edit- 1986 The Sea and Poison, Suguro
- 1989 Death of a Tea Master
- 1991 The Pianist
- 1992 Luminous Moss
- 1994 Like a Rolling Stone
- 1998 Pride, Ichirō Kiyose[2]
- 1999 Minazuki
- 2001 An Adolescent
- 2004 Runin: Banished
- 2005 Yamato, Captain Kōsaku Aruga
- 2006 A Long Walk
- 2009 Goemon, Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- 2009 Be Sure to Share
- 2011 Dirty Hearts
- 2012 Rurouni Kenshin, Yamagata Aritomo
- 2015 Blood Bead
- 2016 64: Part I, Arakida
- 2016 64: Part II, Arakida
- 2016 If Cats Disappeared from the World
- 2016 The Old Capital
- 2018 Smokin' on the Moon
- 2018 Samurai's Promise
- 2019 According To Our Butler, Ōtori
- 2019 Diner
- 2019 Born Bone Born
- 2019 Iwane: Sword of Serenity
- 2020 One in a Hundred Thousand
- 2020 Independence of Japan
- 2021 Peaceful Death
- 2021 Nishinari Goro's 400 Million Yen[3]
- 2021 Detective Chinatown 3[4]
- 2021 99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie, Shūichi Ōtomo[5]
- 2021 1921[6]
- 2022 Niwatori Phoenix[7]
- 2022 Akira and Akira, Kazuo Haneda[8]
- 2022 Goodbye Cruel World, Yakuza boss[9]
- 2023 Kumo to Saru no Kazoku[10]
- 2023 A Spoiling Rain[11]
- 2023 Wheels and Axle[12]
- 2024 Stay Mum, Kōzō[13]
Television
edit- 1976 Enban Sensō Bankid - Noboru Tenma/Bankid Pegasus
- 1983 Tokugawa Ieyasu – Matsudaira Katsutaka
- 1984–85 Miyamoto Musashi – Hon'iden Matahachi[14]
- 1987 Dokuganryū Masamune – Ishida Mitsunari[15]
- 1994 Hana no Ran – Ikkyū
- 2001 Hojo Tokimune - Nichiren
- 2013 Yae's Sakura – Sakuma Shōzan
- 2015 Burning Flower – Tamaki Bun'noshin
- 2015 Keisei Saimin no Otoko Part 2 – Kiyochika Iwashita
- 2016 Kyoaku wa Nemurasenai – Kiichi Hase
- 2017 Black Leather Notebook – Kenji Narabayashi
- 2019 An Artist of the Floating World
- 2019 Manpuku
- 2023 Ranman – Ōhata Gihei[16]
Director
edit- 2001 Shōjo a.k.a. An Adolescent
- 2004 Runin: Banished
- 2006 A Long Walk
- 2008 Kaze no sotogawa a.k.a. Out of the Wind
- 2013 Kyoko to Shuichi no baai a.k.a. Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi
Dubbing
edit- 1980 The Empire Strikes Back a.k.a. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill)
- 1982 A New Hope a.k.a. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill)
Video games
edit- 2012 Yakuza 5 – det. Kazuhiko Serizawa/Tsubasa Kurosawa
Personal life
editOkuda is married to writer Kazu Andō and they have two daughters, film director Momoko Ando and actress Sakura Ando.
References
edit- ^ ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ^ "プライド 運命の瞬間". eiga.com. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "西成ゴローの四億円". eiga.com. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "唐人街探偵 東京MISSION". eiga.com. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "『99.9 THE MOVIE』12.30公開 榮倉奈々＆木村文乃らも登場する最新予告解禁". Crank-in!. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "「2021東京・中国映画週間」10月25～31日開催！ 中国共産党100周年記念映画「1921」がオープニング作品に". eiga.com. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "ニワトリ☆フェニックス". eiga.com. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "竹内涼真×横浜流星「アキラとあきら」特報解禁、計22名の新キャストも明らかに". Natalie. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ "グッバイ・クルエル・ワールド". eiga.com. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "クモとサルの家族". eiga.com. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ "花腐し". eiga.com. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ^ "車軸". eiga.com. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ "かくしごと". eiga.com. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "宮本武蔵". Haiyaku Jiten. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "解説:誰が演じた石田三成 大河初代は石坂浩二 近年は"ムキムキ"な山本耕史や「悪」の田中圭も". Mantan-web. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "朝ドラ「らんまん」にディーン・フジオカ、宮野真守、宇崎竜童が出演". Natalie. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
External links
edit- Eiji Okuda at IMDb
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