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Japanese actor and film director (born 1950)
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
Director
Dubbing
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
External links
Awards for Eiji Okuda
International National Artists