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Masahiro Motoki

Actor
Born December 21, 1965 (58 years)
Masahiro Motoki (本木雅弘 Motoki Masahiro, born December 21, 1965 in Okegawa, Japan) is a Japanese actor. He portrayed protagonist Daigo Kobayashi in Departures, which won the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. His performance earned him the Award for Best Actor at the 2009 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, at the 3rd Asian Film Awards and at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Departures
Known For
  • Departures
  • The Bird People in China
  • Gemini
  • Giri/Haji
  • The Five
  • The Long Excuse
  • Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
  • Touch
  • Rampo
  • The Emperor in August
  • The Longest Night in Shanghai
  • Fancy Dance
  • Spy Sorge
  • Tokiwa-so no seishun
  • Heat Wave
  • Four Days of Snow and Blood
  • Bang!
  • The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin)

Filmography

2024
Umi no chinmoku · as Ryuji Tsuyama
2024
2024
Touch · as Takahashi
2020
2020
Awaiting Kirin (TV Series) · as Saitou Toshimasa / Saito Dousan [the "viper Of Mino"]
2019
Giri/Haji (TV Series) · as Fukuhara
2016
The Long Excuse · as Sachio Kinugasa
2015
The Big Bee · as Mishima
2015
The Emperor in August · as Emperor Showa
2010
2009
Clouds Over the Hill (TV Series) · as 秋山真之
2008
Departures · as Daigo Kobayashi
2007
The Longest Night in Shanghai · as Naoki Mizushima
2006
Tekkonkinkreet · as Snake (voice)
2003
Spy Sorge · as Hidemi Ozaki
1999
Gemini · as Yukio Daitokuji
1998
1996
Tokiwa-so no seishun · as Hiroo Terada
1996
Shall We Dance? · as Hiromasa Kimoto
1995
The Five · as Junichi Mitsuya
1994
Rampo · as Kogoro Akechi
1992
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't · as Shuhei Yamamoto
1991
Bang! · as Hirata
1991
Heat Wave · as Ichitaro Kosugi
1990
1989
Fancy Dance · as Shiono Yohei
1989
Raffles Hotel · as Takeo Youki
1989
Four Days of Snow and Blood · as Hisashi Kono
1988
Dakishimetai (TV Series)

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