Eiji Okuda

Eiji Okuda
Eiji Okuda
	Okuda in 2023
Born	Toyoake Andō; 18 March 1950 (age 74); Kasugai, Aichi, Japan
Occupation(s)	Actor and film director
Years active	1976–present
Spouse	Kadu Ando (m. 1974)
Children	Momoko Ando; Sakura Ando
Relatives	Takeru Inukai (father-in-law); Tasuku Emoto (son-in-law)

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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]

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

Actor

Films

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

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

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

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

2012 Yakuza 5 – det. Kazuhiko Serizawa/Tsubasa Kurosawa

Personal life

Okuda is married to writer Kazu Andō and they have two daughters, film director Momoko Ando and actress Sakura Ando.

References

^ 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

Eiji Okuda at IMDb

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[1] 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.

[2] "プライド運命の瞬間". eiga.com. Retrieved 9 June 2021.

[3] "西成ゴローの四億円". eiga.com. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[4] "唐人街探偵東京MISSION". eiga.com. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[5] "『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.

[6] "「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.

[7] "ニワトリ☆フェニックス". eiga.com. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

[8] "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.

[9] "グッバイ・クルエル・ワールド". eiga.com. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

[10] "クモとサルの家族". eiga.com. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

[11] "花腐し". eiga.com. Retrieved 28 July 2023.

[12] "車軸". eiga.com. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

[13] "かくしごと". eiga.com. Retrieved 7 February 2024.

[14] "宮本武蔵". Haiyaku Jiten. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

[15] "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.

[16] "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.

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